The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-02
HERE'S TIE SCHEME.


South Carolina Republicans Not Seeking
Democrats, 4 Secret Meeting That
just Comcs to Light, Members
Which Seem to b Rulers.
Especial to Augusta Chronicle.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. 2G.-The
alleged Republican state ticket sent to
The Chronicle from Charleston seems
TO be simply and solely c. G. Levy's
ticket. All the Republican leaders here
diSown it.
Levy has been in Charleston, and his
disclosures to the newspaper men there
are apparently bids for little cheap
nocoriety for himself.
a TICKET MADE Up.
A ticket has been made up by the
Republicans, and authoritative details
in relation thereto have become known
outside the inner circle Of the party for
the first time to-day. Rev. DR.. r. w.
Memminger, who has been an lndepen-
dent Republican since Harrison's cleo
ton, who AT the time Of the Republican
state convention, was printed as being
the choice of the Brayton Republl-
can leaders for governor, was IN Column
bia to-day. With frankncss and open
ness most refreshing in these days OF
silent statement as revealed to his inter
viewer much Of interest concerning the
purposes of the opposition to the Demo-
cratic party in South Carolina. His
disclosures have the charms Of novelty
attached to matters hitherto purpOsely
kept from general knowledge, iuclud-
ing the account of a secret State con-
| vention of the independent Democrats
of the Palmetto State, not breath or
which has previously reached the ears
of the public.
There will be a State ticket in the
field against Tillman, but 1t will he
Republican and not Democratic
ticket. The administration party of the
Republicans of the State, as the anti
Braytoniles prefer to term themselves,
who secured control Of their party at
the recent convention, have apparently
sold out or more properly given them
selves away to the McLane lAdepen-
dents, or conservative Republican,"
as they wish to be styled.
| : 1T is a queer combination and queerly
brought about. During the session Of
the recent regular Republican state
convention, which was held very open
ly, wide open to speak broadly, at the
state house, another state convention
was held in secret at the postotlice
building. This secret convention, it i:
said, composed fifty delegates repre-
senting sixteen counties and }. Hendrix
McLane, the "streaked and striped"
II
shirt in Fairfield and who now boards
Ga those for whom he has secured
appointments apparently, was its pre-
siding officer.
These Independents Or" "Conservative
Republicans" decided upon a state
ticket with DrMemminger for governor,
and, it now develops, mapped out
plan Of campaign and even adopted a
platform.
PLATFORM AND CANDIDATES.
BY the kindness OF DR.. Memminger
synopsis of this platform can be given
| to the public in advance Of its intended
promuigation, with the nominees to
run upon it or under it, the date for
| which has been fixed as the 9th OF next
month.
The platform opens by asserting that
the policy of the {conservatlves) Re
publican party in South Carolina IS
essentially conservative, and is squarely
opposed to the radical and even revo-
lutionary policy Of their opponents
| (meaning the Tilinlan Democrats).
SOME OF THE PLASKs,
Among other planks are the follow
ing:
We insist that the election be honest
ly conducted and that we have full
| free ballot and fair count. We are
opposed to the calling of a constitution
al convention. We are very generally
satisfied with the educational advant-
ages we now enjoy and are opposed to
any curtailment thereof.
In relation to capital we are in favor
Of its encouragement and opposed to
all Determinations for or against rail
road and other corporations.
We favor the maintenance OF the
credit of the state bank, and honest and
Just settlement Of the state debt. We
favor the protective system as neces-
Sary to the life and well-being Of infant
Southern manufacturing industries.
We are in favor Of national aid for our
merchant marine, 1T least until COM
nlercial reciprocity shall have rendered
such aid unnecessary.
PLATFORMS ARE NUMEROUS.
There it is-the third political plat
form in South Carolina-not counting
the Alliance yardstick for candidates,
and the Prohibitionist have not met
yet.
Whether such action has been taken
formally and officially or not, realizing
it is said, that it is Republican pure and
simple, without the ''conservative"
gliding and the NcLane attachment,
and that they cannot hope for success
with their black border Of ignorance,
the supplanters Of Brayton are saidt)
have consented to the ticket Of the
white-man Republican party which
MeLane and his followers have pro-
posed.
DEMOCRATS WILL CONSOLIDATE.
Of course they reckon confidently OH
receiving great assistance from the d.
vision in the Democratic ranks, both
by the apathy of some straightouts and
the votes of others. In this your cor
respondent feels confident they will
fad tbs nselves mistaken, and the anti
Democratic ticket. under whatever
name it is, will prove the one thing
needed to transform the divided Demo
cracy into united phalanN in which
there will be no "anti's" but anti-Re-
publican and anti-negro ascendancy.