The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-01-19

carly in January, "a great many had
is about il. Few outside the charmed
then knew that the political pot
the ranks Of the Reform PARTY was
over, aud that there was fight
MU& tho ranks of the here ofore sold pha-
lauxcs of Reform, imminent. But such was
the case. 1t has been brewing for a long
time, aud now there is n crisis.
There are to be two factions in the Reform
party in the coming campaign. That fac, is
now no longer denied by he leaders of the
more powerful faction. The indications are
that Senator lrby, the present Safe chair
man, will lead the faction which represents
the minority, and he wi have but Ii tie TO
do with the resi- manipulation of the coming
campaign rs far as the Reform element is
concerned. lie and several followers some
months ago cut loose a'mo>t entirely from
The main wing Of the Reformers and they
are Likely to fail hy the waysi lie, fighting as
they fall.
Congressman Shell, it is positively an
nounced, was approached while in the city
IT few days ago by the leaders Of the liancc
or farming element of the Reform PARTY,
and he has consented to be at The heal of
the committee that vii; manage the cam
pagn for this faction e Tbs frTpGE fn ps
sta'e.
The Cotton Plant, which is the oficisl
organ Of the Alliance farming element Of the
Reform party, will support The latter faction.
In this weeks issue of that paper it will
pub ish the following doutle-lcsded editorial,
under The caption. "a March Convention,
which is equivalent to n call for such
convention
"Wiih the very beginning cf this year we
are confronted with the fact Tho. :his ;s n
campaign year aud that We are soon 10 meet
our opponents in n battle for the pcoplc's
rights and the development If our State in
business prosperity and the happiness Of its
Citizens. Such being the case We ut once
realize the great importance If Mt once get
Ting eur forces trgrihcr mud coming to an
agreement on the policy to be pursued so
that there can he no misunderstanding, and
the success of our caus, assured.
"Thc politicians must be made 10 take u
back seat and let the people themselves set
the pace. To do that The people should meet
in their neighborho III clubs and send dele
gates TO I SAM anu uunIna.c a candid,,e for
GovernuT to represent our lcople on thai
platform. Lieutenant Governor should
also tc tut up, but the remainder Of the
State officers can be nominated ny the dele
gates to The Sericn!tcr convention.
The State convention for this purpose
should he held not later than the month of
March--bcfOrc the farmers get tuo tusy in
their crops TO attend To il, and lcforc bad
"'"v,.. :: :. ..v,wccn the friends of the aspi-
rants for the GovcrnorShip o. the Reform
side.
'Thc Al in &C cannot take part i'll artisan
politics, and therefore has only the tight to
point out tho necessity OF calling the people
together aud leaving il TO some one else TO do
the work. We believe that The last pref
dent aud executive committee of the Far
mcrs Association Of this Stntc are the proper
ones tn issue such call and We are conf
dent that the people would respond promI tly
aud unanimously 10 n call issued by them.
This is n movement Of the people to reform
2d improve our government, and not n
Iovcmcnt to place auy mau or set of men in
62s l4AcslI- We must keep on the high
ground Of pure patriotism, and seCN-01t -rhc
men for service who will be the most capa-
BILE Of carrying out our wishes. Measures
and not men must be made prominent.
alt will be noticed that we DO not
agree with some points in The resolutions
passed on last Friday by our Laurcns breth-
rem and published elsewhere N this ISSUE
but after mature consideration we feel satis-
fed that our position is the correct one. We
hope that our readers will use our columns
in n discussion of the matter, and in that
way reach the most satisfactory conclusion
We have briefly outlined our views, with
reasons therefor, and we shall use our bcs I
endcavor to maintain the rights and privlc-
ges Of our people and promote harmony III
the work.
THE ALLIANCES FART.
Ii will lie noticed that the Alliance is tn lie
kept in the bickgroun as far rs being Il
political machine is concerned, but n greet
deal OF god solid wo;k has hc"n done hy
= the leaders among the AIlanCrmen all over
the State, anu they will be aS II unit againsi
the opposing fiction.
~ THOSE LAURENS RESOLUTIONS
day representative Of The Site
te long talk with one or two Of the
III the Alliance sdc. They say that
s Of the other silc W II be Irby
|e Wilson, Larry CAN'T and John
|ans They seem to think that a COM
Was formct nearly yea ago by Irty
TO lowers TO run things 10 suit them
yes and make n sla'c Of he ntlices for ii q
canning term, which would lc presented TO
the voters and would be swallowed by them
They say that the effort 10 crush out every
leading Tiliman mantle attacks upon Tin.
dai, McLnurn and othc:S-was the III Get
result Of the combination engineered by lrhy.
They consider Irby dead ms far as State roll
tics are concerned. In regard 4 those
Alliance resolutions aioutCd in L0urcus Il
few days ago, one of these men yesterday
said that they were gotten up under lrby
influence, and represented mob dy's views
but his own. lie was good manipulltpr
and got the County Aiiiancc TO ad"It them.
He did not think that IN Their Aliaugc in the
oufd HHrvc--rtree-ss'- 49,
TILLMNN HANDS OFF
/'rbc leaders saw thnt inosmIch IA this will