Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-05-28
SOLID FOR BRYAN
Delegates instructed For Him By
the State Convention.
WITHOUT ANY DEBATE

The Iron Clad Resolutions Instruct.
ing for the Great Commoner Were
Passed Without Any Discussion or
Division.-Tho Bryan Sentiment
Was Nearly Unanimous.
The State Democratic Convention
put itself squarely on record for Will
liam Jennings Bryan on Wednesday
as the Democratic candidate for Pres
ident. The convention. whicn met at
noon in Columbia on Wednesday, to
select eighteen delegates to the DEM
ocratic National Convention. four at
large and two each from the seven
congressional districts, voted in fav-
or of instructing its entire delegation
TO vote for Bryan at Denver. first.
last and all the time" A resolution
to this effect was adopted without
division.
EX-Speaker of the House NJ L.
Smith was made permanent chairman
and made a patriotic address to the
convention, after which other per-
manent officers were chosen. The
present secretaries We're reelected
Senator Clifton was made treasurer
and j. S. Wilson sergeant at arms.
Permanent vice presidents were
chosen as follows. each going in with
out opposition: Fifth district. c. NJ
Virgins; second district, ID. S. Hen
derson; third district, r. A. Thomp-
trin .,.I
Isle; fifth district, j. Harry Foster:
sixth district, DR.. Olin Sawyer, seven
tn district, r. l. Manning.
Immediately after organizing
resolution was introduced referring
all the resolutions to the resolutions
committee, but while this was imme-
diately amended so as to except the
resolutions referring to instructing
or not instructing the delegation to
Denver, the Bryan people insisting
that it was much more manly and
courageous TO act N this question
directly and unbiased by any com
mittee report.
The first resolution calling for
Bryan came from Editor w. T. Con
zales. of The State. Several others
offered resolutions along the same
line. Mr.. Herndon introduced a res
olution carrying out Senator Till
mans idea of instructing the dclcPa-
ton to adopt the unit rule. This
was voted down, and an effort was
then made to carry the whole matter
over to the evening session, but this
failed.
Finally substitute was offered by
w. p. Pollock that the delegation be
instructed to vote for Bryan first,
last and all the time. the resolutions
resolution during the afternoon for
adoption in the evening session. This
was adopted amid cheers from all
portions OF the hall. The convention
then took recess for dinner and re-
assembled at s o'clock.
| After the convention reassembled
in the evening the committee on pratt
form and resolutions reported the
following, which was unanimously
adopted:
I'VE heartily endorse, as the can
didate of the Democratic party for
president of the United States, Will
liam Jennings Bryan and hereby in
struct and direct that the vote of
South Carolina in the national con-
vention at Denver be cast as a unit
for his nomination until the same
is secuerd."
BY the terms Of this resolution the
South Carolina delegates are bound
to support Bryan on the first ballot
as well as on every subsequent bal
lot unless his name should be with
drawn. The meaning of the resolution
is that he, Bryan will get 1S votes
from South Carolina first, last and
all the time" as declared in the Pol
lock resolution adopted in the morn
ing.
The convention then proceeded to
elect delegates TO carry out the above
instructions. Senators Tillman and
Gary were elected by acclamation as
two delegates at large and Gen. Willie
Jones and Col. II. n. Watkins were
elected as the other two by the con-
vention. w. f. Stevenson r. B.
Crews. J. p. Grace and r. f. Smith
were elected alternates.
The nominations for district dele
gates were then announced as fol-
lows:
; First district-T r. Waring and
DR.. f. j. Carroll; alternates, J. h
Mccoy and w. T.. Kirby.
Second district. ]. Williams
and J. r. Harley; alternate, n. Chris
tenson, Jr.
Third district-Kenneth Baker ant
2 w. J. Stribling; alternates, II. c
Tillman and G. ID. Mann.
+ Fourth district-B f. Townsend
and w. c. Black; alternates. Clarenc,
8 Cunningham and S. j. Nichols.
L Fifth district-John G.. Richards
d Jr., and j. NJ. Cherry; alternates, w
n w. Dixson and y. w. Hardin.
d Sixth district. II. Manning an,
t d. H. Traxler; alternats. w. H. An
drews and d. A. Spivey.
/ Seventh dlstrict-T. r. Brantle
s and J. II. Clifton; alternate. ]. s
IS lWannamaker.
e These nominations were confirme
n by the Convention.
J. DR.. Sawyer nominated Senator Till
man as member of the national exef