The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-08-21

they organized by the election of G.
Lamb Buist chairman, and E. J.
Bremen secretary. j. G.. Haskell,
j.: w. Barnwell, j. d. Blanding,
Walter Hazard and w. J. Verdier
were appointed a committee to issue
an address
The Scceeders held another ses-
SION today. 1t is understood that
the preliminary steps for electing
delegates for convention September
lO, have been taken, in which case
there will be two conventions that
day.
The anti-Tillmanites met at II m.
and appointed an advisory commit
tee. The purpose is to call another
| convention of anti-Tillmanites in a
few weeks.
The Alliance Congressional Con-
vention made no nomination for Con
gressman, but will PROFOUND certain
questions to candidates.
ANALYSIS OF AN ACCUMULATION.
The Force Bill and What it Means and
Would Do.
We print elsewhere Il careful sum-
mary Of the Federal election bill which
has passed the United State House
of Representative and is now pend
ing i'll the Senate. The object is to
furnish the The Suns readers with
clear and succinct exposition of it's
features, with an explanation of the
practical effect Of the provisions
which are more obviously designed to
secure to the Republican party the
practically solid negro vote of the
South. 1t must be patent to every
one after reading the Suns synopsis
of the bill that no other object is
sought to be attained and that the
! machinery for this purpose has been
carefully and ingeniously devised. It
is necessarily complicated and there
is evidence throughout the measure
of an anxiouc desire on the part of it's
Trainers to leave no loophole by means
of which it's purpose might be frus-
tratcd.
Briefly stated, the effect of the bill
is to put the control of the elections
for members Of the House Of Repre-
scntativcs into the hands of Federal
supervisors, supported by an army of
deputy marshals, who may be rein
forced by any number of assistant
| marshals, summoned under guise of u
posse comitatus, and also, if the
! President should so order, by United
State troops or by militia organiza
tons, which might include armed
negroes. The supervisors overlook
the registration and have the right to
decide what names shall be placed on
the list. They are also empowered
to make a house, to house canvass in
cities, ostensibly to detect registra-
tlon and naturalization frauds, but in
reality, it is to be feared, as election
cering agents of the Republican
party. On election day they must
see that tho ballot box is marked and
located III certain way, must assist
the local officers to count the vote,
and must make their own returns,
which form the basis on which the
result is finally determined by the
federal returning board, from whose
decision there may be an appeal to
the United States Circuit Court.
which is to settle all contests. If
there is delay by the local election
officers i'll opening the polls, the
supervisors may hold the election
| themselves. Should there be more
votes in the ballot box than the num-
Der of persons who have voted, the
| election must be determined by q
species of lottery-the excess of votes
being drawn by blindfolded persons
and deducted from the total humber
of votes cast for the candidates. A
man seat in Congress might depend
upon mere chance or upon trickerv in
working the lottery scheme. A
long list of offences under the INV
arc specified and heavy penalties in
fines and Imprisonment are provided.
State laws inconsistent with the pro-
visions Of tho bill are annulled and
State sovereignty is trampled upon
in all directions.
A prctonse of fairness is furnished
III the provision for enforcing the law
wherever application is made under
certain specified conditions, but in
view of the fact that it's declared OBJ
ject is to secure "a free ballot and q
fair count" at the South, which would
mean, of course, the counting of the
negroes Ell masse for the Republican
candidates, this apparently general
applicability Of the law is seen to be
a mere sham. Good care, of course,
would be taken to enforce it ONLY
where it's enforcement would do the
party good, and the real field of it's
operations would be the Southern
States. In that section the result
could hardly fail to be disastrous.
Race conflicts at almost every polling
place would be almost inevitable and
condition Of unrest and excitement
uld be created which might prove
III to the industrial progress of the
'th, SO marked in recent years.
tional prejudice would be greatly
Differed and the whole country
Id feel the disturbing effect of a
Hich would at once array the
and the two great sections
n other. business men
IS anl tle most effect
1 to the bill is coming
,.,trter. The sincere friends
o also recognize the fact
.tion more injurious to