The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-05-19


Alone.
COLUMBIA, ). c., May G.-The cor
respondent Of the Atlanta Constitution
recently iutrrvieWrd Gov. TiIlman on
the situation, ana his views will lie read
with unusual interest.
lie said the Alliance in South Caro-
lima has had nothing to do with the
Third Party and has given it no en-
couragement. Ithas found no p!acetO
rest its head in this State, and there are
none more bitterly opposed to it than
are the AllianCcmen OfSOuth ClrOlina.
In reply to my question as TO whether
he though a Democratic President
would be elected, and if the Third Par
ty would affect the probable result,
Governor Iillman said:
"The political situation in the United
States at tuiS time is SomeW hat similar
to the coalition Of affairs Just prcced-
ing the ass mbiing of the Democratic
convention an Cha!CSton in 1860 Then,
as now, GL overwhelming majority of
the peop'c OF the country were adher-
entS OF the Democratic party, but there
was division i'll regard to slavery. To-
day the Democratic party is divided on
the qucS' lDn OF llnanCcS, silver and the
tariff. lie Charleston convention
failed to a2ree, and two sets OF candi-
dates were pu5 into the field. The re-
Sult IS his Ory. IL '92 there is danger
of a repetition of the same blunder.
The South and West. grown weary and
disgusted with the cowardce and divi-
sion anoOg the Democrats in Con
gresS, are thinking of IL Third Party us
a means o. relief. 1t must be borne in
mind that the Third Party idea looks
to an Alliance Of the agricultural and
producing HtateS as against the manu-
featuring St2teS, aGd of the borrowing
sOr debtor states ;tS against the creditor
States. Bat there is 4 dscor(iant ele-
ment and apparently an insuperable
barrier to a COrdlai and lasting union
by reason OF sectional prejudice. The
farmers OF the Northwest have hither-
to been the blacklist of black Republi-
cans, and so far as / can discover there
is little or no change toward the South
among them on that question. The in
tereStS of the two sections are identical
and in time they may work ha:moni
OuSly together, but | think it will take
a few more turns Of the screw 10y Wall
street and New England to effect it.
The financial ideas and the tariff policy
advocated by the Northwestern Third
Party men appeal very strongly to the
Southern farmers, but what have we to
gain it we go with them, and what
the Democratic partyt An eXumlna.
tion of tha representation in the elCc
tOral college shows that East Of the
Mississippi and North Of the ONO and
P0t"'""" rivers. the creditor and manu-
"ncturl:% v"i'., ''niteG States,
there :.rr enough elvcLural votes to
choose tie President, lacking only
seven yo:tS. This section Of the couu-
try has since tn" war dominated and
now dominates the government. The
rest Of us are hewerS Of wood and draw
ers of water. Robhed by the tariff.
Robbed ny the d"mOuetiZa'ion Of sill
yer. Robbed by ihe financial policy If
Wall stree, which governs at WASH
ington.
"WisConsin ana Maryland are the
only two states within those bounds,
where the Democrats and ReputlCanS
would not uuitC to defeat what are
known as >he Ocala demands, and he
lieve they would dUlt. Now in tlit last
election notwithstanding the tinal
wave which rc5ull co in an OVtrN helm
ing Democratic majority in Congress,
the RepublicanS carried California,
Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, North DakO-
Ia, South Dakota, Wyoming, Washing
ton and Oregon with thirty seven elec-
tOral votes, ana l know no reason why
the Democratic or Third Party can
hope this year to change that vote.
1--WE EnG ourselves confronted with
this condition then: The Democrats
from the cleditor and manufacturing
States are Democrats as far as local
government and States nights are
= concerned, but they are opposed 10 free
coinage Of silver they are opposed to
increase CT the currency MtD TO any
change in our financial policy. Wmle
h ri ID ,rt } ,I,li l,,,
Northwest are In favor Of these things,
but, as Senator PETER says, they W Ii
vote with the Republicans on ali other
QueStlOnS; in other words, they hate
the Southern white men and love the
negro.
"It appeaCS to me, then, Il very plain
case. Southern Democrats cannot tool
with Third party without great risk
and the r.Sk will he taken absolutely
without b,Eelit. There is no possibility
that can see, short of Il miracle, of IL
Third larty elccting Il President. But
1t Is beyond question that if the white
Democrats Of the South divide on na-
tional politics, the negro win he brought
in as a factor to control the result.
once enrolled and used in national elsc-
tlons he VIII henceforth be Il factor in
State elections. What that means
every thinking man can understand"
"What course, then, ought the South.
ern people purSueY | asked.
"The Southern States are like Ireland
We pay tribute to our conquerers i'm an
ever ncreneing pension roll; but just as
Ireland, under parnell, by persistent,
unrelenting agitation and appeal to the
reason ana justice of the En- Hlish pco-
pie, bids fart soon obtain all reason.
able nights and redress Of grievances,
we may hope, by pursuing Il similar
course, to get relief, but 1t will hr in
and by TIE Democratic party, if it
comes soon. and am almost p, r5uaded
10 say If 1t GENES ever. Our policy
should be to control the Democratic
national convention, in cOunjuuctlon
with the Northwestern Democrats and
make the fight on Il platform OF prihul-
pie, with Il clean, brave candidate
There should be no lodging in the plat
form, no straddhDg, no gllttCIing gen
eralitles.' but an emphatic demand for
al increased currency, free coinage,
railroad control. income tax and tariff
reform, eic,-a platform which will
command the sIhDOrt nf tbp A liiat,pn