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ESTABLISHED 1805. NEWBERRY, S. C., TIIURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1890. PRICE $1.50 A_YEAR THE AUGU.'T CONVENTION. Heated ira Narne anral itality-Lively Timne aid Intenise Exciternent. [Our report of the Convention cl-l last week when a recess was taken until 7 p. m. Wednesday. 'Ihe further pro ceedings are made up from the daily papers.] The afternoon session wae aflld to.t order and the repo)rt from the ci inlittee oil credentials not being ready the convention adjouried uitil 7 o'clock. Not until S o'clock did the convention reassemble and not until 9 (lid the committee on credentials re port and the convention resuic work. TIREE ICEPoRTS. The committee made three report ol the Fairfield delegation ; a majority report favoring the Tillman deleiation ; a minority report favoring the 1,ratton delegation ; a second minority favoring seating neither delegation :ntl or(lering a reorganization of the Democratic t party in Fairtield county. Hon. Sampson Pope, of Newberrv, advocated the majority ,port : H*n .J. C. Haskell advocated the first mi nority report and tile second minority providing for seating neither delega tion, was indefinitely postponw<i. MA.JoR wO19WARD eALLS Dn. PoPE A LI F.I Dr. P.)pe said that political bodies in ,4outh Carolina have the right where they are contesting delegations to lave them passed upon by a connittee on credentials. They as-kel for the con mittee on credentials, and they were told-the strangest thingyou eve- heard of in your life-that after the temporary organization they might give then a committee on credentials, but that t he report of the sub-committee must stand at that time-actually refused to themi that which every contesting dlelegation is entitled to-a Commit tee on creleii- I tials. Major T. W. Woad ward, of Fairliel, i at this stage of Dr. Pope's remarks, j rose, and shaking his fist at Dr. Pope, c said, "'You are uttering a false and pal pahle lie, and you kiow it, sir.'' LCheers.i The coifusion resulting from this a episode was great, tihe excitiement was intense and the danger of a per-onal confliet etweel the antis and Tillinan factions seemed certiin to materialize I into a serious row. Tie situation wns t i r perilius. The friends of Dr. Pope Iathered around him and they glared a at Major Wox)dward and the antis. who surrounded himN with ferocious and threatening looks, while Majaar Wood ward's friends, who had gathered thiek about him, h,ore expreissions of equally t intense fero(c_iousnes- towarl the Till- t manites. I'-ei(elt 0i-l tl'ogeI Preside-nt iTalbaert, ad h grat Confusion, appo.-a!edl to th... Conventioln to come to ordaler, aal eswecialy ap paealedl for ordler in behalf of the ladies who were presenlt anal srad that the e nrext mian who,a gave the lie in tihe haill lie w'ould have put ott by th Ile Ser geant-at-Aris.[her. Colonel JIlaskel I. arfte" quiiiet -hard been res.toredl sutlleit to) enable him to be heard, got oni a chair, and said "Dr. Poape has allowead mIe to say a word here. 1 intended, whein D)r. C Pop)le finiishe~d, to reply to someW thrings hre has stated, conceerninigt which 1 diagree with himir; but whren airy aonie says that anryth ing IDr. Pope says is intrentioarnlly false, I say, siir, that frorni nry ten year' know ledge of him inIe is iniiaapable of sayin any thinig fase."' (lheers. ] At lenrgthr order wa's rastaored atrol several specebe s were nr:rie a ni eachr si<ie, tire spech aof C. B. D ouglass. a mirnrber of tire Brat ton dealega tionai fnrm F-airfieldl, breing thre beast (lie mitae. lie recivedi <iUite an ovation art its can elusion, after whuieb a vorte a enr tered1 uponat, andl te maajaority rep)ort, seat iing tIre TilIfhn:ur delIehgates, aadaaptad hby tihe Conivenitiaon aon a ye-a aw11 nrury vote. TIre votre re-jea-tinig th irBlra tt a) de gait iran from Fairfield .tas 2N to 7'. aind the adlegat ion tiled out aaf ther hailh, le-aving thre Tiillmnan adelegati-an ftrim Thre arorte-t againist th ita2Iearkel-ey dl (-gationi was laidl ran thre table. Thris colet edta tire ar-tion ui tpon thre repaort oaf the~ connir!tttee andr the a-rinventioni was peraneantly oarganrized lay thre - (-lectio o11(f the temp; orary ofll eers. IiIIT.\N INT orlm.\ANi z.ArON. 3Mr. Paope inom)ina:ted Sr. Tfalbeart fr permianrent Ipresidenit , anal Mr. Hafrskell ( noi. inatedl Mtr. G eorge Laimb Bui.t MIr. P'ope pr)cee-dedl to puit thre namet of * (Chairmtan Talb1-et, anid adeclared im tri , elected withotut even pauttintg tIre namea oaf Mfr. Bluist. (Chee-rs, g)roans and hisses followed,. and ran the protest (of ('al. A. (-. JI skeil tire nianle oaf lfr liuist w~as jaut brefre the eronve-ntIon by Mr Pope anal voted down. President Tailbert thnt thanked the r-oniventionl for thre honior cerLret.d, anid emrphrasized the great irupotance . af this covein :taleo'-in og peace :ad harmnyr' in then rnks ofth h bay tire Tillm:ani tmen :: i-lriona: by t the antic. 'The orgtanizat ion was comprleXted by thea. eieetion) a arfi one t vletprsidentt fromal eachl- contgres-sional distria-t anda rhm nain af conite(n e at a-on!stitutUion. andi on ariisoaluti :a i plartfoarmi. i:.-wh caolnnttee. is rem-l a rate oft. onenember fromii e:1th a arty s,-c-tedl bya lie dleartionr. Tfao-mrwillari(\' be ii a tieli a, and a TlI m11otion if HIon. M. B. MeSNvee ilev inl tie State Ex.:Xut.iv e (oni C mittee () withdraw ih- call for the September 0veniion in, the interest of harmony !id allow the liominlationl of State flickrs at this convention, was not arried, but it bei ig d1iscussed by On ers of the ()n1vention anld is till a possibility that is hoped for by t T ILL.la ANuri : tliil'E-:. The Till.ianlites will not force a nom nation at this convention, but would lad!y hail any action of the executive oMmilfittee or the minority of the con ention which would make this possi le -without objection. 1 Many of the straightouts do not hear s luch a proposition, however, and 1 ven talk of a split in the party inl pref- 1 rence to Tillman. CONI-TION ATI!DNIGIIT. At P2:.5~ a resolution was passed to 1 roeeed Iintil tle work of the con ven on wvas transaeted. The cmilillttees oil resolutions and j latform, and oil the constitution re red to the ante room. Various iotions for recess and to ad jun were voteI down, and the con- 4 ent ion is in greaLt confusion. President Talbert has called on the rowd to "shut up" and "sit down," shut your months and keel) quiet."' At 1 o'clocit the convention is still in ' oisy session awaitinlg business from : lIe c mlllittes. 1 TIE STATE- DEnT.I .\f,er a debate of an hour the ma >rity repirt oil the resolution declar- 1 ig the State debt of South Carolina to e a puiblic obligation of primary imi ortance, and shall receive in the fu are, as inl the past, the fostering care 1 f tile State: Whereas, evil disposed persons, f anselessly i -hostile to the Farmers' I(vellent and regardless of the fair am!Ie anild credit of South Carolina, ive cIUsed to be chirclated through lie press oi the country statements in- I 1nded to )rejuice the general public s to the relation of the Demo rati( party to the public debt f this State : and whereas, such in ilter 5taltem?enlts, growing out of hos- I ile political motives, are wholly at , 11r:ianCe Witih tie purposesof the Dei cratic party (,f this State, and if un oticed woulI create wrong impres- ( [1 iis and probably do harm and be un- t ist to the people of South Carolina : 1e it, resolved by the Democratic arty in Convention assembled, That h- delt of South Carolina, as now ecogi zed, is a public obligation of r riniimar importance, and in the future, s in the past, will continue to have Ie fostering care of the State Govern wit anId should command the confi- 1 enee of the investiug pblic. TIlE IlNoIt Y REPORT. Tihe alnti-Tilhianites made a minori v rep(:t oil the grouiind that the mat ,r was foreign to the purpose for hiel the coilventitni was Called an(L evause the rvemle of the resolution .-Irred to "evil disposed persons" iti "Sinister liotives," who had cih ulated rephorts damiaging t the State's rediit andl there was no0 evidence to sus-1 alin thle sanie. LOO0K (W'T FOR THlE SPLIT. Ho~ n. L. W. Youmians is discussed he ruinority report of thle coinmmiittee n coinstitutioni. TheC majori ty report provides a new onistit utioni for t he control of the D)em e-rat iC party. The minority report contends that he convention was called for the spe ilie purpose of decidinig whether or not here shialllibe a State primlary to elect eh-gate:, to tihe Sieptembier coinvent ion, ind thiCeconv'ention canniot act onl ther muatters. I i ihe nud:tori ty report is adopted, as fcourse it will be, it is said the Char iiu an liiiIbiiland dlelegatioiis wvill of rec onize i ts act ion fu rthier. thu ts eninini: thle Slit iin the party. 'o!. It. ( . Watts, froiii the committee ii plat iori aml1 reSolu.tions5, subimittedi undor1ityi repoirt oni Shell's resolut ion ecard inig Im St ate debt, reciommll end sits pa:ts:ag.. A mninority report was !si submitted, signed b'y (Col. A. C. ini-keil, .J. I'. R eilin ig and otheurs. Upo moitition ti aldopt the majority sp rt there wire several speeches, hie most iiotable b)einig tha:t of Col. I aukel I. Hie made a suberb spech, ind in its couirse remiu a let ter from Sen ior .1. G . Carlisl-, from Kentucky, on ie Mublject unde Ir ecinsideration as fol i:x-sit-:.mi-:n e.Ai{A.E5i-' oi-INioN. h-ar Sir: Yor I-Iter has been h anided > me, w'ith thle reiIlest that I wouild -rite to you iponl the sutdjeet to which relates. You state that the State Ex utivye ( onnu itteec- issued a call for a On venitill to decide whether delegates >a Nomuinating (Convention, called ir Sepitember,.I -hall beC selected by rlimariles, aind for that purpocse only, ud yiou ask my opiioni whether the uneioniil,W lwhen assembled under als. (al!, en poceedl to mlake noimina i)ni- or change the basis of repiresentta on~Ii heroffore estaLlished. Decidedlv r the opilnin that it can do neither. Ha ving beit called fir a special pur *se its at hority is necessarily limited 'Ithe termsi (f tile call it5elf. It can ar'e no generl~ athtority to bind the ar v b its aictionl en any othter subdeet >r theL obv iS reasonl that its imemtbers re aimply delegated to do a particular ling. ours truly, 1l. 1 i:is;eli said he 1had( personail in -rviews wtlh Senators Vance. Pugh, ike. I :ay MtcPher's:m and Represenit tiv, \V!s"n. ,if WVest tirgiiia, Hatch ndIt ini ::and they- all con Urd linI -n:t iir ('arlisie's views. < ionl .\. <'(. Hatt-kell mlovedl thle d i "n of 1 itliii mioit eport. Mr. iean of I-'eactie-ld, ini reply to the :he Executive Committee of this Statt 'annot hamper or shackle the Denc :ratic party of this State, and it is th( )rovince of this convention to decid( vhether they have this power or not, mnd he iade some reference to a hit )n the part of some at a split by the m'ti-Tillmanites. Said he: Has it com o this that the white people of South arolina, in sovereign convention as ibled, can be intimidated in such a nanner as that? ["No! no!"] Doyou wlieve that any man in this State can ake the negroes and lead thei to the >olls and beat you? ["No, no."] I mow that in old Edgelield Ne could ake the unterrified Democracy and vhip out 500 bolters; and it is time foi he papers of this State to understand he fact that we cannot be intimidated. Colonel Haskell: There is no attempt Lt intimidation. We are here to do our >est for the Democratic party of South .arolina. After several ineffectual efForts to ad ourn until to-morrow, the Convention lecided to stay in session all night and inish their business before it. Colonel LeRoy F. Youmans spoke doquently against the majority report Lnd adoption of the proposed constitu .ion. Mr. Buist also spoke. His speech iad a very conciliatory effort on the Pillinanites, and at one time it looked Ls though he had made a sufficient lumber of converts to act in harmony vith the interests at stake and for the rood of the State that it was thought he minority report would be adopted >r least effect a postponement of action in the adoption or rejection of the Con titution until the September Conven ion. Mr. Bean who, although a young nember from Edgefield, has great in luence with his delegation, and stands )rominently in his county a few re narks to the Tillmanites at the conclu ion of Mr. Buist's speech. He said that ie had noticed Mr. Buist in the Senate id elsewhere, and that it was his hon st opinion, which he had expressed on ifferent occasions, that Mr. Buist is an ionorable man. incapable of advocating nything he believes to be wrong, and hat when he came forward as he had [one and expressed such patriotic senl iments as he had, the Tillnanitcs ught to be willing to meet him half vay. [Cheers.1 Mr. Bean's speech had a telling, har Lonious effect of the Tillmanites, but did not last long enough to bring ,bout a defeat of the action of the con ention which was taken later, and vhich caused the witLdrawal of five ounties from the deliberations of the ody. Mr. Stackhouse of Marion moved that he constitution be laid on the table mItil September and that this Conven ion proceed to elect State Executive ..ommnittee. The minority report was defeated by vote of 54 to :.353. Trhe motion was hen put as to the adIoption of the coui titution submitted by the majority of ommittee, and as the minority de-e ~ates of the Convention who are anti ['ilhman and took the position that the ~all of this Convention was for a specific unrpose, that of deciding whether there hould be a State primary or not, en ered their protest, and before the vote vas taken the delegates of Richland, harleston, Beaufort, Georgetown and umter withdrew from the Convention, ~iving as a reason that they could not rote on the question, considering the cttion of the Convention unconstitu. ional, &c. The announcement of their Ietermiination to withdraw was miet vith applause. The rep)ort and Consti ntion were adopted theni without any pposition, as at this stage the Convyen. ion is comp)osed of Tillmnanites en irel v. THi E N EW EXECUTi vE CoMM3ITTEE:. The convention at 5 o'clock went in to he noinlation of a new State Execu ive Committee, resulting as follows: First Congressional District-H. A. (Ieetze, Lexington; 0. R. Lowman, )rangeburg. Second-0. C. .Jordan, Aiken; (G. D). Bellinger, Barn~weli. TIhird-W.*\ A. Neale, And1(erson;i A. N. .Jones, A bheville. Fourth-J. L. M. Irby, Laurens; 0. N. Buchanan, Fairfield. Fifth-Ira B. Jones, Lancaster; W. '.McCreight, Chesterfield. Sixth-T. E. Early, Darlington; M. .(Galluchat, Clarendon. Seventh-T. A. Williamis, C'oleton; 1. E. Keels, Sumter. ev. Second-A. M. Youmans, Colleton. Thl1i rd-L. S. Bi nghami, Florence. F'ourthi-T. W. Daggett, Harry. Fifth-H. H. Townes. Sixth-G. W. Gage. Seventh-R. A. Lancast er, Spartan urg. Eighth-Hl. B. Buist. Mr. J. L. M. Irby was elected (Chair nan of the nlew E-xecutive' Commit The following were introduced: Res~olecd, That this Convention con irmi the call madle for a State Co'nven ion on the 1oth of Septemiber. :2. That those counties whleh have 20t yet already elected delegates to the Sominatingz Convention called for Sep ember 1.!, 1890, are hereby ordered to lo so under the provisions of the eonl tittutionl heretofore provided. Resolutions thanking the permanent >flicers of the Convention, as wveil as 'ol. J. A. Hoyt, for courtesies inl pre iding, were adopted. On miotion of Mr. Jrby, a resolution vas submitted in writing that it is the ense of the Convention that no pri nary be ordered for State oflicers this ecar. Adopted. The Convention at 5.:M; a. mn. adl otirnd sin die Til- I: IN VENI WN. I iiiredli:te aIter tile ani1 noIlliel"wt of tihe vote of the -oention dlin ing to aiopt tire minority ri ,t if tiiv colimllittee as the 'oi-titutionl of tire Denieratic party, ti,- dvIe,m; ioIns from, Richland. Clarle-toll eau "oI',(; e town anld Sumtr, withdrew alnd IrO ceeded in L body to the Agri4U!tl1I';k Hall, where a teniprrary oriniztioi was effeeted. The temporary ur-anization was per feeted by H1on. ( 'o. L. llist beinl called to the chair aii MIr. E. .1. ireit nen appointed as Secretary. O i iotion of Ir. Fickeni the deleva tions from Fairfield, I'nion and Flor ence were invited to seats inl the ( 'oi vention as advisory inum bers. The follov, ing Exe(--u tive Ctomniit tee was appoinited to prepare aii addrcss to the people: A. C. J laskell, J. W. I well, T. 1). Blanldin, Waltetr. ll.lzr:d(i and W. T. \'erdit'. After the etirollineit of the Iieniik-bes the Coiventioi took a rece!s. IT .'..Ns A --'LIT. [Fron the August:t Chroniele.] The Tillniiites left on tihe ot:11goillg trains as fast as the schedules perrit ted, and in a few lours the crowds of the past two days had dispersed. The antis remained in Colu:IOIia to-day for conference upol their fure coui.re. Several leading an ti-Tiln:iites have beeI sunioned by wire. r11,ITAN SAYS IT'S A ,L I(i IlT I had a bri,.f interview with 1'o. 1. It. Tillnan before he left f6r lioie at (; o'clock this inorninig and he did not seCm at all disturbed by the ilt u1li tlhings had taken. When I asked hiin if hLe had: atteiled the all-night session lie said: No, sir; I was was in my bed at the hotel, but whenl they told ine about the wrangle of the constitution I di.1 go up there and try to get then to let the iatter go over till tLe Septeinber con vention, and coipronise on a new executive coiniittee. There was no cause in the world for the withdrawal of those delegatiolns, bUL they waited ani excuse to split. What will be the result? Why, I will go to the Septeinber eonveiLion stroiger than ever, and in the new elections will be certain to carry the Fairfield. Georgetown and Beaufort delegates. It is all right, and they can't beat ne to save their lives. The antis, however, declared differ ently, and some of them confidently assert that Tillian will never be gover nor. A conference is to be held, and there is little doubt an anti-Tillnan ticket will be put-in the field. TiE: ANTI CALL. Ex-Chancellor WV. 1). Johnson, of Marion, president of anti-TiIlhuanite conventioll, whivh was held in this city July 10 and i1, to-liiglt issues the fol lowing call: CoLm H.\, S. C., Augut I~>, IS m. The Conference ield in the city of Colun"ibia on July 10 and 11, i500. adopted the following resolution: Recso/r'd, Thiat w hein thlis conlference adjourns, that it adjourns to meet sub jeCt to tire call of tihe president, and( in event that the August coniventionl re fuses to rnake provision for tire eiectiror of delegates to the September convenr tion by primary election, that tire president call a meieting of this eon fieree, to b)e held befor'e tile Septemi her conventioni, for tire pulrpose of' con suIting together us to what course shall he purisuied to p)reservec the exis tenrce of tire Demirocratic pa rty of Sonuthr Carolina. In )1 pursuantce of' this reSioiLit in lnd in obedienrce to thIis irarollate of thre conference, I hrebiy call a iieet inig of the conf*e'ree to reassemblei at tire State Houise, inl the city i of01 Colbia, on Tuesday, August '..', lS!U, at S All mnembrers of1 the conlferencee and all others ii n ympathy with the oh jects anid declared purposes5L ofi those) thenr partici patinzg inl said moinvemeniilt ar-e hereby iniviteid tio at tendi . [Signreti W\. I.. Jo N-oN, Prest. 'Tm: Al)no:t!:ss ul-:A li\. TIhe commlrittee of live, tappiinted by tire seced ing delegationl s at theri r mreet inig this miioring to l''prre air adrei'ss to tire pleople of t he Starte, hiave emnpili ed that task anrd tire adrihess will lbe givenr to tire press to-mrorrow. TIll l-: L i2 iu*s n l-:Sli:l v Ehi. I talked with '\aj. D3uist and ('alpt. Smy the of (Charlehstonr and C'ol. Hulskeil, buit fotud thremr all reserved ars to the future course of tire straighitouts. Make it plaiin, said 'oh. .1. ( . Haskell1 that we diid not bolt tire convention tand then try to set upl a inrority con vent ion of ourl! own. W e simpl~iy wvtilirew he-' cause tire C'onrventiionr proposedt tr-anis act business whricir it had nioatthiritv to trainsact andii because we would nrot lhe botund by such illegtl actionz. H avinig withzdrawnz we simpli~y met tiogethrer for' Coinfere'nce anid selected a connu iziit tic to przep are for tire peoplec of tire State air explana:tioni andi justification of our :aken I canzrnot sayv. There will dloublt less be a conrferenrce of Demrocrats to de teriner whrat is to be dlone. 'ItIANa 'Tr in-: ti-:AT .:N. Tllai:t Is aboiut ire subst.ance i>f v:riouts oPttiiIois thlat were expressed 13\ the leadiniig atits. Othrets not) so pruominient fromtiheii anrti gzilIe. "A new~ ticket will b' tput out." saidl onte, "'andi youllI sce te liveliest emnii paiigni ini Soutlr *'riIiinta tllait ever viii Saw. Said anotriri: "Tlhianr stick hlas igonel down i'c peil r cet. s ice last niigh rt. lie w il1 never lbe g vterinor of Sonuth I asked aui numbetr of antis whio ther pr'oposed to beat Tillinant withi, bu:t I could get nil antswer to this iquestion. Iroball nlo one lhas been'i settled utn'in yet. Any ione whoi loiikeid onl tihe over whelmzring Tiliinant mar:jirity in tIre Starte coinvent ion which ha:r julst ardjourrnied is didate who comes ont now to beat him for governor has a imighty uphill job I efore hlink It t ile 1ilht is (i.1terel iloil it is going t'o be a bitter one, aid to the death. V'nIhs. wise and conservative counsels provail the inte-rity of the Democratic party inl South Caro'ina will b,: serit us Already in many quarters the slo,:n is anything to beat Tilman. THEI NEW CONSTITUTION. A Doc'!Jm1ent Which Should be Carefully Studied and Preserved. A RrILE r. There shall be one or more Dlemocratic Clubs organized in -ach election precitnet, each of which clubis shall have a distinct titie, " THe -.- Democratic Club," and shall elect a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Iecording and a Corres p)miing Secretary. arid a Treasurer, and shall have the following Working Com Iittees, of not less than three members e:Wh, viz: A Connittee on Registra 1ioni, an Executivye Comminittee, and such olier Conmmittees as to each Club may seli expedient. Ai.ri.L-: 1H. The meetings of the Clubs shall be frequent after the open ing of the canvass, and some member of the Club or invited speaker deliver an a(ldress at each meeting, if practi Cable. ARTICLE 111. The President siall have power to call an extra meeting of the ('lub, and nienibers of the (lub shall constitute a quorum for the t ransaction of business. A rriu-: IV. The Clubs in each County shall be held together and operate under the control of a County civutive Committee, which shall con sist of one mneniber from each Club, to be nominated by the respective Clubs and elected by the County Convention, and such other members as the Con venition may add, but these powers to the said Executive Committee do not earry with them the power to pass upon the eection of members to the County Convention or their qualification to sit as members, for this power belongs to the nembers ofthe Convention through theappointment and action ofa com miittee on credentials, whose report shall be acted upon as the members of the Convention may deeni proper. The Executive COmnittee, when elected, shall appoint its own oflicers and fill all vacancies which may arise when the Convention is not in session. The term of olice of the Executive Committee shall be until the first Monday of May of each election year, at which time the County Convention shall be called to get-er to reorganize the party, or unless sooner removed or suspended by the (ounty Convention. A (,rijc,- V: Cou nty Democratic Con vent ions shall he composed of delegates elected by the several local clubs, one delegtte for every twenty-five mem b,rs, and one delegate for a fractional majority thereof,with the right to each County Convention to enlarge or dimi nish the representation according to circunistances. - The County Conven tions shall lie called together by th Chairnan of the respective Executive Ccminittees under such rules as each County may adopt, and when assem bled shall be called to order by the Chairnian of the Executive Committee, and the convention shall proceed to nominate and elect from among its members a President, onie or more Vice P residents, a Secretary and Treasurer, Tlhe cltibs recognized by the respective Coun tv Conventions at their last meet ing shall continue to be recognized as the clubs from whom delegations to the next County Convention shall be sent andh no others, uniless by a twvo-thirds vot e of any Convention to whom appli cation is miade for the formation of an addlitional club, except that in all cities with a population of 5.00') andl more, there may be t wo elaubs in each polling precinct, and they shall be organized in obedience to this constitution, as are the clubs else where in this State; and in organizing said clubs, they may- have representa tionl in the ('ounty Conventions respec tively, as said C'onventions shall declare in accordance with the provisions of t his constittiion. AR'rwu-: VI. The State Nomiinating ionvent ion for thle nomlination of Go)vernlor, Lieutenatit (Governor and othter State otticers in 1 02, and there atfter, shall bie composed of delegates fromt eaich (County in the numerical piroport ion to which such County is eiititled in both biranches of the Gen eral Assembly. Saiid delegates to be cho' sen byv primary elections to be held on the laist Tuiesday in August of each ehltio)n year, the delegates to be elected to receive a miajority of the votes cast. At whiebh electioni only white Demo crats shall lbe allowed to vote, excpt thai:t negroes whlo voted for General Hamiptoni ini 1-, and who have voted the D)emocratic ticket continuiously since, may be allowed to vote. T1hue club rolls of the party shall con stitute the registry list and shall lie openi to inispectioni by any membher of lie party and the election undher this clause sha:ll be held and regulated tinder thle act of the General Assembly of t his St ate, approved December 22id, I .s, anid any subtsciquenit acts of the Ligislaturie of Ii his State. Aa'u -: V It. The ollieers of thle State (Con vent ion shall be a l'residenmt atnd Vice-Il'resident from each (Congres si' nail I)istriiet, t wo Secretaries andim a Treaisiirer. A wru-riiia: V It! . Tie St at e Ex-cuit ivye (onuinittee shatll bme couipiised of two imemiiers friom cachi ('mingressionial DI)s trc,and e igh t membu ters at large. mone of whtom shlil bie from cacti judicial dist rict, said nmmubers to be niormiateid by thi decl'gaites- trmini the congre-ssional auimi jotiial dlistriets iespiectivehy, to i-e ilteedi b ihe *oinvenitionm. When elected.= aid E~xecu tivye ( omi tees shllI elect its owiinI olcers. shiall mieet at thle rail if th li :hiaima ir any 11ive meim hiers, :it such timeiand:ii placs as lie or they mayv :ppoinit. The mieiber of the Naionai;:l IDemo' crat ie Exeu tive (omi mittec Ircim S'muth (Carolina is to be eleteid by thle State (Conivention in 1892 :nil e-very fiur years thiereafter, anid whent elect(ed shall be ex-oliciio a ment he r ofi the St ate E-xectiv e (Commtittee. T[he Executivye ( iinunitte shalh have pow\er, biy the vote of a majority of the whole comnmit tee, t'o call a Con vention oif thle D emnocrat ie party of this State, at such timie anmd place as it may desig nate, buzt after entl inug a ( onvention shall niot have power to revoke said call. The State Executive (Committee is chargedi with the execution and diretiion iif tile policy oif the party in the .tat e, sub ject to this Constitution, li h rinciples declared ini the p)latform of riniciptes andI such instructions by re-soliutionis or o'thierwvise as the Stat~e Cioivention miay fromi timie to time adlopt, and shall con tinueti in oflice f(ir two years from th~e timie of election or until the assemb tling of the State Con ven tioni witich muiets in 1592, for the pur!poe oif electing delegates to the National Convent ion, unless supersed(-il by the action of a State Coiventioin which may imeet earlier. Said Execu tive Committee being a creation of the Convention can be superceded by it at any time. If any vacancy occurs on the State ticket by death, removal or other cause the e-imit tee shall have the power to fill the vacaney except that in the case of theoffle of Governor, if sufficient time remains to call a Con vention, they shall do so, but if not they may fill the vacaney. ATRTICL: IX. When the State Con vention assembles it shall be called tc order by the chairman of the State Ex -eutive Committee. A temporary presi dent shall be nominated and elected by the Convention, and after its organiza tion the Convention shall proceed im mediately to the election of permanent officers and to the transaction of busi ness. When the business has been con cluded it shall adjourn sine die, but this shall not prevent a recess from being taken if deemed necessary. ARTICLE X. Thereshall be a primiry election in each Congressional District in this State on the last rues(iay in August, 1S92, and every two years there after to nominate candidates for Con gress, but this shall not prevent a pri mary or convention in each Congres sional District for 1890 or before 1892, as each district may provide, to be con ducted and managed, as hereinbefore provided in the election for delegates to the State Convention, the vote to be received, tabulated and announced by the State Executive Committee to the chairman of whom the result of this vote shall be transmitted by the re spective County Chairmen, and on the last Tuesday in Autrust, l92, and each fourth year thereafter the election for Solicitors of the different Circuits shall be by primary, subject to the same rules and regulations, and to be an nounced in the sane way as before set set forth for Congressmen. At the elections of both Congressmen and Solicitors only those persons shall be allowed to vote who are herein allowed to vote for delegates to the State Con vention. The provisions of this Con stitution shall not apply this year to the election for Congressmen in the Third District which is soon teo occur, in which a primary is now in pro gress. ARTICLE XI. Before the election in 1802 and each election year thereafter, the State Democratic Executive Com mittee shall issue a call to all candi dates for State officers to address the people of the different counties of the State fixing the dates for the meetings, and also inviting the candidates for Congress and for Solicitor in their re spective districts and circuits to be present and to address the people, and at such meetings, only allowing such candidates to speak and none others. ARTICLE XIf. It shall be the duty of each County Executive Committee to appoint meetings in their respective counties to be addressed by the candi dates for the General Assemb:y and for the different county officers. WAR ON THE LOTTERY. A Convention in Louisiana to Fitght the Powerful Machine. NF-W 01FLE.As, August 7.-The State Anti-Lottery Convention met in the Capitol at Baton Rouge to-day. There were 500 delegates present, repiesent ing all but three of the p)arishes of the State. The Convention included most of the members of the Legislature who voted against the lottery bill, tIhe At torney-General of the State, several District Judges, arnd a large number of State offieials. The delegation from New Orleans was accompanied by :2>0 members of the Anti-Lottery League, and was greeted at Baton Rouge by a salute of artillery and wvelcomed by the Mayor of the town and the Farmers' Alliance, also in session at that hour. Trhe Farmers' Alliance will co-operate with the Anti-lottery League in its fight against the lottery. It to-day ap pointed a conference committee of six to wait on the Convention and arrange some plan of comblinaition between tihe two, It also adopted resolutions callingr upon Congress to pass a constitutional amendment pr-ohibiting the orgaiza tion of lo'.tery companlies and submit it to the St ites. It is u aderstood the ( onventioni will be a ve:'v short one. It wvill arrainge tc: co-operate with the Farmers' Alliance and it will adopt a p)latformi and decidc uplon the line of campaign to be pur sued. The campaign will lbe aniag. gressive one. ACTIr ios o TE. (coxv0:NTiiiN. BATioN Ro0ta(. LA., August 5.-At a late hour last nnalht the corn nnittee ol the Anti-Lottery League (onventior: appointed to formulate ain address ti the people of the United States, anid to niemorialize the President and (Cin. gress, miade a very long repiort whiel was adopted. It recites the history ol tihe oriini of the liittery ini thle Act ol the ReconstrIuction I egislatunre of I us.S how it ha:s grown in wealthr anid powein byv coirrtupting the Lcuislature, th<c press andl the peoplei: deniouunces th, scemne of dirawinig as fraudulent, arna Iyzes the chances of any~ givein ticket t< dr-aw p)rizes, describes thle policy draw, ngs of the I Li iana (ompany, ant: their eil'ect upon thle peop le of the eiie of New Orleans, and asks the aid of th< peiple of the U nitied States to) brii;. about such nat ional leg~-it ion as wilI break down the power oft lie concerr and p)revenit tIre po)ssibiity~ of it bein;g ever againi re-estah! ished. The An ti-Lottery ('onvent ion reconr veined thIiis momiring. A resolution was adopted to bioycot t tire Timnes D)emo crat and D)aily States, of New Orleans on account of thmei- pro-lottery sentm mients. The newspapier comimittee re ported m:j9,:O0 guaranteed for a miorn ing daily newspapers to lie publishe in the -ity of New Orleans in oipposi tion to the rechiarterinig of tire liottery. Tire Con vent ion th en adjourned si n< dlie. 3Many peopile hiabitually endure Sfee-linig of Iassitude, because they thiinl they have to. If they would take D)r J. H. MicLean's Sarsaparilla th is feeling~ of wveariness would give place to vigo: ndr vitalitfy. UNCLE GEORGE SAYS NO. Conares-,nan Tilnman Opposed to the Sub. Treasury Bill. [Froim the Augusta Chronicle.] WASIIN(;T-o, Aug. 11.-Congress man George ). Tillman of Soutb Caro lina. the brother of Farmer Ben Tillman who is to be the next Governor of the Palnetto State, has written an alliance letter, which will create a sensation. He is brief and pointed, and in answer to the sub-treasury question firmly replies "no." The letter is written to an alliance connittee of Barnwell, composed ol Messrs. W. B. Rice, W. G. Sinims and J. R. Smith. Hesays: I reeeived your official letter, as the organ of the Barnwell County Farm ers' Alliance, requesting my views as a candidate for Congress in the Second ,Sotuth Carolina District on certain mea sures of proposed legislation indicated in five interrogatories. Understanding from your conimuni cation transmitting the interrogatories that you do not want a long letter, but only categorical replies, I shall be as brief as possible to define my position without equivocating, by merely quot ing each interrogatory separately and making absolute answers thereto. Will you, uninfluenced by party caucus or ot herwise, support the follow ing propositions in the National Con gress: First-The abolition of the national banks and the substitution of legal ten der treasury notes in lieu of national bauk notes issued in sufficient volume to do the business of the country on a cash basis? Yes. Second-A freer, unlimited coinage of silver? Yes. Third-That Congress issue fractio nal paper currency in sufficient quanti ty to facilitate exchange through the mails? Yes. Fourth-Do you approve, and will you support the financial systemknown as the "sub-Treasury plan" adopted by the National Alliance and Industrial Union at St. Louis, December 7,1880? No. Fifth-The enactment of such laws will prohibit the ownership of lands by aliens? Yes, but this has already been done by an Act of March 3,1887. AN ALLIANCEMAN AND FARMER. Permit me to add that for thirty years I have had no industrial accupa tion but cotton planting, which ought to identify me zealously with the wel fare of cotton planters, who not only constitute the bulk of my constituents, but have repeatedly honored me with high commissions, and that if re-elected to Congress I shall continue in the future as I have done in the past to support wvhatever I believe to be the best for the interest of my class and section. 1 myself am a member of the F arnmers' Alliance, and deeply sympa. thize with the purposes and efforts of the organization to relieve the wide sp)read and long continued agricultural depression, but the South alone cannot correct the fiscal and financial abuses of the Federal government, which is now and has been dominated by the Eastern States ever since the war. The WVest must co-operate with the Soutli before success can be achieved; and it conclusion, let me take the liberty o1 advising the Southern wing of the Alli ance to move a little more cautiously till it shall have been demonstrated that the Western wir.g are in earnesl about taking the p)roposed new depar ture of abandonina sectionalism and uniting with the South for a redress o: mutunal grievances. Very respectfully G. W. D. TILLMAN. In speaking of his letter to-nigh Coloknel Tillmani said: "My letter tell it all. No one that r-ea'is it can fail t< understand my position."' 3tR. TILLMAN IS RIGHT. Congressman Tillman (did not minet matters. He is undoubtedly oppose( to wvhat is called "the sub-treasury' bill. He calls upon the Southern wing of the Alliance to go slow until it b< ap parent I hat the Western farmer shah ab)andion sectionalism and throwv of he shiell in which lie has been liv-in; for- forty years. iMr. Tiinznan's head is level just here Since theC adocptioni of the Alliance for mnula the principles of that body hay< beeni making mnost progress in th< South. It (does not seemi to have phase< the great West. While old lines havy been reversed and old principles aban donedi in the South, for the Alliane plat form; while strong men have beer unseated in Congress and the whol< p)olitical system threatened, the Re pubulicani party in the WVest has gon along uushaken. The farmers still vot< as they ,hot. They are loyal to thei: piarty in its tariff'andl currency legisla tion: they sustain the force bill; the; coun iteniance the unseating of Southerr J)e;mcrats; they encourage the ulsurp)a t ions of Speaker Reed; they are as bitte: as ever againzst the Solid South. The' do niot care for the sub-treasury bill ol any 'ther bill. And vet the men in the .Southi whose very existence depend: upon the integrity of the Democratic party are swift to take up the sida issues :ndr subterfuges which hav< been tramned to distract them. This is the anomalous condition o the Southern farmer who has been D)emocrat and ought to lbe a Democra before anything else. And yet he seem to have gone wild over an issue o which the whole country has seen the emnptinecss, andl at a time when he should remain most compact and con servative. .If the Western farmer de chnes to leave old leaders and 01k moorings to follow wild schemes of relief, assuredly the Southern farmer should notsacrifice permanent security for uncertain expedients. Mr. Tillman's words should be weighed by the farmers of Georgia and South Carolina. There is wisdom in them. In tfie present tense status of the races, when partisan legislation was never more rancorous, and party lines in Congress and the country never more closely drawn, our people cannot afford to open their lines and weaken their defensive posts. The Western farmer is united. Let the Southern farmer stand solid CONGRESSMAN IEMPHILL SAYS NO. [Special to the Register.] RocK HILL, August 14.-The County campaign and the campaign for the election of a Congressman from this district opened here to-day. There was a large crowd in attendance. One of the most important features of the meeting was the answers given to the questions propounded by the committees from the different alliances from the Fifth Congressional District by Congressman J. J. Hemphill. Of the five questions propounded to Mr. Hemphill he accepted the affirma tive on all except one, "the sub-treasury bill." He is violently opposed to this and condemned it as a monopoly. Although the alliances were not very much pleased at his definition of this bill, it is thought Mr. Hemphill is the next Congressman. Mr. Hemphill has served several years, and in all of his positions.he has shown up as a man not afraid of duty, and who stands up for what he thinks is right. The Alliance questions propounded to Congressman Hemphill were the same as those answered by Congress man Tillman and published in the Register a few days ago. FELL OVER THE PRECIPICE. The Awful Fate of Vanderhost Lewis, of Colleton. ATLANTA, GA., August 12.-From Highlands, N. C., comes a horrible story of the tragic death of one of South Carolina's leading citizens, Van. derhorst Lewis, of Colleton. Lewis, his young wife and child have been spending the summer at High lands, one of the most popular of the Carolina resorts, they having a cottage there. Yesterday these three, with a Miss Vanderhorst, a neice of Mr. Lewis, were walking near the edge of the precipice, at Glenn Falls, about two miles from Highlands. Suddenly Lewis slipped and, before the horrified relatives could do anything to prevent, fell over the precipice, a distance of a hundred feet, to the rocks below. There was no way to get at him and no help nearer than two miles. A hundred feet below lay the husband and father app)arently lifeless. Miss Vanderhorst ran at the top o her speed to Highlands for assistance, while the almost crazed wife stood by the edge of the precipice watching over the body of her dear one below. For threehours she was compelled to endure this suspense. Then help arriv ed and the meu succeeded in getting to Lewis. He was not dead, and by hard work and willing hands got him to the top and then to his cottage home, two miles off, There was little hope and within the day Lewis died. His body was taken to his home in Colleton to-day. No news of his terribe death was re ceived until to-day, as no telegraph of fice could be reached at Highlands. fSENATOR VANCE IS ALL RIGHT. The North Carolina Alliance Will Not Op pose His Re-election. ASH EvIL LE, N. C., August 12.-The State Farmers' Alliance met here to day, 500 delegates in attendance, every county in the state being represented. .S. B. Alexander, a prominent dele gate who will be the Democratic candi date for Congress from the Sixth dis trict, saiid to-day that the Alliance as a body, would not oppose the re-election of Senator Vance and he was certain that he would be renominated. NOMINATED FOR CONGRESS. RALEIGH, N, C., Aug. 12.-W. O'B3. Branch was nominated to-day on the first ballot for Congress in the Demo cratic convention of the First district of North Carolina, to succeed Skinner. Branch is an Alliance Democrat, and is the son of L. O'B. Branch, who rep resented that district in Congress be fore the war., 3liss, Davi,a' Marriage Fostponcd. B~Ea CroIr, La., August 9.-On ::c rcount of the desire of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Miss Winnie has consented to wait until next June before marrying. This is done for the reason that Miss Winnie docs not want to marry until one year after her father's death, which occurred on the 6th of last December. SMrs. Davis and her :iaughter are busy makir.g a fish-scale necklace, which will be set with diamonds. The necklace is to be won at the wedding, which has Sbeen fixed for June 2.5, 1891. fAn Enormous Mel. H. F. Link says a Shelby man can:e into his store Tuesday and bought and f ate the following goods: Three cans oysters, half a pound of cheese, two Spounds soda crockers, one pound raw - cabbage, one quart Holland gin, half a - pound pepper, half a pound salt, one 1 pint nenuts.--[Charlotte Chronicle.]