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

: Aiken county who had not struck ha,
} been turned out because of troL BILE i
} another State. 1t has brought dies
titution and suffering. This is tn
worst kind of tlust-one that wi
not give honest labor employment. III
referred to it as a conspiracy" HI
moved to table the minority repo,t
but withdrew the motion.
Prof. Marchant yielded for five min
utes TO Senator Henderson, who sa.d th
the Aiken county convention hat
adopted such resolution. He offere,
to take home any subscriptions to hell
the sufferers. sympathy was as httl'
as they should give.
There was general demand for q
vote and considerable disorder, Prof
Marchant claiming the floor and get
ting it for three minutes. Mr.. Rem
bert finally got the floor, the audience
declining practically to hear further
from Pfof. Marchant.
| MIR. Rembert said the minority were
ready and willing to extend sympathy
to anyone, but this resolution was too
extreme for people of good Judgment
to adopt He proposed TO stand for
what he considered right and just to
any man, rich or poor. He replied to
Congressman Talbert with Joke.
MIR. II. B. A. Robinson, of Anderson.
thought this step unwise. He was op.
posed to grinding down the mill presi-
| dents.
The vote was then taken and the
chair declared the "ayes" had it..
There were calls for division and for
roll call vote. Then Mr.. Ashley
asked for the reading of the re-
solution. Mr.. j. w. Doar asked
that his name be put to the minority
report. Mr.. II. b. Caldwell made the
same request. The vote was 1872 to 72.
Mr.. u. L. Rogers offered this az q
substitutes:
Resolved, That we sympathize with
all men in misfortune.
The minority report of the COM
mittee-the Blease resolution-was
then adopted.
The resolution in regard to child
labor in the cotton mills was taken
up. Mr.. DOrroh, of Greenville, moved
to strike out the resolving words. He
said the convention was exceeding its
authority, as the Legislature which
was composed of Democrats should
settle this issue.
Mr.. Thurmond, of Edgefeld, fa-
vored the resolutions and insisted that
mill children should be protected.
He took up The lockout question and
urged that the little mill operatives
did not have an equal chance
with little negroes, because the latter
had plenty of fresh air and outdoor
exercise and could go to school when
ever they wanted, and it was not so
with the child bound in mills. He
was surprised that there should
be opposition.
Mr.. r. b. A. Robinson, of Ander-
son, was utterly opposed to such mat
ters in the convention. The people
will decide these matters for them
selves; let it alone.
Mr.. Harris IN, of Fairfield. favored
the resolution and wanted children
protected when young.
Mr.. Thomas M. Raysor, of Orange
burg, did not think the resolution a
part of the work of the convention.
The matter should be discussed in
Legislative bodies and not here, and he
moved 10 indefinitely postpone the
matter.
The resolution TO indefinitely post
pone was lost by q vote of 81 for to
145 against. The resolution as
amended was adopted:
Resolved, by the Democratic party
of South Carolina, in convention as-
sembled, That it the sense of this con.
ventlon that the General Assembly of
this State should and ought to pass an
appropriate law prohibiting the en-
ployment of children under twelve
years of age in the manufacturing es-
tablisments of this State.
M'LAURIN WAS CONDEMNED.
Then came the resolution conde mn
ing Senator McLlurin. Col. Hoyt
read Mr.. Rogers resolution, as fol-
lows:
Resolved, by the Democratic con-
vention of South Carolina, That the
course of j. l.. McLsurin as Senator
from this State in The United States lie
hereby condemned.
No one said anything. No one
wanted TO talk. Col. Jones waited
and then put the question, and it was
adopted without word of discussion
and then there was bit of applause.
CONTEMPLATING CUBA.
The following resolution OF Col.
HOyt's was unanimously adopted:
The Democratic party of South Car
olina, in convention assembled, fellci-
tates the patriots of Cuba upon the
happy conclusion of their long and he
roic struggle for independence and
greeting the Republic with hearty
| wishes for its prosperity, declares the
qualification with which this State
would we.come Cuba should she here
after of her own free will seek mem
bership in'the American Union. I'm.
ill that time shall come, we hold that
the Government of the United States,
moved by considerations of duty,
honor and expediency, should main
tain with the Republic of Cuba a pol
icy of liberal commercial reciprocity.
TILLMAN's TRIBUTE TO HAMPTON.
Senator Tillman then came to the
front and said:
Mr.. President: This convention has
paid fitting tribute tonight to living
South Carolinian. / think that we
should express ourselves in regard IL
one vi ho has crossed over the river
] therefore ask TO offer the following
res JlutiUn:
Whereas, IL has pleased God, i'm His
wise Providence, to call TO his eternal