The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-17
NEWS, WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY IL
THE SENTIMENT OF THE COUNTY.
As Expressed by Half Dozen Farmers In
Different Sections.

Some time ago the GreenvllIe News
sent out lot of questions to farmers IN
different portions of each county II tue
State, IL order to secure the sentiment OF
the State on the question OF governor
Tillman's reelection. Weglve below the
answers as published that were sent from
Newberry. They are fair sample OF the
answers received from other coult1es.
There is no doubt that there IS great
lukewarmness on the part of many OF the
ole time supporters of the Governor, but
as one of the answers states, many hate to
acknowledge it. five could get direct
primary so that every man could express
his preference without it being known,
the vote would surprise some people.
We do not know from whom these an
svers come except where tue name IS
given:
Unclassifed correspondent in lower
part
Notice a change, against the governor;
"ol account Of his failure to carry out his
promised reforms; township vote 800 to
lco: at least majority would vote for
GOOD, conservative man against the gov
eruor: has heard one nan who supported
t;1e governor declare against him; believes
many others are the same way but hate to
acknowledge it; none who opposed him
favor him; II think the minds Of the peo-
p1e are undergoing a considerable change
and if the onti-Tillman men will act with
discretion and leave off all abuse and state
facts concerning the administration Of
the State government under Tillman the
chances to beat Tillman will BE- much bet
ter"
Uuclassifed correspondent in south
western part, township -
= considerable change, against the gov
e1uor: causes, inconsistencies, tree pass,
tax extension bill; club vote 80; good
farmers movement man would take well
against the governor; don't recollect now
many who favored the governor oppose
him now; none who opposed him are foE
him; 81 believe just at this time most any
good man would beat Tillman. Popular
opinion is decidedly against him"
ITnc1assifed correpondent at Newber-
ry-
Reports change, against the governor;
cause; inconsistency, club vote 90; a
strong farmers movement man would dl-
vide It equally; ''there is now silent op-
position that is hard TO estimate"
Unclassihed correspondent III northern
part
Notices change, decidedly against the
governor; cause, 'too nnch grasping tor
Bower and failure to keep promises; club
vote IS; precinct Longshore's) !2o; club
so1id1v AGAINST the governor and precinct
nearly; all who were for him have de,
clared against him; one who opposed
him favors him; ''in my opinion, a man
| who is in thorough sympathy with the
farmers movement and is proh1blt1on!!st
and and is a democrat to the bone who
| will stick anyhow and all the way
through thick and thin would have a walk
over"
L.P. Miller, eastern part
A decided change, agains:: the governor;
cause, promises not fulfilled, guilty OF the
yerv acts he censured when asking the
farmers to make him governor, believes
answering question s. that good, con-
| servative man who does rot antagonlze
the spirit of the Alliance demands Woulo
| receive large majority of the votes OF the
| club as against the governor. In answer
to question 7, GAS between, Ellerbe, Brat
ton and Tillman at the last election there
was but one man in the club who was de-
| cided in his opposition to the governor;
| Now, while have not seen majority d
members, have not found one who was
| for him" 49,.
'You ask as to the drift: of politics.
regret to reply that do not know where
We are drifting. In the present eXclteo
and distressed condition of the Puoll.e
mind there are 50 many doctors, each With
a panacea, that it is difficult for any one
to say where we will land. Speaking tol
myself only, I am unalte1ably opposed te
men who, or methods which, are calcu'
lated to destroy the unity of the white
people of South Carolina
7. w. P. Harman, southern part
n change; township vote 400; fol
! Tillmau three to one.
"It is generally believed in this com
munitv that Governor Iillman has hac
more obstacles thrown i'll his path to pre-
| vent his administration from being sue
cess than any governor since '7o. 1t i
impossible to beat him il this county a
the next election"