Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-07-07
By THonfpsoN. sN1aras JASNEs,

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y. Burns again acepsea ms Z
gstSing tangled by 1Ha lye los az
feys Sic ssts MI 5siier papei
on tho Goluinbia caucus, the nieh
before5sth assembling of tho oonven
Which he ermsa acsonfereance q
Allisies Democrats To- reconcile dii
renSSes a change Of terms! Gu
rs panofersAnb a8S ana dry, VIII
In, tx a i rsooncis
ferenees. y st al Inn
my mformationS iii addition {,
newspaper accounts I Obtained th,
information from good authority tfha
tne caucus, or, excuse me, the.5coafor
e7'ce, on the occasion mentioned WA
first composed of Alliance Demo
Gratis, and after hours Of caulousinl
or comforting, it was agreed to. LEI Il
the Friends Of Gov. Tilsin&n to ioii
in aeconciling differences. IA to the
use OF terms that have been changed
will say Mr.. Burns found uwhip in
a very convenient term to use to ono
OF the delegates to tho recent State
convention, az he was taking the
trarr, Hero it is: @Whip Tillmail
into line and make him support the
d~emands."5
MIR. Burns masters a smile and
gets gleeful when he m~editates over
my efforts to make his illusions as
to the way ring rule, bossism and
machine politics operate fitthe recent
actions of II county and State
bosses, and exclaims, "Itis like trying
to put the big pot in the little one"
This is'a mistake, / did not try ia.
put the big pot into tho little one.
MIR. Burns fell into the little pot. He
is now loundering around trying to
got ont. His friends warned him of
his danger on the I'd of May, but he
would not heed them, and now see
where he has ~lande1--"in the SOUP"
lie is not altogether to blame; his
political associates and the literature
he has been readingsh have gotten him
considerably "tangled."
In reply to my question, Is not
Democracy the same everywhere?
Mr.. Burns says, 81 believe tho con-
verso Of the proposition to be truc,".
and that "beforo this proposition can
be established he thinks the national
Democratic party must be reformed"
and the "Big -Four" have just
made a signal failure at the kind of
reform proposed by the "Ooonee,
s1iolis 0gallat anEi-C cleveland plat
form" Will they be reformed by
the national Democratic platform and
fall in line and work for the party ?
Mr.. Burns says those who favor
the Peoples Party arc in it every
whore, South Carolina not excepted.
# \ n Many of us have
known this. Are they who still cling
TO the ST. Louis platform in the Third
Partyp
Mr.. Burns asked me a direct ques-
ton in one of his articles, which /
answered without evasion. / asked
him the pointed question that if
Cleveland were ne minated for Presi-
dent, would he vote for him? Mr..
Burns ignores this question, and by
this, and from his recent utterances
that he could not vote for Cleveland
if nominated, and that he would cas-
soon have Harrison for President ny
Cleveland" and his Published declar-
a~tions, mako an interesting question
to tho Democrats of Oconeo, as Mr..
Burns holds the position of county
chairman, which he sought for the
purpose of using as a stepping stone
to something higher, in oasc a Demo-
cratic President should be elected.
In view Of these declarations, and
tho fact that Mr.. Burns is the county
chairman of the party, tits due the
Democracy that Mr.. Burns should
declare his position, since his plat
form has been ignored by the DEM
ocracy of the country and rests with
its friends and supporters, tho Third
Party.
Mr.. Burns condemns State banks
of issue, which arc rendered imprac-
tioablo by the 10 per cent tax on cir
culation required by tho national gov
eminent. One plank in the Demo-
cratic platform demands the repeal
Of this law, and was urged by the
friends Of the South and tho farmers.
Mr. Burns, in the beginning of
this controversy, gave mo evidence
of courtesy, which / rooiprocated.
have assumed no standpoint from
which to Judge MI. Burns, but have
6rawn my conclusions from public
declarations and acts. Upon them
have based my arguments in defining
his position. But how is it with Mr.
Burns? When / tell him that l do
not stand OH the St. Louis platform
he presumos to say that T take m,
views from a democratic Wal
street standpoint." Mr.. Burns should