Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-05

district, where a large proportion of the demo-
Gratis are OF the old aristocratic, save-holding
class, Gen. L. ". Noise. an eloquent lawyer.
! defeats William Henry Hayward, a country
lawyer of aristocratic family, who is the only
one OF his name to espouse the Tlllman- Alliance
cause. The aristocratic planters voted against
their own man rather than indorse Tillmanism
by supporting him.
Every voter who participated in the primary
took an oath TO support the nominees OF the
democratic party. aud the conservatives have
accordingly announced their intention to make
no opposition to Gov. Timan or the Congress
men nominated. Not SO with the Tillmsnites.
The third party movement, which 1 intimated
| in previous letter was being held in allegiance
until after the primary, has already been de-
veloped.
THE THIRD PARTY.
In an interview yes 'erday Mr.. J. W. Bowden,
managing editor of the Cotton Plant, the state
alliance organ, announced that in the course of
fortnight a peoples party electoral ticket
would be put in the field and an active cam
paign begun.
"Win you run a state ticket?'' was asked
mo; we viii take no hand whatever in the
| state and congressional contests. and individ-
nally we will favor the election of Gov. Till
man and the reform congressional candidates.
and will vote for them. We are consistent in
this, too. Gov. Tillman stands on our plat
| form in state affairs, as does the reform Con-
gressnien, and we are perfectly consistent in
voting for them. We propose supporting men
on the national ticket who likewise support our
prInciples-that il all there is in it,
I'm the race you certainly do not expect your
| ticket to be successful?'
That is not the question. We are fighting
| for principles. Nevertheless the third party is
much stronger than many imagine and it will
surprise the politicians. Judging from the tenn
per OF the resolutions Of the March convention.
| Even third party men do not realize its full
| strength. | believe there ri
| party suppo in the state today We are
| gong to work organizing at once. and you
will see that the country people will flock to
| our support when tn" battle cry is raised.n
| What kind Of campaign will Won inaupu-
! rate?'
This il not decided. Weaver is coming to
South Carolina soon and will stump the state
| In our interest. When he will come and where
he viii speak we do not know yet. We do not
expect Watson over, but feel assured he could
| do some excellent work. The general plan of
our campaign is undecided
CONSERVATIVES INDIGNANT
The conservatives are indignant at this
avowal They say that their faction gave in
good faith at the primary their pledge to sup
! port the democratic nominees. and that as hon
orable men they are bound to keep that pledge.
while these Iliimanites. soon as they have
| forced their candidates upon the democratic
/ party by means of democratic primaries and
| bound their opponents to support them. pro-
coed to get out of the party and defeat the
| election of Cleveland. The State newspaper J,
| representing the conservatives, Gays:
| 'AbOut 80. 900 white men voted for Gov. Till
| man in the primary last Tuesday. Mr.. BowGen
declares that SO, 900 of them are third partyites
and will vote against Cleveland. If he is cor
rect, then the Tiilman ticket received only
| about % 600 democratic votes, against "a 600
cast for the conservative ticket, and b. r. Till
| man Is the nominee, not of the democracy of
| South Carolina. but of an unholy alliance of a
| minority of the democracy with the solid third
| party voters of the state
| CHANCE FOR HARRISON
| The same paper also says:
az Mr.. Bowden's prediction that sc. 900
| third party Tiilmnntes will vote for Weaver
| in November shall be verified and the % 600
other Tillmanites fail az is quite likely to vote
| so.ldv for the electoral ticket to be put up by
! the mixed convention this month it will re.
| quire the vote of every conservative democrat
| In South Carolina to save the state from being
| given TO Harrison. The republicans must have
| so 600 of their lao. 900 votes registered and
| with the white voting strength of Sc 600 re-
| duced to 80, 900 the peril to Cleveland must be
| great. Senator Chairman Irby said at Chicago
| that the states which nominated Cleveland
would have to elect HIM to make up for losses
| in the south"
There is likely to be n very hot campaign.
| The republicans, encouraged by the situation,
| VIII make strenuous effort to run in their
electoral ticket and it is quite possible that the
! vote of South Carolina may be lost TO The
| democracy,