The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-05-27
CONVENTION EXTOLS
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
LEAGUE AND TREATY WITHOUT
RESERVATIONS INDORSED.
Suffrage Cause of Trouble
Delegates to San Francisco 10 Cnm-
structed-Win Vote as Unlt.
Tries to Indorse McadoO.

The State Democratic convention
Columbia, May 20. - Inc
State Democratic convention be-
gun yesterday noon concluded It's
session at 1:27 o'clock this morning
after a day of considerable turmoil
over the various questions under dis
cussion. Twenty-eight delegates with
one-half vote each, if the different
congressional districts so determine
to distribute their votes, and tou1
deIegates at large and four alternate
delegates at large were elected. Ine
South Carolina delegates were IN
structed as unit on all questions
coming before the San Francisco con-
yention. The delegates 60 unlnstruct,
ed as to candidates of the party The
administration of Woodrow Wllson
was indorsed and the achievements
of the Democratic administrator eX,
toled in the highest terms in the plat
form which was adopted at an early
hour this morning. The platform
unuualifedly indorsed the treaty OF
Versailles and the league of nations
covenant while condemning "as un-
wise and unpatriotic the attitude OF
those senators who defeated its ratl-
flcation either directly or by over
whelming it with reservations that
are intended to and will have the ef-
feet of multiplying it,
Woman suffrage was defeated by
an overwhelming majority, the reso-
luton granting suffrage without re-
gard to the Susan B. Anthony amend
was rejected by the resolutions com
mittee by vote of two to 30. the
resolution to grant suffrage condition
ed on the ratification of the amend
ment by one other state before the
Democratic primaries this summer
was rejected by vote in the COM
mittee of "A to IS. The convention
adopted the majority unfavorable re-
port on the suffrage resolution by a
vote of 245 to 6S.
The following are the delegates
elected:
State at large: Governor Cooper,
Columbia; Senator E. D. Smith,
Lynchburg; R. 1. Manning, Sumter
and CONGRESSMAN James F. Byrnes.
Alternates at large: Ben Hill
Brown, spartanburg; ]. H. Manning.
Dillon; B. F. Mcleod, Charleston;
H. P. Fulmer, Orangeburg.
First district: Charlton Durant,
Manning; R. S. Whaley, Charleston;
V. C. Badham and J. S. Padgett, Wal
terboro.
Second district: J. E. Harley
Barnwell, and N. G. Evans, Edgeheld
Alternates, C. F. Rizer, Olar, and j.
H. Johnson, Allendale.
Third district: Congressman F. H
Dominick, Newberry; F. c. Robinson
Mccormick; H. L. Watson, Green
wood, and o. R. Doyle, Pickens.
Fourth District: W. D. Workman
Greenville, and w. w. Johnson
Union. Alternates: D. NJ. Douglas
Clinton. and S. F. D. Lancaster, Spar
tanburg. .
Fifth district: A. L. CASTOR, Ches;
ter, and Leroy Springs, Lancaster
Alternates: T./B. Butler, Gaffney
and R. E. Wylie, Lancaster.
Sixth district: DR.. J. H. David
Dillon; James W. Johnson, Marion;
George J. Holiday, Conway, and L
NJ. Lawson, Darlington.
Seventh district: R. H. Jennings
Orangeburg, and w. A. Coleman, Co.
lumbia. Alternates: DR.. E. S. Booth
Sumter, and B. Frank Kelley, Bishop
Vile.
John Gary Evans, of Spartanburg
was reelected national committeeman
without opposition. Thomas P. Goth
ran, of Greenville, was elected chair
man of the executive committee anc
Harry N. Edmunds, Of Columbia sec
retary, both also without opposition
Ashley G. Tobias, Jr., withdrew as
candidate for the Craftsmanship OF thf
executive committee and did not offe]
for reelection as secretary.
Governor Cooper received 800 vote:
for candidate at large; Senator Smith
273, Congressman Byrnes, Psi
Former Gov. Manning, 211, and L. D
Jennings, also Of Sumter, 1T
George Warren, of Hampton, moved
that all of five of these he sent to tht
convention, each to cast four-hfth'
of a vote, but this was lost.
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