The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-11-27
Will lie be Senator
From, the .duqlRta Chronicle.

the South Carolina campaign, it was fire.
quently asserted that Tillman would
never occupy the Gubernatorial chair in
that State.
The prophecy has failed completely in
the sense in which it was offered, but
there seems to be good ground for the
belief that Governor Tillman's tenure of
Office will be very brief.
A prominent Tillmanite and a Ctroai-
cle reporter had a long talk on Carolina
affairs, and the views presented by the
Carolnian are the basis for the foregoing
paragraph.
The talk grew out of an inquiry By the
Tillmanite as to General Gordon's chan
ces for re election to the United States
Senate, followed by question from the
reporter whether or not Gen. Hampton
would have any opposition for reelection
in Carolina.
eyes, sir, there is every reason to be.
lieve he will have strong opposition, and
if the Tillman element in the Legislature
is solid against him, he will be over
whelmipgly defeated"
What is the ground OF the opposition !?
"The course Of Senator Hampton in
the recent bitter Haskell campaign in
Carolina gave ofense to the whole Till
man following. Senator Hampton's let
ter to Chairman J. L. NJ. Irby of the
State Democratic Executive Committee
was far from being the letter he should
have written under such circumstances.
It was no longer an open question. Till
man had been nominated by the Demo
cratic party OF South Carolina and was
the duly authorized standard bearer of
the party, and entitled to the
party support General Hampton re.
cognized this and said in his let.
ter that he should be obliged to vote
for the Tillman ticket; but this single
statement was the only one in the long
letter that was favorable to Tillman.
The entire letter was a Haskell letter
except that single sentence, and it ended
with the statement that he could not
advise the people of South Carolina how
to vote.
"Why couldn't he advise them? It
was his duty to do so. He was holding
the highest Office it was in the power of
the Democratic party of South Carolina
to give him and yet occupying exalted
position-a leader of his party, q senti-
mel upon the watch tower-he could not
advise the people how to vote when one
of the tickets in the field was the regu-
Iarly nominated ticket of his party. No
man in South Carolina knew better than
Senator Hampton the vital Importance
of preserving the integrity of the Demo-
cratic party in South Carolina, and if
despite his personal friendship he recog.
nized the fact that as Democrat he
must vote for the nominee of the party,
then why could he not advise the Demo.
Gratis of South Carolina how to vote?
There is no little resentment among the
Tillmanites at his letter, and / think it
very probable that there will be opposi.
tion to his reelection"
Could Gen. Wade Hampton be defeat.
ed in South Carolina for any Office he
might ask of her people?
"He certainly could, if the Tillmanites
determined to vote against him. They
have the overwhelming majority of the
Legislature"
Who would you name to oppose him?
"Who of ali men present comes upper.
most in your mind; who but the self
same Moses who has just led US to such
glorious victory? Why Ben Tillman
would be the man, of course. Who else
but him could command the solid sup
port of the Iillmanites in the Legisla-
ture ?"
Would he be willing?
"Did you ever know anybody to refuse
seat iu the United States Senate that
had it offered to them?"
But would he be willing to give up
this fight he is making in behalf of the
agricultural interests and the people of
South Carolina, sFen for so glittering a
prize?
Certainly rot; he wouldn't be giving
it up. he would only be in position to
prosecute it mora vigorously before the
hightest council of the nation. He would
be more valuable there than in the Gov
ernor's chair. The State is now safely
in the hands of bis followers. The Leg
islature is largely made up of the agri-
cultural yeolnanry cfthe State. Thepe
pie are in the saddle, and be can safely
leave the Governors chair to mount
higher in prosecuting the great work he
is enlisted in. The great measure Of
relief which the farmers of the country
want must come from the national Con-
gresa, and he will be able to do more in
the Senate of the United States than in
the Governors chair
Well, is this thing really being dis
cussed in Carolina?
"Quietly, yes aud I think it, by no
means, remote possibility"
Old Nursery FayOrites.
There was Tom, the Son rf the Piper,
Jack Sprat, and Merry King Cole,
And the Three Wise Men Of Gotham,