The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-15

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Governor Richardson to the seven
meetings held i'll 1883. In four out
of tho seven counties where the meet
lngs were held that had forestalled us
and had elected delegates to the State
convention before they heard me.
They had the credentials of the dele
gates III their pockets and so the old
plow farmer had to go home and
swallow Richardson, when every one
knows he wasn't the choice of the
people.
What did that State convention do?
They made two important changes in
the party constitution. They did
away with the State canvass. They
don't like canvassos. They don't like
this canvass. They prefer working
in the dark.
Then they did away with the clause
SO that a convention held in May may
nominate for September They pro
posed to
TAKE A BREECHEs HOLD ON US,
if you will excuse tho colloouial
phrase. We are now just q little too
smart for them, and wo' propose to
take q brccchcs hold, We have held
our convention and put forth a can-
didate. No ono yet has screwed his
courage up to the sticking point-un-
less my friend here is one.
Turning to Colonel Youmans, Cap
tain Tillman asked: care you a can
didate for Governor"
"No, sir, replied Col. Youmans.
THE oLIGARCHY THEORY
Captain Tillman then continued:
For the last ten years the control of
the State has been in the hands of O.
few men. These gentlemen would
call their meetings and fcw-shall I
say ringstcrs- well, ringstcrs, then,
those were i'll the boat, in the line of
succession, those who would get
shcc OF the pie after awhilr-thcSc
would meet while the farmers were
attending to their own business,
would control the county conventions
and go down to Columbia.
We were right to hold II convention.
Even the editors allow we had the
right to meet and formulate plat
form.
Ihh NFCESSlI1 OF a CANDIDATE.
Is there man here who will dis
pute that if the platform was left
without Il candidate it would have
been broken down by seekers for
office? Wouldn't the whole ring got
OH the splatform?
In years we tried to get from their
ranks some sort of halfway man to
represent us. You know how we
slipped up at it. / felt we had been
burned at it too often.
They say [ hossed and controlled
that covention. If any delegate from
Fairfield, or South Carolina, can say
[ approached him in relation to my
candidacy, I'd like to SEQ him. CA
voice: "Ho amt hcrc.O
What would they have said, if [
had refused, but that [ was Il moral
coward and didn't have the courage
of my OWN convictions?
cRUMpLED ROSE LEAVES
Let me show you I'm not on II bed
Of roses. In the first place, my plan
tatiOn has to be left to take care of
itself, except what the old woman and
the children can dO. [ have to neg
lect my own affairs.
In the second place, it is by no
means certain I'm to be your next
Governor. You know the ohtor side is
going to move heaven and earth to
defeat me.
Then the torrent of abuse and ca
hnmny to which I am exposed is an
other thing, but "thrice armed is he
who has his quarrel Just"
THE MAYOR OF COLUMBIA
has said he would leave the State if
| was elected From the crowd:
Let him leave.~ L have heard of
some who hate me so that they say
they wouldn't vote for me if nomina~
ted by the Democratic party, Can
other voice: Let ON go.w But you
haven't heard single Tillmun man
say he wouldn't vote the Democratic
ticket whoever is nominated.
BUT ONE PARTY.
We have but one party. We dare
have but one, simply because n divi-
sion among the whites would let in
the hoodtide of the black vote; and
there would be bidding between the
two factions for it, The side that
could bid the most and be nearest to
being Il nigger would get the black
votes, and there would come again
the days of good stealing.
THE PROCEEDINGS WERE DAMPENED
at this point by the rain, which had
been threatening all the morning,
coming downin big drops on Tillman
ties and reporters, without discrimi-
nation.
IL was at filot proposed to adjourn
to a,ginhOuse near by, but the atmos-
phcric moisture came down in such
a business-likc way that q general
heller SHELTER rush for shelter enaued
GATHERED N a GI;,HoUsR.
The rail- relaxing somewhat, but
showing no signs of cessation, at q
little after noon the crowd reassem-
bled in the lowerpart of the ginhOuso
referred to, which was certainly hum.
bic and uncomfortable enough to
satisfy the most radical advocate OF
economy and reform.
Mounted on sill of the structure
Captain Tillman resumed hisrcmarks
He opened by saying that though the
rain had stopped the meeting, he
was glad to see it as it would helI