Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-22

Corresrond-nce q Tha rvening Star-
COLUMBIA. s. O., August ls, 1892
As soon as nominations Esre uladc b. th'
eonser vstiye democratic CON- entlOn IN ttarct
upon c platform a-rais uing the li.Llnan al
mi,istration fO= falling 10 CARY Jut It's iedse
OF retrenchrneut and lover taxntion. Gov INK
man through his newspaper organ, announced
his plan OF canluai an Il Was TO charge the
conservatives with representing the interests OIL
corporate capital and seeking TO place the state
under the domination Of railroads, banks AID
cotton factories. Ex-Goy. sheppard, the con-
sentative nominee for governor, Is lawyer ana
the president Of q bark. Col. James l.. orr,
the conservative candidate for lieuHnant gov
ernor. is a LAWYER and the president OF the
Piedmont cotton mills the largest ulanufsctur-
ing enterprise in the state his was the
foundation for the charge.
The occupations of the members OF the rival
state tickets were as follows: TillInan ticket
Four LAWYERS three farmers and one physician
Conservative ticket-Ihree LAWYERS. three Tar M
ers ore preacher and one teacher. Horors
were easy, therefore, so far a. a representation
O. the agricultural interests were concerned,
but Gov. TiIlmar insisted thai be continued 20
represent the farmers and the common peo-
pie, and that his opponents were mere agents
OF "the money power and Tho aristocracy-
Hx-CoSaRE ssMAS DIBsLZs WORK
The conservatives elected Gs their state chair
man ex-Congressman samuel Dibble, whose
eon;es, with L W VI. Naeker, republican.
brought on, i; Will be remembered the famous
deadlock in he House Of Representatives in
1ss2 Mr.. Dilble is . skrewd manager and a
firm believer in organization. He proceeded TO
organize the conservatives thoroughly IN eaeh
debatsble county. inss1turn2 censuses OF tne
voters, and thus ascertaining tho exact number
az voters 20 be won over from 1lllrGn 10 insure
the success Of the conservatives. In this work
he was much embarrassed by lack OF funds. for,
contrary 10 the belief OF the Fillmanites, busi-
ne.s ard corporate influences did not contribute
money toward the success OF the conservatives.
and Mr. Dibble was actually Obliged to els
charge his headquarters clerk for lack OF means
to paw his salary The very small sums raised
have been contributed by voters in sympathy
with the conservative cause and EXPENDED
locally. The work done has been volunteer
work-without remuneration.
Consideringthe lack Of money. however, a great
deal Of effective work was done b. the conserva-
tives. and although Mr.. Dibble preferred the
''still-hunt system of seeking votes. evidences
soon began TO appear Of the effectiveness OF Lis
organization and The extent to which converts
were being made by local committees Of work
ers who were detailed to argue specified Till
Iua-iltes into conservatism. Gov. 1ilTnar and
his friends. however, we've so confident that
they held their overwhelming strength OF 1890
that fer long lime ;hey made ht;le effort TO
organize their forces. 1t WIS not until the lat
ter part Of July that, becoming alarmed az the
situation thew held state conference OF Lead
ers IN Columbia AID organized campaign
committee. with me governors private score
t2ry rs chairman, and went 70 work III deadly
earnest.
PLAN OF MAKING So1IS ATOMS.
By the state democratic constitution. adopted
h. the convention which nominated Tillman il
1850. the following plan Of making nominations
was prescribed: There was TO be in each county
n meeting at which all % the candidates for
state Offices were TO appear snd address the
people. Nominations for all offices. from gov
ernOr 20 trial justices. were 10 be made by a
primary election on the last Friday in August
Each candidate had TO Tile written pledge ten
DAYS before the election that he would abide the
decision of the majority as expressed in the pri-
mary, and no man could vote whose name was
not enrolled upon u democratic club hist hye
days before the primary. Eor fear that the
negro vote might be used q provision was in
serted that no negro should be allowed to vote
In the primary who could not prove by ten wit
nesses that he aad voted for Hampton for gov
ernor in 1876 and had voted the democratic
ticket continuously ever since. This condition
was so severe that IL excludes and keeps out OF
the party nearly all the negro democrats who
1876, and whose conversion the party had so
earnestly labored for in former years.
i have said that the nomination for governor
was to be made at the August primary. This
is true in the same sense that a candidate for
President is held to be elected ~ the November
election. for the constitution established a
county electoral system. The Tillmanites had
come into control Of the party, demanding Il
direct vote in primary election for all state
officers, but finding that this would prove IN
popular in coast counties which had but small
white vote they so arranged IL that each county
should elect at the August primary delegates TO
a state convention IN September IN numerical
proportion to the representation Of such county
in the general assembly, representation, of
course. based upon total population, black a.
well as white. So the state nominating conven-
ton next month will be composed of $40 mem
bers. or twice the number of senators and rep
resenAtIves representing thirty-hve counties,
the county delegations numbering from six to
eighteen members each
The campaign meetings arranged by the
state committee began at GAINESVILLE June IA
and will end at Laurens on Saturday next. the
9th instant. A few of these meetings were
held before the Chicago convention met, allow
ing the Issues between the two factions 10 be
clearly joined For a week before and a week
after that convention no meetings. were ap-
pointed because Of the fact that the governor
and others Of his faction were delegates to
chicago The early meetlngS were attended
by comparatively small crowds. The people
did not seem 10 be thoroughly aroused, the
flllmanites being over confident and the con-
serystiv-s rather dIspirited by the result Of the
April club meetings.
GOV. TILLNaS As sTUGP SPEAKER.
Gov. Hllman is one Of the best stump speak
ers in the south He has peculiar power in
influencing the men whom he terms .'the COM
mon people" Blind Of an eye. harsh and for
bidding in face. with q cruel mouth and square
Jaws, he Is mcst unprepossessing in appearance.
but he speaks with remarkable force and readi-
ness, using homely expressions which appeal to
the ''wool-hat boys He makes nice choice VI
the words which will express the idea b, wishes
to convey, and, although at times dire. and
blunt even to profanity. he can damn his. cppo-
nents with an equivocal hint OF suggestion as
well As any man living withsl he is a master
Of repGrtee. and nothing piesses him better
than to make some quick and biting reioinder
to an opponent on tine stand an interrupter
IN the crowd. The governor has had 90 do most
of the talking for his side. Lieut Gov. Gary is
a young man of little force and has not done
well the stump. The eanGi lataS ON the
Ilnmsn ticket for controller general. secretary
OF state and treasurer are not orators and have
spoken little. II at all. The candidate for sdiu-
tant general has been constantly on the stump
governors chisf aid mas been ATTORNEY General
McLsurin, young lawyer who speedily s.evel-
oPed into 81 effective campaign speaker. For