The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-09-13
"A Terrible BLOW. 49,.
lNDEPENDENTlsM CRUsHEn Fpo,r
WAsHINaTON. .s. t.l.

lNDEpENDENTlsM CRUSHED FRom
WASHINGTON. l
Thore is less political activity
throughout the State than wonld
De expected in view of the proba.
ply new independent movement,
- g""d many people arc fast COM
ing {" tn" conclusion that the
movement is not going to move.
IL has been slow in materio1izino
Just received Il crushing blow from
washington which may kill it
dcader than the jllustrious Hector
ihc news from Washington is
mat the National Democratic
Congressional committee will not
recognize the men claiming to be
democrats and has squaroly put
'hom down as independents.
mo News and Courier CORES
pondent at Washington has been
talking to Senator Faulkner Of
West Virginia, chairman of the
Democratic Congressional Com
mittec.
Tho following portion of the in
tcrvlcw referring of South Caroli-
ma politics will prove of interest
III Wow of rumors as to the course
Senator Butler and his friends in
tend to pursue: .
81 asked him what tho commit
tee proposed to do in the way Of
helping the South Carolina DEM
ocrats in tho ponding contest.
''llc replied that the committee
would render somc assistance in
| the First District to Colonel ELI
"tt, but in the other districts there
is n" substantial opposition to the
| Democratic nominees who were
nominated at the recent primary.
"Thc committee cannot undor-
take to Interfere with the Tillman
Democrats SO long as they control
the regular Democratic organiza-
ton and conduct their fight with
in the party lines. The subject
has received some attention from
the members OF tho committee, but
they concluded that it would bo
unwisc for them to take any part
in the iactional fight. In Colonel
: Elllott's district the Republicans
s. propose to make n strong contest,
c and it is but just that the COM
: mittcc should help him as far as
: IT lies in their powor. If similar
contests are made in the other dis
tricU the committee will also rem
} der such aid and comfort as is at
hand. The committee does not
propose to overlook any Of the dis
tricts in any of the Statos where
there Is tho slightest probability
of losing Il Democratic vote.
"Sonator Faulkner says no docs
not think it is possible that speak
or Crisp, Senator German and
Bourko Cochran aro to go into tho
South Carolina campaign in tho
intorcst of Senator Butler. Whilo
thoy may sympathisc with him
and hopo for his success, yot thoy
cannot afford, as Democrats, to
oppose in that way tho regular or
ganization."
No EXTRA SESSION.
rho publication Of a story that
Governor Tillman intonds to call
an extra session Of tho Legislature
to change tho olcction laws bo-
cause ho thinks Butlor may uso
tho unconstitutionality of those
laws in Il contest in tho Unitod
Statos Senate, is put down as twad-
do by Reform leaders. Tho best
informed Of those loadors say that
no such q thing has boon contem-
plated. Governor Tillman was alb
sont from tho city yesterday and
could not bc soon about tho story
but it is safo to predict that he will
dcnounco 1t.
PULLING THEIR LEGS.
Thcro is u rllmor to tho offoct
that tho independents aro "pulling
tho logs" Of rovonuo officials in this
State for money for campaign ex-
pcnsc. Such rumors will got afloat
but somo crodonco is attached to
thcm in Wow OF tho fact that all
tho rovcnuo officials in tho State
arc arraVod on tho si1o of Sopo+nr