The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-01-12

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count to perpetuate justice to all.
thirteenth. We do invite the co.ope.
La,lon In this movement vf all property.
noioers and capitalists, whose property
we piedge ourselves to protect at all haz.
WAS THE PLATFORM ADOPTED?
lhe new party people were considera.
oIy exercised this morning over the dis.
patch TO the Ne,cr and Courier, and de.
ciared that the orted rejection of their
platform was incol rect. The copy of the
platform l saw this morning only con
tained i've or six names, and DR.. Ilder-
ton afterwards told me that the tele.
graphic report of the meeting was liter.
ally correct and that the platform AS
submitted was rejected.
MIR. Fishbp-1e explained the fact that
there were sc .ew signatures to the paper
by saying that after the speaking and the
adoption of the stock law petition the
day was far spent and there was not time
suinclent to get q large number of names
70 the platform. He believes that he
could get ten thousand signatures to the
platform in Charleston alone.
AN INTERVIEW WITH sENA1 OR FISH
BURNE.
Upon my arrival in Summerville this
morning | called at once on Mr.. Fish
burne and asked him to tell me the OBJ.
Ject and the extent of the new party
movement and its prospects of success.
lie spoke very freely, and declared that
the meeting on Monday was the BEGIN
ning OF general movement which would
extend throughout the State, its princi-
pal object being the disruption of the
present Democratic organization and the
formation of new party upon the basis
OF the platform adopted by the meeting
on Monday. He has information from
different sections Of the State that the
movement will recei strong support in
all the counties, and he believes that the
planks in the new platform will be gen.
orally adopted. The strength of the new
movement rests, he says, in the Justice of
the cause. Mr.. Fishburne asserts that
| while he was in Columbia he was ap.
preached by many of
THE MOST PROMINENT REPUBLICANS
in the State who assured him that if he
would initiate the movement they would
canvass the State in it's behalf and bring
to its support nearly the entire co,ored
vote, and that proposes to organize
for the campaig, e 1882 similar move.
ments in every cu...y. He proposes ut
an early day to hold meeting in behalf
of the new party in the city Of Charles
ton and has assurances that it will be
largely attended. In his opinion at least
two-thirds Of the white vote, and nearly
the entire co,ored vote. of Charleston
and Colleton counties will support the
movement. He wants the people of the
State to understand that the suppression
of ballot boxes and the counting out sys-
tenn is thing Of the past, and that in all
future elections there shall be free bal
lot and
FULL COUNT OR A FAIR FIGHT.
| When asked as to whether he had any
assurances of assistance from outside the
State, Mr.. Fishburne declined to answer,
saying that he did not think the proper
time had come for showing his hand in
this particular.
| MIR. E. j. LimebOuse, who WAS one of
the Vice-Presidents of the meeting on
Monday and is Republican of pro-
nounced convictions, claims that he was
one OF the prominent men in assisting
Col. Fishburne TO get up the new party
movement. He thinks that IL will be
successful because the people have heen
very much oppressed by the present gov
ernment, and that the platform of the
new organization will secure to every
citizen equal and exact justice before the
law. He has made no general canvass
of the Republican sentiment of the
county at large, but since the movement
began he has consulted great many
Republicans, who have said that they
would join the peoples party if it would
secure their rights. He proposes TO take
an active part in the campaign. He as
sisted in framing the platform of the new
party, and has been met by two.thirds of
the Democrats Of this community and of
the adjacent parishes who say that they
will join heartily in the movement to se-
cure their rights.
Mr. Limchouse has been Republican
for years, and has acquired some noto-
riety as a candidate for official position.
He was at one time Intendant of the
town of Summerville, and in 1873 was O
candidate for the Legislature on the Re.
publican ticket. He took part in the
political movements of 1876, and be-
longed to one Of the factions of the Rad.
ical party in the campaign of that year.
It is not thought that he can have much
influence in causing any considerable
number of his former political associates
to flock to the standard of the new party.
Limehouse is evidently working for
Limehouse. This proposition will ap-
pear more clearly when the statement is
made that during the meeting on Mon
day, although he was working 80 actively
to advance the interest of the new party
movement and to contribute to the dis
rup:icn Of the present Democratic organ
ization, he continued to carry in con
venient pocket petition to Governor
Hagood asking for his appointment as
trial justice at this place, to which he
secured q number of signatures. So il
will be seen that whatever the zeal OF
Mr.. Limehouse for the new party may
be, he would not be at all unwilling to
accept position from The Democratic
party which he would fain destroy.
I was told this evening by Frank Pow
ell, an influential colored Republican,
thst the Republicans generally got notice
not to participate in the meeting, or in
any meeting Of n politicas complexion.
There were number of colored Repub-
LEANS present at the meating, but they
were there simply as spectators. He is
certain that the Republicans will take 10
stock in the new party movement, and
that the only way the Democrats can get
any support from the Republicans is to
allow them to come in and share equally
in the division of the Offices. Continn-
ing, Powell said: "The Republicans
have no ill-feeling against the Demo.
cratic party, but demsad fair dealing.
They will not go into the new party be-
cause the very men who are now moving
to establish it are the men who closed