The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-07-31
GREENvILLE, S. c., July II, 1890.

Very respectfully,
SAMPSON Pope.
GREENvILLE, S. c., July II, 1890
DR.. Sampson Pope, Newberry, S. c.
Dear Sir: / am just in receipt of
your favor of the 10th inst. regret
that you did not see proper to in
form yourself as to the facts before
introducing the resolutions into the
County Convention. You seem un-
fortunate also in not being able to
procure a copy of the News and
Courier of May 10th, as that seems
to be your authority for making the
positive statement to which your at
tention has beon called, namely, that
the State Executive Committee by q
vote of thirteen to one refused to Or
der State primary. In order that
you may learn, at this late day, what
n. G. &. said in his correspondence
on the 10th Of May, / will quote the
paragraph in full: The members Of
the Democratic State Committee left
for their homes today. While they
have taken no official action in the
matter, and have endeavorod tomake
no discrimination in favor of either
the Tiilmanites or the Anti-Tillman-
ties, 1T Is an open secret that the
members of the committee regard
the Tillman movement, as organized
and pressed, u serious menace to
the soidity of the Democratic party,
and that none of the fourteen who
gathered here last night arc support
ers of Tillman, except Mr.. Gary, of
Abbeville.'
do not know the source from
which Mr. Gonzales received the III
formation, and which was evidently
obtained after the members had left
the city, but [ do not doubt the cor
rcctuess OF his statement. Yet what
is the relevancy between his state
ment and the declaration you made,
deliberately and without qualification,
that the State Executive Committee
had refused by vote of thirteen
to one to order a State primary? You
are obliged to admit that there is no
connection whatever between the
statement Of NIr. Gonzales and the
declaration contained in your resolu-
tions. Because thirteen out Of four
teen were opposed to Mr.. Tillman, as
a matter of fact, is no justification
whatever for an absolute declaration
that is utterly gromdless and with
out the shadow of foundation. The
thirteen members who arc thus mis-
represented by you have just as much
right to oppose Mr.. Tillman as you
have to support him, and to distort
their opposition to him as being
against primary is one of the very
queer features Of this campaign.
repeat again that no such action was
taken on the question of q primary
election on the 9th of May, or any
thing akin to it, and the statement
contained in your resolutions is en-,
tiroly baselcss and gratuitOus. There
fore, you had no right to infer from
the correspondence of n. q. G. "that
q vote on calling convention fOl
primary had been taken, and that 1t
stood 13 against and | for 1t fol
lows that there could be no denial OF
thing which never existed, and it is
plain enough that your authority
disproves your own assertion.
The only vote by yeas and nays OF
that occasion was upon the date fOl
holding the nominating Convention
Some favored September 3rd anC
others September 10th, which was
offered as q substitute, and the vote
was upon motion to lay on the to
ble-aycs and nays s. The substi
tute (Septomber 1Oth) was then adop
ted.
am not writing at random, bu
with an exact copy Of the minutes be
fore me, nor am [ taking so mucl
pains to correct your cgrcgious eITol
on account of any personal reasons
but because you succeededm getting
the endorsement of the NcWberr,
| Democratic Convention, thcreb.
giving the declaration an importance
in did otherwise possess.
[ cannot close without giving
moment to the extraordinary quer,
contained in your last favor, wherein
you say: "Is it not possible, then
that an outside agreement was hat
on the question, aud decided so a
} to avoid the question coming up il
, the meeting?' The members of tn
, State Executive Committee have al
ways shown the courage andmanlines
to act oponly and in accordance wit
J their convictions, and tho insinu0
, tion you mako is only another inius
l tice added to the injury already done
l There is not the slightest shadow O
. proteXt for this violent suppositio
on your part, which is in keepin
l with the spirit of your resolutions.
l will furnish this correspondent
| to the newspapers, so that the pull