The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-01-31
THE REFORM LEADERS.
THEY HOLD MEETING IN MASKING
TONlN TIE EREST OF PEACE.

THEY HOLD A NEE ING in WASHING
ToNlN TIE INTEREST OF PEACE.
Minority OF Them Being Unable ta DE-
eide Between en Early or LAts CoEvan
ton, Decide 6, Hold N4ce-DlG rent
Views OF tb 9 II e.tng.
COLUMBIA, S. r., Jan. 24.-There is
considerable gossip floating around
concerning the recent meeting OF some
Of the Reform leaders in the city OF
Washington TO heal the division ID the
ranks of their faction caused by ine re-
cent attack of Senator IrbT on Con
gresham Shell and other prominent
Reformers. AS matter CT news l Will
give your readers some extracts from
the many dispatches that have been
sent from Washington about the mat
ter.
Editor Hoyt,of the Greenville Noun
taineer. telegraphs bis paper from
Washington, where heis OF visit, as
follows:
ga great deal of interest is manifest
ed among the South Carolina colony as
to the political situation in the State
The recent illumination Of Senator lrDy
portend to most minds serious ano
disastrous breach in the ranks of tne
Reformers. lie is regarded as making
desperate fight TO retain control ana
direction of the faction, but II is freely
predicted that failure on his part is IN
eyitsble, unless Governor Tillman
comes to the rescue. 1t is very doubt
full where the Governor is going to
land in this tight. He is always ready
to take position but in this Instance
he is fighting shy of the belligerents.
He is to be in Washington this morn:
ing, ostensibly to argue the railroad
question before a Congressional com
mittee, but IN reality to patch up &
truce between the warring elements ID
his faction. The editors of the Colum'
pia Register and the Cotton Plant have
been on a visit of a political nature al
so. and several conferences are SAID tc
be the outcome of their visit, but the
participants are not revealing the ua
ture and purpose of these conferences
So far as can be Judged from the out
side, the trend Of opinion among the
Reformers is against Senator iroy, and
, in short time there will be positive
anS aggressive movement along thai
line. Congressman Shell is waiting to
learn what the people want before he
brings his committee together for the
purpose of calling convention OF the
Reformers, but it is certain that sGcn
convention is to be held, and under the
auspices of Capt. Shells executive
committee of the Farmers Association.
tits very CALLING to Senator IToJ that
the leading position is yet occupied Dy
Capt. Shell but many think 1t IS the
poetry of retribution for this state OF
affairs to exist, even though lroy does
The visit of Governor Tillman vii
attract much attention. The Post thi;
| morning has an article on South Caro-
| lima politics, which has decidedly IT
| byish favor, in which it is clearly IN
| timated that the movement Tor an ear
" convention advocated by the CottoL
| Plant and Columbia Register IS intend
| ed to carry the bulk of the Reformer;
| into the third party. This lntlmatior
comedies with what q Appointment Re
| former told me few days ago. III
asserted positively that such was ths
purpose of Editor -BoWden, who is lead,
ing the movement, and that the rest OF
his crowd would fall into line. l sug
pested that Mr.. Bowden might De seek
ing an early opportunity to get bacs
into the Democratic fold. but he scout
ed the idea. and said that others want
ed to get outsi6-, and would avail.
themselves of the first chance to 90 so
| The Post also inIimates that Cover
nor Tillman would maintain a coall
tion with Senator Icby, but this Goes
/ not agree with the opinion given by
the aforesaid Reformer, who declared
that the Governor is trying to play
neutral, and would make a most egreg
ious failure. 7 am inclined to believe
this statement, which is shared BY
MANY Others with whom I have con
Yersed in Washington. The genera
opinion seems to be that Mr.. Ellerbee
is the forthcoming candidate for GOV
ernor under the movement for an ear
" convention. His friends are work
ing or the nomination, and no Other
ma hassuch active adherents in the
! felt as vet. Senator John Gary Evap:
has peen generally regarded as the au
ministration candidate, but this Il
another mistake, and be will no5 be al
aspirant for Governor in tie COMING
campaign"
Editor Hoyt continues in aloshe.
dispatch as follows:
"Chairr an Troy says tonight that al
differences in the Reform faction viii
be hsrmonized through preliminary
campaign, and that the people viii b.
called upon 60 decide who shall be tht
bearers of the Relormers II
the Democratic primary. That ther'
| is no danger of the third party elemen
getting control of the machinery o
| the Democratic party b! any manipu
ration of the preliminary fight and tha
| the faction will be solid IN favor of th'
nominees chosen III that fight. Senate
Irby also says tnat be and Governo
Tlllman are N thorough accord, ent
that all reports to the contrary ar
wholly without foundation. TIE
| held a lengthy conference this after
noon and they are determined to &C
together for the preservation of Demo
cratic unity in South Carolina. Cnalr
man Irby says further that his deter
min alton is to keep the ReformeTs il
complete harmony with the naEona
organization Of Democrats, and tha
be would be recreant to his trust If h
allowed any other course to be puI
sued without protesting against ie. a
the preliminary sklrmish is to begil
soop, candidates for Governor will en
ter the field at once, and 1t is under
stood that John Gary Evans will &C
lively engage in the fray. He has bee
Consulted in the premises, and IS read
to 90 before the people at any time
Ellerbe, w. D. Evans and Tindal ar
also expected TO enter the race fo
Governor"
TIE following special dispatch fror
washington appeared in the Register
OF this city, to-day:
"a portion of the South Carolin