The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-05-28

w. ID. Evans, of Marlboro, offered th,
following as substitute which wa
adopted
Resolved, That two committees b,
appointed-one on platform and reso
lutlons and the other on constitution
and rules, said committee to be com
posed of one member from each dele
CATION. All resolutions to be referred
to appropriate committee without de.
bate.
The committees were then named
by the respective delegations, and
when this was completed resolutions
were called for and number were
presented, several being read by the
secretary before reference to the proper
committees.
The roll of the members of the State
Democratic executive committee was
then called and the elections made by
the county conventions were confirm
ed, on motion of Mr.. Buist, of Char
lesion.
| Senator Tillmar WIS designated to
act as chairman Of tic committee on
| constitution and rules aud Col. j. A.
Hnyt to act as chailm N OF the COM
mittec on platform and resolutions. 1t
was announced that both committees
would meet in the afternoon. The
convention then took recess until
$50 p. m.
THE CONVENTION REAssEMBLEs
AT $50 O'Clock the convention re-
convened and Col. w. j. Talbert got
the floor and offered the following pre-
amble and resolutions
Whereas Hon. Henry McIver, at the
bidding of the Democratic party, has
served the whole people of South Car
olina for 25 years, first as associate
justice and latterlY as chief justice,
with distinguished fidelity and ability,
having in his first opinion in 1877 set
tied finally, and properly, as is now
universally conceded, the question of
the respective rights of ID. III. Cham
berlain and Wade Hampton as to the
gOvernorship of this State, and having
once for patriotic reasons declined the
office of chief justice, his lifelong am
bition, TO which after years of patient
service as associate justice, he was
finally elevated by unanimous vote of
the General Assembly, and
Whereas he is now suffering from
disease which prevents at present the
active service which he has been &C
customed to render, and inhicts acute
suffering upon him now be it
Resolved by the Democratic party
of South Carolina IN convention as
sembled
/. That il hereby desires to express
the debt of gratitude of the people of
this State TO the distinguished chief
justice and to assure him of its warm
est affection and sincerest sympathy in
| his aflliction, and to express the hope
!! that he may long be spared to counsel
and guide the great court of which he
is the ornate head an example of in
dustry, learning, probity and patriot
ism which should be both an example
and an inspiration TO the men who are
TO assume from time TO time the bur-
dens and responsibilities of political
and professional life In this State.
These resolutions were presented by
Col. Talbert with appropriate remarks.
| Mr.. Bacot, of Charleston, seconded
the resolutions earnestly and hoped
that the vote would be rising one.
Mr.. Stevenson spoke earnestly for
Chesterfield County.
| Gov. McSweeney also warmly Sec
onded the resolutions, and then they
were adopted by a rising vote.
! Col. James A. Hoyt then presented
the report of the committee on plat.
form and resolutions as follows
We, the committee on platform and
resolutions, beg leave to report that we
have PASSED upon all matters sub
| mIttp1 A n ua and
First. The adoption of the accom-.
panying platform. marked (A.)
Second. That resolution No. 4, in
troduced by Mr.. Blease, be adopted.
Third. That the resolution intro.
duced by Mr.. Croft, No. 6, be adopted
with the following amendment Strike
out the word tender" and insert the
words under IL years of age"
Fourth. That the resolution intro-
duced by Mr.. Rogers, No. 8, be adopted.
Fifth. That the resolution, No. /,
signed "On behalf of the Pickens dele
gatiOn," be laid upon the table.
Sixth. That al accompanying papers
be laid upon the table for the reason
that the subject matter is embraced in
the foregoing report.
ALI of which is respectfully submitted
JAS. A. HoYT, Chairman.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
On motion of Mr.. Stevenson lh.
platform as read was adopted, and is
as follows:
: Resolved by the Democracy of So utt
Carolina In convention assembled:
L. That we re-affirm and endorss the
platform of principles enunciated by
, the State Democratic Convention O
1900, with especial stress upon the fol
lowing sections:
"That we view with alarm the power
. which the trusts through the Republi
can party are exercising over legisla
, ton and national politics and thei
r ability to control the prices of tn,
necessities of life without regard to thu
law of supply and demand. We con
: denim the bypocritical attitude of th,
Republican leaders who abuse trust
s and combines, while they use tn
g money obtained from them and ex
torted from the people to debauch tn
ignorant voters OF the country.
"That we denounce the imperialisti
policy of the Republican administratio
as contrary to the letter and spirit Q
the Declaration of Independence an
the constitution of the United State,
and as dangerous to the liberty an
e. freedom not only of the people OF th
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