The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-04-23

in the city of Chicago, beginning Aug
10Th next, this convention provide fO
the organization OF South Carolina Ex
position Company.
| This company shall consist Of the
delegates to this convention and other.
| TO be appointed.
The officers Of the company shall be
q president. vicc.prcsident, commits,
| sloncr and finance committee to con.
sist of three members the head.
quarters OF the company shall be vt the
State capital.
Tho president, vicc-president, COM
missioner and members of tho finance
committee shall constitute the eX Gu
tive committee, three Of whom shall
make Il quorum.
That this convention Designate an
active, progressive man from each
county rs county commissioners, who
shall associate with him such persons
as he shall dcem cXpcdient to promote
tho work.
That tho commissioner bo givcn
power TO till vacancies occurring and
mako removals.
The urgent necessity OF funds (for
which purpose about ten Thousand dol
lars will be necded) being raised at
once TO make proper representation
OF the resources OF the State OF South
Carolina, believing rs we do, that it
can be made TO lead 10 South, that the
commissioners be instructed to or
ganiZe their respective counties with
out delay and report to the State COM
missioner tho amounts their counties
will contribute to tho exposition fund
and collect the same and forward as
last as collected to the chairman of tho
finance committee.
active cooperation Of tho manufactur-
ing, mechanical, agricultural and all
0ther industrial interests OF the State
Tho cooperation OF tho owners OF
arabic timber and swamp lands. un-
developed water power and mining
properties that they may have for salo
or lease, is also invited towards max
ing the State exhibit at Chicago a
success.
,Appreciating the very great interest
already manifested by the railroad
companies of tho State in promoting
the success Of this enterprise, as
evidenced by the FREQ transportation
furnished to the members OF this con-
Vcntlon, and the presence OF represent
tativcs Of railroad corporations in this
oouy-the convention invite u con-
tlnuancc Of this interest and such
further aid as they shall be able to
render
The committee recommend further,
that His EXcellency, the Governor, lc
made president Of the company ana
that the Hon. William a. Courtcnuy
Dc made Vice president and that Mr.
II. l.. Roche be commissioner for the
State, and that these thrco designate
the finance committee.
Tho committee further recommend
that the press Of the State be requested
edl1orlally and otherwise to bring this
matter to the attention Of the citiZcn-
oi the State, and to urge upon them
the necessity for contributing to the
lund, and the advantage to be derived
from this exposition az well us indivi-
duals R'sDectfully submitted.
j. &. IEMPlIII.I., Chairman
The only proposition to change the
pltn was insofar as the president Of
The company WAS concerned. E,nlOr n
u. Gonzales said that while he hcsitut.
cd to oppose the plan in any way, h.
1clt that the convention itself ought to
select the president, and that the Sc
lection ought to be made entirely wit, l.
out reference to politics and that the
should DO selected for busi-
ness reasons alone. IIo moved that
the convention proceed to the naming
OF commissioners from each county, and
that these commissioners select the
officers with Il view to their business
capacity. He said he did not make the
move with any political intention or
hecausc any one man was named for
president, but insisted that tho conven-
ton should select a business man for
the place.
Mr.. Tillinghast, OF Hampton, made
thc chlct argument against any such
proposition, and said that as Il member
OF tho political faction opposed to Gov
crnor Evans he would not cast such q
"s slur" on the Governor. He said that
the committee had with due considcrn-
ti0n made the selection. and it would
not DO to ignore it. The Governor, was,
ho 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 ono else could help out the
enterprise as was the case in the At
lanta arrangements. He insisted
that no one had Il right to question
anothcr's politics, ard that he would
vote against any changing Of tho COM
mittcc on what he deemed purely
business grounds.
MIR. Gonzales, in reply, said that he
Y IuSo'i'nGu nv iHtH pOllJlCS, ana SAID
he would make the same objection to
placing any officer at the head of the
what he wanted was IL 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
cd that tho idea of politics ia the At
lan1a 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
company.
Mr.. Bright Williamson, of Darling.
ton said that his county wanted to let
the organization stand as reported.
Mr. Moss, Of Orangcburg, said that
ne was sorry that word of politics
had entered the convention. which
was SO thoroughly business-l like, and
ne moved to table the suggestion ot
Mr.. Gonzales, and tho motion was car.
ried by n lccisivo vote. rhe rop0rt
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