The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-03-07

amounting to call over his own sigma
ture, it ia deem sd of sufficient importance
TO the readers Of the State to quote the
principal portions of it. The Governor
has couched what lie had to say in very
carefully. chosen language. In giving
his ideas Of the call issued by the Colleton
people, the Governor says:
ST feel som0 reluctance In obtruding
nv views op the public on matter
which fully discussed in an interview
shortly after my return from Washing
ton. Thereis evidently among the people
feeling of restlessness and an uncer-
.tainty arising from all this talk and adyo-
3cacy of an early convention. II the
santis' were making any active moves. !
could understand 1t, and see how IL
would be desirable or necessary to COLI
centrate the Reform vote In support oi
one leader, but the advocates Of conyeIl-
-ti0n to nominate Reform candidate for
Governor appear to forget that such a
nomination, without previous discussion
to allow che people to judge of the fitness
OF the various aspirants, Is totally incon-
sistent with all our previous professions
and practices, snd must necessarily breed
heart. .burnings among the candidates
who NAV. be cut out and cause disgust
among their friends. The dangers which
some men profess to see, If there Is q
.free-for-all race in the primary, do not
appear to me as great as, those which will
confront us should,the man VINO may got
such nomination not meet the expects
tionsof ths people when he begins to
canvass.
The Governor stated that the candidate
for Governor will make canvass Of the
Ckoko opd rnnfinroas
ssWhy, OF corrse. The constitution OF
the Dem ocratic party in this State re-
quires candidates for State offices to make 9
a canvass, and should q convention put
forward q man who did not give satisfac-
ton on the stump. some other Reformer,
or unobjectiona5le anti would inevitably
be brought out and might beat the cor
.yention nominee. We had better be
consistent in our practices and adhere to
our principles and run the one danger
rather than stultify ourselves and ut the
same time run the other risk"
In regard to the course to be pursued
by the RefOrmers, he says:
HThe Colleton people have hit on a
scheme to allay the unrest, which Is, per-
haps, as good as any, with two additions
or changes. They were in too big a
hurry, and instead of calling convention
of one from each county, the mass meet
.ings of Reformers In the different coun-
ties should simply meet and elect one OF
their best men, with no axe to grind, to
form State campaign committee. 1t
takes at least three weeks for any move
.ment among the people to get under way,
so as to. carry the whole mass. One half
the Reformers in Colleton do not yet
know that mass meeting is called for
that county next Monday, and, not
knowing It, they would resent any radi-
cal action such as instructing their dele
gate Of one to the State convention to call
Q nominating convention later. Ii 1t is
the desire Of the masses of the RefOrnlers
to move in this matter the process Is easy
and simple, but It must not be too hur-
ried. There is no need of hurry, any-
way. and any movement which does not
come from the people themselves will
create great dissatisfaction and must meet
defeat.
sThe only way in which 1t can be
brought about is for fifteen or twenty
leading men in each county to unite in O
call similar to that of the Colleton leaders
for a mass meeting of Reformers at their
respective court houses, salesday In
April, to elect member OF State Re-
form campaign committee. This can be
done next Monday in every county, and
I hope it will be done. There are nanv
reasons why we should have such COM
mittee, of which will tell you directly.
a month being given during which the
people can discuss the question of con.
Yention or no convention, the mass meet
ings in April, when they elect their rep
resentatives on the State campaign COM
mittee, can at the same time decide for or
against convention and instruct as to
their wishes. II any shorter time is
given the committee would not represent
truly the wishes of the people.
Talking about the work Of this COM
,nittee, Governor Tillman proceeds 10
say, .,,, = >, -. - voc.
this question OK Reform nominating
convention, and until that Is done the
chickering's and jealousies and ambitions
of the aspiranfs for the various Offices
will keep the Reform camp in constant
state of turmoil. Ifit Is decided by this
committee to call convention looming,
as it will, from the people. after fair and
full notice. no fair-minded, loyal Refor-
mer can object. and we will have gained
that unity and harmony which do not
now exist. If, on the other hand the
question of nomination be left to be set
tied at the August primary, as hope it
will be, this committee will have charge
of the Reform campaign, and will look
after the interests Of the Reform faction"
The Governor thinks that Democrats
have perfect right to fight each other
this way inside the party ranks. In
speaking of the probabilities Of the Ants
putting out ticket, be says:
eff there is unity and harmony and
fair play among the Reformers, no, not
for Governor or State officers, but they
are going to make desperate effort to
control the Legislature: and the whiskey
ring and railroads will furnish large
fund.-"
He thinks that national issues will play
a prominent part in tho campaign, and
saws the Cleveland gold bugs will assist
The railroads and whiskey people to raise
a big campaign fund. He says the Re-
form party is stronger than It has ever
been, and If his advice is followed no one
can buy "our people"
In case the campaign committee is
''advised" by the people to call a conyen-
tiou, he says, he would give this advice:
'sI.et tie Refcrmers in each township
meet and elect delegates to county con-
yention just the same as to Democratic
county convention. The balance Of the
could conform in every res
beet to the system adopted by the Demo-
cratic party as whole"
Thus has the Governor, the erstwhile
power in the land, spoken. Now let the
game proceed.
The Abbeville meeting is the next
thing of interest on the programme. It
comes off on Monday. The Alliance
faction are perfectly we'll satisfied with
what the Governor has done, and they
don't propose to worry with this meet.
ing. It was stated yesterday by one of
the leaders that Comptroller Ellerbe, the
strongest candidate Of this faction, will
positively not attend the meeting, but
will steer clear of all pitfalls. He will
not return here from the low country till
Tuesday next. None of the othor con-
candidates of this faction will
attend. The opponents of the Irby-
Evans faction say that Evans and Pope