The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-20
QUARRELLlNG OVER THE PIE.
The Unhappy Condition OF the Rcfor.
mcrs-Too Many Aspirants.
Special to the News and Courier.

II nnapp Condition OF the RCfOr-
mcrs-ToO Many A%spirants.
Special to the News and Courier.
COLUMBIA, June ll.-There is such
a thing as having too much pie. 1t is
just about as bad to imagine thai You
have 1T. This is just about the condi-
ton OF affairs with what is known as
the Reform faction in South Carolina
politics. There is lots of pic lying
around in the shape of public Office and
1T would appear that every Performer"
imagines that by all the laws of politi-
cal etiquette it is time that II piece
should be served in his direction.
Iher are u great many who now think
that they have beer working long
enough to deserve some kind OF re-
cognition by that is meant Il slice of
office pie.
For some time past it has been COM
mon talk h a the powers that be-Irby,
Illlman " Co-were putting their
heads together and beginning to select
the State ticket hat will represent the
Z" Reform" movement in the coming
campaign. Their is, as might be ex-
pectcd, considerable trouble in getting
up u good slate so as to take geograDh-
lcal location and service into considcra-
ton. To-day | had Il talk with one of
the select and he told me that as he
understood it a few places had already
@ agreed upon. So far as he could
remember they were:
For Governor, John Gary Evans, of
Aiken.
For Attorney General, II. j. Kirk
land, of Kershaw.
For Superintendent of Education. Nj.
f. Tighe, of Charleston.
For Secretary of State, j.. Walter.
Gray, of Grccnvillc.
For State Treasurer, j.. f.. Wanna
maker or f.. II. Walter, of Orange
burg.
This schedule would leave vacancies
for the positions of Comptroller Gen
eral, Adjutant General and Lieutenant
Governor. The Pcc-Dec section and
tho Chester, York and Fairfield
country would be looked to for the
candidates to fill the other bcrths
There is no certainty about the can-
didates named, and the positions may
be interchanged. The proposed schcd-
ule was given me by the Rcformer as
being bona fide.
There is, however, no disposition to
swallow the Irby patent plum product.
Secretary of State Tindal is, [ believe,
IN the race to the end and he is not 90
ing to be side-trackcd by any interest.
If he's defeated within the Reform
ranks then that will settle it, and not
until then. 1t ought to be remembered
that w. Jasper Talbert, Geo w Shell,
Geo ID. Tillman, DIR w. ". G. Bates and
a number OF others are all possible win
ners for the Reform T" Gubcrnatorial
After hearing about the partial slate
several OF the sachems in the camp
were They said that they had
nj S11nh a p1nfn hat l.A 49,
had been nothing done about it. One
them said in the most positive man
ner: II am quite confident that no at
tcmptihas been made to arrange q slate.
Ii one is made up you can be sure that it
will be smashed. The Reform party
Will not be dictated to any longer, and
Just as certain as anyone is on u prear-
ranged schedule, just that much less
has he got of securing IL nom
nation. The selections will be made
by IL convention or not ut all.
Another thing I'll predict. Who
ever gets the nomination will be a
5imon-pure member Of tho Reform
faction. There will be no compromise
compromise candidates. This is go
ing to be IL fight Of men with 4" back
From now on things in the
camp promise to be quite live
~. Everybody is not quite us happy
as IL year ago. There arc rumblings OF
disaffection, and 'on the
luiet this on that leader is getting u
severe scolding. This does not
.ook too we'll"
In June, 1885, George G.. Wilson,
hen OF Lnzerne county, Pa, was stand
ng upon the tracks in front of the
harrisburg station. Being deaf. he
lid not hear or see an approaching
rain. Hiram Carson, now of Bing-