The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-08-23

them too well; you know l have tried
to be the exponent Of them. You know
have loved those principles; you know
have voted for those principles. The
only opposition in South Carolina to.
day to the principles of the Reform
movement Is based on prejudice. No
reasonable man, especially no reason
able white citizen can object to the
principles Of the Reform movement in
South Carolina. They cannot. (Cheers.)
Those principles are laid down even by
grandest to perpetuate popular govern.
ment, and embodied In the Farmers
Alliance, principles upon which might
say, depend the success and prosperity
of the agricultural people. (Cheers.)
Cau there be any objection to that ?
Can there be objection to that interest
upon which we are dependent? We
are dependent upon the agricultural in
terests. and must rocoRniH3 the prlnci-
pie upon which depend the life Of pop.
ular government In this Union. a
combination of the South and West
alone will save popular government in
in 1896, If my judgment amounts to
anything. (Cheers) The combination
of the power Of wealth against the
combination of the agricultural inter-
ests and laboring interests Is today
concentrated in the East. That con-
centration can only be defeated by the
solidity AMI unanimity Of the South
and West, expressed through their Or
ganiZation, which Is the mouthpiece
and which speaks for tho bone and sin
ew in our land. (Cheers) And when
| hear my coantrymen oppose it feel
like saying to them. God pity them;
In NJ hot hnU ln
Now, fellow citizens, united in our
ranks, we are confron ted today by op.
position which has not reason behind
it; an opposition that cannot succeed
under the laws Of God nor under the
laws Of man, because that opposition
Is founded upon basis which can
never succeed. Your principles must
prevail, because they are far removed
from sectional and class privileges, and
you say we want nan who has the
nerve and ability to stand by them, and
that man shall be the man to represent
us. (Cheers.) That is this voice of
South Carolina which will prevail next
November In spite of, you might say.
the assiduous attempt to array one class
against another class or one people
against another people. But we are
united. We have canvassed the entire
State of South Carolina; there is no dis
sensiOn in our ranks, but our opponents
are alert; they are anxious TO make 1t
eppear that there are dissensions
When l look before me and see my
fathers old soldiers-when look and
see before me lawyers. doctors, mer
chants. farmers and laboring men
when l see before me the bone and 81
new of popular government. think Il
Is rebuke to our opponents when they
sW that the RefoTm movement OF
South Carolina is composed OF any par
| ticuIar class.
Now one word as to my competitors
We have fought this fight; we have
fought as brothers; we have not fought
as enemies, as our opponents tried to
impress upon you, and have this to
say about the noble RefOrmers who
went into this fight, who opposed me.
they never hit below the belt. (Cheers.)
know we are brothers; we are arm
In arm, lighting for your cause, and
| their choice, there Is no dissension, and
| when the attempt Is made to make dis.
sension these opponents Of mine are
ready to rise and say, Thus far shalt
thou go and go further" This is
the voice of the people. (Cheers)
We have fought for our principles
upon one platform, and the people of
South Carolina are unanimously,
might say, in favor Of those principles.
| When l say the people, don't mean
those who are actuated by prejudice
and animosity, because they are beyond
the pale Of citizenship. They cannot
reason, and have no right to be called
true citiZens. (Cheers)
l will not detain you longer. At a
future occasion l will announce the
| nO1toU nf NV Q1nni n iotroftnn I houo
been connected possibly more intimate
ly with your movement than any other
man In your midst, and | have been
unswerving In my principles. shall
heW to the line mapped out by you. and
as advocated by me on this floor, and |
shall stand on those principles until
they are written in letters which can
not be mistaken; In letters which will
be written over the world, and when
the history Of this movement Is writ
ten they will say In unmistakable char.
acters behold the administration which
has but one object, the happiness and
prosperity OF the entire people Of South
Carolina. prolonged cheers.)
| Mr.. Evans concluded his speech amid
perfect storm of applause.
OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
The chairman Of the convention then
introduced DR.. w. II. Zimmerman, the
nominee for Lieutenant. Governor. AS
the doctor, who had fixed himself up
for the occasion, mounted the speakers
stand, and began to glance around.very
much as would an elephant upon q
crowd in the menagerie of a circus, a
slight litter was heard about the hall,
which In few moments developed in.
to a general laugh. The doctors face
and shape, which he has been running
on through tho campaign, were too
much for the crowd. But he stood 1t
and proceeded to make a bright speech.
DR.. Zimmerman said:
Gentlemen Of tho Convention: h ave
read somewhere, in some book, at some
time, where Il dog OF Venice went to
visit the court Of Louis XIV, In
France. He stood about and seemed
to be thoroughly surprised and bewil-
dered. When asked what surprised
him most, he answered "To find myself
here" (Cheers and prolonged laughter. }
Gentlemen that Is the way it is with
me today. Here, in tho presence of
this assemblaRe. can we'll say / am
surprised at the unanimity with which
L have been endorsed for the Office of