The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-22
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IN IT TO A FINISH.
Dr. Sampson Pope to the Democratic
Voters of the State.

Dr. sampson rope TO the 0enOcr2tlc
Voters of the State.
DR.. Sampson Pope is in the Guber-
material fight TO the last. In accord
ance with the intention expressed in
recent interview he has issued an adj
dress to the Democratic voters Of the
State, calling upon them to vote gen.
orally at the primary and asking his
friends to select and elect Pope dele
gates. The following is DR.. Pope's ad-
dress:
To the Democratic Voters of South
Carolina.
At the primary which comes off on
the 28th of August you are to vote for
delegates to the convention who will
for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and
other State officers. The time is short
for nominating in each county dele
gates TO represent you IN that conven-
ton. It IS attempted to be held that
these delegates must file pledge on or
before the 18th inst. You have but to
refer to the rule on the subject made by
the Democratic Executive Committee
to see that this is not to be done.
''Rule s. Candidates for the General
Assembly and for county Offices shall,
ten days previous to the primary elec-
ton, file with the chairman of the
County Executive Committee pledge
in writing to abide by the result of the
primary and support the nominees of
the party. Candidates for othe, offices
shall file such pledge with the chair
man of the State Democratic Execu-
tive Committee. No vote for any can
didate who has not complied with this
rule shall be counted"
Now, this refers to candidates for
county and State offices and not for
delegates to the convention who are
not officers of either. BY no strained
construction can it be made to apply
to them.
I say to my friends all over the State,
select in each county list of delegates,
vote for them and elect them and their
votes will be counted in the conven-
ton or I will know the reason why.
The voice of the people cannot be
and shall not be stifled. Forty tho u.s.
and Reforrners did not vote at the re-
cent primary. In not voting they put
their feet down on ''rings' and on the
18th of this month they will speak at
the polls in further condemnation of
such methods.
Go to the polls on the 2Sth, cast your
votes and see that they are counted
and withing five days after the elec-
ton let the delegates get their creden-
sials signed by the respective county
Democratic chairmen and forward TO
the chairman of the State Democratic
Executive Committee at Columbia,
sc. SAMPSON POPE.
Columbia, S. g., August 16, 1894.
STILL DEFIANT.
Especial to Sunday News.
COLUMBIA, August lS.-Dr. Samp-
son Pope, who is making his own fight.
in the Democrat" primaries, is still in
the city. He says that the newspapers
may try and belittle his campaign, but
he certainly has every reason 20 feel
very much encouraged. He thinks
that one Of the tricks of the oppo-
sition is to get out the idea that he will
get very small vote, and in that way
make voters think that there is no use
to lose votes by casting them for Pope.
This plan he thinks will be bolstered up
by letters from different counties,
claiming that Pope will get very few
votes. DR.. Pope says that be wants his
friends to pay no attention to any such
suggestions. He says that he has been
in sixteen counties and that be feels
satisfied that ne will get large vote.
Without any solicitation on his part ne
has gotten Letters from all over the
State stating that his course was much
admired and chat he would get large
vote. he expect to get the bulk of 4O,-
Oe0 Reform votes that were kept from
the polls by the ring rule idea, and has
no idea that his opponent, Mr.. Evans,
can poll any other votes than those cast
at the Reform primary.
POPE REVIEWS SOME REFORM FIGURES.
He remarked that it was very neat of
those who were doing all the specula-
tion to give him New wberry County,
and in this connection he remarked
that he had heard it said that no pri-
mary was ever held in Aiken County,
and also that be had it from very good
authority that Mr.. CAN'T or someone
else was talking through his hat when
the claim was made that over 5000
Reformers voted in the primary in
Spartanburg County. That might
have been the club membership, but
not the vote.
He remarked that be had not gone
into the fight with his eyes closed to
the situation, but that he felt confident
that the people of the State would sus-
tain him in his fight. He will proba-
bly, be IN the city several days longer.