The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-03-14
THE coLLEroS IDEA GROWS.
Meetings Ordered In Several Additional
Counties.


Meetings Ordered In several Additional
Counties.
COLUMBIA, March 7.-When the state
ment as.made in this correspondence
yesterday to the effect that the State cam
paign, 80 far as the Reform candidates
are concerned, would begin forthwith
and that the candidates would have to do
all their work prior to April 4, it was not
known that things had gone quite so far
as they have. Such is indeed going to be
the case. All the candidates realize it
now. They know full we'll that the
Alliance Reformers, frrm present indi-
cations, are going to- 1.-The Colleton
idea committee anG .naL ,e demands OF
this faction are for an e-.4ly nominating
convention. They realize that each and
every one of them will have to work be-
tween this time and the meeting Of this
committee and work hard. It Is to be
the only chance any of them will have to
appear before the people, and the inter-
esting spectacle win be presented In the
next three weeks of preliminary fac
tional State campaign, with regular cam
paign meetings In progress on every side.
This has never been done before in this
State, so far as Pm aware. Then when
the preliminary skirmish is over and one
-of the numerous candidates has been
nominated 1t may be expected that some
sof those who were defeated, In what they
will call a snap judgment convention,
will forthwith proceed to go on In the
regular State campaign meetings Of the
Democratic party and make race In the
primary against the nominee OF the con-
,ventlon. In word, things will be very
jnHooI FThoro- Ia mn fIrno tn
be lost by any OF the candidates, and they
will be mp and doing from this week on.
Z talked to q prominent leader along
this line to-day and he said that the pre-
:liminary Colleton idea meetings meant
nothing more or less than just such
campaign. He told me, too, some things
that indicate that at least two or three Of
the candidates now In the race will not
abide by the decision Of the convention,
but will cut loose and 90 into the primary
against the convention nominee. un-
iderstand that Evans's friends do not
regard such aconvention as binding upon
their favorite. In fact his home paper
has stated so much openly. This would
Indicate that Mr.. Evans would at least
oppose the convention nominee unless
he worked some compromise to take
another place on the ticket. This Is all,
of course, contingent upon the fact that
Mr.. Evans does not manage to get the
nomination himself.
What is said above is not based upon
idle rumor or simple surmise. The facts
show that such q campaign as that out
81 great many of the Colleten idea meet
Iines have besn mentioned in this corres-
.pondence, and the events that transpired
at the few already held are well known
Ito the: public. Now the ether counties,
seeing the necessity for such q prelimi-
nary campaign, are incorporating In all
their calls for the Collaton idea meetings
an Invitation to the candidates for Cover
nor and State Offices to attend the meet
.inRs and appear before the people. Barn.
wells meeting wes called to-day. II will
he held on the first Monday in April.
twill instruct its delegate In the matter
of q nominating convention, and require
him to act as ohairman OF the Reform
party Of that county. The Chester meet
Ing has been called for the same day.
3Orangeburg's call has also just been
issued for the general purpose OF tho
others: IT is TO be held on Saturday, the
81st inst provides for the meeting Of the
State committee on April 4, Just as all
the other calls; provides for call for q
nominating convention If the State COM
smittee deems 1t advisable and closes
with an earnest Invitation TO all the cam
Edidates for Governor and other State
offices TO be present and address the peo-
Eple. 5s3 s.
s6ay and there will be q big campaign
meeting at that point. The call for the
lNewberry meeting, which is to be held
On Friday, is signed by ]. "a. Sigh. It
doesnot provide for campaign meeting.
This meeting will be held ut Prosperity
.on Friday. The GreeLyille meeting,
which will likewise no. be q campaign
will be held on Saturday. An-
Sderson has been called to meet on sales
.day in April, and this VII just as at
lSpartanburg, be- one Of the sreliminary
campaign meeti ings. There Is 81 doubt
that most OF the other count as will
amend their calls SO as toprs vide for
these preliminary campaign meetings.
There seems to be q mutual agreement
among this Retormers Of every county
heard from SO far that the meeting Of the
State Colieton idea committee shall be
held III Columbia on April 4 next. The
leaders here say that this is the date all
have agreed on: The convention will be
called to fellow this meeting almost Inn
med:Steiy. j..
81 asked Comptroller General Ellerbe
to-day whether he would attend these
meetings or not, and If so how
many? He replied that he could not yet
tell exactly what he would do he had
not yet made mp his mind. He will
doubtless be present, however, at as many
as possible. 90.
Another feature OF the campaign bohbed
al fN- -Aox Y>
spected, but it shows that the ball is open;
that from all sides the fight Is on; that
nobody Is wasting time and the fun had
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