Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-23

Q good ticket it is not for me to say
a majority of my party associate.
have selected it and that is enough
Tor me. ! am not bottor than ny
party. No man is--speaking of the
party in the aggregate. Whenever
the policies, principles or member.
ships of the Democratic party be.
come &c odious to inc that I cannot
maintain my relations with thom
with sef-respect, l shall withdraw
and join some other party. There
Is no middle ground in this State, nc
halfway house. A man must be
either a Democrat or Republican.
Mugwumpry may be tolerable in a
community Of homogeneous popula.
ton, where the personnel of either
party has tho qualifications to. admin.
ister government honestly and intel
ligently, but it has no ground to
| STAND on in this State.
eyes, tho Convention has acted
and l shall support its action. !
believe everybody in the State was
expected to participate in that re-
markable canvass except Governor
Hampton and myself; still ! will vote
the ticket. The political renais-
shncc, the regeneration which, it was
claimed, had dawned upon the State,
eschowed and dispensed with the
counsels of those who had had some
thing TO do and to say in shaping the
policy and destiny Of the State for
the past twenty years. The result
is political chaos" .
THE PROPOSED SENATORIAL SPEECHES.,
Reporter" 81 SEQ tho Executive
Committee of the Regulars expect
Governor Hampton and yourself to
address the people between this and
the election"
Gen. Butler: "Ah! I have rc-
cefyed no such request. have been
on my plantation pretty constantly
since Congress adjourned and have
not seen many, papers. How did you
learn this? ?" 80.
Reporter: cit is set forth in the
recent address issued by the COM
mittce." =
Gen. Butler: "Wcll, that is some
what refreshing, cool, in fact it
approaches the temperature of the
freezing point in view of what 1 have
just stated, after tho door was
slammed in our faces, at q timo
when we might have said or done
something to have moderated and
tempered the excited canvass, which
led to the disruption of the Demo
cratic party. However,, let that 20,
| am much more concerned for the
interests of tho State than for any
individuals or the conduct of any
individuals, and if necessary or
desirable I will speak wherever and
whenever l can. l am very tired
and worn out with politics after the
long and tedious session, but l will
readily do whatever | can to restore
harmony and allay political excite
mcnt."
NO NEED FOR ANY MORE HUi,RAu.
Reporter: "Do you think, Scna-
tor, it Is desirable to have any more
public meetings and discussions ?"
Gen. Butler: "No, | do not. There
is no need for more public meetings
and speaking. The people under
stand the issue Mt stake, and may be
trusted to act wisely, if let alone.
The local Democratic clubs ought to
be kept actively at work and tho
rough organization perfected, but
there is no occasion for mass meet
ings, or loud talk, or rccrimination,
or hard names. God knows we have
had enough of mass meetings, vulgar
personalities, vituperation and i'll
feeling for one year. Let's cool off
and 60 about electing q new State
Government like sensible mon, and
if there is to be any further discus
sion let it be of principles and poll
cies, not persons. This is no time
for g%asconade and fustian and bragg
gadocio. We have had enough of
that. Let's have n little sedatc com
mon sense"
THAT B~LoODSIIED STORY,
Reporter: "IIavc yoh soon the
alleged interview with Capt. Tillman
in which he is reported to have said
that the people of Edgoficld will not
allow the negroes to vote in case the
Straightouts try to vote them ?", g.
Gen. Butler: eyes, I saw it in the
Washington Post. You may well
say alleged interview, for I don't
believe he ever used such an express
dion as that attributed to him. In
the first place, it would not be true.
The white people Of Edgctield have
no feeling Of hostility to the negro.
They know full we'll that the negro
is not responsible for the Stfaightout
movement n ticket; no more respom-
siblc than II child, and whatever else
you may say of the Edgefield people,
they are not a and oowardly.
They strike right out from the shout
der, and it would be NEAR and cow
ardly TO visit upon the negroes the
sins, either real or imaginary, of
other people,. If a threat should be
made to drive the'white Straightouts
from the polls it would at least have
the virtue of Greek mectingaf ross
but to talk about driving tn sp;on
from the polls because somosSssaei 1' nInl
set mp an Independent ticket S"Itho
be cruelty unjust. I shall advise tho
noorooo m my, ,Jonfotion -, Goo, o,%