Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-15
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The republican vote does not show the full
strength OF the cClored vote IN the state. but
even in presidential year j. is not probable
that it will exceed 10000. But the republican
party Is not thoroughly organized here. 1t will
not run state ticket and the desultory fights
II will make in the congressional districts will
not bring out the full negro vote. The repub-
licans may, therefore. be eliminated from any
consideration in making up the electoral vote Of
this state. f..
The real danger TO the democrats lies in the
apathy OF the conservative democrats after
their crushing defeat at the primaries. in the
very strong leaning of the alliance toward third
party principles and i'll the real strength of the
third party in the state. This strength has
heretofore been very much moderated. Tai
but. Iillman, Strait, McLaurin. Irby. Shell,
Pope, Gary, all the leaders of the Tilman
party, are at heart third PARTY men. The ideas
they represent are identical with those of the
third purity. and their rural constituency are
welded to the doctrines of the populists.
The situation is very clearly defined By their
organ, the Columbia Register. whose editor,
Larry CAN'T. openly discourages the third
party movement on the ground that I'VE (the
ailiance) are the people that I'VE control the
state democratic machine and can do as we
plense."
The question then that confronts the straight
out democracy of the state is very serious
one. Under the old democratic regime the men
VINO were nominated on the electoral ticket
were of that character calibcr that there
could not by any possibility be a shadow of
doubt as to their good faith. They were nomi-
mated by convention which in thorough
accord with the principles of the national de-
mocracy.
Under the ''reform regime" OF today the men
who will be put up democratic electors will
be men who unElterablv opposed to the
platform of the national democracy. as is
proven by their frequent utterances in the re-
cent campaign. and whose constituency is an
oa.h-bound organization which is opposed to
everything heretofore regarded as democratic.
and who have formally ard openly in conven-
ton assembled denounced the standard bearer
OF the national democracy As 1.-The corrupt tool
Of Wall street.
Mr.. l. W. Stokes. who ran for Congress in
the first district a democrat. liz the editor of
paper which openly adv COATES third party
ticket in the state. There are thousands of
Stokeses in South Carolina today. Let us sup
pose that there are IS 900 of them who are will
ing to abandon the captured machinery of the
democratic party and start one of their own
under the auspices of Mr.. Weaver. II such
hould be the cnse--and unlikelier things have
happened in Carolina within he past two years -
the % 900 conservative democrats. who are all
stanch supporters of Cleveland, will have the
biggest job ever put before them to keep the
state in the democratic columa. and even should
they succeed they have no guarantee that the
Cleveland electors whom they will be called
upon to eject can be counted upon TO stand
true to the co.ors.
Altogether the political situation in the pal
mettO state is just now very much mixed.