The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-04-12

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Representative Shell: You said that after
ward, that you were mistaken about that.
MIR. Johnstone: ABB ut Omaha; ii was st.
Louis.
LAT1MER IS AS TRUE A DEMOCRAT AS MIR.
CLEVELAND, OR ANY OTHER DEMOCRAT
Representative Latimer: These charges
I that. 81 There eSs IS not sclntila Of foundation
in the whole thing. am as true Democrat
as you are, or as Mr.. Cleveland, or any other
Democrat. say here now will not recon-, G,e,ns
mend for positions those who voted the InlIa
party ticket. will not recommend any ooay
who Ia imported, who does not live In the 9e-
livery. will not recommend anyoouy Who y,
l believe Is not the choice Of the patrons @, OF
the Office, and who does not live III the clty
and know the whole people. ~,
The people in the Third congressional dis.
trict have called me to represent them IN
Congress. They have set Mr.. Johnstone aside
BY nearly 1000 votes They have called on
me to put their applications before you and
70 ask for their appointment. Ihat is al
have to do. II you see cause TO take TINS re re-
cOmmendation.I Il have no quarrel and no feel
ing In the matter, except that want 70 40
my duty by my constituents. I leave TINS
matter entirely TO you. The only reason L.
asked for this conference was to clear up tnis
charge which was made against me, ana II !,
there Is any question In your mind wouio
like to answer Ii, and then will not oeta'n
you any longer. I claim that there is not
mortal man who can charge me race 10 lace
with having done anything 10 sustain Inc
Third party. These newspapers cnarges ao
not amount TO anything. They accuse man
accused me OF being a rogue. have not been
accused Of being Third partyite before thls.
LAT1MER WORK HARD FOR CLEvELANDs S
...... ELECTION.
AS to this Third party charge, / do not be-
lieve with Mr.. Cleveland In his nnanciai
she was nominated worked as hard for him
as any other man in the State. AS TO tne
Third party caucus, did state, over my sig
nature, that would not abide party caucus
on purely economic questions that had been
decided by my constituents. They have IN.
structed me on some questions. claim tnat
Is the reason these districts are cut OH ali
over the nation so that Ihey can haTe repre, rep 10
represent them. On interests enecllns lnt
Democratic party, in eecting Speaker,
shall vote with the party, but on purely econ, on
my duty. to represent the views OF my people.
The Postmaster General: Which Is more
important, the organization OF the omcers or
the principles? Just state which Is the more
important these economic principles or the
organization OF officers?
Representative Lstimer: think the prin-
ciples that effect our people are more imPor.
the men as often rs they please. Our peop e
have certain views. l claim that when q
man CONS 70 Congress, when his people nave
it bis duty TO carry out their Wishes.
Il want this party perpetuated; but ieei
that am pledged TO my people on certain
questions that propose to stand by here.
ALL GETTING IN THE SAME BOAT.
Senator Irby: Mr.. Postmaster General, !
would suggest that we can facilitate this con.
ference by calling upon Congressman shell
and Congressman Talbert, who occupy the
rQlQtlop n the nannOrrQtic Dartv that
Congressman Strait and I.atimer do. Before
have anything TO say, would like 10 nave
them show that they are In the seine boat ex'
actly and II there Is TO be any prescription
as to these two, IL has TO extend 70 these oth'
or two men. Have you anything to say, MT.
Talbertf
,s ... TABLETS RIGHTS.
Representative Talbert: Mr.. Postmaster.
General, j deem 1t unnecessary for me 70
stand up here 10 q caucus, or In this council
or In conference, and reiterate what nave
said upon Numbered stumps, what have
said In 30 many letters and 80 many inter
views; that atn q free-born American cit
izen, With certain privileges and certain
rgh right and RryieEe as man rRbt ina ana
proper as q representative OF The people o.
Sonth Carolina in common with the people
OF other States in this Union.
HUM1LIATING SPECTACLE
say that this is a humiliating spectacle tc
me. as we'll as TO the other gentlemen who
have TO be called upon 70 say, Sir, whether
am q democrat or not, when no utterance 60, o.
T. mine, either publicly or privately, has ever
been other than that which was seasoned, az
! understood, by pure Jeffersonian Democ
racy. Since have known what 1t was u
was TO be a representative OF a government o
The people, for the people and by the people
have ever stood up for government OF the
PeoR,e for The people and by the PEOPLE PEI
porations OF all kinds and OF all classes.
NOBODY HAS BEEN PLACED ON ANY BLACK
LIST.
Mr.. Postmaster General, while I have moi
been placed, as IL were, on the black list, with
my distinguished colleagues. I want TO say 10
you aid TO these gentlemen here that we ran
upon the same platform.
The Postmaster General: think you had
better not refer to that. II you please, because
nobody has been placed on any black list.
LALBERr ON THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Representative Talbert: have advocate
the same measures, and stand here and say
70 you that / am still advocating the same
measures and standing upon the same plat.
form that was elected upon, and / claim.
BIZ, that II is Democratic platform, fashion
ed after pure Jeffersonian Democracy. I say
II these gentlemen have attempted TO assail
the Democracy Of myself or these gentlemen.
have done. do not accuse them OF II, but
want to say TO you and to these gentlemen
here that stand here and reiterate every
word that sad during the last campaign in
stump speeches, In letters, and in interviews,
which amounts to this: That have con-
sistenly and persistently. in every speech,
stated that had right TO advocate certain
measures, that did advocate certain meas
ures, but that I did 1t subject TO the Dem.
ocratic primaries first, last and all the time,
with the assurance that after the nomination
had been made In the Democratic primaries
that 1"would support the nominee OF the
State, and from the State up TO the nation.
THE MAY CONVENTION.
In South Carolina when the May conven.
tion was called by the chairman of the Demo-
cratic party, the county clubs were called TO-.
pether the sub-clubs were called together.
Acting under Democratic rules, the sub-clul 8
elected their delegates TO the county conven-
tIon. Under Democratic usage, the county
Conventions elected delegates TO the State con-
yention and that convention assembled, not
as Third party men, not as Alliance men :;
they assembled as the representatives OF the
Democratic party OF South Carolina. They
adonte(i a certain q a. form. which became the
platform Of the Democratic party of South
Carolina. and every gentleman who ran In
the primary ran subject to that con yention,
these two Gentlemen not excepted, claiming
That IL was the Democratic party.
Ibid not ex pect 10 say one single word when
came. into this conference: did not come
here for that purpose, but have been humil.
where or my colleagues are called upon to
testify like bleating calves, you might say. TO
their Democracy. want to say, Mr.. Post
the capital crawling upon my belly to you or
TO Cleveland for crumbs. Iame here to as
sert the right OF my people as their represen-
tative, and / intend 10 40 II, ana nave no
apology to offer to you. or TO Mr.. Cleveland, or
- thnSs eentlemen or to any body else.