Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWS AND 'HERALD EXTRA. Call to Reorganiz Par To the Democrats of South The following preamble and resolu tions having been adopted by a repre sentative body of Democrats coming from a large majority of the counties of the State, and havinig since been ap proved by many Democrats in all of the counties of the State, it becomes my duty as chairman of the Demo cratic conference committee of South Carolina to publish them to the State and to earnestly urge all true Demo crats to take active part in the mass meetings proposed to be held, and to send representative dplegations to the Democratic State convention therein recommended. Thomas W. Carwile, Chairman Democratic Conference Com mittee. To the T\-mocrats of South Carolina: Whereas, under the guidance of those so-called Democrats, ot a major ity of them, who have control of the rarty machinery in this State, the lead ers of the rank and file of the party have attempted to commit them to the Third party and to Populist doctrines, have alienated us from our fellow-Dem ocrats of the Union, have brought the party in South Carolina into re proach as to its alignment with the national Democracy, and adopted false undemocratic principles and promul gated them in the name and under the banner of Democracy; and Whereas, the Democratic masses of the State have been grossly betrayed by men charged with the party man agement, who have usurped the rights and used the machinery of the party for selfish ends, a majority of the so called State Democratic executive com mittee actually permitting another self-constitutpd committee (only claim the Democratic ty. Carolina: ing to represent a faction of a faction) to assume control of the party man agementI and in the most flagrant and offensive manner to disfranchise thou sands of true Democrats; and Whereas, a Ring has been organized and is exercising most arbitrary and tyrannical power, to the utter subver sion of the will of the people, thereby depriving them of their polit ical rights; now therefore be it Resolved, That we as true, loyal and uncompromising Democrats, repudiate the Third party platform repeatedly (and at the recent August State con vention of the faction now in power) forced upon our party, and hereby pledge our continued allegiance to true Democratic principles as enunciated by the last national Democratic con vention. We feel the absolure neces sity of a complete reorganization of the party in this State and invite all true Democrats to assist us in its re habilitation and in the organization of Democracy in South Carolina squarely in line with sound Democratic doctrine: be it Resolved further, That we hereby invite the Democrats of the State of South Carolina to assemble at the court ho.es of their respective counties on Saturday, the 15th day of September, 1S94, or in such other place and manner as they may determine, for the pur pose of selecting delegates (two for every representative in the House and the Senate, - to which the county is entitled) to meet in Colum bia at a convention to be held on the 17th of September, at 8 p.m. for the purpose of reorganizing the Democratic party in South Carolina, considering the political situation of the State and taking such action as their collective wisdom may suggest for the public welfare.