The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-04-21

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missioner the amounts their couutie
will contribute to the exposition funt
and collect the same and forward a
last as collected to the chairman of tn,
finance committee.
That the convention invite tn,
active cooperation of the manufacture
ing, mechanical, agricultural and al
other industrial interests of the State
The cooperation of the owners O
arabic timber and swamp lands, un
developed water power and mining
properties that they may have for sale
or lease, is also invited towards max
ing the State exhibit ~ Chicago q
| success.
,Appreciating the very great interest
already manifested by the railroad
companies of the State in promoting
the success of this enterprise, as
eVldenced' by the free portation
furnished to the members of this con
vention, and the presence of represen.
tatives Of railroad corporations in this
body-the convention invite o con-
tinnance OF this interest and such
further aid as they shall be able to
render.
The committee recommend further,
that His Excellency, the Governor. he
made president of the company an.
that the Hon. William A. Courtenay
be made vie president and that Mr.
T. l.. Roche be commissioner Tor the
State, and that these three designate
the finance committee.
The committee further recommend
that the press of the State he requested
editorially and otherwise tn bring this
matter to the attention of the ciLizens
OF the State, and To urge upon them
the necessity for contributing to tho
tund, and the advantage to bo derived
from this exposition as well IL indivi-
duals. Respectfully submitted,
j. G. HEMPHILL, Chairman.
The only proposition to change the
plan was insofar rs the president Of
the company was concerned. Editor N.
q. Gonzales said that while he hesitat-
ed to oppose the plan in any way, he
telt that the convention itself ought to
select the president, and that the Sc
lection ought to be made entirely with
out reference to politics and that the
appointee should be selected for bus-
ness reasons alone. He moved that
the convention proceed to the naming
OF commissioners from each county. and
that these commissioners select the
officers with view to their business
capacity. He said he did not make the
move with any political intention or
oecause any one man was named for
president, but insisted that the conven-
tlOn should select business man for
the place.
Mr.. Tillinghast of Hampton, made
the chief argument against any such
proposition, and said that as member
OF the political faction opposed to Gov
ernor Evans he would not cast such a
slur" on the Governor. He said that
hn 70, l.,, l.
tlon made the selection, and it would
not do to ignore it. The Governor, was,
he said, an influential official and citi-
zen, and could do the Undertaking
more good than an outsider could, and
that there may be an emergency in
which no one else could help out the
enterprise as was the case in the At
lanta arrangements. He insisted
that no one had a right to question
another's politics, ard that he would
vote against any changing of the COM
mittee on what he deemed purely
business grounds.
Mr.. Gonzales, in reply, said that he
questioned no mans politics, and said
placing any officer at the head of the
movement, what he wanted was a bus
mess man and man who could hold
the people together. The delegates
themselves, he urged, should select
the officers.
Mr.. Coffin, of Florence, had announc-
ed that the idea of politics in the At
lanta Exposition organization preju-
diced people against it.
Major Boyle, of Charleston, said that
in the name Of Charleston and in be-
half of Charlestonians, he hoped the
original report would be adopted with
Governor Evans as president of the
Mr. Bright Williamson, of Darling.
ton. said that his county wanted to let
the organization stand as reported.
MIR. Moss, Of Orangeburg, said that
he was sorry that d word of politics
had entered the convention. which
was So thoroughly business-like, ana
he moved to table the suggestion OF
Mr. Gonzales, and the motion was car
rled by lcci5ive vote. rhu report
was then adopted II, u whole as re-
ported, with the exception Of changing
the amount Of money ne. ded from
$l5 QUO to $4,000, which Mr.. HrmphiIl,
VINO was in charge of tle report, saiu
the committee thought would be ample.
The convention then made up the
list of county commissioners as follows:
Abbeville-Wyatt Aiken.
Aiken-H. Nj. Dlbble
Anderson-D. X Norris.
Barnwell-J 2. Folk.
Beaufort-W. II. Lockwood.
Berkeley j. b. Morrisson.
Charleston George I'll. Tucker.
Chester-R. A. Love.
Chesterfield r. L. Casten.
Ciarcndon-D. j. Bradham.
Colleton-B. H. Padgett.
Darlington--W. Il. James.
Edge6eld-George b. Lake.
Fairield-J. f.. Coan
Florence-Smilie A. Gregg.
Georgetown-W. d. Morgan.
Greenville-A. Fl. Dean.
Hampton-W. S. Tlllinghast.
Lancaster-LeRoy Springs.
Marion-E. H. Gasque.
Marlborough. b. Gibson.
Newberry-E Fl. Aull.
Oconec-L. w. Jordan.
Orangeburg- II. Moss.
Pickens-J. E. Boggs.
Richland-W. Mob. Sloan.
Spartanburg-A. H. Twitchell.
Sumter-R. |. Manning.
Saluda--W. S. Allen.
Union-J. A. FAINT.
Williamsburg-F Barren Grier.
York-W. b. Moore.
Senator Moses, OF Sumter. offered
the following resolutions which were
unanimously adopted