The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-11-10
TEE THIRD PARTY.

ii"'iiitol, "hlcn We reprint from the JOur-
nal OF last week. He seems as honest as
the SENTINEL in his convictions. We like
70 talk to man when we think he is'sin-
cerc. We recognize the fact, however
mat Tins discussion is out Of order. The
nominations arc made. The ouly thing
that we should discuss is, the force and ef.
feet OF party obligation, party compact
Our good friend has uninten,ionalv
fallen into few crrors.which We. will point
ont as VIC proceed.
cleveland was not nominated ut Chi
cago in the interest Of Wall Street, against
Tie Will OF the people, by So-calcd DEM
ocratc Conventions" The national CON
Ventlon which nominated him was as reg.
t'ular and as democratic as the State conyep-
| ton which nominated Tillman, None who
IN anywisc participated in the national
convcnlien have any more right to vote
against Cleveland than members of demo-
ci"tlc clubs lave to vote against 1illman.
Inc choice Of Cleveland was much nearer
the Will and voice Of the nation than thc
choicc OF Iillman WAS the voice of the
State. Q'rothcr Hamilton tho above COM
parlson is a poser; and you cannct deny it. J
Besides the Ocaa demands were not incer
roratcd in the State platform. Under the
lllInan party constitution cf this State
the May convention did not have authority
TO promulgatc State platform. That WAS
the prcroG"tivc of the September csnven-
tlon which met for the nomination of State
officers. Common sense also teaches that
platform without nominations is entirely
VOID. South Caroltna ha6 no more riobt
TO arrange national platform than Rich
land county Lad to arrange a State plat
form. ldchland county had just az much
rlSht IN the party, and between man and
man, 10 nave gone on and have voted for
Nhcppard as w. a. Hamilton had to vote
Tor Weaver. It'passcd resolutions and de-
houhcca llllman,' or any othermar nolni-
mated ON the Ocala demands and the Force
bill. If lichland's resolutions had to he
swept out Of existence by the State con-
Vcn'lon,, then the State conventions rcso-
lutlons were SWEPT out Of existence by the
rational convention at Chicago. This is
SicdSc-hammcr logc, and you can neither
resist nor deny it.
Mr. llaMilton says, ono one is bound to
support Cleveland except those delegates
WHO went To Chicago and voted to make
his nomination unanimous" Then mono
nut il'lmanitcS were bound to supnou
rillman. Another tremendous blow Of ir-
risisiblc logic.
The dominant element dropped its candy
by sending delegates to the national demo
cratic convention. In one breath they
adopted oc"'", and in the next saying, go
to Chicago, they repudiatcd Ocala. They
should have sent delegates to Omaha, and
allowed the Sheppard men to have sent
the delegates to Chicago. The only reason
this was not done, it would have riyen thc
N'alc 10 tho conservatives but il would
have lost it TO Cleveland.
Another mistake Mr.. II. makes is in ar
ra'gning and abusing tic democratic partv
III the same terms as he does the rcpubli
can party. In this he follows the wording
OF the Third Party platform. Yet the
democratic party has not had the national
government in It's control in thirty wears,
When cleveland was President with a
democratic House, all reforms were blocked
ny republican Senate. Anybody can see
The injustice and unfairncSs of such ahurc
mere IS tcnfold more relief for the agricul-
turai and iahoring classes in the democratic
platform, than there is in the Third Party
platform. The only ground the pcoplc
nave to hope for relief through the Third
Iarty is in its promises These are no
Deter and faircr than democratic prom
iSeS' and unpcrformcd arc as fruitlcas OF
benefits to the people. Year after year re-
Iicf las failed to come The Tariff grows
higher, and wages sink lower. How do
we people know that the Third Party is
going to DO any better than the Ecnuhlicon
paf'y' How do we know that Weaver,
who was a aRcpublicaa, is not now an en-
lssary of the Republicans in the ruise Of
the Third party, spying out and breaking
up the democratic army which has ever
been standing menace and solemn protest
against republican greed and opprcssion2
There IS not IAN intelligent person in the
Mhd that can point to single instance in
which the democratic party "has ever been
tool in the hands of money kings
lhcre IS not year in the last thirty that
1t had contIel Of the Government. "Wjll |
not be laShcd into line with the party lash. "
You won't? 1t is some kind Of party |
lash that compcls you to disregard the Til. |
man primary. There must he party obli-
CATIONS in The Third party. But if all we
people go with you and nominate Weaver
l"ur years from now, you might break |
away at the most critical time and leave |
us on broken spar, and when we COM
plain will You tell us III" majority in the !
ENSley club was against Weaver and YOU
arc not going 10 vote for him All
brother, you are under tho lash till YOU Inv
down your carcass.
1--WE are Jctfcrsonian Democrats"
So arr Nya ali 90 p,,,,,.