The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-28

ed hcrc in 1890; because would realize
The greatness Of the task that | would
have before me.
You cannot expect to overcome sec
tlonal prcjudices in securing the
| Presidential nomination. If YOU saw
fit to put me forward, | would lead the
party, SO hclp mo God, as led YOU!
| (Chcors.) And that's all there is of
| that. And If am defeated, as | would
| expect to be, | would lose no sleep on
account Of it, but would be just as con-
tended as | would havo bcen if had
been defeated in this State.
My rulc.in lifo has always been to do
my duty as | see it, and If fail, never
to cry over spilled milk.
Though VIC may split on tho Fed
oral ticket and have two electoral
tickets in the fall, there is no reason
why we should have a split in State
politics. We can go on and nominate
ana elect our State and county oiliccrs
as heretofore, unless some OF these
mon (herc Senator Tillman's voice and
manner expressed great animus) whom
the devil has taken upon the mountain
go TO the negro and try to bring the
black man into South Carolina politics
as an arbiter OF our affairs. But if
they 90, we can go right on and take
caro- OF the State, anyway.
What principles nave we abandoned?
Noicc-"None"
There is nothing in the platform
that even hints at the abandonment OF
principles. We are simply saying to
the Northern friends who have stood
by us as long as thoy could keep thoir
hands in our pockets, that they can no
longer dictate to us.
l sat ON this floor when Il gentleman
from Newberry uttered these very
same things, and told him that we
would be making ourselves the laugh
ing stock of the country if we did what
he proposed. Now, hope we will CON
troll the convention and will mako the
other fellows do the boiling. But if
we don't; II they prove too strong for us
II by the use Of money, as they have
used 1t lavishly in Michigan, Florida,
Illinois, and Minnesota, they buy en-
ough OF those ignorant and corrupt
people to force down our throats tho
doctrine OF gold bugism, tncn say it
will be Clovclandism; and we will
say 10 them, "GcntCmcn, good even
ing You can do nothing disc. II
You wish to be terrorizcd by tho sheet
lightning that you have seen tonight in
to lncoi yorating into the platform tho
resolution to support the gold bugs.
tell you, the common people OF South
Carolina will never support him. (Ap-
plausc.) We must simply say to these
people, "Hou come from States that
have no electoral stcngth, and you can
not force us to support your platform" :"
When the gentleman from Charles
ton says that we cannot carry tho clec-
tion on q silver platform, appeal to
him IN the name of common sense that
heeappcars to havo lost, where is the
hope, then?
1t has been asked whore we will go.
| favor q resolution to have the chair
man of the convention to call it togeth-
er again IN case we have to come back
to give us further instructions.
The people arc moving, | saw then
in Kansas and Colorado, and Florida
and kentucky, and when | called 8
hand primary on uniting with us in
Kansas, IL might have been Anderson
county to Judge from the response.
The men who are raising this fuss
are those who feel tho tcat slipping
| from their mouths.
He said there could have been an
othor minority report, for two resolu-
tions had been introduced TO send no
deleg atcs to Chicago. Hc was pro-
ccedihg to contrast the two ideas when
he was Interrupted by u voice: bet
ter savo yourself for Chicago" Scna-
tor Tillman: "Blcss your soul, Pm not
talking in this convention. Pm just
talking to amuSc these COlum bia
people who came horc to whoop up
Irby."
lie sat down, the last remark c;,us-
ing great laughter
In response to loud calls from the
convention, Governor Evans spoke
next his remarks being received with
LhundcrOus applause. He opposed the
anti-bolting resolutions and said that
lrby had set tho example Of threaten
ing to bolt.
The convention then proceeded to
the election OF delegates to the national
convention, nominations to be made
without spcechS.
Mr.. McCown nominated w. II. El-
lerbe for delegate at largo MIR. Nc
Tatum nominated j. G.. Evans. Mr.
Garris nominated ID. j. Brndham
Nominations for delegates at large
were then closed and the four named
above were elected by acclamation.
For altcrnatcs at large, Messrs. G.. M.
Efrd, w. II. Mauldin, w. O. Tatum
and j. {. WilbOrn were nominated and
elected by acclamation.
District delegates were then elected
as follows:
First--M. II. Cooper of Collcton and
Thomas Martin Of Beaufort; alter
mates, j. ID. Bivens Of Colcton and
Thomas Talbird OF Beaufort.
Sccond-M. b. McSwccncy OF IIamp-
ton and B. l.. Caughman of Saluda;
altcrnates, w. $. Bamberg Of Barn
well and j. ii. Edwards OF Saluda.
Third-I. II. McCallu OF Abbcville
and j. B. Watson Of Anderson alter
natos, j. T., Duncan OF Ncwbcrry and
f.. T. Earle OF Oconcc.
Fourth-Mr. Shuman stated that
there was trouble in the caucus OF his
district as the full delegation from
counties only lying partly in the dis
trict voted.
Finally, J. G. Waliing, Of Fairfield,
and j. ID. NJ. Shaw, OF Laurons, were
elected. Nltcrnatcs, }. II. Lntimcr, Of
Grecnvillc, and j. G. OTIS, of Union.
Fifth-W. f.. Strait of York and II.
Y. Williams OF Lancaster alternatcs,
II. j. Cunningham Of Chester and w.
u. Pollock Of Chesterfield.
Sixth-W. y. Evans Of Marlboro and