The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-09
In Extrenliis.
Evans Makes a Desperate Eff
fort to Rally the Reform
Faction to His Support.
He Recognizes HIS 0~n Weakness
and Seeing That He Cannot be
Nominated on HIS Record
Appeczs to the Faction
to Come His Rescue.
Columbia State, Sept 2.

Columbia State, Sept 2.
The following circular address to the
Reform voters of the State is being sent
out from the Exams headquarters to all
parts of the State for distribution among
the voters 10 the country. Senator
Tillmau was etill here yesterday. The
address is anonymous; it is not signed
by any one It is understood that over
100000 Of them have been printed
aud are being distributed by friends of
the governor in every portion of the
State:
To the Reform voters of South Car
olina :
The result of the primary election
for the United States senator has been
surprise to everybody. aud to noue SO
much as to the Reform Democracy
itself. A campaign OF s!auder aud the
charges effecsiug the integrity and hon.
esty of the man whom you have honor
ed as governor appear about to triumph.
The honor of the State is at stake, and
it's achievements in behalf Of the masses
of the people are in danger The fight
is no longer persooal one, 10 which
Governor Evans personal fortunes only
are to be considered, but the question
whioh is presented is whether the Re
form movements about to be destroy
ed through the lack of true io'orma-
ton of its supporters, aod by reason Of
personal ansagonism among some OF its
leaders.
Pretending to endorse Mr.. Duncan,
aud patsing him on the back for his
dirty work, the two leading newspapers
that have opposed the Reform movement
from the start, and denounced its lead
ers and their followers with all the op-
probrious epithess that the English Ian
guage furnishes, are jubilantly claiming
a victory, aud urging the opponents Of
the d;spensary law and the metropolitan
police in the cities and towns to turn
out to man in the second primary.
They fatter those Reformers who have
voted against Governor Evans with hon.
led words of approval, while they laugh
in their sleeves at the result which they
fee! inevitable, namely, the defeat and
destruction of the Reform movement
itself. Instad of sending to the United
States senate personal friend and
jealous lieutenant to back up Senator
Tillman's efforts, and secure proper
recognition for the common people Of
the State in the event Of Bryan's elec.
tios, you are asked to send Senator
Tillmau's opponent Of 1890, who VII!
necessarily feel called on to reward those
who supported him in that campaign,
and who are depended upon to elect
him pow.
We venture to say thgt aot a Con-
servative in the State has voted for
Governor Evans ia the recent primary,
and that at the second primary they will
poll their full strength for General
Earle. Depending upon the le,hargy
of the people, as shown Dy the absence
of more than 10000 voters frcm the
polls, and knowing that the town vote,
which has always opposed tue fsmers.
can be brought out with little effort,
they confidently expect to deFaat the
Reforu movement through the election
Of tie mar who violently opposed it at
the beginning and who boasted ou the
stump in the recent canvass that he was
not Refcrmer, and who is known not
TO be 10 symps;by with the masses.
10 order to give toe people who do
not read the daily papers an Insight
toto the motives aad feeling Of the
.Antis, we give some extracts from ed'-
sorials which have appeared sioca the
primary ia the daily papers of Colum-
bia and Charleston
From The c ,..umbia State, Aug. %
"a New Era-The campaign vbich
ends With the primary to-day is unique,
ia that it is oue in which 'Refcrmers
almost exclusively are the candidates,
while all Democrats are the voters.
The Antis' save. IN effect, said to the
.Reformers This is your year. We
ssdos't intend to contest with you. Put
mp your men and We will choose be-
tween them The responsibility is on
!. you of presenting 6t candidates. We
will merely exercise our right of sup