The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-28

was good enough to elect some people
10 the United States Senate, but i
amt g0od enough to elect some people
10 thc Presidency Of tho United States
Now, that's what's the matter with
Hannah ! Applause and laughtcr.)
!. Are VIC, Rcformors OF South Caro-
lima, to be mere tools in tho hands OF
any man? Arc we to acknowledge
Inc TACT that wo arc carried in his
breeches pocket to be delivered at
any minute? | will tell you, sir, that
Tor one am not to be carried in the
pocket OF any. man. | was opposed tO
| boiling in 1890, when think INV friend
| the Edgefeld Democrat, thought a
| bolter worse than q Radical.
Am |, the legal head of tho Domo-
cratic party, to sit as tamely as sheep
and allow the party to be delivered
into the hands of the enemy? Oh, my
dear, Reform friends, | am TALKING
plainly and honestly to you, and II
you fall out with me, am sorry for it.
Four years ago you were such Demo
Gratis that you required the cleo
tors nominated by this convention to
sign IL pledge to vote for the nominee
OF the Democratic convention.
Arc you going to hold tho party
responsible for Mr.. Clcvelands policy :?
The party cannot be held responsible
Tor Cloveland's policy. You had as
we'll hold the Methodist church re-
pOnslble for the action OF minister
in it, and say THAT minister has gono
wrong and / am going to leave the
church and go to the Baptsts." There
is no one moro sincerely and honestly
for free silver at IL to | than [ am
but ! am not prepared to dodge
this issue. And you men who are
going to run for the Legislature, you
sign Il pledge reading, q am willing
to abide by. the result Of the primary"
and still you arc dodging, and unwill-
ing to abide by the result of the ma
tional primary.
The idea of Is men out OF OH going
into convention and saying to the
balance, "We have got to fix this
platform; we have got to name the
man, and wc have got to be above
suspicion, or we are going to bolt"
Why, that's simply Ridiculous. II
that's tho way you are going, you had
as well stay at bono. Why not propose
to turn the whole matter over to South
Carolina and let her run it.
The convention ought to instruct
its delegates to abide by the nomina-
tion. The free silver men need not be
afraid. They will control the convcn-
tion by at least hundred majority.
And yet you say We must go there and
run the thing or bolt!
Here is q possible candidate for the
Presidential nomination within the
ton. Ii they nominate him in Chi
cago will do as much for him as |
have done for him in SouthtCarolina in
the past, and | think every one will
agree that have done as much as any
one else. He is willing to 90 into
that convention and take pot luck
with the others, and yet here is the
convention dodging the issue. Why,
you delegates here don't represent
5000 votes in South Carolina; you didn't
make test OF the thing in any county
in tho State. The re are 1O2, 900 white
Democrats in South Carolina, you may
go from county to county, and [ will
guarantee that we don't represent
10000 men any way. And yet you are
going to break the record Of the Demo
cratic party with q possible Presi-
DENTAL candidate in our midst, bv
lodging this issue. Lot us for decencv
sake abide by the result, whatever il
may be-for DemOcracy's sake and for
poor old South Carolina's sake. Here
you are endorsing a man for the Presi-
dency on platform, saying, eff you
don't do our way we will walk QUIT
Voice" Walk where ?"
Senator Irby-"Go6 above knows {!
We will all be ashamed of this foolish
ness in three years. a bolter never
amounts to anything and it's only two
or thrcc years when you see him COM
ing back and sitting down on the
mOurucrs' bench.
don't want TO impose on your time
and am feeling very unwcll, but |
have to say this, as the head Of the
party. II have offended my friend |
can't help it,. This dodge ruins the
party-ruins the Reform party in South
Carolina, and it makes us as guilty as
the followers Of MIR. Pope ana Mr.. Has
kell or MIR. anybody else, and there is
no excuse for it.
1t has been said that the Edgefield
Democrat carried the State in his
brccchcs pocket, or that he knew
whore it was going. The people of the
whole country are looking at us to see
which way it goes. But, gentlemen, |
tell you (hCrc Senator lrby drew him
self up to his full height and laid his
hand on his breast), here is Il Lau"ens
Democrat that no man has in his
pocket.
Now Mr.. President, in conclusion,
this is my last official act as chairman
OF the Democracy Of the State. We
have had much trOublc-whcn Caro-
linians divide both 81 les havo trouble.
We have boon successful because we
clung to Democracy. f you had de-
sorted 1t, as some Of your leaders, who
don't like mo now wanted to do in 1892,
and who would have gone if |, as head
OF tho party, had Dot held thom back,
we would never have accomplished
what we have. They picked up AR.
Bowdon, who is conscientious and hon
est, and pitched him in the stream Of
POpulism; but they came back and be-
haved themselves when thcy saw what
q rough time he had Of it.
And now, sir, let me say that ii I
lose the friendship OF every Reformor
apd evcry Democrat in South Carolina
1t will be the pr0udcst act OF my life
that my last official act as chairman Of
the Democratic party Of the State, was
to sound q warning to my friends, to
the RefOrmers of South Carolina not
to desert the party. Ii we dO white