The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-08-14

tue C0DStltGlOQai OOuVeDtiOu, IL iS uon
plainly seen. cannot be accomplished
without work, and active work at that,
by those who support it There is 90
doubt about The joint ticket being the
choice of large majority OF the white
voters of the county, and from
this condition the greatest dan
ger Of defeat is to be appre-
hended. When there is SO great a
prepouderance Of public sentiment in
favor of candidate or Get of candi-
dates, confidence aud spathy TOO
often follow, and these lead Inevitably
to defeat. In this campaign there Is
too much at stake for the idea of defeat
to be tolerable, aud with the ticket that
has been placed in the field, so satisfac-
tory to majority Of the Democrats,
there is no excuse for defeat. if the peo-
pie will but take tie proper interest on
election day and vote. We must poll
tbs full strength for the joint ticket,
and the true democrats Of the county
should work every day between nov
and election day to make this possible.
The address TO the Ssraightout Demo
Gratis signed by Col. J. D Blanding
aud others should be carefully read and
even more carefully considered by those
who now do not intend voting the joint
ticket for the Constitutional Conven-
tion. The situation is clearly stated
without exageratioo. and the result of a
general refusal of the Straightouts. Who
we're opposed to the division. to vote the
full joint ticket is not stated at all too
strongly.
The prospects at present for the prize
fight between Corbett aud Fitzsimmons
at Dallas. Texas. are very good. There
has been more or less talk Of prevent
ing the fight by legal Interference. but
no definite action has been taken The
men who are managing the fight are con.
6dent that they will not be interfered
with, and are paying very little attsn-
ton to the talk of the Texas officials.
They obtained the best legal advice be-
fore selecting Texas as the battle
ground, and now think they have the
law 90 their side
Honest elections and the maintenance
Of the public schools. will have able
champions and hard fighters in the
Conventiop.
The Mississippi plan for limiting the
suffrage will not be acceptable to a ma
iority of South Caroiinians 1t is not
democratic. and will give the poll
,ica| party in power the means of per-
oetuatipg it's tenure indefinitely by
means of fraud.
Ii George Tillman owes his uomiua-
tion as delegate to the Constitutional
Convention to his relationship to B. R.
Tillman, to whom is John G. Sheppard
indebted for his nomiustion :?
Col. Mike Brown, of BarpwelI has
gone to work 10 a practical way tc in.
duce immigrants of the best class to
settle 10 this State. The first party
from Chicago have arrived aud others
will follow before fall. The first colony
will consist Of one hundred persons.
and they are expected to settle 10 Barn
we'll County, along the liue of the Care
lioa Midland Railroad Some Of the
colopists are mechanics from Pullman,
aud are very desirable citizens.
If the caucus rule does not prevail!
in the Constitutional Convention, the
ring Reformers will not be able to force
the adoption of all the schemes they
may purpose Incorporating in the new
Constitution. Without an iron clad
caucus rule the ring leaders will be
powerless to couuterac: the influence of
the able men who 60 to the Convention
pledged to use their best efforts to frame
constitution that will be worthy Of the
State of South Carolina.