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

with it, but it must be all published
Very respectfully,
SAMPSON PopE.
GnEENvILLE, S. c., July II, 1890.
DR.. Sampson Pope, Newberry, S. G.
Dear Sir: [ am Just in receipt Of
your favor of the 10Th inst. l 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 copy of the Nows and
Courier of May 10th, us that seems
to be your authority for making the
positive statement to which your at
tention has been called, namely, that
the State Executive Committee by q
vote of thirteen to one refused to or
,ler State primary. In order that
SaQu may learn, at this late day, what
81, q. G. said in his correspondence
80 >'he 10th of May, I Will quote the
>SNf graph in full: ''The members of
',IS Democratic State Committee left
y Sc Eeir homes today. While they
I'm. Ne taken no official action in the
SsSaatter, and have endeavored to make
Fs{o discrimination in favor of either
the Tillmanites or the Anti Tillman-
ties, 1t is an open secret that the
members of the committee regard
the Tillman movement, as organized
and pressed, serious menace to
the solidity of the Democratic party,
and that none of the fourteen who
gathered here last night arc support
ers of Tillman, except Alr. Gary, Of
Abbeville."
L do not know the source from
which Mr.. Gonzales received the in
formation, and which was evidently
obtained after the members had left
the city, but I do not doubt the cor
rectness 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
arc obliged to admit that there is no
connection whatever between the
statement of Mr.. Gonzales and the
declaration contained in your resolu-
tions. Because thirteen out of four
teen were opposed to MI. Tillman, as
a matter of fact, is no justification
whatever for an absolute declaration
that is utterly groundless and with
out the shadow of foundation. The
thirteen members who are 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 primary
election on the 9Th of May, or any
thing akin to it, and the statement
contained in your resolutions is en-
tirely baseless and gratuitous. There
fore, you had no right to infer from
the correspondence of N. g. G. "that
n vote on calling convention for
primary had been taken, and that it
stood 13 against and l for" It 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 on
that occasion was upon the date for
holding the nominating Convention.
Some favored September 3rd and
others September 10th, which was
offered as q substitute, and the vote
was upon O motion to lay on the ta-
ble-ayes and nays 8. The substi-
tute (September 1Oth) was then adop
ted.
l am not writing at random, but
with on exact copy of the minutes be,
fore me, nor am L taking so much
pains to correct your egregious error
on account of any personal reasons
but because you succeeded in getting
tho endorsement Of the Newberry
Democratic Convention, thereby
giving the declaration an Importance
in did otherwise possess.
cannot close without giving q
moment to the extraordinary query
contained in your last favor, wherein
you say: "Is it not possible, then,
that an outside agreement was had
on the question, and decided so as
to avoid the question coming up in
the mceting?' The mombers of the
State Executive Committee have nj
ways shown the courage andmanlincsa
to act openly and in accordance with
their convictions, and the insinua,
ton you make is only another injus,
tlce added to the injury already done
There is not the slightest shadow OF
pretext for this violent supposition
on your part, which is in keeping
with the spirit of your resolutions.
Will furnish this correspondence
TO the newspapers, so that the pub
nc may Judge as to your course il
this matter Respectfully,
u u JAMES A. HoyT,
Chm'n State Dem. Ex. Com.