Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-14
EUGENE GARY TALKS.
eSurveys the. Political Field
and Gives His Opinion
Thereof.

he editor of the Press and
B];aannor called on Lieut.. Gov.
eHaerG Gary Yesterday for al expires.
siygnsof his views as to the recent
conYention, when he said;
think perhaps the most i'm
pdtant work for the Convention
lW5 to bury independentism in
our H State for years to come
wMeh, Of course, ,.is a source oi
ioYsto5all good Democrats.
Eas gladsto see that those Of
.thd Independents who were in
the Convention have at last seen
.thes error Of their way, and
dessmined to support the
Il nlloa9ine ees. of the party.
That doyou think of the nomi.
=.
Arefer MOTTO speak of them al
thissime further than to say that
alto carefully reading the
edings of the Convention ]
feel ssatisfied thev are not such
as 9hufd have been made if some
of 5!e shrewd politicians in that
body had not felt that there was
noseMance 10 win.
Tsthink when the delegates
conYfsed freely as to the
probability of success in their
seveal Counties, some of those
who #ould have been anxious for
positHns on the State ticket, but
for honor simply Of u suggested
miation became Convinced
that Refeat would await them,
and ;teeIefore preferred for others
to undergo the defeat and fatigue
Of q aHtter campaingn.
It 8as a happy thought to have
ffations made by committee,
as aMrge number declining the
honoTR q suggested nomination
wouldEhaye been a wet blanket on
the aIlori Of the Convention.
Nor MUCH ENTHUSIASM.
What Of the enthusiasm over
the nonlina ations?
Il denof think there is any great
.ensh eminatj tjons
even among those who are opposed
to the Administration. I have
not heard a single man hurrah
for the ticket. Several have said
in Abbeville that although opposed
to Governor Tillman, they would
support him in preference to Gov
ernor Sheppard, and quite a
number seem to think that Col.
Orr should have been nominated
for Governor and Governor Shep-
pard for Lieut.. Governor.
THE .BLuNDERs OF THE CONVENTION.
What do you think were the
greatest blundcrs made by the
Convention?
The nomination of a full ticket,
and, the failure to demand q direct
primary after SO much fuss had
been made about the demand.
The effect of nominating a full
ticket will be to dampen the ardor
of those who would. have aspired
to a place on the ticket as a
reward for faithful services
rendered in their. several Counties.
No doubt quite a number of
ambitious men in the ranks of
those opposed to the Admins
tration feel that they are fully
as capable as some Of the nominees
to discharge the duties of Office,
and thatthier claims have not been
fully appreciated. When the
mass-meeting was called | thought
the pincipal reason was to demand
a direct primary. 1t seems that
the delegates who were so anxious
for a direct primary changed their
minds after reading the strong
and convincing interview with
Governor Tillman, in which he
clearly showed the great injustice
thatwould be done the counties in
the low country. One delegate
said it would be used against
them in lower counties, and the
News and Courier said after the
Convention adjourned that it
would be easier to defeat the Ad.
minisration by primary for dele
ates, than by diIect primary
Did these reasons havo anything
to do with the failure to demand a
direct primary? After ell the fuss
about a direct primary it seems
to have been nmucb ado about