The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25

Great Success--He .WiIIe Stand by
4 His Pledges I'm the Gilman. Barn
i well Conference.
Governor Evans was interviewed on
his returnfrom Memphis, and he gave
his impressions as follows:
THE convention at Memphis was
one OF the largest ever held Ia the
South and most enthusiastic. 1t was
not composed of miiionaires nor poll
ticians, but OF men whose faces showed
| that they earned their bread by the
| sweat of their brows. The enthusiasm
with which the speeches were receiv-
ed, and especially that of Senator Till
man, showed that the people of the
| West and South are bound to come
| together. Their interests are identi-
cal and they now realize the utter
| hopelessness of obtaining any relief
from Congress, SO long as it is con-
trolled by the East and the money
power. Populists. Republicans and
Democrats all joined in perfect har-
mony in the demands so forcibly put
in the resolutions adopted by the con-
vention."
How viii! they come together?"
This Is matter of mere detail.
They are already together, but in my
opiEion the Democratic party will de-.
clare for the free and unlimited coin
an overwhelming majority, and the
Northern and Eastern Democrats are
as sure to secede and bolt the con-
ventiOn as ii 1T were already done.
The Populists in my opinion ought not
to make any nomination for President,
and the silver Republicans will sup
port the Democratic nominee. These
Republicans are like our people in
South Carolina Prepared to go any
l.,
that oppress our farmers. They are
obliged to come to us for the reason
that the Republican party will not de-
clare for free silver and they know it,"
What about the reversal OF Judge
Golf s decree ?"
WELL [ received the ncws immc-
diately upon my arrival at the hotel
in Memphis through telegrams.
have never seen four faces of wornout
travellers, who had had nothing to eat
or drink fer twelve hours, brighten up,
as did those of the four delegates from
South Carolina upon reading the news. |
1t was very gratifying of course TO
know that tho State had triumpned,
and | congratulate tho people of South |
COrOlina, and our friends OF the nation. |
on this victory for States rights and |
guarantee of white supremacy in the |
South. [ was congratulated oy every |
prominent member of the convention,
among them Republicans. The poe
pie OF the Southwest seem to take as
lively an interest in this fight for prin-
ciple us our own people in South Caro-
lima.
" AS to the result there need be no
fear of an appeal to the negro. The
RefOrmers have majority sufficient
to overcome the Conservatives and
negroes combined should the issue
como TO this, but as | have always
maintained, no considerable following
whether Conservative or Reformer
could ever be led in this direction"
II desire to correct the false state
ments and Misrepresentation con-
tanned in an editorial in the News
and Courier Of to-day, which has been
called to my attention. While many
of the Conservatives were in sympa-
thy with the State administration in
its efforts to reverse this decision, yet
the jubilant tone and threats to use
the negro and their advice to stay out
of the Democratic primary. by most
of the Conservative press of the State
and the interviews of their leaders,
leaves no doubt of the fact that the
whole scheme originated in their
ranks. Had it not been so, the insti-
gators of it would never have been
tolerated in South Carolina. As to
the management OF the case too much
credit cannot be given to the States
Attorney General and his assistants;
while the aid of the Conservative
lawyers was appreciated the success
ul termination honestly belongs to
the Attorney General.
Governor, what attitude will you
assume now as to the composition Of
the convention ?"
SIN this hour of triumph / would
not have you think that [ have re-
ceded or intend to recede from any
thing have said or done heretofore
looking to Il harmonious settlement of
our differences and securing for the
State II Constitution based on the
principles of our conference. The
Democratic party is the only arbiter
and any action from any source to
forestall the nominees of tho people
would be presumptious and result in