The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-11-01
TIL: OLD TICKET.
The .Nems dhd CDuri;c, says

The .Ne"s a,m to"ric, says:
me old ticket Of Tilden and Hen
drlckS Is looming up again. Boss Kelly
will cDndcsccud TO work for it, If nomi.
natod. Hendricks is not avcrsr 10 try
again. Then too there is .;rcat reverence
for Tildcn's brain, and for his bari which
he never taps freely except for lis own
benefit. The tariff question is bother
some 10 rtisiiiaiiiuDii3 nuuiUurats, and ~
IL - hintc! that. taking uu" Consideration
with another, the bos, thing H. do i. To
nominate randall Tor Speaker. and, next
year, put np tho old tirkct.' Pcrha,, these
S"nh people think that revision Of par.
" i'nos aud Il liIucinGtiOn Of tho solid
south arc desirable. They will accom-
liisli both purposes by the election Of
itaidaI! and tie nomination of Tiid"n."
We do no, agree with our Charleston
contemporary. The election Of Randall
~ Speaker would doubtless lose us many
votes, but 1t would with equal certainty
gain us some votes. though wO think
hardly as many IN ~c would lose. 1t
would probably make very littlo differ
ence in the Presidential campaign. We
should regret to sec him made SPEAKER
because we desire to soc u tariff reform,
and this cannot be accomplished nor oven
assisted by making II Pennsylvania pro.
tectionist Speaker. The tariff question,
in our opinion, will not be permitted to
break up the Democratic party whichever
way tho issuo may be decided. Mr..
Randall is personally respected through
the South. He has stood iy tho Southern
people when they needed irionGs, AMI ut
Al.
do it, and we do not believe our people
will object to his election as much rs they
would to the election Of any other pro-
! tcrtionist They are NOT hostile To Ran
| dali, but 10 undue protection which hc
| hnppcns To represent. Neither would tl,e
| denomination of the old ticket provo dis
aItrous hero. Mr.. Tl,lcn is not the
| South's G,voritc, but we believe the
Southern people aro Democrats from
principle, and not simply for spoiIs. Mr..
| Tildcn represents truo Democratic prin-
| ciplcs, is an ablo man, has shown Him
self true rcformcr, WAS once elected
| President but was cheated out of the
Office and bore himself extremely well
and honorubly under tiloso trying cir
cumstances. 1t is only prejudice which
could fail to admire these qualities
There is no danger OF tho solid South
breaking up over the tariff in national
| politics, for such Il break would roleSatt
us to tho tender mercies OF the Republi-
cans or Of tho Independents in our State
governments. The South is Democratic
and is Obliged to stay so in self defence
| II tho Democrats wcro to declare sIuarrly
for protection, tho South would vote tho
ticket, for tho Republican ticket will bl
protection also. Therefore, we would
have either to tako the protection Demo
Gratis, or tho protection Republicans
There is no doubt that our people woulG
take tho protection Democrats. It is
therefore, no uso for is to be making
threats which we cannot afford to carry
out. Wo might have to eat dish o
crow for our rashness. Wcshould devote
our energies to arguing the merits of on
position and leave OF tho threats. w,
would stand better chance of CARRYING
| orr noipt