The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-03-13
The Farmers Sit Down on Shell.

The Farmers Sit Down on Shell.
The verdict # the farmers of South
Carolina as expressed by their action and
non. action on Monday last is overwhelm.
ingly against the nomination ofa separate
farmers State ticket by the Convention
to be held in Columbia on the 28th.
Indeed. the verdict may be said to be
against holding said Convention at all,
many of the delegates being elected only
for the purpose Of opposing the action
contemplated by the call for the Copven.
ton.
The following brief summary of the
action of the several counties, alphabet
ically arranged, will show at glance
the general opposition to the Shell
scheme:
Abheville-Delegates elected and in
structed against nominations in March
Wants State primary election.
Aikon-Delegates elected uninstrncted.
Hot feeling against Shell and Tillman.
Anderson-Delegates elected, unin-
structed. Sentiment of meeting opposed
to nominations.
Barnwell-Delegates elected and in
structed against nominations.
Beaufort-No Convention held.
Berkeley-No Convention held.
Charleston-No Convention held.
Chester-Delegates elected, uninssruct.
ed. Some favor, some oppose nomina.
tions.
Chesterfield Convention held.
Observation-Disclosures elected, unin.
structed. Resolution passed opposing
nominations.
Darlington-Convention postponed to
fourth Monday in March. Farmers op-
posed to policy of Shell.
Edgefeld-Delegates elected. In
structed to nominate a State ticket with
Tillman for Governor, but to submit to
the action of the regular Democratic
Convention.
Fairfeld-Delegates elected, unin-
atructed, but favor nominations. Reso.
luton adopted that ticket, if nominated.
must be subjectto action of regular Dem.
ocratic Convention.
Florence-Delegates elected, unin-
structed. Resolution adopted opposing
nominations by March Convention.
Georgetown-No Convention held.
observation-disclosures elected unin-
structed. Resolution favoring nomina-
tions voted down. Resolution adopted
to support the regular Democratic nomi.
nations.
Hampton-No Convention hold.
Horry-No Convention held.
KershaW-No Convention held.
Iaucaster-No Convention held.
Laurens-Delegates elected, instructed
to vote for full ticket, and for Tillmar
for Governor.
Lexington-Delegates elected unin,
structed. .
Marion-Delegates, elected, unin.
structed. Only twenty five men in the
Convention. Delegation divided in opin
ion.
Marlbcro-Delegates elected, instruct
ed to vote for full State ticket and for
Tillman for Governor.
Newberry-No Convention held.
Oconee-Dslegates elected, uninstruct
ed. Full Convention, 200 delegates
Resolutions adopted opposing nomina-
tions.
Orangeburg- Delegates elected, in
structed to vote against making noplna'
tiors.
Pickens No Convention held.
Richland-No Convention held.
Spartanburg-Two sets of delegates
elected ore instructed to obey Shelf.
orders, the other uninstructed.
Sumter-Delegates elected instructed
to oppose nominations.
Union-Delegstes elected, uninstruct.
ed; will probably favor nominations.
Convention poorly attended.
Williamsburg-No Convention held
York-Delegstes elected, uninstruct'
ed will not vote for ticket unless com
posed of better material than any yei
suggested.
Il will be seen by an examination oi
the above summary that Of the thirty
four counties in the State thirteen ex-
pressed their condemnation of the Shell
programme by refusing to hold meetings
to elect delegates to the Columbia Con
yention. Of the remaining twenty.one
counties, four, viz: Abbeville, Barnwell,
Orangeburg and Sumter, instructed their
delegates positively to vote against nom.
nations, while three, viz: Clarendon,
Florence and Oconee, adopted resolu'
tions expressing opposition to nominat
ing State ticket, which are virtually
instructions to their delegates to vote
against such action. Of the remaining
fourteen counties, Darlington has post
poned its Convention to March 27, anc
the sentiment of the farmers is agains
nominations. Spartanburg has sent two
opposing delegations, Aiken is hotly di
yided in opinion, the sentiment of tht
Anderson Convention was opposed te
the nomination of ticket, Chester is
divided, Greenville voted down resolu-
ton favoring nominations, Lexington j,
non. committal, Marion's delegation i
divided, and Union and York are doubt
full, leaving only four counties, viz
Edgefeld, Fairfield, Laurens and Marl.
boro,, as expressing their support of the
Shell programme and of these, two
Edge6eld and Fairfield-took care te
avoid the appearance of an Independent
movement by adopting resolutions ex'
pressly declaring that nominations, il
made, must be subject to the action o1
the regular Democratic Convention.
With this showing it is not within the
range of probability that State ticket
will be nominated by the March Con.
vention. The only possibility of such
thing, indeed, lies in the chance that Mr.
Shell may assume the right to call the
Convention to order, and then, initiating
the redoubtable Senator Smith, the little
Reed, of spartanbutg, rule out all dele.
gates not in sympathy with the
object Of the meeting as expressed by his
call. Such game, however, would
scarcely be worth the candle. 1t would
arouse general indignation, and any
ticket thus nominated would be fore
ordained to overwhelming defeat in the
regular Democratic ConVention.-Ne'cs
and Courier, March 9th.
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