The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-07-05

u&ly WY uo .ulQ not WflCo tHoo ioo
:. tor to The Register or somo other
- Reform paper.
"Because," answered Evans,
"The Register was not thon with
us. We had to buy it OUT
= DR.. Sampson Pope spoke second
. He said he had voted to mako n
new county =. Of Florence. Tho
+ speaker said that, tho old rogime
}; had been turned out because of its
multitudinous rings. All he ask
ed was that tho people smash evory
ring which showed it's head in the
Reform cause. He bad asked thom
to bo independent and not to be
bossed. DR.. Pope defended tho |
Dispensary and said that it was
the bost law ovor passed. If tho
lawis finally declared to be uncon-
stitutional no was in favor Of high
liconco.
DR.. Pope said that dangers are
|threatening the Reform cause.
An intervening primary was order
cd by tho reform Executive Com
mttee, to take place before the
general primary. 1t looked, how
over, like there would be no fair
moss in that intervening primary
and he asked the people to join him
in asking the Reform Executive
Committee to call off that prima-
ry and let all the candidates run
in the general primary. In the up
country, Dr.. Pope declared, clubs
have been organized in the inter-
est Of certain. candidates. These
clubs had endorsed Tillman for
the senate and had tackled John
. Gary Evans on Tillman's coat tails
= rs o. candidate for Governor. This
' was not fair and honest. Candi-
:. dates are being voted for long be.
fore the election.
DR.: Pope talked on financial is.
,, suos. He ;saia the Alliance sub.
treasury plan. if enacted into law
j., would bring some relief. The
y, stringoncy at present is due to laws
. which allow tho contraction ol
- expansion Of currency at tho vii
OF Wall street. Tho pationa
banking system is ono Of tho mean
SV ost OF these laws and should be re
o. pealcd. Tho alliance, Dir. Pop,
o. said, is tho great educator of this
a. country. Tho speech was one O
lo hard facts, straight and simple.
"a Secretary OF State linda
as spoke "thirdly," as preacher:
IT, some times say. The farmers
o1 MI" Tindal said, had no idea O,
VI lnJurlng the interests Of business
'n men Or of anybody when the,
il organized for their mutual pro
u" lection and benefit years ago
n' The farmers do not now want tc
''e cripple any of thcindustries and
~ trades, but simply desire to pro
'so tcct themselves. Mr.. Tinda]
~ said the Southern boys should
oo be brought up on an equality
IL with the boys of the North. In
u, other words, there should be
- more artists and moro mcchan.
81 les. 10 bring this about Clemson
., College has been established and
~ the farmer boys are being given
10 opportunities they never had
~ before. Thoy should he encour-
aged to accept those opportuni-
l. ties. 81;
r. Mr., Tindal made a peace and
10 unity talk, saying there was no
10 reason why bitterness should
~ longer continue.
10 "l do not want to nterrunt
50 you,' said an old man, "but
'o didn't Hampton and Butler saw
~ we were not Democrats?"
ID "But we are Democrats" an
~ Swered Mr.. Tindal.
~ "4es, we are" said the old
- man, "and confound them, T
10 fought under both of them "
u. (Applause)
40 Mr.. Tindal ably defended the
III Reform administration and
pointed out all it has done, re-
y citing the Coosaw and railroad
y tights and many other victories
's which have been won.
" Mr.. Tindal said that a good