Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-12
THE TILLMANITES WIN.
End Of the Bitter Campaign In South
Carolina.

After one Of the most exciting prelimi-
nary campaigns that has ever been held
In South Carolina the democrats have
ct last ono candidate to work for.
The convention was made up Of 2Os Till
mantle delegates and hfty-four anti Tillman-
ties, and the latter made - much trouble a.
possible. Finally partial peace was restored
and at $50 O'Clock yesterday morning the fol-
lowing ticket was completed: Governor, b r.
Tillman Of Edgefeld; Acknowledgements, T.
B. Gary Of Abbeville; secretary of state, J. z.
Tyndall of Clarendon; treasurer, w. 7. C.
Bates Of Orangeburg; attorney general, Il. B.
Pope OF Newberry; superintendent OF educa-
ton, W. d. MayAeld; comptroller general, w.
H. Ellerbee; adjutant and inspe ctor general.
H. L. Farley Of Spartanburg
The platform adopted reafRrms the princi-
pies OF the national and state democratic party,
favors the free coinage of silver and the repeal
OF the internal revenue system, denounces the
Mckinley bill as measure that will encourage
trusts and Cypress the people and the Lodge
bill as measure likely to engender race an
tagonism; condemns the course OF Speaker
Reed as n tyrannical and fragrant degradation
of position intended only for trne patriot
and statesman and demands the enactment of
laws that will remove the burdens OF the peo-
pie, relieve the existing agricultural depression
and do full and simple justice TO the farmers
and laborers Of our country.
After demanding the enactment Of various
state and national laws and rigid economy in
public expenditures the platform concludes as
follows: I'VE rely upon the sense of justice and
enlightened self-interest Of our fellow citizens
to enforce our demands, and we call upon and
invite every citizen who has the interest of his
state at heart to assist us in inforcing these
needed reforms. We condemn any attempt.
either by word, deed, or unholy alliance with
the enemy, to disrupt the democratic party of
this state. White supremacy is the bulwark Of
our civilization aud can only be secured BY
democratic unity"
In accepting the nomination for governor
Capt. Tlllman referred with much feeling to
the clrculation through the press, north and
south, OF injurious articles concerning him and
said that the newspapers for months had been
teeming with assertions that he was slanderer
o demagogue, dynamiter and q republican
and the United States was standing aghast at
the prospect OF his election. feeling that the
people OF South Carolina were going through a
sort OF French revolution and that one of the
sans culottes was going to occupy the guber-
Material chair, backed by horde of ignorant
people.
He denounced this as lie. at has been as.
serted" said he, "by some who claim to have
experience in finance that they fear that the
Iillman administration, being composed of in
experienced men. would not be able to refund
the debt. My answer to that is this: Honesty
knows no experience. have always paid my
own debts and, in the name of God why should
try, as 1t has been asserted that would, to
do anything to bring discredit upon the state of
South Carolina and injure her credit. Before
the term OF office expires to which you will
elect me the states credit WILL l confidently
believe, be higher than it has ever been"