Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-12-04

ourately the future Government of
the STATE Dr. Stokes was called on
ut the Jerome Hotel and asked to re-
view tho political situation. DR..
Stokes said:
81 had hoped that + would have
escaped the inquisition of the repor-
ters, but | have no objection to CIV
ing my views. As the President of
the State Alliance it will, of course,
be understood I speak with the in
terests of that organization at heart.
cit is known al over the Union
that the questions which agitated
the farmers in the West and North
west have become National in scope,
and it is reasonably and confidently
expected that these questions will be
the basis of legislation in Congress
on matters vitality affecting the agri-
cultural interests of the country. 1t
will not be questioned that il is and
should be an effort worthy of the
best endeavor Of the Alliance in
South Carolina that it should be re-
presented rs far as possible in tho
lower house of Congress and in the
Senate by men who are in line, in
touch, in sympathy with the Alliance.
Certainly tho country Mt large hes
no cause for alarm at tho results of
the November elections, with which
the Alliance had so much to do.
"The State is now fairly we'll ia
miliar with the fact that the revolu-
ton, if l can 80 term it, which has
resulted in great changes in the
composition Of IL present General
Assembly has been the result of the
c in the great majority of tho
counties Of candidates who stood in
with the principles of the Alliance
and pledged themselves to the Ma
tional Alliance demands. l am con-
WINGED from this circumstance, and
from others which I could name if
necessary, that the great mass of the
people, whether members of the Or
der or not in this State, arc also in
sympathy with these principles.
Gas to tho Senatorial race I can
say nothing which will add to the
information OH the subject which
has already been published from
both sides. l do know, however,
that the people of this State regard
the position Of Senator as something
much higher than a local issue. |
do not believe hat the General AS
sembly, if it should defeat Senator
Hampton, could properly be charged
with the sole intention Of rebuking
him for any cause whatever.
"The main cause of his defeat
will be his attitude to the Alliance
demands and with special reference
to its financial policy. The impress
sion is abroad, and it seems to me
justifiable by his utteranccs, that he
is not in such accord with the ALI
ance or its objects as would cntitIe
him to its consideration az it's repre-
sentative i'll the Senate, and in view
of what | have stated before, that
the Alliance, if true to its interests
and principles, should naturally
choose those who are in close sympa-
thy with the movement.
"The great fight of tho Alliance
will take place in the near future,
and it's Judgment in South Carolina,
as it has done elsewhere, will dictate
to it the ACCESSIBILITY of electing a
man who will weld in indissoluble
union the South and the West. This
is the n thing needful to crystalline
the results of the 4th Of November
for 1892. | am not familiar enough
with the conditions existing in the
race TO say who will re-
ccive the nomination. The present
il nebulous, and I even
cannot state the political strength of
the friends of Gen. Hampton, OF any
other candidate. l am specially de-
however, of making it quite
plain, as | said, that if a candidate
should be elected on the lines | have
indicated it should not be construed
az purely n rebuke or criticism of
Senator Hampton. The movement
is pitched on a higher plane than
mere personal or local issues; and
while these cannot be wholly climi-
mated as factors in the problem, they
will not be the chief or controlling
Influences"
Governor Tillman furnished the
representative of the Neaos and Cou-
rier tonight with his first %uttcrances
for publication OH any of the incl
dents of the late campaign since his
arrival here. 1t is as follows:
TO tie Editor Of tie News and
Courier: In an editorial in to-day's
issue of your paper, I find the fol-
statement: "Governor Till
man has been mentioned for the
place, and we presume there is little
doubt he would be elected if he
should announce his candidacy. But
the campaign he declared
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