Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-19
THE STATE CONVENTION.
Everything Is Ready For the Meeting
In Columbia Tomorrow.

Everything Is Ready For the meeting
In Columbia Tomorrow.
The State Democratic convention
will be called to order at noon tomor-
row, the 2Oth instant, by General Willie
Jones, chairman of the state eXecu-
tive committee, writes August Kohn
to the Greenville News. Gen. Jones
has asked Rev. X. q. Flnlay. rector
of Trinity church to open the pro-
ceedings with prayer.
The first business of the convention
will be the roll call Of the counties
and as General Jones has had pre-
pared the list of delegates elected
there will be little trouble in secur-
since there are no contests in any oil
the counties.
Chairman Jones has designated as
temporary secretaries Of the conven-
ton Messrs. T. C. Hamer Of Marl-
boro and ]. Wilson Gibbes and Geo.
R. Koester, of Columbia, all of
whom have had experience in this
sort Of work. Mr.. John S. Wilson,
of Lancaster, sergeant-at-arms OF
the house, has been requested to act
as temporary sergeant-at-arms Of the
convention.
The convention when organized
will elect a president and seven vice.
presidents, one from each congress
sional district, three secretaries and
a sergeant-at-arms. The election of
four delegates at large, with four al
ternates at large will be made uy the
convention and the selection of two
delegates and two alternates from
each of the seven congressional dis
tricts will be made by the delega-
tions from the different districts,
making fourteen district delegates,
the election Of whom is ratified by
the convention.
There will be a committee on plat
form and resolutions, to which all
resolutions and proposed platforms
will be referred, and such other
committees as the convention may
deem necessary. The convention af-
ter organizing, will. if the usual
course is pursued, take a recess un-
til night, so that the committees
may have the afternoon in which to
formulate their reports, and 1t will be
at the night session that the fight
over instructions or anything else
will come.
The selection of president of the
convention is very important mat
ter, as the president, should be one
experienced in parliamentary law
and able to handle the convention.
For this reason the name Of Hon.
Mendel L. Smith, Of Camden, has
been suggested by his friends, Mr.
Smith having been former speak ker
of the house, The name Of Speaker
Whaley, of Charleston, has also been
suggested, but 1t Is not known that
Mr.. Whaley will serve.
The trip to Denver Is a costly and
tiresome one, but nevertheless there
are quite a number of loyal Demo
Gratis who want to go to the National
convention as delegates from this
Senator Tillman will, as a matter of
courtesy, be elected one Of the dele
gates at large, though he will not at
tend, and an alternate can take his
place. Others who are active aspir-
ants for delegates at large are Gen.
Willie Jones and Capt. w. E. Coma
les, of Columbia, Senator Frank b.
Gary, Of Abbeville, and Capt. II. n.
Watkins, of Anderson. For district
delegates the following are some OF
the names that have been suggested:
Major ]. G.. Hemphill, Of Charleston,
and Senator n. Christensen, Jr., of
Beaufort: Hon. J. E. Harley, Of
Barnwell; Senator B. F. Townsend.
of Union: Hon. w. F. Stevenson, of
Chesterfield and others.
The arrangements for the trip to
Denver have already been made by
the national committeeman, Senator
Tillman, and the state chairman,
Gen. Willie Jones. The party will
leave here over the Southern railway
on the morning Of July 3rd, going by
Asheville, Knoxville, Louisville, st.
Louis, Kansas City, and arriving at
Denver at eight p. m. on the 9Th. a
three days trip half way across the
continent.
Senator Tillman has engaged quar-
ters at the Astor hotel, 1860 Broad
way, Denver, for the party. This Is
near the Brown Palace, which will
be headquarters for the Democratic
party. The quarters which Senator
Tillman engaged for the South Car
olina delegation at st. Louis, four
years ago, proved very unsatisfac-
tory and the South Carolina delega,
ton found itself practically shelved
in that city. but it is likely that the
Senator has been more careful this
time.
The Southern railway will put on
two Pullman coaches. which Will
carry the South Carolina party
through to Denver without change
from Columbia and it is likely that
several others who are not delegates
will go to the convention just for the
trip.
The night before the state conven-
ton. the new state Democratic eX-
ecutive committee will meet and or
ganiZe. There is no opposition to
the reelection of Gen. Willie Jones
as chairman, as Gen. Jones has made
a most efficient and faithful chair
man and always has every detail ar
ranged in advance Of the meeting of
the committee or Of the state con-
ventiOn.