The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-19
TILLMANITES ALL TORN UP.
Butler Men ImpalG Them on the Horns
Of a Sad Dilemma.

If They Reject the ocala Platform
They Drive the Alliance Into the
Opposition; If They Fail to Reject
the Same, Straight Democrats will
Name a Ticket, Raise the Old Yell,
and Wipe the Earth With Them.
Columbia, S. c., Sept. is.-At noon to-
morrow the Tillmanite machine demo-
cratic convention will meet To nominate
state ticket and adopt a platform IL
this platform does not reject the Ocala
demands, it is likely that the platform
democrats will meet early next week and
place an opposition ticket in the field.
Their action last night has placed the
I1llmanites in quandary; they must
either repudiate Ocalaism and drive the
alliance into the third party or else in
dorse 1t, and force the organization Of q
straight platform democracy.
IL is practically certain that they will
grasp the latter morn of the dilema They
will probably indorse the Chicago plat
form, free coinage, condemn Cleveland
and tack on all Ocala de-
mands. The anti-Tillmanites will
come in for copious denunciAtion as
bolters and independents, and there
Will be declaration for white supremacy
aimed as rebuke TO those who they say
will appeal TO the negro OF course,
Iillman's candidacy for the United
States Senate and the dispensary law
will be indorsed. For governor and
lieutenant governor, Evans and Thinner
man are practically already nominated.
Dan Tomkins is leading Hill and Har-
rison for secretary of state IL is neck
and neck between Jones and Norton for
controller; and Watts, Minus, Braisford
and Richbourg are running for adiutant
general in the order named. For railroad
commissioners Sligh Evans, Wilburn,
Yelldell and Thomas have equal chances.
NO NOMINATIONS.
Columbia, S. c., Sept 1s.-At 9:4S
O'Clock this morning the anti-1ilman
convention adjourned without making
any nominations. The vote was 100
against nominating and l04 in favor The
convention adopted series of resolutions
in which II was demanded of the state
convention, which meets tomorrow that
they adopt the Chicago platform aud ex-
plicitly To declare true and loyal allegi-
ance 10 the National Democratic party;
that ii at the same time repa-
date and rescind the action Of the state
convention OF 1899, which adopted the
Ocala platform as the principles
of the Democratic party OF the
state; that the state convention
nominate no one not in full accord with
the principles of the national democracy,
or nominate one who acknowledges allie
glance to the Ocala platform or to tho
principles OF the populist party.
1t was further resolved that should the
convention tomorrow fail to do these
things and nominate any others than
those holding allegiance to democratic
principles, then all true democrats are
absolved from obligation to support such
nominees at the November election
whether or not they participated in tho
recent primary.
An executive committee of one member
from each county was appointed which
shall call the convention again should tho
state convention fail to carry out the
above demand The delegates to that
convention are beginning to arrive and
will meet tomorrow at IL o'clock
John Gary Evans will be the nom
inee for governor, and there is a
quiet scramble among reformers for
the other places The convention, in all
probability will again adopt the Ocala
platform, though there are some who are
willing TO meet the conservatives half
way. That there will be two tickets,
both claiming TO be democratic, is almost
certain, and short but exciting CAM
paign will result What the republicans
will do remains to be seen. 1t is rumOred
that they will re vive and take hand in
the fracas.