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THE REF IHM eONrBKBH. Evans and Timmerman for Gov? ernor and Lieut-Governor. No Other Nominations Made-The Ocala Platform Adopted, -- The State Reform Convention met ia the House of Representatives, Columbia, at 12 o'clock on the 16th and was called to order by Railroad Commissioner J. A. Sligh. W. Gibbes Whaley of Charleston, was chosen temporary chairman. R L. Gunter of ?i?en,#id F; M. Mix son of Cor?mb??* were elctecT secret taries. Alter, the enrolment of delegates, without coolest the permanent orgam zation was effected. * ; M. R?#C|]per o? Co?leioc?he orig? inator of the Colieton pian, was nom? inated for f>?iaa?ent ?hak?ttaB and was nnanimoo%ly%lectedr * * * ' Tbe. temporary, secretaries were; madejhk^ecr?ai?es of^ne permanent oT&?m$g& W un A delegate moved that resolutions be considered without the interven? tion of a committee * Delegate James, of Sumter moved that the Reform committee request Chairman Irby's committee to place a separate box io the primaries, for the. people to vote on the dispensary, and' made some remarks. Garns, of Colieton, moved to table, but: withdrew the motion. ' Gantt, of Spartanbnrg, moved to amend in- aa animated speech of a minute by providing three boxes? one for prohibition, another for the bar? rooms and another for the dispensary. Marchant of Aiken, was of the opinion that the constitutional con? vention would settle the whole matter Duncan, of Newberry, spoke and moved to table the resolution and bis motion prevailed without a division The Hon.. W. D. Evans of Marlboro introduced the following preamble and resolution 'embodying th? Alli? ance demands: ;We. it?e : Reform, Democracy of South Carolina, in convention assem? bled; recognizing the depressed con? dition of the people, the reign of the plutocrat and the unequal lavs of the national Congress, hereby.affirm our faith in Democratic simplicity. We pledge anew our allegiance to the principles first enunciated by the illustrious statesman who founded our free institutions and established the Democratic party to protect and preserve them. 1. We demand the abolition " of national banks. We demand that the government shall establish sub-treasuries or depositories in the several States, which shall issue money direct to the people at a low .rate of interest not to exceed 2 per cent, per annum, on non? perishable &rm products, also upon cultivated land, the quantity of land ancl amount of money considered. We demand that the amount of the circulating medium be speedily in? creased to not less than $50 per capita. 2. That we demand that Congress shall pass such laws as will effectually prevent the dealing in futures of all agricultural and mechanical produc? tions ; providing such striugent sys? tem of procedure in trials as will secure the prompt conviction and imposing such penalties as shall secure the most perfect compliance with the law. 3. We condemn the silver bill recently passed by Congress, and demand in lien thereof the free and nnlimited coinage of silver. 4. We demand the passage of laws prohibiting alien ownership of land, and that Congress take prompt action to devise some pian to obtain all lands now owned by aliens and foreign syndicates ; and that all lands now held by railroads and other corpora? tions in excess of such as is actually used and needed by them be reclaim? ed by the government and held for actual settlers only. 5. Believing tn the doctrine of equal rights to all and special privi? leges to none, we demand a. That our nationat legislation shall be so framed in the future as not to build up one industry at the expense of another. b. We further demand a removal j of the existing heavy tariff tax from the necessities of life that the poor of our land must have. c. We further demand a jus? and j equitable system of graduated tax on j income. d. We believe that the money of j the country should be kept as much as possible in the hands of the peo-1 pie, and hence we demand that all national and State revenue shall be limited to the necessary expenses of \ the government economically and honestly administered. 6. Wi demand the most rigid, j honest and just State and national government control and supervision of the means of public communication and transportation, and if this control I and supervision does not remove the abose now existing, we demand the government ownership of such means of communication and transportation. *?. We demand that the Congress of the United States submit an amend? ment to the Constitution providing for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people of each State. Mr. James moved to amend Mr. Evans' resolutions by specifying that ? the free and unlimited coinage of i silver demand should be at the ratio cf 16 toi. Carried. i Mr Evans 6tated that the res tiona be had introduced embodied platform opon which the Deraocr party has gone to victory in U and apon which the candidates gone through the campaign, and thought it but jost that they she go into the election upon the platf on which they had canvassed State. A resolution to consider the j. form by sections was tabled. Mr. Appelt raised the point the resolutions were oat of ordei the conventiou had met to m j Dominations. What ruling the^ chair made j lost in the hubbub which ensued. [ A motion to strike out the t [treasury section of the resolut was promptly and almost unan imo* tabled. The. resol ul i otis were t adopted as a whole with but two three dissenting votes. '6ofex& ,*of Charleston, moved go into nomination of Governor ? Lierte^?nt^overtor H Marchant, of Aiken, moved as s ^titt?t? levelest entire ticket, *? delegate to vote a block ballot \\ the name of a man for each flice. McCravy^ pf Laurens, wanted question discussed. A Beaufort^Brother^-''I aorain John Gary Evans for Governor."" . Donaldson of Georgetown, moi to proceed to the election of Goi nor and Lieutenant Governor; A young Aiken delegate arose s remarked that Delegate Marchant t disobeyed instructions. March: rose amid confusion and cries of qa tion. He rose as a matter of pers al privilege, he said, and denied tl he toad disobeyed instructions, denied it in a rather lively mann The yoong Aiken delegate called the other members of his delegati to support his assertion. Then 1 chairman put Donaldson's motion a declared it carried. W. D Evans submitted the prot< of the Marlborough conventi against nominations. Some citiz made the point that it was out order. ? Byrd; of Florence, made a lit speech asserting that he should ti be gagged in the discharge pf 1 'doty. Then the protests were received information. . Brice, of Fairfield, proceeded make a protesting speech again nominations. The Beaufort m: nominated Evans . again. Can nominated John Gary Evans. Cheer A gentleman moved that Mr. Bri? be allowed to proceed and a colloqt ensued between him and Doualdso Then Brice blazed away. There were motions and yells "motion" and the chairman seized table leg and pounded the desk uni Dr. Byrd, of Florence, demand? the yea aud nay vote on the questic of nominations or no nomination The vote was by counties whic voted solid delegations. The on I counties voting "no" were Fairfieh Ilorry, Marion, Malborough and Flo ence, all others voted yes solidly The total vote was 282 yes, and 2 no. Nominations were then called fo Mr. Jordan of Aiken, in an enthusia tic speech placed in nomination M John Gary Evans. Mr. YV. Gibbe Whaley seconded the nomination < Mr. Evans as one "who doeth a things well." It was also seconde by a number of other gentlemen. Mr. W. D. Evans said in view < the small vote cast in the State h wished to place in nomination a ma as true and as tried as the man wh would be the next Governor of Soul Carolina, and he placed in nominatio Mr. VV. H. Ellerbe This nomina tion received several seconds. Mr. Redfern of Chesterfield, place* in nomination Mr J. E Tindal which was seconded by a de?egat? from Clarendon. The vote was taken by counties Chester, Florence, Horry, Marion Marlboro and Pickens voting for El lerbe ; Chesterfield and Clarendoi voted for Tindal. All others votec for John Gary Evans The vote re suited. Evans 262, Ellerbe 44, Tin dal 14. The nomination of John Garj Evans was then made unanimous by '< standing vote. Mr. W. D. Evan? moved that the rules be suspendec and that the Hon. VV. H. Timmer man,' of Edgefield, be uuanimouslj nominated for Lieutenant Governor. The motion was carried and Dr. Tim merman was unanimously nominated It was moved and carried that a committee be appointed to inform Mr. Evans and Dr. Timmerman of theil nomination and invite them to the floor of the House and also to extend the privileges of the floor to Messrs. W. fi. Ellerbe aud J. E. Tindal. A committee consisting of Messrs. C. Klugh, of Abbeville, J. E. Ellerbe, of Marion, D. J. Bradham, of Claren? don, and VV. D. Evans of Marlboro, was appointed to carry out the pur? pose of the motion. Upon the return of the committee accompanied by Mr. John Gary Evans the chairman rapped the convention to order and said it was his pleasure to introduce the future Governor of South Carolina. Mr. Evans was greeted with many cheers. MU. EVANS'S SPEECH. Gentlemen of the Convention aud Fellow Reformers : The feelings of the human heart cannot be expressed by word of mouth. As sweet music is the language of the soul so is the sympathetic glance of the eye, the hearty shake of the hand and the brotherly embrace the true language of the L art. To say that I thank seems cold and is but a poor exp sion of the heart that goes out to e and every one of you. Any wc I might say to you intended tc present my thanks to this body wc be inadequate. There is, gentleir a trite saying that the heart spe most when the lips move not, I am sure that is recognized by e\ member here, when I attempt express my appreciation of this nc nation which means an election the highest office in your gift. Tl is in my nomination an expression the people which means more t any pen can write or any hut lips confess. I represent that ment in the reform faction which born during or since the late conj of arms between the North South, that element of the yoi Democracy which notf must ca the older element-our grandfatl and fathers-upon our shoulders, JEnea8 did the old Anchises-a j cieus burden It has been tr said that the hope of the State is our young men, but no less true is that the pride of the young mei the history and the traditions of old men who have made this coun glorious. (Cheers and voices "Th: so, every word of it'**) I- stand here.ae a representative Reform and a rebuke to your enem who have attempted to say that Reform movement is to array cl against class. I stand here to def? the principles of my father and y< fathers-that principle for which tl fought, bled and died, that pr in pie which is dear to our hearts, t principle which has been denied us, but which has been recogni: by the Reform movement of Sot Carolina-"Equal rights to i special privileges to none." (Cheer Previously, a man without a histo without a war record in South Ca lina, was thought to be ineligible office in this State. While I am he as a young man, and I don't me that in the sense which that word I been a stigma in South Carolina, t I stand here as a young man who t* boru since the late conflict, and have grown old in the experien which has enabled you, felic citizens, to stand here as represent tives of pure Democracy, deraati ing that they will of the raajorit when fearlessly and honestly ? pressed, must govern. Any man who attempts to put t Reform movement of South Caroli j upon a narrow minded basis, who J tempts to array class against dat who attempts to say that the Refor principles of South Carolina a founded upon animosity and pr judice, in my nomination you have contradiction of such a pervision its principles. The Reform mov meut is a movement of the peop and one of its fundamental principlt is that the majority must gover; giving a due respect to the minorii when honesty expressed. (Cheers Now, gentlemen of the Convei tion, I take it that it will be impropi for me at this time to outline to yo the policy which shall govern me i the future ; I take it that the peopl of South Carolina have spoke through you to the world, and 1 tak it that the people of South Carolin through their endorsement of m have endorsed the administrado which has preceded me. Our pa* administration has been conducte with ability and fairness that shoul satisfy the most hypercritical, and ha set the pace for our sister States c the South and West, which mug finally result in the disenthralment c our people from the oppression, fror the money power of the East, shall endeavor in my administrado to bring about thia consummation s devoutly to wished for. I say to yo and to the world that the Reforn administration shall have but on object and that is the happiness an< prosperity of the people. This, am sure, is the sentiment which hai been expressed by the Reformers au< which has resulted in my nomination There has been one "law which hui been fought more strenuously thai any other in the history of our legis lation, that is the Dispensary law The overwhelming sentiment of thc people of South Carolina is that tha law has in view the happiness ol the whole people, and the voice ol the people must be carried out, let the consequences be what they may (Cheers ) The people have speket by their representatives, and 97 pei cent, of the honest white men o: South Carolina have spoken in favoi I of it. Gentlemen, that voice shal be heeded by me ; the enforcement of that law shall be ray prime object, and I believe ? have behind me the honest men, the virtuous women and even the little children of South Caro? lina. (Cheers.) I shall not attempt to outline my policy. That will be given later, when I shall have the pleasure ol addressing the people of South Caro? lina as a unit. Let rae say that while peace and harmony are the great objects to be desired and to be ob? tained by all civilized governments, yet you must recoguize that in South Carolina, where there has been but I one party, such an idea is an ideal ? conception. There can be no such j thing as unity in the midst of poli I tical dissensions. Our principle is that the majority of the white citizens must rule and the minority must sub ! mit. Gentlemen, that is the only j cause of dissension to-day in the j politics of South Carolina, j What are the principles of Reform ? ! T shall not erster into them. You know them too well. You k I have tried to be the expouei them. You know I have loved t principles. You know I have v for those principles. The i opposition in South Carolina to to the principles of the Reform m ment is based on prejudice, reasonable man, especially no rea able white citizen, can object to principles of the Reform movec in South Carolina. They can (Cheers.) Those principles are down even by our own statesr John C. Calhoun, as the grandest perpetuate popular government embodied in the Farmers' Alliai: principles upon which, I might depend the success and prospe of the agricultural people. (Che* Can there be any objection to tl Can there be any objections to tl interests upon which we are pendent? We are dependent u the agricultural interests and n recognize the principle upon wi depends the life of popular govi ment in this Union. A combina o? the South and West alone will g popular government in this Ui and that will be expressed in li if my judgment amounts to anyth; (Cheers.) The combination of power of wealth against the agri tura! interests and laboring inter* is to day concentrated in the E< that concentration can only defeated by the solidity and un mity of the South and West, pressed through their organizati which is the raouthpeice and wfa speaks for the bone and sinew in land. (Cheers ) And when I li my countrymen oppose it I feel 1 saying to them, "God pity the they know not what they do." Now, fellow citizens, united in < ranks, we are confronted to-day by position which has not reason ben it, an opposition that cannot succ< under the laws of God nor under laws of man, because that opposit is founded upon a basis which < never succeed Your principles m prevail, because they are far remo\ from sectional and class privileg and you say we want a man who 1 the nerve and ability to stand them, and that man shall be the m to represent us. (Cheers.) T is the voice of South Carolina, whi will prevail next .November in spi of, you might say, the assidt attempt to array one class agaii another class or one people agaii another people. But we are unite We have canvassed the entire Sti of South Carolina. There is dissension in our ranks, but o j opponents are alert, they are auxin j to make it appear that there s dissensions. When I look befo me and see my father s old soldier when 1 look and see before r lawyers, doctors, merchants, farmc and laboring men ; when I see I fore me the bone and sinew popular government. I think it a rebuke to our opponents when tin say that the Reform movement South Carolina is composed of ai particular class. I Now, one word as to my coi petitore. We have fought this figl We have fought as brothers. W have not fought as enemies, as o opponents tried to impress upon yoi and I have this to say about ti noble Reformers who went into th j fight, who opposed me, they never h below the belt. (Cheers.) I know we are brothers. We ai arm in arra fighting for your cans and when the people express the opinion, their choice, there ie r dissension and when the attempt made tc make dissension thee opponents of mine are ready to rh and say : "Thus far shalt thou g< and no further." This is the voie of the people. (Cheers.) We have fought for our principle j upon one platform, and the people < j South Carolina are unanimously, might say in favor of those princ j pies. When I say, the people, don't mean those who are actuate by prejudice and animosity, becaus they are beyond the pale of citizen ship. They cannot reason and hav no right to be called true citizens (Cheers.) I will not detain you longer. A a future occasion ? will announc the policy of my administration, have been connected possibly mor ! intimately with your n ovement thai j any other man in your midst, and have been unswerving in my prin ciples. I shall hew to the lim mapped out by you, and as advocate* j by me on this floor and I shall stain j for those principles until they an i written it letters which cannot b< ! mistaken ; in letters which will b< j written over the world, and when th< I history of this movement is wiittei j they will say in unmistakable char i acters, "Behold thc administiatiot j which has but one object; the happi ness and prosperity of the entire peo pie of South Carolina." (Prolong?e cheers ) The speech is regarded as one o: the best which Mr. Evans has evei ? made and his friends were delighted Among those who cheered his re ] marks was General Ellerbe, tvho had : a seat just in front of the speaker. DR. TIMMERMAX TALKS. j Dr. Timmerman was next intro I duced. He said that he was both j surprised and pleased at the unani ; mous endorsement which the conven ; tion and the people had given him. I lie sincerely thanked the convention and asked the delegates to take to their respective constituen? cies his thanks and the heartfelt gratitude which filled him. As hie young trie.:d Evans was t representative of the young men (Timmerman) was the representan of the older men. He promised j do all in his power for the ad vam meut of the glory and honor of t people of South Carolina and of th? interests lie had always been friend of the toiling masses, and h their welfare at heart. He wai true and loyal Reformer and 1 political destiny was irrevocably e twined with the Reform movemei (Cheers.). ELLERBE TAKES HIS SPANKING. There were loud calls and chet i for General Ellerbe, and he went the stand and made a short spee which was enthusiastically cheere He said that he did not knc whether he could thank the convc tion for all it had done, (laughte but he was not mad. He had euter into this contest as a Reform? Evans had knocked down the pt simmon and he congratulated hil (Cheers.) He would promise Eva his hearty support and that of I friends. "I am a Reformer frc principle," he said, "and I will pro to you that I can and will be as fri a Reformer at home as in onie When my friend is Governor, as 1 will be, he will receive my hear co opeartion. (Cheers.) TINDAL ABSENT. Calls were made for S?cr?tai Tindal, but it was announced that 1 had been called away from the ci by illness in his family and could n be present. A motion was made to adjour but this was withdrawn to allow sou discussion of the question of payic the expenses of the delegates to ar from the convention. O C Jordan said that he did n< think the convention had anything 1 do with this matter and that the R< form Executive Committee woul provide for it ANOTHER TRIAL AT NOMINATIONS. Before another motion could t put to adjourn, Professor Marchai got up and made a red hot speech i favor of nominating a full Stat ticket. When he finished a motion t adjourn was made. Those in favor < nominations called for the ayes an nays on this motion. : Professor Ma chant demanded that every name b put down. It was decided to call th counties and let the chairman c each county announce the vote of hi county. The motion to adjourn wa carried by a vote of 190 to 125. Th counties voting for adjournment wer Aiken, Abbeville, Berkeley, Charlei ton, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon Colieton, Fairfield, Florence, George town, Hampton, Horry, Kershaw Laurens, Marlboro, Marion, Nev? berry, Oconee, Orangeburg, Sumtei Union, Williamsburg, York. Those against adjournment wer Anderson, Barnwell, Beaufort, Dar lington, Edgefield, Greenville, Lan caster, Lexington, Pickens, Rich land, Spartanburg. Colieton and Laurens at first vote? against adjournment, but change? their votes, Aiken had one vot against, Clarendon several votes an< Newbeiry several. TILLMAN TALKS During the time the vote was beinj counced 0. C. Jordan offered the fol lowing resolution : "Resolved, That this conventior unanimously endorse the candidacy of B. R. Tillman for the United Statef Senate and pledge him our earnest and honest support." This was passed unanimously and Mr. Jordan was appointed a com mittee of one to go for Governot Tillman and request him to visit the convention. Mr. Jordan returned in a few minutes with the Governor and there was the usual secene when this favorite of the people appears. Cheering and waving of hats greeted him. The Governor mounted the plat? form and said that this ovation was an unexpected one. He hardly knew how to thank the convention for the honor conferred. He con? gratulated the convention on the harmony and good feeling manifested ! If Reformers would lock shields, as he thought they would, they would march on to victory and to further achievements. "You are aware of the fact," he said, "that I am going to the Senate " (Cheers.) Voice: "And you are going to be President." The Governor said that he would renew to the convention the pledge he liad made on the stump to the peo? ple-that was to use hie pitchfork on everybody in Washington who got in the way of the people. He said it appeared to him that Democracy was doomed to defeat. It didn't deserve anything else after the corruption and debauchery which had characterized its leaders. TLe j people are casting about for new ! leaders because the old ones are i rotten. j The Governor's speech was brief j and at ite conclusion the vote on ! adjournment wae announced and the j convention adjourned. It had been i in session exactly three hours, and j and in that time had accomplished ! more business than any convention j which ever assembled in the State. I This was largely due to the fact that j Chairman Cooper was a hustler and I did not let time grow on any mo I tion.-Register. The Nominees. Columbi* Journal. JOHN GARY EVANS. John Gary Evans was born in Ab? beville Connty on October 15, 1863, and is therefore in bis 32ud year. His father was General N. G. Evans, a distinguished soldier of the Con? federacy. His mother who is still living was a sister of the late General M. WT. Gary, of Edgefield Mr. Evans spent his childhood and boy? hood at Ookesbury He was ed ucat ed at Union College, New York, and after graduating in law settled in Aiken. In 1888 he was sent to the Legislature and again in 1890. As a legislator he has been aggressive and prominent as a Reformer. He was a candidate for Speaker of the House when Senator Irby retired but was defeated by Ira B. Jones. In 1892 Mr. Evans was elected Senator from Aiken. For the last two years he has been the leader in that body of the Tillmanites. He has been chairman of the judiciary committee. He introduced both the dispensary bills and the county government bill. Mr. Evans is a young man of de? cided ability. DR. W. H TIMM ERM AX? Dr W. fl.. Timmerman, the nomi? nee for Lieutenant Governor, was bom in Edgefield county in 1832 and is sixty-two years old. He was educated at the Greenwood, S. C., High School and prepared to enter the sophomore class of college. He graduated at the South Caro? lina Medical College of Charleston. He has been successful as a physi? cian, has always enjoyed a large practice and has been prominent in the South Carolina Medical Associa? tion. He is a director of the Farm? ers' and Mechanics' Bauk of this city. In 1882 lie was elected to the Legislature from Edgefield. In 1890, through not a candidate he was elected again. He was an original Reformer and a member of the March convention of '90 which "suggested" Tillman. In 1891 he resigned from the House and was elected to fill the unexpired term of Senator Ready who died during incumbency. At the reorganization of the present Senate Dr. Timmerman was elected president pro tem, in the Reform convention defeating for the position John Gary Evans. On the resignation of Lieutenant Governor Eugene Gary Dr. Timmerman by vir? tue of his office succeeded him. Dr. Timmerman has been married twice. His first wife was Miss Asbill of Edgefield. His present wife was a Miss Bell, a sister of ex-Senator Bell of that county. Dr. Timmerman will be more generally acceptable to the whole State than perhaps any other factional candidate could be. He is recog? nized as staunch true man. For choice Beef and Mutton go to Eugene Hogan. He will only send you the best that can be bad in the market. China's Soda is cold and fine, aod good enough to quiet any one's mind. Campbell's porter house steaks are the best on the market. Call and see them before purchasing. Success in Life depends on little things. A RipaosTabule isa little thing, but taking one occasionally gives good digestion, and that means good blood, and that meaos good brain and brawn, and that mean3 success. 7-25-o Go to O. M. Campbells for ice cold meats. 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