The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-08-16
THE POLITICAL PROBLEM
THE RESULT OF THE CUBE RNATO-
RIAL RACE IN DOUBT.

''''- hEooIi ot- F1t. 0OSt SlN@ u
RIAL RACE IN DOUBT.
The silent Vote an Unknown 4uanti'y-A
| Prediction az to tho Kesult by O"untios-
Many sohemes Reported d nrewius t. Do
! foat Tnlman.
| COLUMBIA, S. g, Aug. 1O.-A few
days ago l said in tho Register that the
man who pretends that he knows who
is going to be nominated In the Reform
primaries on Saturday for Governor
was afflicted with soda water on the
brain. L am still Of that opinion and
behave that lie not only has water on
the brain but Is full of the new cheap
grade dispensary whiskey.
have been in every county in South
Carolina SINCE the campaign started
and have come In clo3e contact with
the ISefOrm leaders anG voters. | have
watched the drift of things during
speaking and have talked with the rank
and file Of the Reformers after the
meetings were over. l have done every
thing possible to try to reach a conclu-
sion OF what will be the result on Sat.
urday. The more talk and the harder
try to solve the problem the more
many phases to the situation as 1T now
stands and 80 many combinations that
1T would take Richard Croker to fig
ure affairs out. | have been vain
| enough to believe knew something of
politics. but l Will now surrender that
vanity and leave some fellow who has
not been out of his county to tell the
public after 1t Is all over that "I told
| you So"
At the outset have no hesitancy in
saying that on the surface the indica.
lions are that the Aiken Game Cock Is
| going to be nominated but there Is an
undercurrent of sentiment and O silent
vote which even Tlllman, with all his
astuteness cannot measure. 1t Is this
not to be estimated undercurrent which
Will cut big figure Saturday. "Miss
Alliance" as Senator Evans speaks of
the Farmers Alliance, Is at the bottom
of this and she is worrying the politi-
clans and the prophets a great deal
more than the public imagines. have
watched the crowd of men after Gov
ernor Tlllman got through berating the
sub treasury to see what would be the
effect or his remarks. | have watched
his hand primaries on this subject and
have seen what might appear to the
average person to be the most enthusi
astic endorsement Of his remarks, bu,
II any man has looked carefully into ;
crowd during one Of these votes h,
must have seen large number OF old
sedate and intelligent men who tool
no part In the primary and in the hur
raining which Invariably followed. |,
noting this l want 1t distinctly under
stood that do not mean to say tha
cause OF his views. L believe that they
love him too we'll to knife him even
for the sub.treasury, but they do not
have the same feeling OF love for some
or the younger politicians, and sub.
treasury Is going to be felt in tho CUB
ernatorial race II not in the Senatorial.
These old men are Alliancemen and
hold firmly to the sub.treasury, and
they are the men who count on election
days. They are. the fathers and uncles
or the young men who do t hurrah
ing. but who do not amount TO u great
deal when the time for working arrives.
On Saturday you will see these old
men turn out and begin to work. They
will take some of these same snouters
and vote them jnst az they please. If
these old mon have settled on any par
ticular man or men to vote for Cover.
nor you can look out for this man or
men to show up on Saturday. ] am
giving all this to show at least ono
element of uncertainty III the struggle
Of few days hence.
In my own mind ! have figured out
what candidates will get this almost
underlined vote, and putting everything
together have made up table Of what
l candidly believe will be the result
Saturday. No partisan feeling has
guided the make up Of the table and ]
have not asked suggestions from any
body about 1t. ] frankly confess that
the chances Of Secretary of State Tin
dal have puzzled me He Is not regard.
ed by the public as being In the race,
but he will show more strength than
anybody suppOses. If he had tho pri,
mary for Governor that he has asked
for on the stump he would be "ln 1t" to
u good extent. Nearly everybody thinks
that the race Is between Ellerbe and
Evans. This has tendency to hurt
Tlndal, because hundreds of mon won't
care to "throw away their votes" as 1T
Is called, and will vote for either Eller-
be or lIvaLs.
Here are my figures of the counties
each of the candidates will carry. The
doubtful counties and the counties
which will go for Tindal ! have put
elsewhere. The figures represent the
number Of votes each county will have
In the Reform conventions:
Evans.