New-York tribune., 1894-04-06

1890 when Tillman was first elected uoSeiIIJi' ~,
the venerable Wade Hampton. for years the mn ~
ftary hero" whom the state most dehghten 10
honor was rudev rejected from the United
States Senate to make place for the obscure anu
youthful county lieutenant OF Governor Iliihidh'
John L. NJ. 1rby. ,
But the story Of Tillman's two acrimonious
campaigns is as well known as his success IN
both has been unqualified and decisive hy an an
assiduous tanning OF the passions oI nas
against class. of country against CITY ne has
now beyond question divided the white voters OF
the State into two hopelessly divergent anu
irreconcilab.c factions sOhIiiylng under HIS oM u
leadership the entire poor white" vote in the
counties which numbers perhaps three-lour.hS
OF the total electorate Full credit for this re-
suit should be ungrudgngly given TO Mr.; III
mans undOubted political talents bolu III
speech and action to the point OF rashnesS' reduS
and eager to fight with any challenger careless
to the point Of uncouthness IN naneis " a'ru ~
a rude eloquence and passionate lntehseness -, ~
feeling which appeals TO the bluntest hlte,l- h,
gence Governor Tman adds to these qudlles
the astuteness tenaciy and readiness Oh r.
source which make him the true leader OF the
ignorant and turbulent Democracy on WHO'S
shoulders he has mounted TO power What Is
1t, If tits not his genuine ablhty tldt iaS
Polk and Kolb failed so signany 10 accOhPloh
in North Carolina and Alabama uhder IA. les -
aristocratic and far more democratic cohuiIoiiH'
both political and social!
REACHED THE POINT OF SOCIAL osTRAcIsM.
The three years of Governor Tillmans admin
tstratlOn nave .ndtuIdiN Only "NNN''"''N
bitterness Of feeling with which the once do'''i-
nant conservative party in the State In the c'ues
and towns regard his followers To be Ililidl1 Ilt1
ite now involves practically the same soCi''
ostracism which formerly attached 10 pelhS d
Republican in any Southern state. The cltY
populations and the old aristOcratc eleineft III
the country lOathe and despise the eNlstlhs Hta'e
Government not for any one act IL mas uone .. W
proposes to do, but for everything thal ~ ls vi
promises TO be- So 1t is not to be hasuiy as
euned that the Dispensary law. odous as IL Is
in the municipalities, is responsible LOT the ~,
traordjnary bitterness of facOnal feellnS mere on
every hand-a bitterness equalled perhaps III n
tensity only by that shown in the pch'lcdi Ieuu9
of Ku-Klux times. The Dispensary law mas " w.,
donhtediv imnosed material hardships in the
larger towns but in most of them it is eVaueu
with immunity and It's enforcement hoWeNet
ripid would not alone account Tor lhe uhuHu'.
displavs Of hostility to the State GoNeln.mc ,
which have occurred within the last week: VIII WIN
tho militia of Charleston, Columbia, sumner,
Neuharrv Florence and nearly all the other
nrincnal cities in the Site declined absoIutely 10
serve under the Governors orders Tor lhe eA-
pressed purpose of protecting the STATE Co's
iary the real extent OF the dangers Which sun
threaten the public peace of Souih NdIoIiH NdItf tbo
came suddenly and vvidly apparent with only tne M
country or "wool hat militia obeylng lts oiu-I @ liie
government at Columbia is practically poWeiIeaa
~ suppress any disorders which may dllse IOi'i
this time on in the effort to enforce ihe Disi~n,
sarv act The opposition in the state eiiloitteleu
and revengeful Is fuily CONSCIOUS 60 20 adnnis.
funities to harass and annoy the state auinIs ii'
tration and II will be lucky for Governor lHna, mo
a. ont Of the uncertainties and per1ls OF tHe P1e9
Ont situation some serious and bloody coniict
does not spring in which his generasnlp Will oe
taxed by more practical mlh'ar! opel a'ioo .b
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