The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-06-02
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tiiei spe eiies.
|and acts. y rs : 81 8
Il Hbs leaders OF the 6 6liiaatce.
Well h',evesl 81 eii % ief at the
paAstng of tho ol0s G sfi Dtis danger
Which has Inen aceyl / hes org ii ation.
yyhiie, from thei i poi ft OF view, The
|gons ference did SlItt tie or Ii ssond, it Ger
EtaitllY re y ed In less, lia sfis ythan W.
|'antitipa 4 IfsSt eAt E OF forcing I
lance { to- inGof Sc or fsjscS cert
tous Spfinciples chs scongent
prae tieall ues x Ired sth he SSSl Ole matt,
TO the reg lar "a lie nee co tEsntfphlle
setrlsary Z ~ s,gi tll: a o reporflIae lldation i
presid lent s. So e ColoneIS Y Livingston, Nilo
reprSss1te the oil oifieialSot the, Aaliauce,
onGside of the Cory yention itself shreMdf
ly foeussed stle inc eyitahl let dispute upon
this point and sac cured the = idoptio7 ;of
policy which the AlliancerleadeTs have
no dispesit lon to antagoniZs sab the
proper time. BY making a. sliowtoffre-
sistalice, M 0reover, tue Gt lionel diyeftedr,
atten fion fIom matters hiclt ~ iaalt'
have seriously ernbarrasslSa hilnsel t:aIId5
his coileag0es He must littve eTet .ifngtl
homelu q happy frame of mind 5% H
The politicians who have been fns
elined TO consider all Allia9cS meb" dps
practical will do we'll to study i3ololiel
Liyingston'S successful mani piIlatipn'
of the most intractable body OF men
ever; got together. 1t wauld nave re;
|4hecte d credit uponsa sact..iana as clever
as Manning was or ,Gormiln is. :.
The IDEAS of the old m m9ssback lead
ters in the Democratic party'.' said Coll
onel on. Polk, 81 not: Ipp pisssed by the,
5trs,sil.ye element, will cert ainly lead TO
|snpay c6nie ysls early as, 1872 1T they are
ia OF ca tll ~ - - -
for the Republican, party, 1t is
corrupt from core to circumference.
|ss@i ilile itssopp ponett Is not; t;controlled by
che man body of the people, who vote
the ticket, but Sy the insidious intlu-s
ence of apitalists. The only wonder
80 me is that t,ie farmers hayenotlong
arisen lin tlieir might and dssW.epF
will be the Nominee Of the Democrats
and his nomination will ;e dictated by
Wall street, Yes, and " all street. will
nominote an anti silver Republican. Z,
Tina objects Of the Democrats will
be to force ussta place a third party in
the field, with the hope that, it will
throw the Geletcion into the house OF
representatives, and then Cleveland
would be- declare d elected But j am
not so sureythat such would be the case,
as the Alliance may sweep the coun-,
. - I ----s i
Only bald statement of fact could
be more definite than this. The ALI
ance Intends to name its own candi-
dates, but not until the time is ripe.
The premature action. which, in Colo,
mel Polk's opinion, referred to in this
column last week, woultt Sbe fatal, is
ione of thesthings that Colonel Living
|,sSon went ito Cincinnati to prevent.
He succeeded so we'll that the Alliance
twill haveonly a Irrational committees"
of about fifty; members instead OF a
horde of cfanks to deal with in F'ebrua.
ry. 1T is not expected or even asked to
endorse the Cincinnati plat form, and it
can yield to the yociferout demand for
q third party with perfect eomplaoence.
LIZ anything the conference Was 4, beilp-
I Etc the Alliance. 1t et lDlsd' a. large
number of troGblesome reformers to-
let off steam without scalfing anybody.
The strategists of the honsH may well
keep their eyes on Colonel Livingston
ftwhen he enters upon his Congressional
feareer inDecember ~ ',
TN acts so gratifying to tbs. ailis
W 8ers are NO less satisfactory 10
va d. Nothing coitidN be- more
sRh Gus to the Dem9craticsparty
f.1A than a steady greWth in
EsklA@ enlbership: Consequences
sDemb, politicians wilLrejoice witt
their fren> 5, the farmers, I hat she m ost,
| serious danger tiils been. ayertel BY
'""Nr makYagement.Y Moreover. it is
lp asintS tS Ifoee that the very fearof
l'@ing committed against tneir. old party.
pit the alliance mentin the South at
phome. F3s@
Reasons Why the Republican party
Head efs rlIst feel uaeasV are 30 n numer-
I.oiis,and so patent that. they need hare
I1y be notedg Last fairs election fufif.
ished concinsiye proof THAT they can
not hope to tight ON eqnl ] terms. but
TO achieve. success must m axe great in.t
roads upon The esOppUsition. IL was ar
gued ,speclouslY by Repablicans obtl-
Imists Lass fall thai Tilt election was ON
ltiy 'a6, of, year revolt and that when
the time came to make decisive choice
of a Republican, or a aDe,i ocrat for
presidentIthe farmers of; ;tlle ssWeatg SDa
old banner The GIhcinfiat e eoilterenes
may open t1eir eye to t1t trtf ftti.;Sy yine-
tenths OF the delegates came from the
formerly Republicai St;ttss OF K Ksnsds,
| Nebraska, Minneso ga, Ohio and Illinois,
and OF that great Ifnmbsr 1t Is safe to
Isay that NOT mo ose ,thaptfi haidfupseYe
voted 10 Democratic aticlt,it. The. Sin
eeTity of these men in }t14beating the
ideas put forward ~ others. ,dbt so
lgniielsss can not be eSicned, What
FmightG The true signffcaf ace and dan.
ger OF the conferepce, from a Republi.
t'cah standpoint. lies In tae fact that,
lthefe was not bhe slightest indication
ofEe desire to return TO tie fold : In
stead, there Ws5sa pnanimOus demaad
for b third party Talk about "mere.
tff-year revolt3,1 therefore is out OF,
| place. And the danger is even greater
ithanitwouldseem to be at iirst thought
| Take away from the Republican party
the sturdy country eiemert t, wh9se AZ
legiance has Eeyer wave red for All IN.
slant, and what is there LEI of,tIe bone
land sinew, except q few spoilissih OH & ee
| in the big cities sls no ;thfiss \ on &.
with their poiitiSa d 1pponriitS
III any reader af(t ~ he, NJ ,ifI III fAils ~
see cause for sssGli icit I'd iss fhe part
Mr.. Cleveland, tt hifr "a ii second
ltime the excerpt3 1ni otofiel Isolk,s
Interview priAtad Ind then ,res
] ldect upon the telfols of tlie sp eaeli less 5n
I lt,inoinnat ,of The f0ilpwin9 ,sby
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