The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-08-30
EoPE PASSES THE PRIMARY.
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son Rope, after surprisin~ ,ha Eaep Seaulp'
ers and az others by not Going into III y
recent iteform primariesa nnS, .hoo Cile
OUT with another surprise. He oIao Snlrs ,F
cilnes to stand as candidate f"n " U ue'
erm0r .ian In the general Democratic NI. nr,-
,naat; ,naay nexC tuesday, on acc ,unt Of the
In Withdrawing from tha nr,uou,
race. Dr. Pope has also withdrawn his
pledge to the Democratic pxecutive
committee to abide the result of that
primary; which appears very sipniii-
cant, inasmuch as he need not have
gone to this trouble, unless he had an
idea OF making a fight in the coming
general election. The Doctor also urges
an voters to decline to participate in
the primary at all. as far as the Ruber.
natorial race Is concerned. DR.. Pope's
1rlends says he has no Idea of making
a fight In the general election, but il
LOOKS now as II there Is q very good
chance Of such q fight being made.
Dr. rope does not say, In any Instance,
that he will not be u candidate for
Governor of South Carolina.
Here is DIR. Pope's letter Of with.
draWal:
TO the Democratic voters Of South
| Carolina.
am in receipt of numerous letters
from citizens Of different counties in
this State, notifying me that hundreds
OF Eeformers desire to vote for me, but
that no ticket has been gotten out.
The truth Is, the machinery of the Re.
form movement is In the hands "of the
ring" and voters are 80 much afraid of
the party lash that. whilst they are
willing and anxious to vote for me,
they are afraid to allow their names to
appear on a ticket. This is deplora.
Die state Of affairs and only goes to
show how despotically they are ruled.
Under this state Of thing, it will be
impossible for me to get out ticket
In the majority of the counties, and
therefore, 1T will be foolish for me to
longer continue in the race for Cover,
nor: L have this day withdrawn my
pledge from the State executive COM
mlttee and take this opportunity to
say that l will not be a candidate at
the primary.
Forty thousand Reformers and thir-
ty-tWo thousand Conservatives are ylr.
tually.disfranchised and fourteen thons-
and rtngsters dictate who shall hold
the Offices.
saw the danger Of this, and when
the Conservatives, in desire to per-
petuate white supremacy In this State
and to concillate tho majority with a
view to peace, proposed that II they
were allowed to cast their vote for one
OF the four Reformers running, that
they would be satisfied, l thought it a
fair and honorable proposition and one
| Which did them great credit and advo.
Gated its acceptance. Their offer was
refused at the dictation of few blind
leaders, who were pu1fed up with their
Importance without regard to the peace
and general welfare of the whole peo-
pie. The Conservatives, 1 must say,
have shown in this. and in gracefully
majority, spirit worthy of emulation.
Their treatment has been simply out.
rageous and was enough to drive them
to desperation.
! In retiring from this canvass, de.
sire to thank those friends, who have
stood by me all over the State, especial
lY those in Darlington who had the
manhood to come out and endorse me-
cannot forget the members Of the
| press whose treatment Of me, with the
| exception OF three or four weeklies, has
been maRnanimOus IN the extreme.
In conclusion let me say to the forty
thousand Reformers who did not vote
In the late so-called primary, If you
vote. refrain from voting for Governor
at the primary on the 28th inst, and |
thus put your seal of condemnation
upon the ring methods which have
been employed. Cut off that portion
of the ticket embracing the names of
the delegates, or run your pen through
their names. You have q right to
this, and only vote for members of the
General Assembly and county officers.
Very respectfully,
SAMPSON Pore.
August 23rd, 1894.