The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-11-02
A TALK WITH CHAIRMAN IEEY.
He Does Not Think the Farmers VIII
Violate Their Oath by Voting for the
Third Party. South Carolina
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COLUMBIA, Oct. 39.-State Chairman
Irby arrived in tie city Saturday eveu-
ing from Laurens and will remain here
for several days OH political and perso-
nal business. He will return home on
Tuesday, but will be hire again to
watch the election bulletins. The Sena-
tor held kind Of newspaper levee and
talked rather freely to the reporters.
He was in a remarkably good humor
and thinks that everything is going
along very smoothly and that he DEM
ocratic ship Of the State is sailing in
smooth waters. about two weeks
ago, said the chairman to his news
paper audience, of five, 81 wrote
letter to every county chairman asking
him for the political situation in his
county. I have received replies from
every county excepting York, Chester
and Greenville, and from these replies I
have concluded thas the State will 60
overwhelmingly for Cleveland. The
chairman of Sumter County (TiHman-
ite) reported that the county would 60
for Harrison and Murray. l also asked
as to the Third Party strength and only
three ofthe party reported any strength.
They come from Pickens, Ocouee and
q part of Anderson. In other counties
the evidences are that the Third Party
won't receive twentieth part of the
vote. For instance, in Aiken; if there
are any Third Partyites there they are
not known"
The junior Senator, who looks heart
ier than ever, branched out on political
statistics-a hobby of his-and re-
marked that "we have 100000 white
Democrats in the State. In the last
primary only $4,000 voted. The Third
Party movement may account for the
missing "A 900 votes, but even this do
not admit. I really do not believe there
will be 5000 Third Party votes in the
State"
The chairman insisted that it would
be an insult to the farmers to even
think that any of them would violate
their pledges. "They know that the
oath binds them as much 10 support
the national as we'll as the State ticket.
Since 1876 I have never known far
mers to prove disloyal to the party.
They We're indignant against the town
people voting for Haskell against Till
man in 1890. Surely now they would
not commit greater political crime in
forswearing and reniguing on the De-
mocratic nominees. The leader OF the
Third Party in this State honestly
abstained from voting in the primary,
for he wished to vote for Weaver. DE
now would not be so unfair as to ask
those who did participate in the pri-
mary to vote for the Third Party nom-
inees. The friends of Governor Till
man who have stood by him in two
elections cannot afford to vote for the
Third Party candidates in this election,
because it would justify the bolt against
the Regular Democracy in 1890 in favor
of Haskell. The men who sustained
Haskell in 1890 were under no oath to
vote for the Democratic ticket"
After the chairman had a new supply
of cigars be was asked if there was any
possibility of a mixture of tickets.
1.-THE question was asked to-day in
The News and Courier" he replied,
ssand I think there is no chance what
ever of confusion. The white voting
population of Snuth Carolina is an
Intelligent one. When I was here last
the question of legal ticket was re-
ferred to the Attorney General of the
State, and he decided that the ticket
should contain the words Presidential
electors followed with the names Of
the candidates. I presume Mr.. Bow
den took advantage of this decision in
the printing of his ticket"
Talking about the Third Party Re-
publican deal, in which some people
seem to be taking stock, he said: 1.-The
proposition must have come from
weaklings of the Republican party be-
cause my observation leads me to be-
lieve that the Alliance has been used
in the West to injure the Republican
party and in the South the Democratic
party. The only way the Democracy
could be used in South Carolina to in
lure Cleveland would be for the Repub-
licans and Third Partyites to stay as
far away from each other as possible,
with the understanding that there was
coalition between the white man and
the negro, and allow the Third Party
electoral ticket to poll as many votes as
possible. If the Third Partyites could
poll 25, 900 to 10000 votes III the State,
and the Republicans $4,000 votes. then
there might be some chance for the
Republican electors to slip in. Any
hint to the white Third Partyites 10
vote for or be voted for by the Republi-
cans would destroy the chances Of
either party" Chairman lrby esti.
mates the white vote that will be
polled at the coming election at be-
tween IS, ,000 and $1,000. He says that
bis information on national politics,
which is derived entirely from the
newspapers, makes him hopeful Of
Cleveland's election.