Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-05-21

order the managers of the primary elec-
ton to be held on the fourth Tuesday in
August, 1898, to place at each precinct or
voting place a box in which each voter
shall be allowed to cast a ballot upon
which shall be written or printed, PRO
hihition," "High License" or "Dispensa-
ry," and the managers of said elections
shall count said ballots and make true re-
turns thereof to the County Democratic
Executive committee, who shall tabulate
said returns and make true return there
of to the State Democratic Executive COM
mittee, and in case neither of the three
plans receive majority of the votes cast
in said box at the first primary, another
election shall be held at a second primary
the second Tuesday i'm September, 1898.
between the two plans receiving the high
est vote at the first primary election,
votes to he counted, tabulated and return.
ed as in the fist election, and that all
candidates for the general assembly IN
this state be required to file with the chair
man Of the State Democratic Executive
committee a pledge in writing, to the Ell
feet that be or they will abide by the re-
suit of said election and vote for Gf elect
ed) the passage of an act to carry out the
will of the majority as expressed in said
separate box.
Mr.. Kennedy offered resolution
providing that no one holding an office
will be eligible as candidate for an
other office without resigning, unless
the term Of the Office held expires
contemporaneously with the com
mencement of the term of the new Of
fee aspired to. The resolution was
killed.
Colonel Robert Aldrich introduced a
set of resolutions in which he sought
to secure an endorsement of the pres
ent state administration. The reso-
lutions, as favorably reported by the
committee and adopted, read as fol.
lows, the second section having been
changed to make it less specific:
l. Be it resolved by the Democratic
party of South Carolina in convention
assembled:
That we renew our fealty to the Demo:
cratic party of the United States, and
again endorse it's principles as enunclated
in the Chicago platform of 1896, and de-
clare anew our unabated confidence in Its
peerless leader-Wm. Jennings Bryan,
2. "That we endorse the policies OF the
Democratic party Of South Carolina and
reaffirm our allegiance to those princii:.
as enunciated in our previous platforms"
8. That we pledge the Democratic party
to a continual support of the dispensary
law, as the best solution Of the liquor
question, and call upon all lovers OF tenn
perance and good order to hold up the
hands of our public servants in their
efforts to administer it in the interest ol
morality, good conduct and prosperity. .,
4. That we pledge the state of South
Carolina to loyal support of the govern.
ment of the United States in the present
war with Spain, and assure our fellow
countrymen throughout the Union thai
the spirit which animated our forefathers
| in the olden time, still lives in the heart
and minds of their descendants.
5. That we bid our gallant soldiers who
have taken up arms in defense OF the
country God-speed, and promise that in
the hardships they undergo and the sacrl'
flee they may make, that at home they
will not be forgotten.
There was q minority report against
the third section Of the resolution
but the report failed of adoption.
At midnight the convention adjourn
ed sine die. At meeting of the ex
ecrtive committee afterward, Willie
Jones was elected state chairman anc
U. x. Gunter, secretary.