The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-10-02

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|;Yiously reached the ears Of the public: IS
s. There will ibea State ticket in. the field
against Tillmans but it will! be arepubli.
can and not agdemo mocratic ticket. The
administration party of Republicans oil
1.-The State; as the ant. Bray toms prefer to
term; themsely Ives, who secured control o!
their party atsEt the recent convention,
Eapparcna!ss1J 1JS5sofdEoug; OF more properly,
EE1giyens "a hemsel lives away to sthe McIsne
[lldep penaents or.i Cons serYatiYe Repnbli:
cans: as they wish to be styled. II lisa
queer combination and queerly brought
Eabout ~ 5i :t3i
During the session of the recentregu;
lar Republican State Convention which
was held very openly wide open, to speak
broad ly-at the State House, 4: another
State Convention was held in secret at
the post Office building. This secret Con,
yention, it is said, comprised fifty dele
gates, representing sixteen Counties, and
j. Hendrix Nc Lane, the atreaked and
striped aIndependent, who once wore
the red shirt in Fairfield and who now
Wars on those for whom he secured ap.
pointment apparently, was its presiding
officer. - T These Independents, or sconser.
YatiYe Repub blicans, decided upon q
State ticket with DR.. Memmingsr for
Governor. ~, IS
It now develops they mapped out a
plan of campaign and even adopted 8
platform. By the kindness of DR.. Mem.
minger 9 synopsis of this platform can be
given to the public In advance Of its
intended promulgation with the nomi.
nees to ruDnpon it OF. under it, the date
{ for which has been fixed as the sixth OF
next month.
The platform opens by asserting that
the policy of the. Conservative Republi.
can party in South Carolina is one essen.
italy conservative and is squarely ;op.
posed to the radical and even revolution.
ary policy Of their opponents, meaning
the Eillman Democrats. Among other
planks are the following. 81
We. insist that elections be honestly
conducted and that ne have q full, free
ballot and fair count. We are opposed
|. to the calling Of q constitutional conven.
ton. We are very generally satisfied
with the educational advantages we now
enjoy and are opposed to any curtailment
thereof In relation to capital we are
in favor of. its encouragement and oppos-
sed to all discrimination for or against
railroads and other corporations. We
favor the maintenance Of the credit of
the State BY yssng honest and just settle.
ment of the State debt. We favor the
protective system as necessary to the life
and we'll being Of infant Southern manu-
featuring industries. We are in favor Of
national aid for our merchant marine at
least until commercial reciprocity shall
have rendered sucn aid unnecessary.
There it is-the third political plat
form in South Carolina, not allowing the
Alliance yardsticks for candidates, and
the Prohibitionists have not yet met.
The MeLane men have so far prevailed
upon the present leaders of the regular
republican party that tho ticket prepared
by, the former has been practically
accepted by the State Committee of the
latter, whether such action has been
taken formally. and officially or not.
Realizing, it as said, that is Republicans
pure and simple with the conservative
gliding and the McLane attachment, they
can not hope for success with their black
border of Ignorance, the supplanters of
Bray ton have consented to a ticket Of the
white mans Republican party which
McLane and his followers have proposed.
OF course they reckon confidently on
receiving great assistance from the diyis-
ion in the democratic ranks both by the
apathy of some "Straightouts" and the
votes Of others. In this your correspon-
dent feels confident they will find them.
selves mistaken and an anti-Democratic
ticket under whatever name it is will
prove the one thing needed to Transform
the divided democracy into G united
phalanx in which there will be no
"antis," but an anti.-Republican and
negro ascendsncy.