Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-21

| assert that they have too long been used
| to ballot-box stuffing themselves to allow
the Tilmanites to work that kind of O
game on them, and should it be attempted,
| there would be bloodshed.
The rather startling statement is made
| by the Greenville News that las it looks
| now the state Will go republican in federal
| politics. There will be no such unity
| among tie white people as is needed TO
| make counting In and counting out safe
| and easy. Under the new election laws a
| fair count will give $1,000 or more negro
votes, and We believe $1,000 or 10000 white
| men will vote the republican ticket as
| against free silver or populist nominal
| ton"
South Carolina congressman laugh at
this prediction. and say they will carry the
state for free silver certain, and they are
about right, say those who know. Prac-
| tically all the farmers of the state are with
| Tillman, and they would not allow their
| negro tenants to vote. This would reduce
the negro vote way below the estimate
made by the News.
| Senator Tilman himself will lead the
\ South Carolina delegation at Chicago. Gov.
Evans. who will possibly succeed Senator
/ Irby, will be another OF the delegates
| Congressman Wilson will be another one
| if he consents to CO.
| Should the national convention be for
silver. Senator Tillman's name may, as
| compliment be presented by the South
! Carolina delegation a candidate for
| President. While the Senator does not talk
| about this little project himself, he did not
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| silver democrats will put out q genuine
| silver man at Chicago they will sweep this
| country, and will elect a President and
| Vice President without doubt"
| There is not a South Carolina Represen-
| tative who has announced that he will sup
| port a gold standard democrat. Senator
| lrby recently stated that he would abide
| the nomination at Chicago, but his DAYS
| are said to be numbered as a Senator IL he
has to depend on reform votes for re-
election. His idea now is to cultivate the
friendship of the minority, which has bit
| terly opposed him heretofore, and trust to
some kind Of combination re-electlng him
| to the Senate.
| To Star reporter Representative Will
| son said
| IF the Chicago convention repudates the
| fixed and determined foundation principles
| OF the democratic party, hitherto unchang-
ed and unquestioned during its whole his
| tory, by refusing to declare in its platform
| for both gold and silver as standard money,
| with equal rights of coinage at the mints
, at fixed ratio. and of equal legal tender
| properties, then that convention will be-
| tray the party and the voters who COM
pose it. There win then he but one course
| for democrats to pursue, and that is TO re-
pudiate the convention: However. there is
| very little danger of that DEVELOPMENT as
| the friends of silver VIII control the con-
venticn by over fifty majority, and will
| frame the platform upon established demo-
| cratic principles. IL there is any betting, it
| Will be by the goldteS But under tha
| two-thirds rule, the silver delegates, though
In the majority, will not be able alone to
| nominate. They cam however pass a reso-
| luton requiring its proposed standard
1 bearers to pledge themselves to faithfully
1 and without mental reservation or evasion
| stand upon the platform. That would pro-
| tect the party and hold it to It's mornings
| The nominees will, consequently he
| friends of silver or there will be none
| Subsequent proceedings will then he very
| interesting throughout the country to all
| parties. And believe the democratic party
| will emerge from the tansle purified and
| stronger than it is today
Georgia.
| Georgia's state convention meets on the
18th of June. The silver men say positively
| that they will elect solid delegation, and
| will also instruct the dele. ion.
| The four dclegates-at-l. . are likely to
be Senator Bacon, ex-Speaner Crisp, Editor
| Howell Of the Constitution and ex-senator
| Pat Walsh. Representative Livingston said
| to The Star man: Georgia is for straight
| silver man. We don't want a straddle and
| won't have it. We had rather vote for a
! sound money man than straddler. 1t is
| wrong to impose upon the masses. The plat
form and the man must both be for silver or
| the other way. The Mckinley platform is a
disgrace and We won't have any thing to do
| with one Of that kind
| Mr.. Livingston is confident that the white
| metal advocates will have everything their
own way at Chicago. He long ago figured
out a majority for that side, and sticks to
his prediction.
| A very earnest fight is In progress be-
tween the administration forces led by
Secretary Hoke Smith. and the silver men,
| led by ex-Speaker Crisp. Usually there
! have been two conventions, one to nom.
| mate Representatives to Congress etc., ana
| one to elect delegates to the national con.
| vention. The silver men have succeeded In