The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-08-09

them in person or with testimony, lind
the charges alleged are groundess ant
the committee fully exonerates Man
ager Duncan Of said charges.
w. N. Elder, Chairman.
Now, bear In mind that the above
report was made without summonina
us before the State Alliance, or hearing
our charges or giving us m opportuni.
ty to produce our witnesses. How
then does this committee know that
our "charges are grOundless ?" and In
pub'ishtDgs their proceedings, why did
they omit to also give to the public the
perfectly fair proposition handed the
convention by Dr.. M. o. Rowland2 1t
simply shows to the world that these
men had organized themselves into a
"h1teWashi"g committee, and trampled
every principle Of justice and fairness
under foot. We asked for an Oppor-
tunity to present our cb argos and our
witnesses, and this was denied to us.
ANA not only this, but thai report Is
signed by"W. N. Elder" the same man
who had already made report exoner-
ating Manager Duncan, and upon
which the whitewash was so tIanspar-
ent that even its beneficiary refused to
use 1t. Now, for Mr.. Elder to have
made any other report, or have accept
ed our proposition, would be acknow-
| NeS'h'h' Itih1 ndtl llOL ulSCHaTRSl
his duty In tho first instance, when his
committee pretended to examine into
three years business of the State Ex-
change. and Yindicate It's management,
In about ono hOurs' time. The men
who made that first "vlndicati0n," and
which Manager Duncan was ashamed
TO use, have now gone TO work and du.
plicated their job. And then, In order
TO add insult to.the injury that they
nave done brother member, they pub.
lish toilhe world the libel that "having
rallied TO got Mr.. Gantt before them in
person" when they well know that we
were never summoned to the State AL.
llanc", and when this self samo COM
mlttco was In session in Columbia that
we asked them to postpone matters for
| two days 40 that our business would
premtt us to appear before them.
But our enemies did not stop here
bnt In their desire to crush us, have
gone to work and attacked our loyalty
TO our 0rder-and an order, too, for
which we have spent our time and our
means striving to foster and build up
! llere Is their report, in which our OK
pulsion Is recommended:
"The committee to whom was re
ferred the resolutions to investigat,
\ the conduct Of II. l.. CAN'T, editor O.
l tho Piedmont Headlight, and mem.
I Der of the Farmers Alliance, would re
1 spectfully submit:
y THAT aa such editor he has persis
u tently used the columns of his paper II
y preferring promiscuOus charges agains
brother member, ID. Il. Duncan, tn
. State Exchange agent. instead Of pro
+ ! ceedlnR according to the provisions 6
- i, expressed by the constitution, Sectio
70 4, article Is.
THAT In thus using the columns {
: his paper he not only violates the spir
: and letter Of Alliance la ", and brlnf
,, dlscredlt upon the order, but forfeit
khe condition upon which editors ar
, eugl6le to membership under section
article 10.
"ln view of the above violation @
!, the constitution, we recommend tina
, . he be expelled from the order.
"Slgned: w. O. Tatum, j. Il. Blake
> Jr, j. ID. Montgomery j. g. Elliott, j
, l.. Smith"
Now we appeal to the just, rationa
and falr.minded Alliancemen through
that q brother member has been wrong
fully and shamefully treated.
/, But we don't intend that this matte
shall end here. We shall appeal to tn
president OF our county Alliance t,
appoint fair and impartial committe
VINO Will give us hearing, and befor
whom we can make our charges ant
bring our witnesses. AS an Alliance
man IN good standing, we have righ
TO demand this act of justice and pro
lection and we know that the sub
lodges In Spartanburg county will al
unite in asking that this be done. Thi
thing Of condemning man unheard i
a parody on justice, a shame upon an,
convention that countenances such
and we 90 not propose to quietly sub
NIT to 1t. When this county commit
tee reports the people will know al
the facts, for we have ready reliable
witnesses by whom we can establish
every charge that we have mad,
against Manager Duncan. If the Head
light has misrepresented Mr.. Duncan
let censure he put upon us; but W.
have not miSrepresented him, and ar,
ready and axniOus to prove every state
me3L made.
before his subAlliance, and this w
are ready for. The Headlight Is not al
=. Alliance organ, while supports ant
dorses the principles. We publish
political newspaper, and intend to keeI
y our readers posted as to all public mat
enterSlthat tranSplres. If we must haY
a gag put upon us, and are forbidden tt
lay any information before our readers
, except such 80 tho State Alliance judi
/ ciary cOmmttee sees fit and proper to
have published, then we shall at ono
resign our membership In the organiza
tion, for our selfrespect, our manhood
, and our duty to our people forbid us tt
accept such servitude. That day ha
passed, never to return, when informa
, tion must be kept from the people ant
only given to q chosen few. Our far
a mers are now educated, and they ar,
the jury to which we shall always ap
, poal, and whatever we learn they shal
, know also, If 1t affects their interest o
welfare
But whiio that committee we're pass
lrg their vote of censure against tn
Headlight editor, and demanding Oul
expulsion because we "preferred con
gpicnons charges against brother ID. L
Duncan" why did they not also deman
the expulsion OF brother j. w. Bowden
editor OF their own organ, Tor EringlD,
"'conspicnons charges" against brothe
d. IL. Nj. lrhy, the man who organiae
oVery sub. b.Alliance In I.aurens count,
and who is as true to our cause as tn