WINNSBORO, S. 0.
Tuesday, April 30, : 1878.
R. MEANS DAVIS, nDITOS.
JXO 0. IYNOLDS, AssOCIATS EDITOR.
Tus STATE PREss AssociATIoN had
a very interesting meeting in
Charleston last week. Capt. F. W.
Dawson was elected president of the
associatio'n for the ensuing year.
This is a deserved compliment to the
leading journalist of the State.
The following additional officers
Were elected f Vice-presidents, R.
B. Rhett, Jou nal of Commerce
T. B. Crews, Luronsvillo Herald ;
D, J. Carter, Lancaster Ledger W.
J. McKerral, Marion Star ; Jas. T.
Bacon, Edgefield Advertiser ;
recording secretary, A, A. Gilbert.,
Pee Dee Watchman ; correspond
ing secretary, E. B. Murray, Ander
son Jou'nat ; treasurer, T. F.
Grenneker, Newborry herald,
A Suggestion.
The following ticket has been pro'
posed by a correspondent of the
Spartanburg Spartanburg Spartan :
For governor, Wade Hampton ;
for lieutenant-goverhor, W, W.
Harlee, of Marion 3 for adjutant
and inspector general, Col. Alfred
Rhett, of Charleston ; for treasur
er, General John Bratton, of Fair
field ; for comptroller-general, Col.
I. G. Melcissick, of Union'; For sec
rotary of State, Col. R. M. Sims ;
for superintendent of education,
Col. E. M. Boykin, of Camden.
As a whole, we prefer the present
ticket.
County Organization.
As the subordinate clubs are all
reorganizing under the new consti
tution, a few words on this subject
may not be out of place. The con
stitution was prepared by the
County Committee, and the subordi
nate clubs sent delegates to Winns
boro to ratify it, with or without
amendments. The action of that
convention was final. It is not
necessary for the subordinate clubs
to ratify the constitution again.
They have adopted it through their1
delegates already. Once adopted,
it can be amended only by a con
vention, and by two-thirds of the
clubs. The clubs must organize
under the constitution as it is. 'We
have not heard of any dissatisfac
tion; but there appears to be some
misapprehension about the question
of ratification. No further ratifica
tion is necessary.
Each subordinate club will or
ganize under its own constitution,
subject onl-y to the articles pre
scribed by the County Constitution,
'which are given elsewhere.
It is unnecessary to explain the
bearing of most of these articles.
We call attention to Article VII.
on representation, as it is not clear.
't'he intolition is, first, that no new
elub shall be organized with less
than twenty-five mecmbers, but this
provisioni does not apply to- those
clubs already existing ; secondly,
that every club, as a club, shall
send one delegate, just as each
eounty,. large or small, elen4ts a
senator. Besides this, each club
shall send delegates according to
membership, on:e delegate for every
twenty-five members. The practi -
cal working is. that every club ef
twenty-five and less. than fifty
members'sends two- delegates ; one
having between fifty and seventy-.
five members, three delegates ; one
having between seventy-five and a
hundred members, four delegates,
and so on. Clubs will please bear
this in mind, so as to have full
representation in' any convention
that may be called.
Matters of detail must be arrang.,
ed by the subordinate clubs them
selves. The County Club contented
itself with lyrescribing a pledge for
every voter at the primary eleetion,
and left to each club to fix the
terms of admission to membership.
We would suggest that no member
be admitted except upon a two-.
thirds vote of the club. The time
has passed when it' was necessary
to go around drumming up recruits
for the party. It is much safer to
proceed sl6wly-- -ad"-- ave.. a
smaller club of zealous members
than an unwieldy body of luke"
warm members, or worse. It will
be found that as the campaign pro
ceeds the people will warm up, and
the ranks will bo filled without
difficulty. Upon the question of
membership the welfare of the
party depends. Once in a club
every one has a right to vote at the
primaries, and its the success of
Democracy depends on the noinina
tions made, none but tried Demo
crats should hiave a voice in thom.
There is said to have boon a time
in Charleston politics, several years
ago, when Bowen's negroes
captured and controlled the Demo
cratic primaries. To provent a
recurrence of this at the recent
primaries, only those who voted for
Hampton or who would have done
so, had the law pormitted them,
were considered Denocrats. - This
shows the necessity of exercising
caution in this matter. Good
Democrats will abide a nomina,
tion. Parties who opposed Iamp
ton in 1876 would be the very onc:
to bolt if dissatisfied.
It would not be a bad idea to
to. enact the old Eighth Article.
With these suggestions we dismiss
the subject for the present..
AoTES -F0oM W1A,S1IN0T'X.
St'rr i2up t-ho Old Election Frauds.
Florida Stolen from Tilden--Damalr
ing Confessions- -What Shall Wo do
About it ?
WASINOTON, April 26, 1878.--It
is now reasonably certain that
Blair's Maryland resolutions to try
Hayes' title in the Courts, were only
part of a wide scheme looking to
the full investigation of the ciruimm
stances of the election. 13--n Butler,
it is certain, had, and has hi:3
agents in Florida and Louisiana,
making secret but diligent inquiry
into the events of last fall and
winter. So had the fr:ends of Mr.
Tilden. So, it is said, hald Mr.
Conkling. The great confidenen of
Mr. Blair, hererofore imentione:d in
this correspondencu, that his reso
lution would be promptly acted on
in the Senate and the House, arose
from the fact that he expected
damaging exposures of Republican
fraud in those tvo States. Thise
exposures are at hand, so far as
Florida was expected to produce
them, and will no doubt be forth -
coming from Louisiana. MeLin, of
the Florida Board of Canvassers,
has gone so far as to say that the
result of the Presidential vote in
Florida, as declared by his Board,
was not the same it wvould have
b)een if there had not beeni an out,
sidoe Republican pressure upon the
Board. T1hat means that the ldi
cal politicians who visited the State
declared the result, and not the
propel' offieers. HeI satys furthler
that since the State wvas given to
Hayes 110 has discovered other
frauds, b)esides those lie conifesses
to havihatd a knowledge of at
the time the Board made its dlecis
ion. Dennis. the ruling spirit in
the cunty where the greatest
frauds were commnnittedl, makes full
confession.
Now it is a plain and simp)le
question,, and one not to be con
fused with any other, whether or'
not it will be tihe duty of Congress,
if it is made certain that the vote
of Florida belonged to Mr. Tilden,
to p)rovide a way by which lie can
Secure the ollico now held by Mr'.
Hayes. The law creating thle
Electoral Comnmisision provided, in)
general terms,. for the preser'vation
of the rights- of t.he two p)arties, no
nmatter what the dlecision of the
Commission should be. Will Con
gress give effect to that provision ?
While it seems to me thli should in
some wvay be0 done, I am free to say
there is little prospect of it at pres..
ent.
Besides this truly great subject,
there have been other matters of
interest of late. Th'Ie voting of
$7.292,000 for "river' arnd harbor'
imp)rovements" b)y the House, if
endorsed by the Senate, marks thle
beginning of a new era in our syste.n
of government. Two mnilions of tile
money wouldl unquestionably do all
thle wvork provided for whlich is of
general interest to tihe country. The
other five and one-.quarter nillIions
are simply so much monet to be
thrown by the Federal government
into remote sectionsa of the country.
While the measure'is not strictly the
work of Democrats, it originated in
a Democratic House, aind tile party
will be held responsible for it. WVe
shall have to wn.it b)ut a little time
and to read what is wvritten and to
hear what is said, an~d I have no
donbt the House Democrats who
voted for this undemocratic thing,
will be hear tily sorry and ashlamed.
At a priners' festival lately the
following toast was offered : "WVo.
man--Second to the- p'ress ini the
dissemnation of news.
T1n. CONSTITUTION.
The following is an official copy,
of the Constitution of the Dono
oratic party of Fairfield, adopted
by the County Convention oh the
30th of March, 1878
JOIIN IR1ATTON,
County Chairman.
11. MEANs DAVIS, Secretary.
Constitution of the Democratic Party of
Fairfield.
AnT. I. Thero shall bo one or ]
more Democratic clubs orgnnized
in each township, each of which
clubs shall havo a distinct title, the
" Democratic Club," and
shall elect a president, one or mloro
vico-I)residents, a secretary and
treasurer ; and shall have the fol
lowing working committees of not
less than three members each, viz :
A committee on registration, an
execntivo committee, and such other (
comnuittees as to each club may
seem expedient.
Alr. II. The meetings of the
clubs should be frequent after the 1
opening of the canvas ; and some
menl)er of the club or invited
s:peakcor should deliver an address
at each meeting, if practicable.
AR'r. III. The president shall
have power to call extra meetings
of the clubs-the quorin at all
meetings to be fixed by tie consti
tution of the several township
clubs.
AR"r. IV. The clubs in this county
shall be held together and shall
operate under the coitrol of a r
County Executive Committee, which
shall consist of on.e member from
ch:tc of the local clubs, to be cli osen
by the respective clubs. The execu -
tive committee, when elected, hhall , c
alP iuit its Own officers, except ihe <
ch:i imn, and fill all V.:eieancies
whieb iay arise when the coulvcu -
Lion is not iii sessiol The tenure
of office of the executive committee I
shall be unltil the next general camI
paign, unless sooner removed or
suspended by the county convention.
The present County Executive Coin
mnittee shall Contillie in ollice until
the first meeting of the Couuty
Convention under this org.miz ition.
AuR. V. The County .CUv ntion
slhdl be con'p :sed of dciegates
elected by the several local clubs
one delegate for every club of not
less than twenty--five enrolled ineim
bers, and ono additional dlegate
for every twenty-five members. r
Providced, That the minni of 1
m1emhbership hcrein prescribed shall
not bo held tv :j to any cla)
now organized.
Awtr. VI. The Coun y Chalirln:. mm
shall be elected by the County Con- I
vontion at its fih st mnceting under! ri
this Constitution, and he shill hold t
office for two years and until his ,
successor shall have beenm ole.- ted.t
An's. VII. Tfhe County Chairnnnn
shall be e.o of/leio clir .manl of thIl<
County Exee:iiivo Conumtt.ee, and
pre(sidenIt of all County Conventions.
lie shall have power to call a C on
vention whenever ill is juldgmenti
it may be adlvisable, and shall muake
such calli whenever requested so to
do by the County Executive Coim
mittec.
Aiwr. VIIL. Upon the assembling
of the County Convention, it shall
be called to or'der by time County
Chair'man, and shall elect, from
among its members a secretar'y, and
if it see p)roperI, (1n assistant secro
tary. '[h11 Conventionm shall prioceed
to the business for' which it was
called, and, wvhen the same is
tr'ansacted, sh all adjourn sine dlie.
AR. IX. Tihe system of pr'immar'y
elections by ballot is hereby pro
scribedi as the mode of nominating
candidhatesu for' county oficees, and
for the Ge-ner'al Assembly. Theli
said eletions shall ho conduicted
unider' rules and re?gulationls to 1)e
fixed by the County Executive Comn
miittee.
Awe. X.rrTheoeecion ofdelegatos
inl anid by the~ County Convention.
At such elections a majority of the
meimber's voting shall be sufficient
for' a choice.
Anl. XL A dquor'Ium of the CountyI
Convention shall consist of twenty
members exclusive of thle Ch:imuan,
wvho shmall not vote excep)t inl casesRof
ai tie, wheni he( shmall hiave the casting
vote.
IAaT. XII. Thlis constitution may
be alten d or unmended by at vote of
at matjority of the dully elected mrm
b)ers of any Coumnty Convention.
Pr'oo ided, '1lhat no "such aimiend(1
m(nts shall be of for'co unless rati
fled by two-thirds of all the local
club s.
PEN CI LS.
A lot of glood soft Cedar Ponile, for
saeat the Drug Store, at 25 cents
prdznor two for frve eents.
-ALSO
OANTZ'S Sea-Foam Yeast Powdeors,at 85 1
centa per box, or three boxes for $1.00. 4
I have for sale, o st Powder of my
own, at60 cents pier >, or 5 oonta per
ounlcO by thel idmg1eor ce(S.
-march 9
PUREST, OLDEST
-AN D
Finost Lipuorz
M: r-Wl 0 y Th WJT
--O --
)JWN TO HARD PAN
PRICES.
-ALL PLAIN DRINKS TO
Ten Cents a Drink.
-o----.
INCINNATI AND COLUMBIA
LARGER BEER
O FIVE CENTS A GLASS,
-AT THE
MORNING STAR SALOON
--AND THE
CENTENNIAL BAR,
-Y
F. W. HABEi;ICHT,
pril 26- Potpriet4)r'.
LEATI ER ! LEATHER !
; haVe onl loald i full stock of Sole,
liarness, Up pe. liusset. Kipt andl
altskin Leather, which we will sell very
heap.
HIDES! HIDES!
llighest nmr;et prico p aid for hides.
hititg thtei to us,
ap:it 2; J. F. -tcM ASl EI & CO.
'PRIN HiAS 0 ,
-AND-.
XIow ityle Goods
--H.X E-.
TUSTr fl tVID, including, all t.it
itiv, Itos of the siuoaasl. ilf the Winns
-oru ]ry Gools, Faney Goods nid
Millinery Bazaar.
31S. 110AG wishe,; to return her -in
la i;cth 1. hcr frirnl-i ait(L the publiu
uiet"rill. fo1r the li,ast patrairuge, soliie
ig at continuatlnc of the aie. She will
nult"avor a:; htert'tofore inl is determ,ined
r2 pilease the umost fiastial ions.
31Iiinri'v and F'an.cV (aod<s Stock is
Ine E wers. Feat hers, Illusions11, NcL'k
'is, liill.in g, L in en arnI Lacue Se(Its,
land iehiefi , Corsets, (loves, lut.tonis,
:e., k e.
--4- ---
hecon I 'ofI of'' Spring (iicoes,11 ailso a1 nice
ella"e Iac-ii jt WIas hi l'olains
andi oth nicegs (laeial an<l
Triminin .Calnd
A lairge lot of Aln's, Lad'iesn' and
1hiId r'eni's Shoes, Ghents-' r nid Bouys' Fur
.nd Stranw IJits, ine andu cour' ;c.
A chIoic( lot of F"a miy (Groeiis, Can..
li es, (akes.'Ii 1 \lcerel. TobaccoL'( Cigas
(erosene0 Oil, Unriid w are, V' outl enw~arxe,
[linwiarie, Cr'ockery', &cl.
A quan1t ity of Lumbiler for salo low for
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