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ment. the Democrats wonder why they allowed

ment. the Democrats wonder why they ailowe
Two years Of .unevcntfnl Democratic. .rnl
convention Of The farmers OF South Carolins
Resting to the Democratic party candidate
for State Offices who were In sympathy Will
panied By sicS HsG afrasnmsnt t Of the The f1s Do%o
cratic perty for It, course EYE, eyer since tho over
Charged ana was h asserted I SS!SSs t
fo the H gain SOnho Of ,he
%o sysas sG a & fss Rs StS.s
The farmers, Were were to meet IN tho separate
counties to elect delegates to the State Con.
ThSs sna %s4d
Not moro than 300 persons attended apy
court meeting. At O number of meetings the
they ressSdod the projested coRvonton @ as
part OF scheme 10 split the Democratic party.
ss May wSo sGH1s %
! tho other counties were opposed to any action
ddae wa Sde wss SesStsd sS hp onS or
Aye votes: The President. W. :. ,Telbot. now
Congressmnn from the Second district held
mans lieutenant, went quickly through tho
o ohanao ana wha s ns
gould, majority Of three was thus obtained.
bEs5ySSSdy boTn uSS drsgsrd0d the movement as still
Before the result was reached Mr. .Tlllman
had made strong argument for action, and
only man in South Carolina who had the brain,
tho nerve, and the courage to lead the com
nominated without opposition. and n repre-.
sentative Democrat, Mr.. james C. Colt, WINS
1hn Saa the n'
movement. He said he did not agree with tho
principles OF the new party or Its denunciatton
OF the Democrats.
After The Convention tho movement seemed
the editors and leaders who had formerly been
tn,In1 ialnGntia In the party councils At the eS
%thn The an the
ances all oyer the Stnte met and recorded their
more than eight hundred alliances had passed
resolutions echoinr tho sentiments and prin-
nations. This had the oI eirect OF II a ' voicapo.
II was tho, most sudden and surprls-
G as nSa soHhsfn sS0s9a snia II hg the mem np5s TsS
lesdsr Of tho e oprostion s1s Within
ps was stRen ss last
men were found who were willing to take the
fStHS and an hK Ene GSG ha een
planned that dozen should enter the, lists.
for this was that 1rby succceded in getting out
nine enthusiasm as to, demoralize the poll
ticians. In the mean time secret Influence
spread alarm among the business men of the
State. Tho Alliance boycotted every m merchant
and every newspaper that was considered hos
tile to Tilman. Only portion were boycotted
less Injured. Tho farmers h zero was nominated
BY an overwhelming vote in the regular party
Convention held in the fall.
The straiRht-out Democrats then held
Convention and issued a declaration which
wns designed to put the Tillmanites in the at
q n RI o
nominated Alexander c. Haskell. a bank Pres
Ii ent. with full ticket behind him. and car
ried on the fight until the election in Novem-
ber. This was a serious and unprecedented
step and all who took 1t were made to feel
that 1t was undemocratic; They were sternly
t9o split the white mans party and were
got only fifteen thousand votes and
Tillman got fifty nine thousand-resuts that |
showed that u large number did not go to the |
polls: To-day. among the straight-outs. al
to high favor in the old party.
Iillman had conducted his campaign on the |
arguments OF tho Socialists, and everywhcre |
nvcighcd against tho railroads. the banks. |
and capital and corporations generally. The |
social clubs in the towns and cities he hold in |
pick !e for them to-day. for no one knows bot |
Ter than he that there are no voters for him in |
Ill their memberships Again he accused the |
party and its past administrations |
With being leprous with corruption. and again |
no said that the old party was a close corpora |
outs say.that from Calhoun to himsel room has |
always been made for lea Hers from the farmer |
ok. and forgetting also that his own brother |
vas sent to Congress time and time again..