The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-01-18
NO.. 18.
llIE IMPENDING BATTLE
o''SNI 10 LEAD IN THE CAM
PA'GN AGAINST COL. leev


'''" inc Stronger Faction. Or
E""-M"rch Convention p
>''''"-Iillman's uaudsO,
N""lNElA, Jan. ll-When the on
liouHccheht was made in Decanoho,
that the campaign this year wouI,
open eaT'y in January, great manv
tlad h-""'s about it.. Few outside the
"charml't circle" then knew that tbe
pollIlc"I po5 within the ranks of tho
reform party was boiling over and
| tnaC there was alight within the renka
~ 'lc heretofore solid phalanXes of
l.e.orn}, imnlnent. But such was the
tnSu ti' i ~ '!"o oeen brewing for long
time, and no| there Is crisis
There are to be two factions in tbo
Reform party in the coming camnaign
That fac, IS now no lonppr danieJ hn
the Leaders of the more powerful fac9'
ton. The indications are that Spnator
lrOy, the present State Chairman viii
Lead the faction which represents tho
minority, anl that he will have hut
little to DO with the real manipulation
or the coming campaign as far as the
reform element is concerned lie and
several followers some months AGO cut
loose almost entirely from the main
wing Of tho Il Raformers. and thew ara
all likely to fall by the wayside, iight.
ing as they tall.
Congressman Shell, it is positively
announced, was approached while in
the city few DAYS ago by the leaders
OF the ALI t1ce nr thrming element of
the ltetorm part!, :''l he has consent
ed to be at the head Il the committee
that will manage the campaign for this
faction. He was the former president
of the Farmers Association in this
State.
The Cotton Plant. which is the OIL
clal organ Of the AlliauCe-farming ele.
ment Of the Reform party, will sup.
port the latter faction. Wnen this
weeks issue Of that paper Is issued
this afternoon it will publish the fol-
lowing dOuble.leaded editorial, under
the caption, "a March Convention"
which IS equivalent to call for such
convention.
with the very beginning of this
year we are confronted with tie fact
that this is a campaign year and that
we are soon to meet our opponents In
a battle for the peoples rights and the
Development of our State in business
prosperity and the happiness of its
citizens. Such being the case we at
once realize the great Importance of at
once getting our forces together and
coming to an agreement on the policy
to be pursued so that there can be no
Notwithstanding and the success OF
OUr cause assured.
The politicians must be made tC
take back seat and let the people
themselves set the pace. TO do that
the people should meet in Sheir neigh
borhood clubs and send delegates to q
State convention. which will adopt a
platform and nominate candidate fol
Governor to represent our people on
that platform. a Lieutenant Cover.
nor should also be put up, but the re-
malnder of the State officers can be
nominated by the delegates to the Sep
tember convention.
"Ihe State convention tor this pur.
pose should be held not later than the
month Of March-befOre the farmers
get too busy in their crops to attend to
II, and before bad blood rises between
the friends of the aspirants for the
Goyernorship OH the reform side.
"Ihe Alliance cannot take part in
partisan politics, and therefore has
only the right to point out the neces 81 .
ty OF calling the people together and
leaving 1t to some one else to do the
work. We believe that th0laSt presi.
lent ana executive committee of the
Farmers Association Of this State are
The proper ones to issue such a call and
we are confident that the people would
respond promptly and unanimously r.
| call issued by them. This Is q move.
ment Of the people to reform and i'm.
prove our government, and not move.
ncnt TO place any man or set Of men
n Office merely. We must keep on the
llgh ground Of pure patriotism, and
seek out the men for service who will
DC the most capable Of carrying out orr
NlShc3. Measures and not men must
)e made prominent.
"lj Will be noticed that we do not
agree with some points in the resoIu.
ions passed on las Friday bv omr
IaurcnS brethren and published else.
where in this issue; but after matn ra
we feel satisfied that our
position is the correct one. We hone
hat our readers will use our cOlumna
n discussion of the matter. and in
nat way reach the most satisfactory
conclusion. We have briefly outlined
'ur views, with reasons therefor, and
VC shall use our best endeavora tn
the rights and privileges Of
'ur people and promote harmo1y in
he work." N
\ eSterday representative of the
state had quite a long talk with one or
,Wo OF the leaders Of the Alliance side.
lhey say that the leaders Of the other
'ide viii be lrby, Stanyarne Wilson
Larry CAN'T and John Gary Evans
Ihcy seem to think that combination
was formed nearly a year ago by Trhv
md his followers to run things to anit
themselves and make a slate Of tbe 81
IcerS for tue coming term which wonid
De presented to the voters and wouid
)e swallowed by them. They saw that
me effort to crush out eyerv leadin%
tiliman man-the attacks upon Tindae
and others-was the direct
'eSult OF this combination enoineareS o1T
~ lrby. They consider Irbv daad os
.ar as State politics are CONDEMNED Tn f,o
'egard to those Alliance resointiona
adopted in Laurens a few days auO one
)t these men yesterday said that fbav
were gotten up under Irby's infiuencS
ana represented nobody's views bntt
nis own. lie was good manipulator
ana got the County Alliance to adont
them. lie did not think that another
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