The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-06-10
>TAND BY THE DEMOCRACY. :

sTAND BY THE DEMOCRACY. )
In last Mondays New York Herald
We find the following expression OF
opinion from Dr.. j. William Stokes,
president of the South Carolina State
Alliance:
Speaking generally, the order is
in good shape in this State and IS
making satisfactory progress. We
are unloading some material, but re-
suits show a net gain and a more
compact homogeneous membership.
ave are organizing constantly,
though the most of the State has al
ready been covered. Within the past
month the State organizer has had
calls from two different counties, and
the result OF his visits are apparent.
s'Outside of the political press and
small circle of political spectators
the question of Independent political
action has not created ripple, be-
cause it has not been discussed. In,
dependent political action by the Al
lance is out of the question so long
as the Alliance constitution remains
as it is. 1t cannot be changed before
next winter, and our people are not
disposed to worry about the bridge
before they get to it.
"From close and frequent contact
with them in every quarter OF the
State can safely say they may be
counted on to stand squarely by all
the demands OF the Alliance, Govern
or Tillman to the contrary notwith-
standing. The temper OF the people
is such that they will repudiate any
man, however trusted, who cannot
support the Alliance demands, just as
they repudiated Hampton last fall.
This is a remarkable paper, and
one that in our opinion will fail tc
find a responsive chord in the ALI
ance. The premises on which Presl'
dent Stokes bases his conclusions are
not true, therefore what he says
proves nothing.
TIE people Of the State did not re-
padiate Hampton because he was op
posed to the Alliance, but because he
did not denounce the independent
Haskellian movement. Had he, like
a patriot which his friends claim he
il, denounced this independent move
ment the same as he had done whe1
his own personal friends were not IN
volyed, be would have been to-day a:
greatly loved by the people as eve'
mortal was loved; but his patriotism
was not sublime enough to cause hin
70 denounce the Haskell movement
and the people repudiated him, JUS
as they will repudiate Presiden
Stokes should he endeavor to coun
tenance any third party movement.
The farmers of this State were borr
and bred within the Democratic par
ty, and until they are fully convinced
first, that they cannot obtain relief II
the Democratic party, and, second
that they can get what they want II
a rev party, the farmers, the true ane
tried yeomanry of the State, vii
stand firmly on the Democratic plat
form.
President Stokes says he is in Close
and frequent contact with the farm
ars of the State and knows that they
viii stand by any demand OF the Ali
ance. Speaking for Clarendon coun
ty we say he is egregiously mistaken
We do not believe there are doze1
farmers in this county, who woule
sacrifice their religious or politica
opinions to any demands Of the Ali
ance. The constitution forbids any
such demand, and the attempted en-
forcement of such demand would
ruin the Alliance in Clarendon
county.
We, too, are member Of the Farm
ers' Alliance, and love and honor the
principles OF the order; we are II
ssclose and frequent contact" with tht
members of the order, and we have
yet to hear a single member of tht
Alliance in Clarendon county say
favorable word for the third party
movement. Scarcely six months ags
a thousand Alliancemen in this coun
Sy would have cheerfully sacrificed
their lives in defense of the Demo
cratic party, and to-day they stand a:
firm as ever.