Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-08-18
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i Creo@. lc. on the 10th of April last
he declared that he would makc .
new platform for them and advised his
followers to swear every candidate and
vote for no man who would not
swear on the Bible that he would
support it. AZ Walhalla, on the It'll, he
repeated the same thing in substance
saving. Don't vote for any man who
viii not pledge himself 70 supporf
Tillmansm. even though he be youl
brother" Again at Manning and
at several other places in the State
during The present campaign he has
denomiated those who dared oppose his
measures rs .dritt,cood,'' "lizordS,
,.qu0estu,1px, and political horiotS,
and has asked that men in sympathy
with him and his measures bo elected by
the people. which is without precedent
in the history OF Sou-h Carolina, and
maaifeSts his desire to control the legis-
lative department OF our State govern
mcnt, which is characterized as danger
ous in its tendencies 70 the liberties of
the people.
Question 3D. You say the Conservative
paity stands square on the national plat
form as adopted at Chicago. As IRE un-
dclstand our Governors are elected on a
State platform. Now we wish to know
II the Conservatives stand square on the
State platform as adopted at The recent
state convention?
Yes. the Conservatives stand squarely
on the national platform as adopted at
Chicago. and this should be the test, and
the man who does not accept it is no
Democrat and ought not to be allowed
to vote in our Democratic primaries
our State platforms are subordinate to.
and presumed TO be merged in, the ma
tional.
Then. in answer to the above question,
we say that the Conservatives stand com
mitted to the State platform as adopted
at the recent State Convention as the
action OF the majority, so far as the same
relates to State matters, but we do not
endorse the Ocala demands, incorporated
therein. which were ignored by the Ma
tional Democratic Convention at Chicago
in June last, any more than we endorse
the 81. Louis Third Party platform, en-
bodied in the resoluticrs introduced by
Mr.. Pickett and adopted by the Oconee
County Democratic Convention in May
last. the seeds of which were sown in
this State little more than two years
ago by that arch enemy OF the Demo
cratic party, Ben. Terrell, OF Texas, who
figured conspicuously as an aspirant for
Vice Presidential honors of the Third or
Peoples Party before the convention,
which met in Omaha on the 4th of July
last. and whose principles were. after his
visit here, diligently fostered and propa-
gated throughout this State by such men
as Stokes. Talbert, keitt and others,
until after the action Of the Chicago
ignoring, which was virtual
of their vicious and undemo-
cratic doctrines, Wnen tIley redilZeu Iudt
South Carolina was not ready for the
Third Party movement, and that the fur
ther agitation of its claims would en-
danger the prospects of the reelection OF
and their own chancesfor pollti-
cal places, and they have called halt,
and so it is with the diciples of tins new
party in Oconee, of whom we know there
were few advocating its doctrines, ana
prominent among these was our friend,
Mr.. Pickett, who, through bis questions
to me, seeks by indirectior to impeach
The Democracy of the Conservatives, and
thus the Democratic party has been
wounded at the hands of men processing
to be its friends.
Hoping thatI have obliged my friend
IN these answers to his questions, am
Yours respectfully,
S. P. DENDY.