The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-12


oi1oes' The direct charges of cor
tuPtlon had been withdrawn, but til
lnslnuations and inuendccs a:e still
repeated Political leprosy! Do the
hepuDlcans on Democrats have
stronger terms with which to vilify
each other? There may have been mis-
t"kes and bad Judgment No human
government is perfect. But the roy.
ernment is honest None have fled
10 canada. The farmers have been
"ppe"leo TO. L have naught to say
"S"lhst them. They are the bone
ana sinew OF the country. We are
mutually dependent. Class should
not DO arraigned against class. An
ohgarchy! L hayo never seen IT, T
belong to no ring. I ask the vote o.,
influence of no ring. I stand bv
myself for the vote of independent
Intelligent thinking men. The rood
to honor is open to all. Aristocracv
Is nothing. Look for the true man
have no objection to primary cleo
ton. If can not get the Office
do not want it. 1 an willing to have
the delegates to the convention elect
eel by a primary. by the consti!u-
ton each county can do as it plcasos
in this respect.
The agricultural department. is in
charge of the farmers, 1t was G Aa5
lishcd by the farmers. If it docs no
good, dispense with it. 1t has done
good. Years ago each department
had It's own attorney. That is the
reason of the lawyers fees in the Pa
cltlc Suano case. 1 was instrumental
IN having law passed rcuuir-
ing the Attorney General to attend
to all these matters. Since, I have
attended to all these matters myself.
have not lost case or involved the
State III any cost. Under Capt. rs
own definition of an aristocrat, he
has become one. He went to the
convention and became an office scc| =
er. But [ am seeking Office, too.
But vote, VIC must together. Whoth-
CT Br"tton, Tillman, or Earle, vote
Tor the nominee Of the convention.
Hc occupied one hour and q half
Gen. John B. Bratton was then n
troduced. lie is fnc.lookiny, in
tclllgcnt old fellow, but his face, form
ana voice were rot adequate TO
the crowd, He said We had made
progress in political methods and
partisanship. Party spirit was ov,r-
shadowinS principlcs-mcn were be-
coming superior to measures. This
movement is the out9rowth Of roliti-
cal methods. 1t never did commend
Itself to my Judgment under lis most
lavoratlc aspects. Ii it did not then
1t cannot now. At this point some
thing had a good effect On the crowd,
Ii became quiet and orderly. and all
the enthusiasm slept soundly. For
some reason all were satisfied to hear
hm through, as only those near
could hear. He was speaking about
forty-livc minutes. When he con-
Guided he was roundly applaudcd by
the few around the stand.
Hon. John S. Werner vas thca in
troduccd, and by several amusing
anecdotes, put the crowd in good hu-
NOR and got their attention. He
said there were 10000 officers in this
State that had to hc Paid to run the
government, and it was done on as
economical basis as any government
could be run on the New England
plan. He held the crowd we'll in
hand, and was frequently applaudcd
with much enthusiasm.
Maj. E. B. Gary was then introduc.
ed as ca candidate for Lieutenant
Governor on the Tillman ticket" He
said Capt. 1illman had covered the
whole ground, Oh "our side" Of tbc
question. He was in favor of q con.
Vtntlon to wipe out three lines of the
constitution. All the olficc-holdcrs
are against the farmers movement
MIR. Werner interrupted: "I am fer
the movement" Great confusion
and hurrahs for Gary) You, lad
dressing VclncrD arc not for 7illman
and he is the life Of the platform. I
am on the 1il)man platform and I
expect to stand or fall by it. (Ar-
piansc and tremendous uproar)
Y. }. Pope was then introduced as
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