The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-02
The South Carolina Campaign.

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The farmers OF South Carolina are not
yet tired of Gov. Tillman. Notwithstand-
ing the fact that he has failed to bring
about the reforms he promised when elected
governor, they still have confidence In him,
and he will be continued in Office two years
longer. IL is true that he says he was
unable TO carry out his policy in behalf Of
the farmers because the legislature refused
to be guided by him, and he asserts that If
a legislature in harmony with his views is
elected at the approaching election there
will be no ground on which fault can be
I found with him.
| Gov. Tillmsn will remain IN control OF
| South Carolina until the farmers become
| convinced that they have no more to hope
for from him than from any other one Of
their public men. It is quite certain that
he has not done the state any good. The
people have not enjoyed any greater pros
perity under his administration than they
did under the administration OF his prede-
cessor. Indeed, It is doubtful if there
has been as much confidence
in the states future as there was
before he became governor. There has
been decline in the market value of the
bonds OF the state, which would seem to In
dictate that his management of public af-
fairs has not been such as to promote the
states prosperity.
II is very doubtful II the farmers believe
that Gov. TilIman is a statesman or that he
can do anything as governor to assist in i'm
proving their material condition. II the
exact truth could be got at it would be
found in all probability that the supper the
receives is based upon hostility to the class
of men who had always been at the head of
public affairs In South Carolina before he
became prominent.
Gov. Tillmsn understands this feeling thor
oughly and he has not been slow to make
use Of it to get into power and keep himself
there. How long he will be able to hold his
leadership OF the majority is a question that
cannot now be answered, but if he makes
no serious mistakes and keeps prominently
before the farmers the assertion that they
have been permitted to do all the voting.
while those who now lead the conservatives
have enjoyed all the honors and emoluments
II office, it is probable that the farmers will
continue to follow him until new issues
And new issues are very likely to arise.
because as yet Gov. Tillman has not shown
any craftsmanship, He has kept his place
at the front not by doing anything which
shows he is capable of originating measures
helpful to the people, but by his capacity to
make the farmers believe that there has
been great discrimination against them in
the making and administering OF the laws.
The time is pretty certain to come, there
fore, when the farmers will begin to inquire
how Gov. Tillman has benefited them, and
when they scan his career closely they will
find little or nothing that will satisfy them.
That will be the beginning Of the end Of
Tillmanism.
1t cannot be denied that Gov Tillman is a
man in some respects. He has
risen from the ranks. and collected follow
that has been victorious in twJ great
The campaign just closed was
an extraordinary one, and while the result
Of it shows that Gov. Tillman has lost
ground, 1t leaves no doubt that he is still
mester of the situation.
There is no doubt as to how the state will
vote in November. 1t will give an over
whelming majority I Or the national demo-
cratic ticket. There is no third party and
no Republican party in the state that is
worth serious attention.