The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-10-30

The long expected address of the Com.
;mittee on address of the Republican State
Executive Committee was given to the
press yesterday and is given below. The.
address claims; that the Democratic perty
has by the partisan execution of the.
laws, defeated the will Of the voters and.
urges or comGiends, that all Republicans
consider favorably the Haskell ticket.
@ The address is as follows 3.55 3
5HEADQUARTERs, OF THE REPuBL1CAN
ss:.3sls I STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
CoLUMBIA, 81: o., Oct. "a, 1890. 6
:To; the, Republicans Of South Carolina ::
Your Executive Committee, to which
was referred by the last State convention
the advisability Of nominating q State.
ticket: have, after careful. deliberation,
reached the unanimo mous conc clusion that it
would be Sanwise and inexped to place
a: a:Repnblican State ticket in the field at
this elect ion.
q; majority of over 80 900 of the
legal s.of this State, the Republicans
have made no nomination for State off:
GERS since the honorable campaign of
;1S76. Since; then, by the partisan e1ecu-
:tion of the registration and election laws
designed to defeat!the will of the MAORI.
.ty; ofs the voters Of this State, thousands
;0fa Republic have beeu disfranc chised, Z
Iand, against their earnest protests and
active efforts, denied a voice and .partici.
patton in the government under which
they live. Those laws, in the hands of
the Democratic officials, have been
enforced only; as against Republicans, and.
the 80 called regular election has become
.a farce, .supplanted by. o Democratic pri.5
mary OF. nominating Convention.
For.y years there has been on the part of
the Der ocratic; masses q feeling of dis
content and suspicious dissatisfaction
with the administration of the State gov
:ernment, the natural and inevitable re-.
suit of. the demoralizing means and meth.
sods by which it has been perpetuated.
This result has at last eliminated in one
of: the most remarkable campaigns in the
political history of the State. Charges of
political and official perjury extravaganza
and corruption have been openly and
.deGantly made by Tillman and his fol.
lowers against the administration of the
State government. We did not suppose
that the Democrats would so far stultifV
themselves as to place the seal of their
official, condemnation upon their own
State government by reWarding the author
of, these charges with the control of their
party! organization and the future admin
istration of the State.
But such is the unique condition of
affairs; Tillman and his lientenants con-
troll the organization and claim to be the
regular nominees of the Democratic
party. Iu opposition to Tillman and his
methods, large and Influential element,
headed by Judge a. G. Haskell, of Co
lumbia, have placed ticket in the field,
and appeal for its support to the people
of the State without regard to party
afiliation.
The most important question that has
been presented for the consideration of
your committee has been the propriety
and expediency of endorsing the Haskell
ticket. -
6 While ne have grave doubts as to the
propriety of your committee giving to
this ticket the sanction of its partisan
endorsement, We have no hesitation in
declaring our belief that as between the
two tickets the best interests of all classes
would be the better subserved by the
success of the Haskell ticket.
Certainly no Republican who has
heard or read Tillman's utterances dur
ing this campaign could conscientiously
vote the Tillman ticket. The SUCCESS Of
this ticket without q vigorous protest at
the polls will, in the judgment of your
committee, result in the enactment of
class legislation and the passage Of laws
to discriminate against and oppress the
Republicans Of the State. The Tillman
faction stand pledged to the calling of
8 constitutional convention, the evident
purpose of which is to- restrict the suf.
frage as to forever deprive a large mum.
ber of Republicans of the right to vote.
The Haskell faction declare in favor of
q free ballot and o fair count, and promise
if elected to give the people Of this State
q government that will protect and main
tain the rights of all it's citizens.
A conference of colored men recently
neId at C0lumpla passed tne IoliOWlng
resolution T:
"Resozyed, That ne recommend the
negroes, for the betterment Of their con-
dition, to vote the Haskell ticket"
With these facts before US, your COM
mittee have concluded that in the pres
ent crisis you could consistently vote the
Haskell ticket without violating your
allegiance to the Republican party and
while not urging this course as party
measure, ne commend the ticket to your
favorable consideration.
By order of the Executive Committee.
E. A. WEBSTER, Chairman.
The St. Louis Glo6e-Democrat, q Re
publican paper of intelligence and dis
oration frankly edmits that it would be