The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-10-19

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of hopeless feeling of resentment
exists at the other end Of the line
among what we call the old ring, but
from present appearances there will be
scarcely any votes polled for Weaver
and his Third Party, which is without
organization in the State. The other
side, the remnants Of the old oligarchy,
will perhaps signify their displeasure
by remaining away from the polls in
November. The large bulk of both
factions will vote the regular Demo-
cratic ticket. As they say in South
Carolina:
THE Tlllmanites will eat Cleveland crow,
The sheppardites will eat Tillmau crow"
"Mr Sheppard was the candidate
against me this fall for the Democratic
nomination tor Governor, and as you
know, the South Carolina delegation
was opposed at Chicago to Mr.. Cleve-
lands nomination.
''The feeling is growing better every
day between the factions; bitterness is
subsiding, and both wings will flap or
flop together to roll up a big majority
for the Democratic nominees, State
and National. South Carolina is as
safe for Cleveland as New York city.
All the ants live in the towns, and
nearly all the Tillmanites in the coun-
try. Here the ants seem to live in
Westchester and Herkimer, where
they raise milk and grapes. The Re
publicans in South Carolina have no
State ticket, and they have nominated
only electors. They are almost all
negroes. Pretty few whites are Re
publicans in South Carolina now.
''We do not know the difference be-
tween one Republican President and
another. They are all bad. They give
US ignorant negro postmasters and pos
tai clerks. They do everything which
tends to aggravate race feeling and
make the name Of Republican odious
and vile to US. We realize the danger
of the force bill. It would tie the hands
of the country North and South and
perpetuate all the deviltry the Repub-
lican party has been guilty of for the
last twenty years. The babies in South
Carolina know this.
"For another thing we are tired of
Northern Democrats threatening US
with force bill. in making nomina-
tions as we'll as the Republican party
threatening us with force bill at elec-
tions.
"We are all in line for Democratic
nominees in South Carolina, every one
Of US. There are no soreheads. There
will be no break in the solid South.
"Our South Carolina oligarchy dies
hard. An aristocracy will fight longer
and harder than anything else, as
history proves. A Bourbon never
learns and never forgets, and I don't
whether this crowd we have whipped
in South Carolina will stay whipped or
not. They are political aristocracy,
not social aristocracy or blue blood at
all. Our State under the old system,
was never a genuine Democracy. Up
to 1850 the Legislature controlled the
election ofthe Presidential electors and
the Governor under the Constitution
of 1870. There was no real Democracy
there. After our redemption in 1876
the same political aristocraey tried to
re-establish itself and perpetuate the
old system, only they substituted con-
troll by nominating convention for
the Legislature. !
sour first issue was technical educa-
tion and schools for agriculture and
science. The oligarchy wanted the
States money given to the old univer-
sity and the old college for literary
and classical course. That was the
beginning six years ago. The issue
that gave me strength was the demand
for primary where every man could
vote directly for the State officers, in
stead OF a few men selecting delegates
to county convention, and they sent
delegates to a State convention to
nominate themselves or men in SYM
pathy with them.
OUR "oLIGARCHY."