Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-09-15
Senator IrbY and Gov. Tillman-
What They Say.

CoLUstBlA, S. G., August sl.-
led States Senator Irby, who is
Chairman Of the State Democratic
Executive Committee, was asked TO-
night for his opinion of the result of
| yesterdays political contest. :
sThe.success of Coy. Tillman and
the reform candidates for Congress-
he said, ssis positive guarantee that
there will be no trouble here, as far
as the Democratic National election
is concerned. Cleveland's Electors
will receive the same vote as will be
given Gov. Tillman. Our faction
has been abused, and efforts have
been made to switch us out of the
party. Our politicei foes have
sought to create the Impression that
we were not true Democrats, but
this effort has been prompted by a
desire to receive the Federal patron
age that will be distributed in South
Carolina when Cleveland goes into
office again. If all the Southern
! States had demanded needed reforms
within the Democratic party, as we
have done here, the political distur-
Dances and upheavals elsewhere in
the South would now be unknown,
and no occasion would have arisen
ior robbing Kolb and his party asso-
ciates in Alabama of their majority.
"The reform movement is not by
any means simply Farmers Alli-
ance organization. 1t is composed
of the bone and sinew of the white
people of South Carolina, and num-
bers among its adherents the strong
est and best citizens in every section
of the State, and their control of the
government i, dicates that every just
obligation of the State will be fully
and promptly met, anu Tue. ~ =, -.
terests of capital and labor will be
amply protected and fostered. For
mer administrations, from 1876 to
1890, were unwilling to grant needed
relief and privileges, and opposed
the agricultural college for our youth,
and also failed to give the people an
economically conducted government.
Cut the people have overtime
those rulers, and, instead Of its popu-
lar.ty and pc%Ser ppcSer waning, as is claim
ed by them, the reform movement is
gaining strength steadily, and, had
the organization made more sys-
tematic efforts, every Congressional
District in the State would have been
carried by our faction.
'Rsaat predic. an even greater VIC
tory IN 1894. Gov. Ti]lman came
into Office young man, reformer
by education and choice, and never
lbeld ar >fficia' position before; he
was taken ap by the farmers with
the endorsement Of thirty-two ont of
thirty-fve counties, and his renomi-
/ nation is a source of satisfaction to
his scores of thousands of adherents
throughout the State. His admins
tration has been remarkably wise,
and, but for his agressiveness in be-
half of reform, he would have but
little opposition now. With his ex-
perience of two years in office, | pre-
dict for his next term amost brilliant
administration.
"The election has been a grand
victory, we carrying all but Tve ont
of tbirty-fve counties in the State.
The chances of or success might
have been doubtful but FOR the advo-
cacy of the Columbia Register, which
is edited by one of the ablest young
men in the South, NJ. T. Larry
Can't. There is no paper in the
State that is so deservedly popular
as it is, inasmuch as it has been a
bulwark of defense Of the peoples
rights. Its stauncb opinion and vigor-
Gus and able management have won
for the Register the respect and con-
fdence of the whole people, D
GOV. TTLLMAN TALKS.
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