Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-04-10
Alliance Day.
[Erom the Greonyille News. ]

N"NHSh, ~ ~ 5Apih ''-<ho Vh>
County Convention of the Farmers
Alliance, which met here to-day, they
endorsed I'illman for Governor with
q hurrah. Although they sal
with closed doors it has leaked out
that they endorsed set of resolu.
tons for the candidates for Congress
to "dancc to" before they would be
eligible to q seat in Congress. Just
what these resolutions were your cor.
respondent was unable to ascertain
but suppose the candidates will find
out soon enough for their good. II
is no use to disguise the fact that
Oconee will certainly send Tillma
delegates to the Democratic Convcn.
ton.
PIcKENs, S. c., April 2.-The
Farmers Alliance was largely at
tended yesterday, being their first
quarterly meeting. At the conclu,
sion OF the business of the Alliance
the doors of the court house were
thrown open and everybody invited
to attend the meeting Of tho Farm
crs' Association. The only business
of importance attended to was the
adoption of the resolutions already
published in the Dufiy NcacS, en-
dorsing the nomination Of Tillman.
The delegates from this county to
the Farmers Convention gave a sat
isfactory explanation of their action
in disobcying their Instructions.
One Of them stated to your cores
pondcnt that no nominations would
have been made had it not been for
the ungcntcmanly and grossly insult
ing conduct of the University stu
dents. lie said that while the Con-
vcntion was in session the students
would hiss and groau when anything
was said in favor Of Mr.. Tillman,
and would applaud when any one
said anything against Mr.. Tillman.
He corroboratca the statement pub
lishcd in the No,cS about the stu
dents singing vile songs and applying
all kinds of insulting erithets to Mr.
Tillman. lie said he believed that
the students conduct caused nomi-
nations to be made, and said he: 81
must confess that their conduct in
tlucnccd me to change my votc.'
lie also stated that it looked very
hard that the farmers could not meet
at their capital in busincs capacity
without being intcrfcrcd with in the
manner in which they were by stu
dents who are being educated at
their expense. This conduct is very
unfortunate, it is thought by a great
many, for the friends of the Uni
vcrsity. 1t has been predicted that
it will cause the farmers to use theil
efforts to get control of the States
affairs and abolish the University.
ANDERSON, April 5.-I'hc County
Alliance met yesterday, but SO far as
| can learn took no action in refer
encc to the rillman nomination. Soy
eral OF the leading Alliance men told
me yesterday that they were opposed
naturally to the Alliance indorsing
anybody or going into politics at all
and one went so far rs to say if it
did SO he would withdraw at once.
LAuEENs, April .t.-The Count,
Alliance held Il large and harmonious
meeting on lSriday. a resolution
was passed with practical unanimity
endorsing the Nunce treasury bill
now before Congress and it is under
stood that the sense Of the meeting
was to support no candidate for Con
grcSs not in sympathy with tho
measure.
GrEENvlll.E, April 4.-Thc
County Alliance met to-day. The
Onl y sensational feature of the meet
ing was an attempt to have the
County Alliance endorse Ben Till
man. w. NJ. Rodgers offered a
resolution endorsing the action OF
the recent Farmers Convention in
Columbia, but it was promptly and
warmly sat down upon. It's exist
cncc was short lived and it never
even reached Il vote. The moment
it was offered there was broadsidc
Of opposition and in the face of such
unmistakabc hostility, Mr. Rodgers
withdrew the resolution. 1t is but
proper to state, however, that the
opposition was not entirely to Cap
tain Tillman or the action Of the
March Convention, but on the ground
that The matter was a political one
purely and that therefore the Ali
ancc had no business with it.