Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-05-25
PRIMARY RULES UNCHANGED.
Prcipitated Strenuous Fight on the
Floor OF Democratic Convention.

Columbia, May 1S.-Ending IA
strenuous fight before the committee
on constitution and bylaws and
upon the floor of the convention to-
night, the South Carolina Democratic
Convention, by Il vote of 210. refused
TO adopt resolutions changing the
party constitution so that registra-
tion be required to vote in the pri-
marics.
BY poll Of the counties repre-
sented by their delegates it was over
whelmingly shown that no further re-
strictions are wanted in this state
in the Democratic primary. There
were several resolutions presented,
but the main idea Of all was that only
qualified electors should be allowed
to vote in the primaries. The COM
mittee on constitution and bylaws
submitted an unfavorable report
upon the resolutions and the vote
was upon the adoption OF this report,
resulting, yeas 210, nays 70.
Oconee voted its entire delegation
of 6 members for the adoption Of the
report.
Officers Elected.
Richard S. Whaley was elected as
chairman. The secretaries were:
James NJ. Moss. James A. Hoyt. NJ.
NJ. Mann and +. G. Horton. These.
on motion of II. II. Mann, were made
permanent officers.
The vice presidents elected were:
First district, John G. Mansfield; I'd
district, ID. S. Henderson; Sd dis
trict, Ivy NJ. Mauldin; 9TH district.
w. b. Wilson, ST.; 9Th district, r.
p. Hamer; 7th district. George Bell
Zimmerman.
The Platform Adopted.
Th. convention adopted the fol-
lowing platform as outlined by spe-
cial committee:
THE Democrats Of South Carolina,
in convention assembled, express
their qualification that the signs Of
the times point TO general dissatis-
faction with the administration of
the government by the Republican
party and congratulate the represent
tatives Of our party in Congress on
the approval given their course in the
recent elections in Massachusetts,
and New York, at which Republicans
were defeated and Democrats sent to
Congress in their places. The peo-
pie or all sections are coming to re-
alize that the Republican party
stands for special privileges at the
cost Of the multitude, and that
through the favoritism shown to the
trusts by tariff legislation the coun-
try is now suffering from conditions
which make the cost Of living so
high that even the Republican Con-
gress is compelled to institute an in
veStigatiCn.
"The only substantial and lasting
relef is to be found in The adoption
of the historic Democratic doctrine
demanding a system Of tariff duties
sufficient to raise revenues adequate
to the economical administration Of
the government. Material reductions
should be made in the tariff upon
the necessities of life.
"The protective tariff makes pos
sible the combinations which are
called trusts, and only by revision Of
tarif duties downward can the
growth Of the trusts be checked.
Failure Of the Republican admins
trations to enforce the civil and Grim
inal laws against the trusts demon
stratcs anew the obligations OF that
party to the trusts, which render it
impossible for the country to secure
relief from that source.
''Favoring publicity Of ali CALI
paign contributions, the Democratic
party throughout the country enters
upon the coming campaign for Con-
gress this fall as the only agency to
which the people can turn with expec-
tations of genuine tariff reform and
genuine trust regulation.
'The Democratic party has long
favored the imposition of a tax on
incomes as Just method of taxation
when fairly levied and collected, and
we favor such a tax.
"Believing, with jefferson. in the
support OF the State governments in
all their rights as the most compe-
tent administration for our domestic
concerns and the surest bulwark
against anti-rcpublican tendencies.
and in the preservation Of the gene
raj government in its whole consti-
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