Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-04-27

''ReSolvcQ, InaI colhIlhI'oS VI ~N w
members of this County Alliance be
appointed to communicate with Gov.
T;llman and request that he retarn answer
whether the newspaper reports OF SAID
blacklist be true, and if true, to furnish
his reasons, as given to President Cleve-
land, for his action towards NJ. i. Don
aldson, our State President. :
Messrs. \. P. Whitmire, J. i. Plyler
and J. II. Latimer, Committcc-Gentie
men: have your letter with the enclosed
resolutions passed by the Greenvliie
Comfy Alliance at its last meeting 10
communicate with Gov. Tillman and
request that he return answer, whether
the newspaper reports OF SAID BLACKLIST
be true. and if true, to fun sh his rea-
sons, as given t, ,Ppr@sident Cleveland, Tor
his action ,owasS} Donaldson, our
State President.
Similar communication have been sent
10 me from :llc County Alliances OF Pick
ems and of Newberry, and l shall furnish
this letter to The Cotton P'"td as az
answer to all:
TIE effort appears to be made to hnk
Mr. Donaldson as citizen with Mr. Don
a,dson as President Of the Alliance, and
| premise my answer by saying that the
Alliance has nothing to do with it, either
directly or indirectly. except in so far as
| felt justified in preventing its further
BETRAYAL. To answer your questions cat
eeorically. did ask Mr. Cleveland not
to appoint Mr.. Donaldson to office.
Nv reasons were these-and again they
have no reference to Mr.. Donaldson S
private character. but to his public acts.
and l disclaim any feeling of personal
resentment or desire to injure HIM:
Last spring when delegates were elected
to the May State Convention Mr.. Donald
son was repudiated by the Democracy OF
Grcenville and he fs'', to be elected a
delegate either to his county conventlon
sor to the State Convention. he appealed
TO his friends in other parts OF the state
to help him retrieve his failing politica
fortune, aud a small caucus of leading
J Alliancemen from other counties wen'
TO work and had him elected member O
the national committee. ltwaS preSumet
bv the convention at least that he was IL
full sympathy with its opposition to Mr.
Cleveland, and certainly he neither sale
nor did anything 10 undeceive the mel
! who voted for him. You are familia
with the instructions given our dclesa
-,tion to Chicago and our action unde
= ;nst W.. Cleveland, but wdrKe'i' Ia :s'>'te'
him. with two exceptions. Judge ihe., .e,
MN, .,,rn,.ise on reaching Chicago f~;t ~,
Mr.. Donaldson in open ailil'aii Nth micl
+he cleveland leaders, strivinrno strii,rnose Of Ii,
snd main to defeat the e:ctcd him o.. tn,
. convention which ha'
national committEc state Alliance me-
: Again, whefds. to my surprise saw
shortly ait President of the State ALI
i him When | asked an explanation
= .as told that it was the only possible
way to defeat the candidacy of an avowed
Third Party man. and that Mr.. Don
! aldson had pledged himself not to seek
any Office, but to devote his energies to
building up the Alliance | was not sur
prised. however, when. two weeks later.
he entered the field as a candidate for
State Senator from Grecnyille. feeling. I
suppose, that the double endorsement of
the state Convention in NJ, and the
State Alliance i'll July would reinState
him at home But the people of Green
Vile were true TO themselves and he was
not elected
II will thus be seen that Nh. Donaldson
played false with the May convention by
his action at Chicago and broke his pledge
to the leading Allianccmcn. not to seek
Office
Now, in addition 10 that, when remind
you that Mr. Donaldson, as Senator, was
the means of Incorporating in the rail
road bill in '91 the two Objectionable fca-
lures which caused me 10 veto it You can
not be surprised at my action. 1t was
upon his motion, at the suggestion. as
was told, of Bunch McBec that the right
OF appeal to the courts was put in the
bill. He also championcd that feature
Of the bill which kept the election of
Railroad Commissioner in the hands OF
the General Assembly, contrary to the
March PLATFORM thus showing his
stifie the Will of the pco-
pie. All of these things taken together
are sufficient, rs take it. to warrant my
opposing his appointment as a represen-
tative of the "Reform Party or OF the
Alliance. Self-interest rather than .,,,tri-
otism appears to have governed his
actions, and as the Alliance has been
side-rracked in nearly every other State
by self-seekers. and has been seriously
injured in this State from the same cause
could not conscicntiously stand silent
without protesting against his being
,ewarsled for treachery to the people and
% the Alliance.
Regretting the necessity which has
orced rehearsal of these undisputed
acts, which of themselves ought TO have
prevented Mr. Donaldson's elevation to
he position he holds, l will submit to
he verdict Of the Reformers and ALI
lncemen Of the State as to the wisdom
md propriety Of my action.
Respectfully.
b. r. TILLMAS.
During the first Cleveland Administra-
ion there were but two changes in the