The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-09-04

in the selection of the men to fill tn,
Offices and run the government the,
must go outside of the organized Demo
cratic party to doit. Nopolitical part,
or faction ever treated a minority moro
unfairly than the Reformers treated
the Conservatives in holding their IN
famous Colleton convention and no,
allowing free white citizens of the
State the faintest voice ip'the selection
of their rulers. The Conservatives
acknowledged themselves beaten and
did not put up any ticket or make any
light whatever, but so selfish was the
greed of the Reformers and their
oftice-seekers that they would not even
allow the Conservatives the privilege
of voting for the Reform candidates
Is this Democracy? After thus treat
ing the Conservatives they need not
expect them to remain in the so-called
Democratic party. Tho Herald serves
notice on them now that we do not pro
pose to have anything at all to do with
them as a par ty and will not feel bound
to support any tickets that we have NO
part in nominating.
we do not care anything about Sen
ator Butler. He has not stood by his
people as we think he should have done
and we are not losing any sleep over
his prospects. but we do not and will
not feel bound to vote for John Gary
Evans and his ticket simply because
they were nominated by the conven-
tion, the delegates to which wore
elected yesterday aud choose to call
themselves the Representatives Of the
Democratic party Of South Carolina.
The remarkably light vote that was
cast at the primary election gives food
for much thought. 1t shows that the
Conservatives no longer regard them
selves as belonging to the party that
held the primary and that they are
holding themselves free from the OBJ
legations that voting in the primary
would have placed on them. it shows
also that large part of the Roformers
have become tired and disgusted of
having few bosses fix up a ticket for
them and command them to swallow
it. They refuse to have the State
ruled by q ring and they will not have
a set of rulers elected by ten or fifteen
thousand men disfranchising all the
other white voters in the State.
This feeling of dissatisfaction and
disgust in people of all kinds is rapidly
taking shape. This fraud and coercion
that has been practiced on them has
been too brazen. They will not stand
it. The Reformers are largely dis
gusted. The Alliance has been run
over by the bosses. The Conservatives
have been kicked out of the party or
ganization and are allowed no voice in
anything. Forbearance has ceased to
be a virture and these people are not
going to sit idly by and see these wrongs
perpetrated on them.
There will be an independent ticket
in the field at the November election
for State Offices and tickets for the Leg
islature will be put out in all the coun-
ties. One OF the best and purest men
In the State will stand for United
States Senator and the people in South
Carolina who love fair play will have
an opportunity to place the seal of
their condemnation on the trickery
and ringism and demagoguery of all
kinds that has been practiced on us
for four years. Real Democrats will
be the candidates and tho real Demo
Gratis can vote for them.