The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-01-25
NO, 10.
" NARM WORDS BY WIRE
DINA OR lRBY "sNuFFs TRrAeon
IN NTHe TAINTED GALe.r

| No fopulist Mood
''''-fl'in language From the Jun-
ior Senator.
"A9IilN"I"N, Jan. lG.-The fo,,ow.
ing reply has been made wv Sanotou
iIpy 10 communication recaivaS ~
MN TO-DAY from the Hon. VIVA
bACeS, lrea3urer OF South Carolina:
nited states Senate.
MaShington, ID. g., Jan. 1G, 1894.
non. ". l. Z. Bates, Columbia, 5. G..
MY GEAR sir: | have your letter of
the l4th inst, in which YOU make in.
q liry as u what | think shomId ha
done IN reference to holding a factioo.
al convention Of the Reform partv Of
South Carotlna, to which answer IIa7.
tlly, but frankly. l''
L regret, AZ deeply as you. To sae iii.
visions IN the reform movement of
our State. Inc purposes for which if
began have not been accomplished ana
cannot be, without the exercise of har.
mony, justice, common sense ana fair
dealing. l have had but one purpose
from the very beginning, and th3t was
to do my duty by it to thavery bes. of
my ability. Notwithstanding this. |
nave been prosecuted by men, supposed
to be prominent in the Reform move.
|
made up my mind that | would not
submit to it any longer, and appealed
to the true men among us to protect
me against such political as sassination.
1t is not my fault that we have these
eVidenCa1 OF division in our State.
furnished n eX X;l'lt)" every Reformer
who goes into g M from the rural
districts to the SJaG. i llSa t. We taken
to one side and 4cJJM4i aui preiu.
diced against "Irby'S management of
the party" when even the Antls III ,n
selves ackno wledge that my coaduc, az
chairman, has been perfectly fair. |
am unwilling that Third party leader
shall take charge of the Reform m)ve.
ment IN South Carolina. all thus die
tate the nominees Of the Democratic
party. | am S Sitisfiad that the people
of the State will no. submit to it, aud
the sooner he, and Others wac expect
to reap Oil ta under him, find this out
} the better for him and the movement.
, / answer you frankly as to what
think ought to be done, 50 far as can
, see. There are six or seven o.har can
dldateS for guOarnatDria! honors.
These men have been true and loyal,
and are all able man. TneT are enti-
tied, at least, to a fair contest and the
protection OF the principles Of the first
March convention, the most prominent
CT which was the righ$ Of the people
to name their candidates, Instead oil
ring in the State House l. will be
necessary, before the campaign tn Is
to be led by me as Democratic chair.
man, that these contests shall be set
tied within the lines Of our faction, and
that, after the people have had time to
weigh and measure them and conclude
a ~ bNnI nh
shall be given the cOlors of our faction
to meet the Conservative faction in
debate on the stump before the geQeral
primary election. Thiscannot be done
with an early convention had and snap
Judgment taken, before the people have
seen or hear the various candid ate5
who seek the endorsement Of the Re
form party. 1t SaVOrS too much of Old
ring rule and lIaSkeillte methods, and
the people will not countenance it.
This Is perfectly fair and all parties
Will be satisfied; but the people, who
believe in the theory and system of
| primary elections, will not stand for
Two or three men-One q leader Of the
| Third party and the self-constituted
spokesman of the Thlrt party, the
other traitor to the Reform party,
| who seeks, as an emissary from the
".
| other men who desire once-t0 fx up
slate now, have it endorsed by con-
vention as early as March, and rammed
down their throats. | say this, because
If their scheme is allowed to 60 through
| under the whip and spur of the Regis
| ter, the mOVemeHtoc cannot stand. Self
respecting men in it woltasCatAer go
10 the wall than to serve under q tran.
Tor to his movement and to see them
selves assaSslnated in the dark by men
who have claimed to be their friends,
and the people robbed of the benefits
OF the vital principles of the first March
platform.
mis- has been written to you lust as
thlnk 1t and believe It. | have tried
TO Da true to every man in the State
house ana subjected myself to abuse
and criticisms in 1892 for leaving nv
seat in the Senate to 90 to SOuth 9,arO.
lima to work for them and their re.eIec.
tiOn. | do not intend now to be ahmaed
10y them.
AS you suggest, |, being the State
chairman, have no right to call a fac.
tlnnal convention.
have never assumed or contem.
plated any such action, nor could such
conclusion be drawn from anything
that nave said or written. The or.
ganlzation last presided over by the
Hon. G. w. Shell is defunct, because
when the crisis came IN 80, we failed
To nave seen or heard of any action
from him III behalf of the Reform
movement, and, besides its mission
was fulfilled as political organiza alton
as soon as its object was accomplished.
TO wit: the capturing of the whole
state government by the people. II,
being temporary organization, could
not exist longer than after the inauRu.
ration OF the State officers. He, there.
fore, cannot Call and control caucns
or convention and the only way for IT,
TO be done regularly within our party
iineS IL, as suggested by the Laurens
Alliance resolutions, to wit; Thai
Governor Tillman call around him the
Leaders, draft rules and call a c0nven.
ton If they see fit:
In conclusion, allow me to say that (
WIN 40 more and 20 further to haal
breaches and unite our forces than mar.
haps any man who has been treated as
l nave In the house of my friends; but
l Will not submit to the dictation of