The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-19
over. It was thought then that his

indications pointed from the House
Of Representatives OF tie United
States to the Governor Of our dear.
proud old State. God forbid that We
should ever get upon tAat Inclined
plane towards political degradation.
Our people should he up an'' doing.
While we are ali s!umber;n9 an@
sleeping. tie Tillmanitcs are work
inc with view 20 control the county
representations in the Nominating
Convention. Eternal vigilance IS
the price of liberty. and we thro" HUt
these remarks to pu: those who nave
our dear Old States honor and glory
at heart to see to it that no harm
comes by the Introduction o:a TROJAN
horse into the capital"
We hope to find that our cotcmpo-
rary has been unnecessarily alarmed
and overestimated the effect 70 the
State, of the nomination and election
Of one Of the Tillmans as Governor.
Yet, there is enough in what it says,
to cause the people TO pause and re-
fleet before voting in convention or
at the primary, as to whether the del.
e9ates for whom they vote arc pledged
to either Of the Yillmans. We lave
never thought seriously for q mcmcnt.
that Congressman TillmaD or farmer
Tillman would be nominated hy the
Democratic party for Governor. We
have heard the name OF Mr.. q. -.
Tillman mentioned in that conncc-
ton, also tie name Of his brother,
Mr.. B. r. Tillman. IN fact our local
contemporary, the Observer, placed
his name in nomination last NOvem-
Der, hut we have no idea that his
friends will undertake to pack the
convention for Him. II they did
they would be at great disa"van-
tagc, as they claim that they have no
experience as politicians. However.
we believe Mr.. Tillman did say III
the convention that the farmers con-
vention meant politics, and that they
were going in up to their Eecks. Ihls
may mean 4 fight for the Governor
ship for his brother George. II so.
the friends Of the other candidates
will know that they have both the
politician and farmer to contend with
and will have to cut their clot:l &C
cordingly. We have several names
from which TO choose cur standard
bearer for 1886. There are farmers
j. =. Richardson and John Bratton.
Wm. Munro. Robt. l.. NcCaughrin
and Vim. \. Courtcnay. bankers. and
Giles J. Patterson. G.. l.. BUST. {.
II. Suber. J. l.. Coiier. Jas. +. lzl"r,
and our present Governor, WHO has
made one of the best the State has
ever had. and 4 number Of others
equally as competent to fill that high
position IS either Of the T!llmans,
and we think We can safely say. that
neither Uncle George nor Mr.. B. i.
will have q walk over. There are
men in every county in the State
who can raise the Cry, ''IEarmcrs. or
ganize ard demand your rights who
will have many followers, but when
they undertake to swim to the Gov
ernorship they will find stormy sea
to breast. SO do rot be too much
alarmed, at the same time watch the
ripples and keep your boat in the
same channel. The danger is, in
nlagnifying an ordinary man by
drawing the attention Of the people
to him, and in one Of these cases
man who, willie he is anxious to have
the farmers organize and elect men
to represent him, aspires to nothing
higher than being 4 trustee Of an az
ricultural college, like that Of Gen.
Lee in Mississippi.