The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-09-12
HIS OWN CANDIDATE.
DIR. Sampson I'ope Announces Ellis Candida
cy once More.
atlanta Constitution.

atlanta Constitution.
COLUMBIA, S. c., September l.-Dr.
Sampson Pope has again entered the gu
bernatorial list and will give John Gary
Evans hot contest for the governorship
when the ballots fall in November.
"Truc Democracy and anti-dispensary"
are on tho banner that he hoisted here to-
day.
Dr. Pore has issued an address to the
Democratic voters of the State, in which
he says:
II understand that one of the ring said
to gentleman few days ago, speaking
of me: 'IIe shall never hold office again
Chagrined at my exposure of ring meth
DDS now oracticed, and at my checkmat-
ing him by refusing to 60 into his trap at
the first and second primary. he thus
vents his spleen.
"I believe that the Offices belong to
the people and not to any individual or
set of individuals. shall, therefore, be
a candidate for governor at the general
election. The last killing at Blackville
has convinced me that we can never have
peace in this State 80 long as the dlspen-
sary law is upon the statute books. -.
.tI shall, therefore, run as an anti-dls-
pensary candidate, and in favor Of true
Democracy.
"Let the people decide at this election
whether or not few men shall dictate
who shall be passed in the interest OF
peace and harmony and good govern
ment. :.
"At this election ballot can be cast di-
rectly for the man of the peoples choice.
Let the people rise up as one man ana see
to il that there be fair count
It will be remembered that DR.. Pope
canvassed the State as reform candidate
for Governor, but refused to submit his
claims to a Reform Convention, and later
withdrew his pledge to stand in the re-
cent Democratic primary, alleging that
the methods used were not Democratic.
The doctor was an original Reformer. so
much 80 that the ''old ring crowd" as
they were called, used to speak of him as
''three for quarter statesman" For
years he was 1illman's Lieutenant, ana
it is even said that Senator 1rby thought
so much of him as to try to make him
stay with him in Washington. Or. rope
believes that he has now, after an lntl-
mate political afiliation for several years,
"found out" these men, and has come to
the conclusion that South Carolina is
dominated by a worse ring than she ever
had.
"What brings you out, doctor?" the
Constitutions correspondent asked him
to-day. -,
"I have been bedeviled and worried" !"
said he, euntil I determined to SEQ If the
people were not sick and tired of this
bossism by the ring. Isolemnly warned
Tillman in the canvass not to reopen the
dispensaries, telling him that bloodshed
would follow. I am sorry to say that my
prediction has come true. cannot be-
iieve that there is any patriotism in any
such enforcement Of the laws"
"Who is your running mate In this
racer" re-,
"I have none yet" was the reply. 81
have nobody to help me but the people.
T am nv own candidate. do not know
about the balance If the ticket. Ifanyhody
wants to come out and run with me, let
him come. The ballot for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor is placed in box
separate from the boxes for the other ofh-
ces."
When asked if he would make any
speeches in the various Counties, Or.
Pope said that this would be compalgn
of work. He is confident that he will
carry his own County and believes that
he will carry the State.
The doctor did not vote in the recent
primary.
ssWell, the cry of stop thief has gone
out by the ring on that subject, and yet
the newspapers say that Governor TIL
man had three-hours' chat with Muir
ray, the negro congressman. This looks
to me as if they had gone over to the ne
HDo you believe that Evans has ma
jority Of the white vote ?"
"No. In the last primary $4,000 votes
were cast, according to the newspaper es-
Inmates, though I do not admit their cor
rectness except for the sake Of argument.
Fifteen thousand Of them did not vote for
Governor, and q large number OF those
who did, did so because there was no
other candidate, and do not feel bound
thereby. This would leave 4S, 900 as vot-
ing for Evans, and as there were $4,000
votes at the primary in 1892 you will see,
by adding the $4,000 above set forth to
those not voting, that majority of the
white voters are against Evans. To this
number add at least 10000 who did not
vote in 1892, and who have come of age
since, and you will see that the negro
vote is not necessary to carry the elec-
tion.
/. 'sI suspect deal with Murray, but he
cannot deliver the goods, as the negroes
refused to vote in 1890. I have some in
formation on the latter point which am
not at liberty to give, but which may be
given later on. Murray moved from
Sumter to Charleston, you know, soon
after the passage of the redistricting bill,
thus putting himself in the new district" !"