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The Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON. AltltLIIIJJ:, *. V. THE STATE DEMOCRACY. FULL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF WEDNESDAY'S CONVENTION. Irby Made ? Great Fight, to Have tlie Delegates I'l.djjed Not to liolt?Tillman Replies to Irby In a Long Speech Which In Loudly Cheered. Colombia, May 21 ?At about twelve o'clock yesterday Senator Irby called the Democratic State Convention to order. After rapping1 he waited for a moment and then called for nominations for temporary chairman. Mr. McSweeney nominated Mr. I. H. McCalla of Abbeville and he was elected unanimously. Mefjsrs. ivjlcs weeBey, Mariin and Timmerman escorted him to the chairMr. McCalla thanked the convention for the honor conferred upon him. He said it was time for action and not for speech-making, however, and proceeded to call for nominations for temporary secretary. Messrs. M. S. Scruggs, S. W. Vance, C. J. Allan and Dr. E. S. Bern hem were elected. ROLL OF DELEGATES. The roll of delegates was then made up as follows, the appointment of a committee of credentials being dispensed with as there were no contesting delegations: Aiken?John Gary Evans, 0 C Jordan, G W Thorpe, J W Dunbar, J W Marchant, J It Eidson, W B Woodward, R L Gunter and It H Timmerman. Abbeville?J C Klugh, I H McCalla, H J Power, J T McMillan, J II Morrah, W L Miller, W H Whitrock, E L Waldrop, T A Graham, H J Kinard, J II Thomas and J C Thomas. Anderson?W A Neal, J P Green, D K Norris, J B Watson, J B Brezeale, C II Bailey, H H Gray, S N Pearman, J W Ashley, W T Dean, A N Richardson and L> H itusseu. Beaufort?Thomas Martin, J S Reed, W H Lockwood, Thomas Talbird, W C Vincent, C L Paul, J L Lopez, W 0 Prentiss, W F Sanders and ? T Lafitte. Berkeley?T W Stanland, J B Morrison, T W Williams, J B AViggins, W P Russell, T L Connor, R H Sweeney, R G Causey, Wm Henderson and A II DeHay. Bam well?W H Duncan, A H Patterson, S G Mayfield, W A All, Sr., II H Crum, II P Dyches, W S Bamberg, Robert Aldrich, M W Phillips, C B Free, Henry Folk and W C Matthews. Charleston?C M Trott, L D Marshall, W 0 Whaley, C E Burnham. I M Mierhead, G W Williams, Jr., Robert Graham, W J Mott, B M Lebby, T S Terry, J W Barnwell, W K Steedman, E W Wynee, P II Gadsden, T W Bacot. A J Riley. C S Vennig, J P Roach, J L Oliver and P. Carter. Chester?J K Henry, II C Brawley, P T Hollis, C T Miners, W S Brown, W C Brc wn, T J Cunningham and A Wise. Chesterfield ? W F Stevenson, J A1 i Hough, F M Welsh, W P Pollock, R E Rivers and W 0 Mc freight. Clarendon?Louis Appelt, J S Cantey, D J Bradham, P W Webster, A J Richbourg, W C Davis, J W Kennedy and J J Mitchura. Colleton?M R Cooper, C W G arris, T J Appleby, A E Williams, C J Allen. J D Biyens, L E Parler, W C Brant and E J Lim^. house. Darlington?I P Kirven, T E Early, J B Floyd, J N Parrott, H A Josey, G W Smith, CL Reynolds and W J-W Skinner. Edgefield?B R Tillman, W H Timmermaa, W R Parks, J W Hardy, J M Gaines, N G Evans, W H Yeldell and S M Smith, Sr. Fairfield?J W Lyles, R Y Lemmon, J B Stevenson, W D Hall, W L Rosborough, W H Mobley, J G Welling and W J Johnson. Florence?J W McCown, J S McColl, J S Richardson, D H Trailer, J B Hubbards, B B McWhife, T J Jones and Dr William Ilderton. Georgetown?J B Steele, S M Ward, Josiah Doar, L G Walker, M W Pyatt and 0 H Shaw. Greenville?J T Austin, B N Shuman, II M Barton, J T Bramlett, A W McDavid, R ,r " " tv- iwr Tr A i!_ \t O 1 i rienams, ur tt 11 nusuu, m o oti u^o, ./ S Latimer, W H Whitmire, J R Harrison and A Blythe. Hampton?W J Gooding, A L Youman's, W S Smith, M B McSweeney, W H Tuten and B J Itinera. Horry?I R Sessions, F. Grahm, J P Derham, R B Scarborough, J A McDermott and J A Lewis. Kershaw?R B Williams, Joel Hough, C L Wink'cr, G M Moseley, John G Richards and J N Jones. Lancaster?J C Elliott, W P Caskey, W G A Porter, J N Estridge, T Y Williams and L M Clyburn. Laurens?J L M Irby, J W Ferguson, F D Bolt, J 8 Machen, M B Crisp, G P Smith, A C Workman and R T Dunlap. Lexington?C M Efird, D J Griffith, A F Lever, H J Seibels, Dr D M Crosson and J W Dreher. Marion?W II Ellerbe, W A Brown, J I> Haselten, J I) Montgomery, D W McLaurin, J W Smith, C T Bast and W A Oliver. ttr T\ n rr If Oi-?l.V,rv..r.A .uanooro?n u r.vuus, 11 ouktAuuu^c, J F McLauren, R M Pegues, J T Donaldson, J N Drake, L J Breeden and J F Breeden. Newberry?J A Sligh, J L Keitt, J T Duncan, C L Blease, W C Sligh, P II Koon, Thomas S Sease and B T Paysenger. Oconee?E B Craighead, A P Crisp, J R Jones, E P Earle, William Brown and T F Bibb. Orangeburg?0 R Lowman, J W Stokes, .J H Dukes, L S Connor, J II Price, D A Porter, 0 C Salley and G B Kittrell. Pickens?W T O'Dell, W T Field, T C Robinson, W A Hamilton, Daban Mauldin and J H Miller. Richland?W W Ray, F S Earle, W McB Sloan, J Frost Walker, R S Desl'ortes, T J Lipscomb, T T Talley, W It Muller, W Lykes and J S Reynolds. Spartanburg?J T Hunt, II C L Murphy, J A Lancaster, C 0 Hill, Dr W F Leonard, G B Dean, J M Rudasail, T J Johnson, It M Jolly, L F Pearson, B 0 Bennett, It N Lancaster, T L Gantt and B B Bishop. Sumter?T B Fraser, C L Williamson, R M Cooper, RT McCleod, It J Browntield, W J Rhodes, Shepherd Nash, II T Abbott, II It Thomas, D JE Jveeis, ?y a james ana j i\ uuPre. Union?J M Greer, Dr J T Jeter, S Wilborn, J T Douglass, J M Bennett, J O Tate, J W Cunningham and H C Little. Williamsburg?Dr A H Williams, Capt W H Kennedy, J II Blackwell, A A Brown, J J M Graham, A H Keese, T M Allen, J C Wilborn, W H Carroll, L K Armstrong, W J Davis, J E Leech and C T Cook. Mr. Louis Apelt was appointed Sergeant-at Arms with Mr. B. B. Evans as assistantMr. J. Belton Watson nominated Mr. A. H. Patterson of Barnwell for permanent president, referring to Mr. PottnMnn in p/imnHmpnt?rv t^rnis He was elected. The following vice presidents were elected, there being a little stir over the election over the representative of the Third district: First District?Geo. W. Williams, Jr., Charleston. Second District?Ma j. W. J. Good ing, Hampton. Third Diatrict?J. A. Sligh, Newber rv. Fourth * District?J. J. Gentry , Spartanburg. Fifth District?J. K. Henry, Ches ter. Sixth District?.J. N. 1'arrott, Darl inglon. Seventh District?H. T. Abbott Sumter. After a speech of thanks from Mr Patterson, Senator Tillman offers i)ie following resolution, which wa adopted: llesolvfd, That a committee of on from each county, selected by th delegation thereof, be appointed to re port a platform, and that all resolu tions be refemd to the committe without debate. After the appointment of the com mittee provided for in the above resolu tion Mr. Efird moved that a commit tee of one from each county be ap pointed by each delegation to examim and lrass on amendments to theconstl tution of the party, if any appear t< them necessary. The resolution wa adopted and the committee appointed Senator Irby then introduced thi following resolution, which he asket be referred without debate: Whereas, neither white supremacy in South Carolina nor constitutiona government in the United States cai be maintained without the preserva ton of the supremacy of the Democra tic party and Whereas the supremacy of theDe mocratic party cannot be maintainei without holding the will of themajori tv as absolutely inviolable; therefore be it Resolved by the Democratic party o South Carolina, in convention assem bled,That it istheduty of the party,na tional as well as State and county, t< acquiesce in the will of the majority when expressed by its constitutiona methods and to abide by and supDor its action. The following resolutions were al presented and referred to the several committees, after being read. There was some objection to the reading o: the resolutions but the convention nr/wiir! Tint r)n n wav with the reading There was considerable applause fol lowing the reading of the resolutior naming Tillman for President and th< Cuban resolution: Bv Mr. James: Resolved, That ic the high interest of harmony and gooc will between and among the whit< men of South Carolina we do not nom inate national electors at this sessioc of this convention. By Mr. Whaley: Resolved, Tha the executive committee be and the} are hereby authorized to nominate whenever it thinks proper, presidentia electors to be voted for by the Demo crats of this State in the general elec tion of 1896. By Mr. Blease?Be it resolved thai we favor immediately restoration wit! a free and unlimited coinage of golc and silver at present legal raiio of 1J 98 100 to 1 without waiting for th< consent of any other nation and tha such gold br silver shall be full lega tender for all debts. Resolved, 2.?That we demand tha the secretary of the treasury recogrnize silver as the money of redemption anc Via* Via oror^icA t.hft rioht to redeerr all coin obligations in silver. Resolved, 3?That our delegates t< the national convention are hereby in strucled to demand that the platform of the national Democratic party b< adopted as customary before tha selec tion of the standord bearers of saic party, and that they are fulher in structed to vote for do candidate foi President or Vice President of th< United States in said convention ex cept men loyal and true to said de mands, and who will hold honor anc principle above the desire for tnonej and self-promotion, and they are fur ther instructed to use their own discre tion in acting so as to promote th< peace and welfare of Jtheir country anc 4.1 to secure tnem me renei uiai tuoj have so long begged for at the hands of unscupulous money grabbers anc office holders. By Mr. Fred Williams?Resolved By the Democratic party of Soutl Carolina in convention assembled. First. That we favor the free con age of both gola and silver at a rati( of 16 to 1. Second. That we are in favor of th< change in the banking system of thi United States so as to give the peopl< a currency sufficient to do the buai ness of the country. Third. That we will not send dele gates to the national convention bu will leave each voter free to vote or national questions. By Mr. Gantt?Resolved, That ou: delegates to the Chicago conventioi be instructed to impale all Wall stree candidates upon a pitchfork, and bole them over the fire of genuine Jeffer sonian Democracy. By Mr. McS wee ney?Resolved, That we affirm our approval of the ac tion of the late Constitutional conven tion in makine permanent and libera provision for the support of the com mon schools of the State and in provid ing also the means of higher education for all classes and conditions of ou; twnnlfl- Wa nnint to the recen r'?r x ? -changes in our Constitution whereby in the Democratic primary, ever^ Democrat may vote directly for thi man of his choice for all offices, fron the highest to the lowest, in the gift o the people and declare that such pro visions evidence the purpose of thi party to procure the free and untram meled choice of the Democratic voter themselves. By Mr. Joel Hough: Resolved, b; the Demccrais of South Carolina That we favor the unlimited coinag of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 t< 1, without waiting for the action o cooperation of any other nation an< we hereby instruct our delegates to th national convention to bo held in Chi r.atrn in .Tnlv nfvxt to vote for a Dial form embodying those principles And we further instruct our delegate to vote for no man for President o Vice President who is not fully an< unequivocally in favor of the princi pies above expressed. Resolved, That the delegates to th national convention from this State b instructed to vote as a unit on a! questions. TILLMAN FOR PRESIDENT. ' By Mr. John W. Lyles: The pec pie have the numbers to rieht thei wrongs if but they had a battle cr, ' and a leader to gather them in soli array. At every turn the masses ar xnnfnuxl tninHs fliuiHpd Rnd M Will bUViA U1AUMW -? _ , solution paralyzed by the counsel c 1 pretended friends?officeholders an | bribe takers manipulate the party pr: maries. The policy of the mone; power controls the masses in conver tion. Platforms and candidates of st called opposing parties are made sue that each presidential campaign is bu a sham battle. What the country needs is an asp rant for the presidency who is a ma of the people," himself suffering fror their hardships and aroused to indig nation by the general wrongs; wit , the brains and the nerve, and the el( - quence to enlighten the minds of tb masses as to their interests and then ,, duty as to kindle throughout the lan< smouldering fires of patriotism. The; need a man who owes no favors to th i powers that be and takes the fit-Id wit! s no commission from millionaire poli ticians. e We put forward as that leader, e farmer pure and simple, vetanorato ! who can lay down the champions o i- tbe enemy, a man of courage and wil e whose honest heart is aflame for th masses; the man of destiny?B. P i- Tillmau. [. We call upon him to go forth to bal tie and to reach with his voice the pec i pie of America, slumbering under of e pression and misrule in the past, an - we put at his command, in the servic ? nf th? nannlrt nf a nnt.inrt t.h? orcanizpi s Democracy of the sovereign State o . South Carolina e By Mr. Russell: That we have wil 1 nessed with deeep sympathy the strug gle of the Cuban patriots for freedor ' and we endorse the action of congres I in recognizaing them as belligerent 1 and we call upoo the President of th United States to give immediate effec - to the clearly expressed will of the pec pie. By Mr. J. D. Montgomery: W 1 endorse the present State administrs - tion for the vigilance exercised in th , enforcement of the laws; for protectioi of the rights and liberties of the citi f zens; for the economical administrs . tion of affairs and for the competent . and honesty displayed in the ezercis > of their duty bv the various State off 7 cials. I By Mr. T. S. Terry: The Democra t tic party of Soutb Carolina do hereb; affirm the Constitutional enactmeii | as passed in the recent Constitutions [ convention of the State of South Cai j olina, "That no public moneys shal f be used for sectarian puoposes," ac L cords with the sentiment of the pec pie of this State and we further con 1 demn the action of the United State i senate in reinstating sectarian apprc i priations in the general apropriatioi bill passed by that body. i The convention then adjourned fc [ 8 o'clock in the evening in order t 3 give the committee time to conside . the matter referred to them, i During the morning the several del egations from the congressional dis ? tricts met and selected their delegate , to Chicago to be present to theconven i tion at the proper time. 1 THE EVENING SESSION. At 8 o'clock Mr. Patterson agaii - called the convention to order. Th nnmmitlM rsrvirl<a WAH> for WLUUitviw * VJ/V1 If ... i Mr. Cooper of the committee on con 1 stitution made its report, being a nev 1 constitution constructed upon the ol< > constitution. The only materia i change from the old constitution' t provisions is that presidential elector I shall not be voted for in the primary Another section requires the electioi t of the county chairman by the count; > convention instead of by the execu I live committee. The other change i are merely verbal and uaimportant Those who have copies of the old con ) stitution are in pofsession of the nev - one by making the changes indicated i Mr. Efird asked that the chairman o } the committee explain all the changes While this was being done a brani 1 new pitchfork elaborately decorate* with ribbonB could be seen in th< n crowd near the door of the hall. Thft nnmmittee on constitution t< whom was referred the resolution in structing the delegations to vote an< I act as a unit on all questions befon r the national convention reported th - resolution without recommendation - The convention declined to strike ou i the words "Before the national con I vention" and adopted the resolution r The committee sent back the resolu } tion in regard to the registration o I voters with the suggestion that th matter be sent to the State executiv , committee. This suggestion was adopt i ed. THE PLATFORM PRES1NTED. Senator Tillman then presented thi } report of the committee on platforn and resolutions. At the request of Mi 3 Efird, the platform was presented first 3 Senator Tillman read it as follows 5 taking peculiar pleasure in doing so " judging from his manner: 1. The Democratic party of Soutl ' Carolina reaffirm its allegiance to th 1 principles enunciated by Jefferson 1 Monroe and Jackson and followed b; their successors in office ana pieage r itself to stand by those principlasa 1 the creed of our political faith. J 2. We denounce the administrate * of President Cleveland as undemocral ' ic and tyrannical and as a departur from those principles which are cher ished by all liberty-loving Americans " The veto power has been used t " thwart the will of the people as es 1 pressed by their representatives ij " congress. The appointive power ha " been used to subsidize the press, to d 1 bauch congress, and to overawe an< J control citizens in the free exercise o t their constitutional rights as voters > A plutocratic despotism is thus sough 7 to be established on the ruins of th 3 republic. ] 3. We believe the power and usui f _. ? i iL. n.j?i " p&UUIIS Ui lue JL' cuciai wuiu ao uui " organized to be dangerous to the reput 9 lie. The American people have los confidence in life tenure of officers ii s any department of government am we repeat here the warning of Jeffei P son against the tendencv and effect o ? the constitution of thi Federal judici 0 ary, which he styles an "irresponsibl 0 boay working like gravity by nigh * and day, gaining a little today and ; littlo tomorrow and advancing if 6 noiseless steps like a thief overth L" field of jurisdiction until all shall b * usurped from the State and the go\ ernment of all be consolidated int s one." The sudden reversal of the df J cision in the income tax cases has ne\ i* er been satisfactorily explained to th l" American people and the court ha lost the respect and confidence of th e people as a natural result. To restor ? confidence in the judiciary and mak ' the courts the bulwarks of libert rather than the apparent tools of th "sordid despotism of wealth." T > protect the people against the broo r of vampires in the shape of monow y lies, trusts and combines which hav d grown up under vicious laws badly ac e ministered. To provide for the ele< 5- tion of senators and of all high go\ ?f ernment officials by the people so a d to reduce the dangers of Federal pa i- ronage in the hands of an unscrupi y lous President. To restore goverr i- ment of the people, by the people an >- for the people we demahd the call in h of a constitutional convention to fori it an organic law suitable to the change conditions and to the growth of th i- country. n 4. We demand a more economic n administration of our national affaii r- and that taxes shall be levied so as t h bear equally on all sections and a] >- classes. Labor should be lightly bui f e dened and by a graduated income tax x r wealth be made to pay for its protec- I J tion. . a y We repudiate the construction plac- l e ed on the fipancial plank of the last i h Democratic national convention by a President Cleveland and Secretary e Carlisle as contrary to the plain msan- 1 a ing of Eoglish words and as being an \ r act of bad faith, deserving of severest I f censure. The issue of bonds in time .1 of peace with which to buy gold to re- I e deem coin obligations, payable in sil- t ver or gold, at the option of the gov- t ernment, and the use of the proceeds t . to defray the ordinarv expenses of the c >- government, are botn unlawful and r )- usurpations of authority deserving s d impeachment f e 5. A sound and just system of finance s d is the most potent factor in a nation's i f prosperity and we demand the restora- f tion of the money of the Constitution, ' t- bygiving silver "the same rights and f f- privileges now given to gold. We de- t q mand the free and unlimited coinage I is of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1, regard- s s less of the action of any and all other I e nations and that such coinage be a lest gal tender for all debts, public and \ >- private. Congress, alone has the a power to coin and issue money "and I e President Jackson declared that this ? l- power could not be delegated to a cor- a e poration, therefore we demand the s a national banking system be abolish- ' i- ed. r t- The absorption of wealth by a few, I y the consolidation of our leading rail- I e road systems and the formation of 1 i- trusts and pools, require a stricter ( control by the Federal government of ( l- those arteries of commerce. We de \ y mand the enlargement of the powers 1: it of the interstate commerce commis- c 1 sion. The reading was concluded amid I I loud applause. Lary Gantt moved a ! that it be adopted unanimously with \ L ATTflVV 4,i" /Wted ftverv "tM cross 11 l- ed. ? 8 A MINORITY REPORT. 8 * It was about to be done when Mr. i a John S. Reynolds of Richland an- t nounced that he had a minority re- I o port. i 0 Senator Tillman rose and stated that s r since coming into the hall the gentle- f man from Richland had come to him c - and told him of the minority report, a - He requested the convention to hear j s the report and consider it. Mr. Rey a i- nolds read it as follows: 5 The undersigned, unable to concur v in all the declarations submitted by a a the majority of the committee on plat- t e form, recommend the following S changes in the report of such majori- a i- tyr F r 1. That there be added to section 1 of c 3 the "Platform and declaration of 1 1 principles" the following words: a s "And we declare our purpose to abide * s by the action and support the nomi 11 . nees of the national Democratic con- * i vention to assemble in (Jhicugo on v 7 the 7th of July, next." 2. That Section 3 be stricken out. P s 3. That section 4 be amended by ad- " . ding thereto the following words: f - "And we demand the repeal of the 10 11 v per cent, tax on the circulation of t: . State banks." f 4. That there be added to said plat c i. form and declaration the following ? i words: "We reaffirm the principles ? t of the national Democratic platform of 10 b 1892, respecting the reform of the F tariff." John S. Reynolds. 11 "' t - w rvnansnw. p I canDot concur in section 2 or in ^ i section 3. Aside from the considera- v b tion that it is denunciatory to an ex- ^ e tent not justified by the facts of his. tory, it has no plkce in the platform of 1 t the Democratic party of Bouth Oaro- a lina. t I further object to the declaration fc in section 6 because I think it unne r f cessary. John S- Reynolds. f e Mr. Reynolds did not speak to the x e report and Senator Tillman gave no- t tice that he would move to lay it on f the table. t LEADING A FORLORN HOPE a Mr. Jos. W. Barnwell then took up c i the matter of the policy of the Demo ? '. cratic party in declaring for free silver. \ He was aware he was in a minority. c i, Free silver, he believed would ruin all f , .the farmers in the State. (Laughter.) 3 Mr. Barnwell continued to argue that * i free silver would put the Democratic * e party in a position where it could not * , make a winning fight against the Re * Y publican party. It seemed impossible 1 s to accomplish anything by declaring eiltrAi* TTa wm nnnnsed to 3 antagonizing States which had stood ^ a by us in greater crises. Was it well * r to throw this bombshell in the centre ^ e of the ranks of the Democratic party. 8 It was exchanging old, tried friends a i. for new friends who might not be so T 0 kind. Mr. Barnwell was applauded, f Mr. Reynolds then took the floor. J q He said that he felt that he was beaten ? s at the start, and there was enough to F > show that it was useless to offer argu- J 1 ment. But there was one proposition ^ f in the minority report which was F i. worthy of the closest consideration. It ^ t was the provision that called for ac- 5 e quiescence in the action of the nation- a al convention, and the support of that F - body's work. For 20 years past there v has never been any such talk of aban- i > doning the national party. He point- b it ed out the danger of abandoning the f a friends of the south of 30 years stand- a d ing. He was in favor of the free coin- c - age of silver at 16 to 1. (Applause.) s .f had advocated it for vears. He had \ i- criticised Cleveland in 1886. But should a e they sacrifice all else that the national t t Democracy could do for them to get 1 a this one thing? Vital as it was they s should not go so far. Has anybody c3 e indicated the place to which we will go 1 e when we desert the national Democ- 1 r- racy ? Do you mean into the Repub a o lican party? Let the Edgefield sena- 3 5- tor remember his speech made in this t r- hall picturiog negro rule in South e Corolina. 1 js Larry Gantt asked him if he did not 1 e know that the majority report said t e nothing about bolting. c e Mr. Reynolds asked him if he did 1 y not know that it was the open purpose i e of the leaders to bolt the convention, a 0 He pressed Gantt for an answer. c d Gantt said there was some talk of c )- it, but there would be no bolting when c e they got to Cnicago. c I- He said something about the inten- g Hnn r?f ihfl cold hues to bolt if the free i r- silverites won. Mr. Reynold said it was t is merely a question of the integrity of ? t- the Democrats here. s i- Mr. Gadsden spoke earnestly *n fa- I l- vor of passing the resolution requiring; i d all to abide the result of the national \ g convention. This money question ] n was a financial and not a party matter, s d He, like Mr. Barnwell, recounted the 1 e acts of friendship that the national i party had shown to the people of this c il State. s S IRBY ATTACKS TILLMAN. I o The galleries and all the available { 11 space in the hall were by this time 3 r- crowded to their utmost capacity. It i ras in such a presence that Senator doi rbv came forward in the centre aisle > md then the fireworks began. Irby S >egan with great deliberation but W< warmed up to his work rapidly. His ish attack on Tillman was intensely inter am sting. Time and aeain he was loud- or y applauded by his friends in the con- ing rention and the occupants of Ihe gal- mo eries. He spoke as follows: I If I were to consult my own feelings am should not utter a word oh this ques- ha^ ion; but, Mr. President, occupying par he position that I do, holding a high I ci rust as the guardian of the Democra- oar y of South Carolina, were I to fail to Soi espond for the grand old party when gui he has been challenged, (and shame anc or it) by her greatest beneficiary. I anc ay, Mr. President, not an ill will, but I a truth and candor and honor, to the Dei >eople of the State, that when this bre 'Edgefield Democrat," as he has so it v >roudly proclaimed himself upon this cou loor, challenges the party over which wa; have the honor to preside, that I yoi hould be recreant to my duty if up' ! did not defend it. on When this Edgefield Democrat, who ocr vas taken from a a lowly position, but > in honorable one, and raised to the thus lighest in the gift of the people of of t 3outh Carolina, proclaimed himself ha\ is an "Edgefield Democrat." I must Cai ay that I knew before what an troi 'Edgefield Democrat" was. (A.p cau ilaiiRA ) Mart Qarv was an Edeefield hat democrat. (A.pp]ause.) But, Mr. ers, President, Mart Gary was not that in: rind of an Edgefield Democrat. Mart I, Jary was a South Carolina Democrat the Cheers.) And I speak for Laurens cor vhen I say that grand old Laurens ed las no such Democrats within her bor- iioi lers. (Applause.) the Now, Mr. President, where are we? bac ! regret that I have to talk so plainly the \a I am talking here tonights who are it. ve? Where are we? How come we 1 lere in this convention? You have los< ill heard of the manifesto that was is- am ued in 1890. It is a prominent docu- it v nent. The people or the State have tha he right to known about it. I the lad something to do with the revis- to on of that document before it was is- the ued. That document was at first so to< ramed that it addressed all the people civ >f the State?white, black, Republican sui Lnd Democrat alike. I entered my div irotest that unless it was changed, I, bre is a Democrat and a loyal son of the wk stata would not cm into it. I was wh riliing to make tlie fight under the wil uachinery of the party: to capture the hat machinery that the people of the ma Itate might control, ana therefore at see ay suggestion the words "To the Deo- go tie of the State," which included all the lasses and complexions, were changed ter] o "To the Democrats of the State," if 3 jid the words "We will abide by the trai esult of the September conuention," aserted at the end. 1 insisted upon bat because 1 was a Democrat and unTilling to destroy the Democratic par- 8le, 7 of the State. Under that fiag the jrb >eople of this State put the governaent of the State into the hands of the fuj taform faction- But for that pledge ^at a that manifesto the March conven- mo ion would have failed. ma We came in claiming to be Demo- d rats. Weareenongh Democrats to f0'rj lect our governor twice, and that ^ea [ear, old, rotten party, as some call it <jec low, was good enough to elect some teople to the United States Senate, but b ain't good enough to elect some peo- fesv ile to the Presidency of the United States. Now, that's what's the matter qu( nth Hannah I (Applause and laugh- ge er.) j Are we, Reformers of South Oaro- cot ina, to be mere tools in the hands of ma ,ny man? Are we to acknowledge nig he fact that we are carried m his ne> ?reeches pockei to be delivered at any so i uinutef I will tell you, sir, that I bin or one am not to be carried in the ed ?ocket of any man, I was opposed to hai !? 1 t ll- f ? 1_ 1 tolling in loau, waen i iluhk my nac riend, the Edgefield Democrat, ed hought a bolter worse than a Radical, mo Am I, the legal head of the Demo- T sratic party, to sit as tamely as a sheep sen ind allow the party to be delivered lin< nto the hands of the enemy? Oh. my a n lear, Reform friends, I am talking tha >lainly and honestly to you, and if pie rou fall out with me, I am sorry for W] t. Four years ago you were such to t )emocrats that you required the elec- a c ors nominated by this convention An o sign a pledge to vote for- the nomi- syl lee of the Democratic convention. yo< Are you going to hold the party re- abc ponsible for Mr. Cleveland's policy ? dis .he party cannot be held responsible ant or Cleveland's policy. You had as the veil hold the M< thodist church respon- aig ible for the action of a minister in it, coc ind say "That minister has gone at i mr\a t Am rtAlMrt +/> lAOTTA fllA nov yivu^ auu j. aui gv/iu^ ou avm * v vuv pai :hurch and go to the Baptists." There ant s no one more sincerely and honestly I or free silver at 16 to 1 than I am; oth >ut I am not prepared to dodge this bri: ssue. And you men who are going the o run for the legislature, you si?n a anc iledge reading, "I am willing to abide the >y the result of the primary,'' and still the rou are dodging and unwilling to wh .bide by the result of the national :ol( >rimary." abc The idea of 18 men out of 914 going Cle nto a convention and saying to the nr lalance, "We have got to fi*this plat- am orm; we have got to name the man, fine ,nd we have got to be above suspicion, pla ir we are going to bolt." Why, that's "S imply ridiculous. If that's the way to, 'ou are going, you had as well stay kn< it home. Why not propose to turn of he whole matter over to South Caro- Pre ina and let her run it. stai The convention ought to instruct its noi lelegates to abide by the nomination, to i L^he free silver men need not be afraid. An ihey will control the convention by wai it least a hundred maiority. And yet it u rou say we must go there and run the for hing or bolt. exc Her* is a possible candidate for the onl Jresidential nomination within the Soi loorinnnf r* T7- rnicfl T h:> TTA nn oVllW"- on ion. If they nominate him in Chi- wei ago I will do as much for him as I to t iave done for him in South Carolina can n the past, and I think every one will anc tgree that I have done as much as any the >ne else. He is willing to go into that t4Y ionvention and take pot luck witn the tac >thers, and yet here is th^ convention J lodging the issue. Why, you dele- son rates here don't represent 5,000 votes W1 n South Carolina, you didn't made a tioi est of the thing in any county in the to 1 >tate. There is no use in talking me ibout it. There are 102,000 white lo^ Democrats in South Carolina, and you tha nay go from county to county, and I prii vill guarantee that we don't represent no\ .0,000 men any way. And yet you is n ire going to break the recorrt of the by Democratic party with a possible Pres- pie; dential candidate in our midst, by era lodging this issue. Let us for decency nes take abide by the result, whatever it Dei nay be?for Democracy's sake and for anc >oor old South Carolina's sake. Here can rou are endorsing a man for the Pres- stit dency on a platform, saying, "If you son i't do our way we will walk out." g /oice?"Walk where?" i< 5enator Irby?"God above knows! a 3 will all be ashamed of this fool- n ness in three years. A bolter never n ounts to anything and its only two t< three years when you see him com- v ; back and sitting down on the w urner's bench. ti don't want to impose on your time r; 11 am feeling very unwell, but 1 7Q to say this, as the head of the y ty. If i have offended my friend ii in't help it. 'This dodge ruins the e ty?ruins the Reform party in h ith Carolina; and it makes us as tl ltv as the followers of Mr. Pope 1 Mr. Haskell or Mr. anybody else, c I there is no excuse for it- S t has been said that the Edgefield n nocrat carried the State in his J eches pocket,or that he knew where a ras going. The people of the whole o: nfniT dm lnnlrino of. no tr? fffi whirVh f< y it goes. But, gentlemen, I tell cj i (here Senator Irby drew himself t< to his full height and laid his hand 01 his breast), here is a Laurens Dem- C at that no man has in his pocket. at fow, Mr. President, in conclusion, nc i is my last official act as chairman a he Democracy of the State. We e] re had much trouble?when ?k>uth t? olinians divide both sides have uble. We have been successful beise we clung to Democracy. Ji you tl I deserted.it, as some of your lead- ei , who don't like me now wanted to &] 1892, and who would have gone if tc as head of the party, had not held lj m bacic. we would never have ac- ni nplished what we have. They pick- si up Mr. Bowden, who is conscien- ai us and honest, and pitched him ia di stream ot Populism ;butihey came w :k and behaved themselves when m y saw what a rough time he had of U si Lnd now, sir, let me say that if I I e the friendship of every Reformer o 1 every Democrat in South Carolina n rill be the proudest act of my life el ,t my last official act as chairman of e< i Democratic party of the State, was T sound a warning to my frienas, to h Reformers of South Carolina not n iesert the party. If we do, white a ilization, to say nothing of white n >remacy is gone. Whenever we P ide and go in another party the b ach that is opiy factional will be tl lened and made permanent, and I ite civilization ia South Carolina tl .1 be destroyed. My friends, it is ? greatest blunder that has ever been ^ de in South Carolina and you will * it. If we stand together we will h to Chicago, or our delegates will go o re (for I don't think I'll go) (laugli- n I; and be received as friends. But rou dodge this you will be hissed as a itors ana enemies in disguise. ii A STIRRING SCENE. si Vhen Irby concluded bis speech ^ re were cries for Tillman. As he ? i i_ ji -1 i _ i/ 3pea 10 me posnion occupied Dy ~ y while the latter was speaking a re was deafening applause success- P by wild cheering and throwing f* s into the air. The seene was a 1 st remarkable one. Senator Ti^t- 11 n had said but a few words before j1 A.. Gh Outzs of campaign fame, a' ged his way through the crowd 0 ring aloft a handsome pitchfork orated with ribbons and appropri- * ly inscribed. He passed up the es holding the fork over Tillman a , r moments, and then placed it on presidents desk. Tillman was fre- ?. mtly interrupted by loud applause. Y spoke as follows: ; lr. President and gentlemen of the ivention. We have had many rerkably interesting exhibitions toht, such as our past history has " rer seen the like of. I suppose that ill-assorted and uncongenial a com- ? ation as the one which has exhibit- " its venom here tonight on this flcor * i never been equalled. We have ^ 1 here a man wno has been honorViir Smith Pamlina sj Drroaf rtaal re than he has honored himself. ' Ve have had this man. a repretative of the people of South Caro- ? a, undertake to speak to U3 here as f* iaster, and tell you to your teeth *j it you are not representing the peo- ? . I pray to Goa, %uch assurance 1 ? hy, he could not have been elected 1, Ihis convention if he had not made ambination with the Conservatives. ? d what is all this about? Is there a R labia in the principles that we ad- ** jate that is not Democratic? Talk R >ut bolting, I know that our people L, pise the idea of a man going out ? 1 pulling in the negroos, but two of V i men who have spoken here to- n ;ht have done it. And still they ,, ae to us and say, "Don't even hint i proposal to go to Chicago unpre- ? ed to lie down and let the Shy locks p 1 gold bugs trample on you." ^ have been doing more than any er Democrat in South Carolina to r g about a revival of the hopes of Democratic party in the nation, I make it go forward as the party of people, rather than as the tool of -r moneyed classes. Two years ago, en I was running for the senate, I 1 the people of Lexington county ? >ut the rascality and treachery of iveland, and said to them, "If this . is a Democrat, I am no Democrat, i so help me, God, you will never ? 1 me in alliance with him." (A.p- v use.) * !ou are told that the Shell manifea(which I wrote, if you want to a] >w it) was altered at the dictation f, the senator from Laurens. Mr. isident, when the Reform movement ^ rted in 1886, and Richardson wa3 ninated in the opera house, I moved u nake his nomination unanimous, d again ,in 1858, when the machine a] s too strong for us,I moved to make 2( inanimous. But when I was put a ward by the common people, as the lonent of the new Democracy?the y real Democracy we ever had in ^ ith Carolina, as the other was only ?( .1! 1 AI A J o ongarcny?mese men goi up auu a at out. Went where? They went ihe negro and begged the Republil party to sustain the old oligarchy 1 retain them in office. And now n, y undertake to come to us and say, ji ou must obey the national Democ- w y and crawl in the mire for it." efferson taught no such, and Jack- ^ i taught no such doctrine as this. a, lat are parties? They are organizaas to accomplish what they believe tj je the best policy for the govern- hi nt The Democratic party has fol- q red its leader, Jefferson, for more ^ n a hundred years and dlung to his Qciples until four years ago?and Sl v they say we must not bolt. There sa .0 obligation to a treeman to stand w a party that has deserted its princi- m s just because it is labeled Demotic. We have been hampered by a \\ :ro majority iu South Carolina,and v: nocracy meant white supremacy ta I nothing more. But now, no man . claim that I did not, in the Con to utional convention, rise above per- al considerations and endeavor to ive the people of the State an organ- I s law that would last for all time, #}m nd insure them good governaent. And now I can turn to these 1 ien and say to them that we are ready v JM 3 meet them today with their negro ote. If they want to draw the issue 4H rith. the Democracy, however, let nem do it under the name of DemocIf we stand together like freemen, J j re may not accomplish what we hope | a national affairs, Dut we will at taut -^Jjl zhibit that manhood of manner that -Sj as characterized South Carolina since \ tie days of the Revolution. ";Jg This man exhibits a lack of histori- " ':^S'S al knowledge when he says that outh Carolina ftlwavB locratic ticket. Ia 1832, Andrew '' *?& ackson ran on the Democratic 1 ad South Carolina was at him ^?91 a account of nullification and voted '/3&M >r his opponent ? and on another oc- rJ9 ision, South Carolina cast her elec- r&fl >ral vote for a man who got the rote VlgSv? f no other State. And so if wetgo to iai hicago, we will not be boond bythe . :tion of a convention controlled by ."J?| ten elected from States that cannot j&9|| ist a single Democratic vote in. the 'i . J?S ectoral college, and whose represenitives in congress are cheek by jowl ith John Sherman. He (pointing to Senator Irby) says lat the Democratic party watgoo^imHH lough to elect me governor twioe^JSH id good enough to elect me as senn^^^H ?r, and that the trouble now is simiiSylWB r that I want to be President Ithinki ty friends, that the gentleman hai -^ mply misunderstood the situation, ad that all of this outcry is simply tie to the fact that the gentleman^ ants to be senator again, do rar as : ly desiring to be President of the'j^fi '% nited States is concerned, I view it mply in this way: In the first place ^ | come from a State that is hated all % || 7er the north because secession origi- % ated here?I am no fool. Whatever- ^jjjH Ise may be said of me, no one has g ver accused me of being a fool. '^ herefore, when they accuse me of aving a presidential bee in my bon et Ihey simply maginify the purposes nd hopes of my heart. I have done > ly best to elevate and liberate the" > '??[ eople of South Carolina, and my am- -J ition is to do in the national field in lose other down trodden States, what have done here. If I should receive M>i le presidential nomination I should ;ceive it with the same missgivingt rhich many of you heard me express' rhen I was nominated here in 1890; pra| ecause I would realize the greatness f the task that I would have before 1G Though we may split on the FederI ticket and have two electoral tickets ;^|gj 1 the fall, there is no reason why we lould have a split in State pontics. Ve can go on and nominate and elect a ur State and county officers as here Jiort}, unless Hume 01 lueao iu?u ^uora ? enator Tillan's voice and manner ex- ressed great animus) whom the devil as taken upon the mountain, go to vis le negro and try to bring the black < :f tan into South Carolina politics as an ; rbieter of our affairs. But if they o, we can go right on anil take care f the State, anyway. IB What principles have we abandonVoice?'f'None." There is nothing in the platform lateven hints at the abandonment f principles. We are simply saying ) the northern friends who have stood rgjm y us as long as they could keep their ands in our pockets, that they can 0 longer dictate to us. 1 sat on this floor when a gentle- ~'J|9 tan from Newberry uttered these very ; $SS ime things, and told him that he rould be making ourselves the laughiff ntno.lr nf thft r.mintrv if we aid :"C3S rhat he proposed. Now, I hope we W rill control the convention and will . lake the other fellows do the bolting. - J.^Bk But if we don't; if they prove too rong for us; if by the use of money, : Ja8 s they have used it lavishly in Michian, Florida, Illinois, Indiana and linnesota, they buy enough of those ^norant and corrupt people to force ... own our throats the doctrine of gold ^9 ugism, then I say it will be Clevemdism; and we will say to them, \j Gentlemen, good evening." You a iua do nothing else. If you wish to ^ e terrorized by the sheet-lightning . :3| iat you have seen tonight into incororating into the platform >he resolu- '.^jw on to support the gold bues, I tell ou, the common people of South | iarolina will never support him. Ipplause.) We must simply say to ?3 lese people, "You come from States Vio-r-o Tin olcntArol ofrAnoih. And W# lab i-ic* v vj a lu v*wkv*m*. ?w. ou cannot force us to support your latform." When the gentleman from Charles- >j >n says that we cannot carry the elec- ~^9 on on a silver platform, I appeal to jgaj im in the name of the common (tense iat he appears .to have lost, where is j le hope, then? It has been asked where we will go. favor a resolution to have the chair- J ian of the convention to call it toether again in case we have to come j ack, to give us further instructions. j The people are moving. I saw them . !:I j 1 Kansas and Colorado, and Florida 3 ad Kentucky, and when I called a y:^9 and primaiy on uniting with us in | Kansas, it might have oeen Anderson >unty to judge from the response. The men who are raising this fuss ^ re those who feel the teat slipping om their mouths. # . ' "11 I am not debating this question ere: I am simply talking to amuse le Columbians who came out to boost p these other fellows. South of the Potomac and the Ohio ad west of the Mississippi there ar? )1 electoral votes?7 votes more than majority, of the electoral college. EVANS AND IRBY. Governor Evans came to the front j Mr. Barnwell was endeavoring to -y st the floor. Governor Evans wore pitchfork badge in his coat lapel and 9 was not long in stirring up Senator by. Ke said in substance: Governor Evans said that he could ~ a j a1- ~ ^/m? oi unuersiHiiu mo rc<uuu iui iuuvacing this resoulution here by a man ho had announced his willingness to dIi if the convention did not adopt . He it was, he said, who set the exxiple of bolting. Senator Irby asked for an explanaon, and governor Evans said that he ad seen an interview in the Augusta A hronicle in which Senator Irby had lade such an announcement. Senator Irby said that he had no ich interview, and raising his hand, lid: "Before God, that interviewas as false as was ever printed by lortalman!" Gov. Evans accepted the denial with le remak that he thought the interiew looked like the gentleman's dicition. a He then went on to eulogize Senair Tillman as the terror of the shy[CONTINUED ON PAGE FOOB.]^ j i A