Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-07-10
Oconee to tho Front.

} or every avocatlon, also those that
sympathisc with them and desire the
Sbctternent of their condition, and
who look upon "Tillmanism" as the
synonym of a landed aristocracy
organized to Cypress and deprive
them of their rights rs frecmcn, are
hereby called to meet Mt their vari-
GUS county seats on Monday, August
4, 1890, and elect delegates to double
the number of The members they
have in the General Assembly Of the
State to convention Of laborcrs and
frcemcn, to be held in the city of
Columbia, S. G., on August u, 1890,
for the purpose of taking into considc-
ration the bcttcrlncnt Of their con-
dition, and, if found practicable, to
nominate a State ticket, from Gov
ernor down, subject to the Demo
cratic State Convention.
MANY VOTERS.
CONVENTION OF WORKHGMEN.
"Plcasc do not publish ny name,
as am only poor tenant and do
not wish notoriety, or to lose my
place." Sc writes a Democratic
citizen Of Oconrc County to the
Neacs and Courier. enclosing for
publication Il call for Il Convention
of "the tenants, hircings and labo-
rers' of the State, to be held at
Columbia on August 27. The call
for the Convention is published TO-
day, and its purpose is said to be the
bettcrmcnt of the condition of the
tenants and wage workers, and, "ii
found practicable, to nominate a
State ticket, from Governor down,
subject to the Democratic State
Convention"
1t is said that The call is being
numcrously signed in Oconec County
and that an effort will bc made to
perfect in every county in the State
an organization Of the classes inclu-
dcd in the call. 1t is proposed that
meetings shall be held ut the differ
ent county seats on the first Monday
in August, for the purpose of elect
ing dclcgatcs-douhlc the number of
the members of the Legislature to
which the respective counties are
cntitlcd-to attend the proposed
Convention in Columbia. The call
states distinctly and very truly that
"Tillmanism" is "thc synonym of a
landed aristoc v organized to OPP
press and deprive the tenants, labo-
rers and hirclingS Of their rights as
frcemcn." In the letter transmit
ting the call for the Convention the
tenant farmer OF Oconcc says: ave
believe that we are the most numcr-
GUS class and should govern the
State instead OF those grandcu farm
ers who arc now asking our SUI
fragcs."
We doubt whether it will be
practicable to hold the proposed Con-
yention, but the call is published, as
requested, to show that the poor
people OF the State, the tenant farm
crs, the agricultural laborcrs, the
mechanics and artisans, the men who
arc dependent upon their daily
.Ycsk~ for the means whcrcwith to
support themselves and their iami-
lics-havc nothing to hope for from
the success of the Tillman Move
mcnt. Their only relief can come
from the continuance of the regular
Democratic party in power and the
preservation Of white supremacy in
South Carolina. Instead Of trying
to hold u separate Convention on
August 27, the tenant farmers and
wage workers OF the State who arc
opposed to Tillman and his methods
should be fully represented at the
straightout Democratic Conference
to be held in Columbia on July 10.
1t will be sad day for the work.
ingmcn Of the State if TillmHn shall
be elected Governor with a Lcgisla.
turc that will stand by him. Tho
Lien law, upon which 50 many OF
the small farmers arc dependent 70,
advances with which TO conduc,
their farms, will be repealed, and
they will be deprived Of aIl possible
means Of making bread for thcil
families and will have to hire out tt
the "iandcd aristocracy" for wages
Theirs is not one man in every hun
drcd Of the thousands who have
been bowling for T'illman HAT vii
ever get an Office or derive The
slightest benefit from h $ election
The poor peoplc-thc men who cal
wool hats and jeans clothes, "thc ten