The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-07-03
IRBY'S WAY.
HE COMES OUT IN A IL
RADE AGAINST THE
CONSERVATIVES.
Declares Them Independents, Re-
pubncans and Niger Afilla-
tors-Drags in the Corpora
tions to Incite BITTERNESS.

tiOnS to Inclte bitterness.
Senator Irby has given the Piedmont
Headlight the following interview on the
political situation
The mask is off aud thank God for
i. The Reformers have been wasting
time With Williams, Gonzales, Hemp
hill aud other Auti-leaders, thinking
those Conservatives were honest in their
efforts to bring about peace and unity.
Their object was to get hold of the Con.
vention 10 the interest Of corporations
by deception and reachery. Tillmau
saw this aud left them. This tore the
mask from their faces. Thereupon
;hey went to Columbia aud voluntarily
deserted the Democratic party and
resolved to organize one Of their own /;
aud Mr.. Carson. their chairman of what
was hoped defuncs organization, pro-
ceeds formally to carry out their instruc-
tions.
..This is barefaced iudependen,lsm
With all that word means. | cao't see
10 the face of this how honest. loyal
Reform Democrats can affiliate with
them. 10 fact, the action of this COM
missee releases every Reformer in the
counties where an agreement had been
made. II these agreements are carried
out aud this Independent executive com.
mistee succeeds 10 many counties as
they propose, then With the help they
expect to get on the Plea of peace AID
unity from the counties io which they
have agreed they will entirely control
the Convention. For instance. they are
going to make clear cut open fight 10
mauy counties They may pretend to
agree in Charleston. Ricbland and
other Anti counties but these agree
meuts will be repudiated on election
day as sure as the sun shines, aud Anti
Democrats will be elected.
II could name. but it would perhaps
be better not to do it at this time,
enough counties that they think they
will carry to aggregate seyensy-two
votes by the use Of the negro Then
if they can pick up nine from Edge6eld
Aiken, Marion, Lexington sod Able
vile they will have majority of the
Convention. This has been their game
all along and the corporations have
been at the bottom Of the whole busi-
ness. As long as they pretended (aod
/ know it Vas mere pretence) to stay
in the party lines couldn't attack
them. Now led by Gonzales. with
sncb.lieuteuants as Williams aud Gar
ling.on, in open battle with the organ.
lied Democracy. it is my au'y to fight
them and defeat them az such.
eff our people divide With them they
can make up their misds for these poll
.,cal beuefciaries to vote with the To-
dependent aud negro as soon as the
Convention is organized They can't
be trusted. Office aud control of the
State is what they want. aud oothing
else will ever satisfy them. They
wan. control of the Convention to undo
and destroy everything that has been
done since 1890. aud disfranchise
enough poor, ilEiterate Democrats to
olive the rich man coptrol of South Car
oIioa for all time to come.
This is plain talk. but | mean every
word I say. The very idea Of the poor
men of Laurens voting for some peace
crying Independent to keep hin froG
desertiug his people. who will 60 to
Columbia aud join in with other IDds-
pendent Democrats to take away their
political rights forever and place them
npon az equality with the bigger. Our
people are not fools. aud they will
prove this when the proper times comes.
We are for the principles Il they can
bea. us we will yield. If we beat
them somebody else will have to yield.
Il is no use 20 disguise it any longer,
the issue is simply: The organized
democrats and the white mao vs.. lnde-
neDden,ism aud the niger. We are
ready for the Sight, and l have 20 fears
Of the results.
Senator. from what you say, the
democrats viii assume Chat Jou think
tho Gonzales crowd have deserted the
Democratic party {!
..Tha, is just what | mean, If you
will read this address, which vas e7l-
ssn,)v written by Editor Williams, you
viI, see that they have deliberately sur
Ill nia;ms To Democrats. Il