The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-03-23
CHOOSE YOUR GOVERNOR.
The Political Outlook for Eightecn
Months Hence,

| months henoe.
COLUMBIA, 5. c., March 1G.-It i
really wonderful to hear the amount 0
talk already being 1ndulged in by tn,
pOlltlctanS of the State about who ar,
gong to be the aSDirants for Governor
eighteen months hence. This is Gov
| Illlman's last term as Governor OF
South Carolina, unless the custom be
broken, and such will hardly be the
case, lnaSmr"h as the race is already OF
1Or the CulIed States Senate. a won
dertnl Transformation scene has been
gong o., too, iii the last few weeks
which Will leave its mark Ou the flu
ture or South Carolina politics, and will
very likely result in doing atirrly away
| WITH any one Candida'e for the men,
VINO nave heretofore U"eA III Ihe Re
| form Movement, to cUncOlida,e upon.
The fact IL, thaL IL is preiry certain
| that there VIII b" no such thing as a
ltti"rm Movement before an ,thrr
| twelve mouths rolls around. rnere are
men who went INTO the "Mrvement''
Orlgina.l" with al obj set. rhey were
willing 10 fOtoW Il leader, bat they
have ambition and now they all wa t
to Ic'p tn" UulelI Of their work.
iher' Is likely 20 ~ great number Of
candidates before thu people in the
next campaign. Et:h one Of them
VIII dr." tnrlr frel.lS irom tho form
er solli Reform Movement and il wlll
he general ,rulll.. What course the
CouS"rrhtlv"s VIII pursue IS as yet in
II" q ark. Fh"y are RESTING easy on
their O rs, ant waiting developments.
But there ar" other causes which Will
llkrly result III placing several men
In the ii9td, aside from the tact that
ia II,
I'll )ue
1t IS generally talked thrt Governor
lliiman, in order TO place himself in Il
stronger position to makr the fight for
me United states SenatorSh!p, will run
again for Governor, and he elected,
having whom he wants for Governor
placed on the ticket for Lieutenant
Governor. The idea is for him TO re
SiGu The GoVr"nOrShlp after the cipc-
tlon has served it's purpose and le. the
Lieutenant Governor step in.
Then again some are saying that the
trby faction, if Earle should fail tC
s 1T the appointment as district attor
ney, will take Inn up and run him fol
Governor. OF course this Is only talk
Uncle George" Tillman may bt
classed among the probable candidates
for G0vernor. He is very sore abOu
tiOn, and is thoroughly aroused. III
will certainly he heard fr0m, aud as
C ndldate for Governor the people gen
'rally think he will bo y strong adver
6 -ry for any one.
& ngTeSSman Talbert is entirely on
with the reform rings, and is Il pOasibl
candidate. IL" has already said tina
he "WOuld make no rash promises,
; when asked If he was going to be
candidate for Governor.
one Of the most likely candidates
Congressman Shell. His recent cours
In Washington, and his utterances sine
his return home, ave'shown that Ii,
has kicked out of Reform traces Many
| think that he means to be d candidate
ana regard him a strong man.
The Alliance is likely to present two
| men and take a hand in the fight. Don
aldson and Senator w. ID. Evans are
mentioned as the Alliance candidates.
They are both ambitious men and are
known to have Il longing for guberna-
tOTial hOnorS
Then again there is John Gary
Evans. lie has had his eye on the
Governors chair for some months, and
IS Il 1aVorlte with the administration.
Eugene Gary, the present Lieutenant
Governor and Secretary Of State lin
DIAL are also mentioned IN connection
with the Governors Office.
Outside all this, however, are the un-
known quantities of the Third party
and the Prohibition movement. 1t is
| thought that B0Wdpn may lead the
moIc extreme Tillmanites into third
party, and, claiming as they did last
| year TO be Democrats, come in o The
primary and take place in the picture
The prohlhltlonlSts are very much dis
| satisfied with the way in which the re
form movement has attempted to settle
the prnhlultlon question, and they may
| place Il candidate III the field
lhe most important unknown guam
tltV however seems TO be the Wage
workers Movement. IT, is brcDming
powerful and with so much DIVISION |.
VIII hardly hay" much trouble in run.
nlng III ANY CaudId ite for Governor
that it may decide upon
| II is thu seen that the ruiIOuli for
| South tarDlha eighteen months hence.
as gathered tom IhiS presentation of
the general tank going the rounds on
ia" j 'lIllcll Surl.ic'', shows Il very in
tcrrSlIMG pr"b!t IN. 5 a'".
Ahi .I's X bbr'r Foot.
RALEIGH, y. g.. March l.. -Nlce.
| President = cvCn>"u durjr. ir3 anva13.
log tour 0t !h'5 st tic last tail was pre-
scnlcd with lhc left h;nd opL ol Il
graveyard rab"iI," III" animd havi;u
been captured III the old ci,> cemetery
Of thr place. OF cours" it was luc
thc"yo3d Iuclin brought by that ruNb':'a
! loot LhnL elected Stevenson, and az he
could DOT hav" been elected without car.