The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-08-16
WHO WILL BE GOVERNOR?
HOW THINGS STAMP At THE CLOSE
OF THE FIGHT.
Governor Tillman tho Racs for DOVER
nor Ia Nip and Tuck Retween Evans and
Ellorbe,

nor Is Nip and Tuck Retwoen Evans and
Ellsrbe.
COLUMBIA, S. g., Aug. 5.-The
Register Of today prints tho following
from its campaign correspondent, Mr..
w. w. Price, who has followed tho
speakers all over the State:
The people are trying TO figure cut
who is to be tho next Governor, or
rather who is to he the Reform nominee
for that placo. This now perplexing
question will be answered in few days
| nv the peoplo of the State. There are
& going TO be some surprises, IL a predc.
ii III make
Well, tho fact and the straight fact
is this: The man who says he knows
who ls going to be tho Reform nominee
has soda water on tho brain aud needs
examination. Governor Tlllman agrees
with mo. I spent Friday night with him
ut Clemson College, and in conversation
with several persons ho said the race is
ono with as much doubt in IL as he ever
knew. lie declared that nobody knows
who will be the winning man. He even
went 80 tar Rs to say that there is qulet
vote in the Reform ranks which cannot
be guessed at and that the weight OF IL
will be felt. This is the vote which tho
friends OF Elerbe and Tndal claim.
It's all muddled. 1 have now been in
every ccuutv In the State except three,
but the nearer get to the end Of my
campaign work tho more muddled / be-
como Oh this question of the next Gov
ernor. y 10 day think it ;s going To
be Ellerbe and the next l think Evans
is tho winner. do not believe there
| will be twenty votes d,il orence between
the IN IN tho Reform convention. 1t may
turn out that Secretary of State Tlndal's
friends will hold tho balance Of power in
the convention.
| q ,veroncr Tillman made statement
in his speech at Pickens which was un-
derstood by some TO have indirect re-
ference TO General Eilerbe. lie was
talking about the efforts being mado to
primary and said that the friends Of
"beaten" candidates were Responsible
for all trouble. In view OF the impress
sion nearly everywhere that the Cover
nor is a friend to- Senator Evans, it is
, , not TO be wondered that tho remark was
\ taken as a slap at General Ellerbe. L
= remarke! to the Governor at Clemson
College that his words had peculiar
sound or significance. lie said that he
had no reference to General Ellerbe, and
then proceeded to enlogize Ellerbe as
one OF the best and strongest mon IN the
Reform ranks. lie warmly compliment
y ell the Marion Swamp Fox on his
Spartanburg speech. The Governor up
to now has not seemed to appreciate that
the conditions are such at this time that
almost anything he may say which is
not definite and explicit will be likely to
more than one construction. The sit
uation is delicate and l am satisfied the
Governor is chaang under il.
Since the Union row Governor Till
man and Senator Burler have lot each
other severely alone. They were getting
pretty "chummy" before that exciting
little incident. They used to ride to-
gether III carriages and would joke each
othor on trains and everywhere. They
got TO be as thick as school boys and as
Gay with each other as two-year. olds.
Now they avoid each other and to hear
one OF them speak you would not think
he knew tho name Of his rival. heard
i'll Grcenvlle that they refused to ride to
the speaking place in the same car
rage together. This may have been
rumor. At any rate it is not probable
that they will refer to each other on tho
stump again this campaign.