The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-08-08
TO Friend C. B. Bobo.

thought it wrong then the principle holds
good against it now, and the tnly apology
you owe is for "fnlling from grsee"
We have not questioned the right of the
members of the Farmers association to meet
and "discuss matters pertaining to i.eir well
fare and to smgyest n candidate for Governors"
but you must remember thot the call for the
March Convention was "to nominate a State
t'ekef," not to suggest candidate for Governor,
and the ca'l was adroitly worded ny inviting
only those who were in sympathy with the
object therein expressed, mainly to nominate
State ticket You cannot deny, we think,
that, with yourself, tho sentiment Of the dem.
ocrats cfthe State at that time, was dec ded.
ly opposed to making nominations at the
March Convention. So marked was this
sentiment that, although many democrats
who deemed such action plain usurpation
Of the constitutional prerogative of the rcgu-
larly constituted Democratic Convention,
were not allowed TO participate in the pr;-
mary meetings to elect delegates, simply be-
cause they were not in sympathy with the
object Of the call, when the convention met,
on counting noses it was found that maj joriiy
of the delegates were decidedly opposed to
forestnliog the old democratic party by nomi-
mating a State ticket N ontls in advance of
the time appointed, so it was decided by the
prime movers Of this scheme, TO not only
substitute "suggest to the democratic concen.
ton" for the objccti ,nable words in the Shell
also found it polite to coufine the "sug-
gcs'ion' to the head of the ticket
The work for Capt. Tillman was done in the
primary meetings. under the strict letter of
the call, by excluding gdemocrsts-farmers and
| others from those meetings, who were op-
posed to the avowed object of the originator,
and marif!.iator5 of the convention. But
when Tillmau introduced his platform Of
principles aud eonrinced the convention that
it would be folly to nominate any man ts
e1pound aid defend that platform who had
not "slept on it, the scheme was completed,
and he went forth as the Farmers candidate,
| fighting the organized democratic party with
counter organization and he has undoubt-
cdly carried la'ge majority Of the farmers
with him, under shadow of reform that
has no other substance than turning the Gins"
out of office and putting the outs in. The
Farmers were "bamboozled' by the Shell
Call, and their delegates "debauchef' in
the Convention.
While the "meaus' may not invalidatc the
right to meet, suggest, &C., still we cannot en-
doise those meansif they are not fair and
open; and results cnnuot be pure if their
source is impure. If there was trckery in
the Shell call, We have clear right to sus-
pec' that trickcry and upfairness con-
| trolled the convention.
Unless you arroa gate to the March Couvcn-
ton the only democratic assembly entitled
to meet, in anticipation of the State demo
| cratic convention, we cannot see how you
can charge independentism to the Columbia
Conference. That certainly had rs much
| right to meet as the March Convention, while
1t did not presume to srpersede the demo-
| cratic convention bv nominating a caudid ic
and adopting platform.
You will find, friend Eobo, and we fear to
| The cost of the people, that our expressions
are neither "thoughtlcss nor cxtravagant.
with nothing to back them but our sus-
| Picions." We nave not uttered wo:d Of
susp clio that we have not haI solid reasons
| to vet on.
Is thee nothing srspicious in the uncou-
tladicied :epcrt that Tllman is +, be elected
to the IT, S. Senate, in IIempton's place, by
Legislature pledged to him and endorsing
his methods? And will not that give an
additional vote for the republican high tariff
oppression in the U. S. Senate?
Is there nothing suspicious in the fact that
every candidate for congress that refuses to
pledge himself to support the sub-treasury
scheme is given, unmi.taEeably, to under
stand that he cannot receive the Tillman
vote?
Does not that mean "elect none but Tillman-
ties to congress-" And is not that good
cause for strong suspieion that Tillman will
control their votes after as we'll as before
the election or defeat them at the next cleo
ton?
'''5 w "uPPo'S u III
the report in the Washington and New York
papers that the Republicans Of the North are
extending aid and comfort 10 the Tillman
faction, with the hope of breaking the solid
democratic South? There may be no solid
ground for such reports but in these polit-
ical cut-throat times, where there is so much
smoke, we have good grounds for suspec,iug
there must be some fire.
You say the "sub-treasury scheme was
gotten up by the combined wisdom of %
States, headed by DR.. Maccune and other lead
e'- OF the Alliance" Well, that il, perhaps,
true, but we also know that it is opposed by
the combined wisdom Of very large majority
OF the ablest and most experience statesmen
in every State in the Union. AS to the move
being healed by DR.. Maccune, we can only
say that that fact, if the reports of his
character are true, would be more likely