The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-02-20
Sa0pS P0pG's Manifesto
ADDRESS TO REPUBLICANS AND OTHERS.

ADDRESS TO REPUBLICANS AND OTHERS.
General Convention OF the Republican
Factions IS Asked to Heal the Breach
This is the Accepted Time for Victory.
The following address has been is.
sued to the Republicans and their sym
pathiZors in this State:
Fellow Republicans Of South Carolina:
Thcre'is condition Of affairs in the
Republican party in this State which
must be met and met quickly or defeat
will DO the result. 1t is the factional
dlsvisions in tho party how they orig
mated, or who is to blame for their
existence, Is not the question to heal
them and unity the party is the great
question. The leaders of neither FAC
tlon can or will move tho matter
Then it is left for some one other than
them to do SO. In the interest OF
peace, harmony and unity shall do sc
In my humble way, trusting that my
efforts in this direction will meet with
the approval Of all concerned. There
mas never been prospect of accessions
from the white men Of the State to the
Republican party until now. Misgov-
crnment and broken pledges on the
part OF the leaders OF the dominant
faction Of the white people, coupled
with fraud at the last election in this
State, has done the work and done it
e!fcctually. ! have recently had men
oi the Reform faction, who, in tho last
election were bittorI y opposed to mo,
right; we arc going with you into the
Republican party" am in a position
to know what is going on all over the
State and my word ior it, "the harvest
Is ripe" from the mountains to the
seaboard. Will you throw this golden
opportunity for success away by quar-
reling among yourselves and thus turn
this lido away from us, or will YOU
meet together and settle your differ
ences amicably for the good of tho
party and its triumphant success in
this State in November next?
Ii tho latter, accept my proposition.
Then looking to this end | call u con-
yention Of the party to meet at the
state House at Columbia, $. C., on
Tuesday, the l4th day of April next,
ut 8 O'clock p. m. Each county to
scnc double the number of delegates
OF its Representatives in the General
Assembly OF the State, and that these
delegates MAY be elected at Il mas,
meeting (or conventiOn) be held in the
respective counties on Saturday, the
lth day Of April, 1896, the meeting to
taGe place at the respective county
seats. Let the State convention SO
called be a peace and harmony convcn-
tion to settle all differences and elect
a State chairman, vice chairman and
State executive committee with power
to transact such other business as may
be necessary in the premises.
Let the platform be "hOncSt cleo
tions and protection to American in
dustrics and labor and protection to all
the rights of the, citizen guaranteed by
the constitution of the United States"
This is broad enough for all to stand
upon. Ii adopted by the general gov
financial relief to the cOun-
try will follow. MIR. Lincoln was once
asked about protection. He remarked
that he did not understand the ques-
tion very we'll, but he knew enough
about it to know that If a ton of rail
road iron was purchased in England
that England had tho money paid for
it and we had the iron, but if a ton was
purchased here by one of our citizens
that we had both the money and the
iron. So it is, we have purcased more
abroad than we have sold abroad,
hence the balance of trade is against
us and VIC have been drained Of our
gold aud to get it back the govern.
mcnt has in the last twelve months
sold an enormous amount OF bonds
The only way to keep our industries
moving and to enable them to pay
American workmen fair wages is tC
put high tariff on everything in com
petition to us. The tatitf is not high
enough to do this ; as an evidence of i,
the balance OF trade is against US.
Upon this platform all can stand
We invite the Conservatives who have
been dcfraudcd OF every right to come
with us. We invite the honest Re
former, who has seen every pledge
made by his leaders broken, more Of
fees created, higher taxes, places a
Clemson and Rock Hill which prop
erly belonged to the poor taken by thu
children Of leaders who have fat Offices
thereby diminishing the chances o
tho poor to enter these institutions
the Offices given to u few families, 81
much so that the Legislature now il
| session has passed q bill to- put q stOI
to it; the pledge that members of th,
late sOcallcd convention should onl,
receive two dollars per day broken b,
the members voting themselves fou
dollars per day; local sclf-govc:nment
50 much pratcd about when suits wcr,
pending ia the United States courts
against the State, has by tho prater!
themselves been destroyed in Charles
ton, because fOrsOoth the pct of the
Governor could not be chosen chief .
police OF that city; spies, some O
whom pull of their shoes and Greer
upon your housetOps to spy into y0ul
rooms, have been appointed other!
have opened ladies, trunks and Others
have searched dwelling houses ut the
dead hour OF night when only female!
and children were occupants men
young fellow citizens, have been in
carcerated in the State pcnitentiary
| by some OF the judges in contemp
proceedings. Ict what q howl won
up from these parties in power whel
Judge Con fined the sherilfs for con
tompt. The decision in the Debs cas-,
in the United States court was criti