New-York tribune., 1895-02-11
COALITION AGAINST 1ILLAAN'
THE MOVEMENT ASSUMING DEFINITE
FORM.

| ELL
r,oN IN THE PALMETTO sTATE-REPtBldcANs
WILLING TO ENCOURAGE LIBERALISM.
fsy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE1
| washington Feb 10--The coalition movement IN
south Carolina. recently outlined when In incipi-
| o, has become more clearly developed within
,be mast day or two The organization of the Con-
servatve reformers Is now nearly perfected IL
has proceeded under the personal supervision OF an
agent sent from this capital-a Tusty ana acu'e
politician, who knows the element he has TO deal
with and is well experienced in political revolu-
tions The recent call of the Tmanite regulars
for a primary election in July to decide who shall
be candidates for the Constitutional Convention IN
August has drawn the lines of demarcaton between
the factions parties more clearly thah they were
defined before. The call is professedly TO secure
unity OF action among the Democrats. AS one OF
the Tillmante Congressman phrases 1t, 1T Is IN
tended 10 bring the whites together" This man
adds
This call is regular in form and issues from the ne
beae Needed by all Democrats. They will have fair
chance to express themselves. These who 40 not
ent organization are not regulars. of course II
these men desire 10 stand by the party et them go
into the primaries. The holding Of primaries; which
are the well-ascertained means of deciding the
will of the Democratic party in our state VII, no,
in itself foment independentism II men van %ant 70
kick they viii kick rSn snd it n is their ERE
OF the organic alton in the authorized manner pro
vided and approved by the party.
A leader on the other side. per contra says
The bosses Ti'lman and Irby. have arranged
everything so that no fair expression Of the Demo,
be like other primaries under the same regime 1t
viii choke the life out Of the party; We eohserVa a.
hand and standing before their majesties. Tilman
and Irby. and saying. by your leave we will do
thus and so adopting a cut-and-dried programme:
Besides. the ring are going to such extremes that
there will be no. freedom for white or black IN IN
South Carolina. If. indeed. there be any now. DO
you know what they propose? They mean 10 apply
the methods once used so roughly; and as we
thought then. so necessarily TO check the negroes
those whites who REFUSE t? ' yed to the5 p5nrb
6Cr ss sDuh sort 10 Is nd
fear bs of s is held GS o us a. hi o
elections so unfairly as TO deprive white men oi
lhe sey sefS 10 escng n
classes from partcipa ton In government Inc iof
and tyranny under the forms of organic law Some
| Of us are determined that this thing must stop
while neither sacrificing the rights OF the inten-
gent and property classes nor placing their rights
ter than included In the bounds OF any faction
or any one party our programme conseryes the
ballot much wiser system than the Mississippi
There is no necessity for excluding any portion OF
our population who can read and write. All such
have a stake in the land The well-grounded secret
ballot Is our best security.
This coalition movement received favor at con-
ference OF Republican leaders at Columbia two or
three days since. The attitude OF the Republicans
Is one OF willingness while retaining their party
organization. to encourage liberal movements among
the Democrats. They say that II Is we'll to look 10
the position Of those conservative whites who pro
pose TO give honest and uncoerced ballot to all.
They DO not seek 10 lead the liberal movement
They merely signify their wish to be counted as
friendly to IL. Nor does the initiative seem to come
from the old conservatives. although most % them
are believed heartily to sympathize with the objects
to be achieved by tho movement.
There are in South Carolina four distinct poltl-
cal entities These may be roughly defined "a TIL
mdnites, or Regular Democrats. whose principal
! leader openly invites abandonment Of the Demo
cratic party, Conservatives or reforming reformcrs
old Conservatives, and Republicans. Tillman is the
leader Of the first named, McI.aurin OF the second
element. Everybody knows who Tman Is. Rep
rcsentatve McI-aurin ~ not widely known. al
| though he Is recognized here as rising man.
This is his third term. and he Is reelected TO the
LIVth Congress. He Is probably the ablest man In
the present delegation politician, being cool
headed well-educaed and Progressive In his ideas.
He Is one OF the youngest men In the House. Is a
church member. devoted TO serious studies popular
a good campaigner, and the best writer In Congress
from the Palmetto State. With a young active.
spirited intellectual man al It's head the new move
rnent bids fair TO make hesdway. II has the sup
present It's leadership viii be confined largely TO the
former Tilmanites who have broken from the ranks
of the Regular Democracy. There are strong proba-
bilities that il will soon include. by separate party
action solid front Of Republicans and Conserva-