Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-31
Butler Explains Himself as to the
 Primaries.
PULLMAN TO BE THE SENATOR,
According to the Face of the Returns, and He Says
 It's True.

ATLANTA, Aug. 90.-A special from Co., lumbla, s. C., to the Journal says: The returns from the primaries throughout the state indicate that not over 50 per cent of the democratic vote was cast.
 In most of the counties the antiTillman- ties made no effort to carry the election.
 In Charleston, Beaufort, Sumler and Richland the conservatives made clean sweep. In Greenville, Mccullough and Mckinney, conservatives, will have the run over against two Tillmanites. In Chesterfield conservatives senator has been elected. h Georgetown the ticket has been divided. In New berry the con- seryatiges lost. The conservatives only had out tickets in Charleston, Richland, Sumter, Georgetown, Beaufort, Newberry and Greenville.
 In Chesterfield Butler reformer ran. In all the other counties the conservative leg ielators were withdrawn, and if any fight is to be made it will be at the general eiec- tion.
 General Butler's attitude is given in a public statement, in which he says:
 ftOf course l could not submit my candi- dacy to primary manipulated as this was, so I withdrew my announcement or It, made to the executive committee, In order that I might be free to take advantage of emergencies which might arise in the future. Just what that may be l am not prepared to express an opinion, but that something must be done to relieve the democratic party of the false position into which those in charge of the present party machinery are driving 1t must be apparent to everybody.
 elf an earnest, determified protest is not made in some form, the democrats of South Carolina will find themselves committed to third partyism and hopeless division In their ranks. The democratic masses of the state are as true to democratic principles as ever, but under the leadership of seif1sh and unprincipled demagogues and riugs- ters they are being drawn away from the true faith, and we shall be bound hand and foot if no steps are taken to avert It.
 In an interview given the Journal corre- spondent, Governor Tillman gives ms views on the race. He says:
 ''The democratic primaries, which came off Tuesday, show what has been known all along, that am the choice of large majority of our people. The full returns are not in, but indications point to my having at least 130 out of the 160 votes in the general assembly.'
 AS to the reported appeal to the general election he said:
 s'It is the drowning man catching at straws. General Butler canvassed the state and these meetings called by the state dem- ocratic committee, thus recognizing the present organization of the party as in every respect regular. He canoot, with any show of decency, cry ring and or ganize holt with the view of forming coalition with the republicans. It is un- derstood that he has unlimited money, but have no fear that he can marshal any considerable number of our people to join him in such venture.
 "'The democratic party in South Carolina is we'll organized, and the minority, which has fought me, has little love for him, as has been abundantly shown during the campaign just closed.
 "There will be no Alabama business in South Carolina in November, and if live, and my health is pretty good at present, feel sure that I will be the next United States senator from this state.
 AS to the light vote, he said
 ''It was because there was no opposition to the reform candidates except in four or five counties. In a good many counties the conservatives stayed away from the polls entirely. That does not mean, how. ever, that they intend to follow Butler in the appeal to the negro. Our people sui. fered too much from negro domination during the reconstruction era to now aid a defeated candidate in bringing back the horrors which would unayoidably follow his being brought 6a hack in our carried and the men l represent stand for white supremacy and Anglo Saxon civilization. It is not likely to go down in defeat, but if it should prefer rec maining private citizen to obtaining even the presidency by the appeal to the ne- gro.''
 limo fight is made at the general election the Tillman strength in the general assem- ply will be about 130 to 30. The returns indicate that Ex-Congressman William Elliott has the nomination for congress from the First district.