The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-12
SOUTH CAROLINA IS SAFE.
No CHANCE OF GETTING THE
STATE AWAY FROM BRYAN.

Tbe Republicans May Petition the
FEDERAL Court For n MandRmus
recurring the Registration of VO-
.ars Under the old Constitution OF
che state-The POpuIist Managers
At washington Irritated over Wat
sons Course in the West.
washington, Sept. 11.-South Carolina
mas represented among the callers at the
democratic and republican headquarters
.o-dav At the democratic headquarters
Attorney General Barber called to see
Senator Faulkner, but the latter was abb
sent in New York attending conference
NTH chairman Jones and several other
members Of the national committee.
..17bere is no need to send silver literature
10 South Carolina" said Mr.. Barber. 1--WE
,,oya received sufficient, nor is there any
,,ecessity of organizing campaign clubs.
There is not the slightest doubt about the
state. 1t will poll a splendid majority for
prvan and we will elect the entire dele
cation 10 congress. The rural districts
orc all sound for free silver and the gold
democrats in the larger cities are not nu-
rnerous. Practically every journal in the
state is supporting Bryan. The detection
will NOT reach 100 votes in the whole state"
Mr. Barber does not regard the defeat
of Gov. Evans for the Senate as a blow
oft Tillman or the reform movement.
George Washington Murray was one of
,be few callers at the republican head
crsrters. He states that he is going to
Tnn against Col. Elliott again. The most
important news which Mr.. Murray
brought from South Carolina was the
statement that steps will be taken at the
renublican state convention which meets
nex+ week to petition the federal courts
for a mandamus requiring the reglstid-
tion of voters under the old constitution
of the state The bitter opposition to the
,acent Tillman revised constitution has
crvstallized in this step and the repupn-
cans noint to the federal laws affectlng
south Carolina, which provide that
NO citizen shall be prohlD-
tied from voting except by the ordinary
reason of criminality, etc. TO Justl1y the
contemplated action OF next Week con-
vention, Mr. Murray admits that the re-
publicans can hope to make no gains
in South Carolina under the present con-
ditions He stoutly declared in answer 10
a question that the result of the primaries
held this week marks the beginning Oh the
end of Tillmanism in South Carolina III
points to the fact that only one vote was
cast for Evans in Tillman's own precinct,
TO prove that the verdict of the people at
the polls is rebuke to Senator Tillman
as well as for Evans himself.
Candidate Tom Watson's course in his
western campaign is not suiting the pop
ulist managers here, and it is said that
before
long Senator Butler is placed in an en-
baTrassing position about criticising the
Georgian. but there are other leaders who
are not so fixed and who do not hesitate
to talk. One of these leaders was at the
populist headquarters to-day, and had a
conference with Senator Butler. He is
ex-Representative Harris of Kansas,
prominently spoken of for the Senate at
the time of Senator PETERS election. Sen
ator Butler said in answer to question
that the national committee would not
sanction the calling of another state con-
yention in Kansas, except as a last resort.
He said there was much dissatisfaction in
Kansas over the fusion arrangements,
ana that a change was demanded. He
thought that the electoral ticket ought to
be divided. He had been working the
matter through the state committee,
which he thought would be able to settle
the trouble. He would not ap-
prove of another state conven-
ton He did not see why the
state Offices could not be divided between
the populists and democrats and the cleo
toral ticket arranged the same way. The
populists' national committee, he said,
would insist on fair division of the cleo
tors everywhere. No fusion where Wat
son hasn't the same show as Sewall would
be countenanced. Senator Butler denied
to-day that there had been any fusion in
North Carolina between the republicans
and populists on congressman as was pub
Ilshed in dispatches to-day. He said the
probability was that there would be a
populist nominee in every district in
North Carolina. If the republicans sup
ported any of the populist nominees it
would be because the populists would sup
port republicans for state or county Of
fcers
4 We are determined" said Senator But
Ter, that the democrats shall not get hold
a ot the state administration, but at the
same time we are determined that the
state shall not go for Mckinley We are
also determined that the democrats shall
not control the legislature. Whatever
may be said of the populists 1t can not
pe SAID that they will support Mckinley"