The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-05
Tie Alliance Barbecue at Seneca.

\ hot and dusty Fourth OF july y
day oi warm peace and good will-tliai
was yesterday i'll Seneca. "Ect tOgctli-
cl and stay there" was the good old
tune of the occasion. No farm
ci, no merchant, no lawyer, no doctor,
| no politician, 10 nobody. All were Just
that every day common thing-callcd
a man--and all were in danger of that
other thlng-sOme folks call mall
but to judge it by its actions appears
more like--thc devil. In short, the big
Alliance barbecue meet was IL regular
love feast, where everything and every
body came in for share of love, cx-
ccpt The greedy few wcalth-curscd men
OF this great country that now threaten
its flower Of happiness, even the bios
som Of life itself.
AT seven o'clock yesterday morning
il Blue Ridge engine prtlrd and snort
eel al the Anderson depot, impatient to
wliirl the boys on to Seneca and the
cue. The boys were "a little slow,
;is the hour was early, but they all got
on board on time, and over the hills of
meet quick run of forty minutes,
then the train emptie,l its load of An
dersOnianS to swell the Alliance gath
cring. Al ten o'clock Il brand new
grand stand at Seneca. in the hollow Of
two hills. WAS ready to accOmn0-
date the "big guns" OF the day. The
stand itself spoke message eloquent
II was spnnncd aclOss at he top with
ribbon cloth III cOlOrs of red, white and
blue. fresh c.lt wheat and oats bound
the scantling posts, the long, green
leaves OF two corn stalks waved CON
tcntcdly. siX-incl plank was frescOcd
in green with Equal Rights to ALL
Special Privileges 10 None" and two
cotton stalks, within the circle of two
Hover pots, stood trembling III the
Summer breeze.
That was diversity Of crops. Shortly
after ten chairman J. X. Earle, .ir., of
Walhalla, introduced to the near = 1000
men, women and children present, Hon.
j. X. Blake, Of Abbeyille.
"Ihc Gentleman Of Integrity gave
he crowd strong speech in favor of
The Alliance and its great plrpos"--'t..
uplift the people rs il whole. lie did
not think II diversity OF crops would
remedy "langii>Ilng" agriculture cx-
crpt III Il temporary way. The cry Of
oppression was loud. caused by the um-
hrldlcd greed and daring of !, few over
capitalized men. He quoted the corset
trust 1" show that not content with
Squeezing men. they squeeze where
il : !: shame on civilization.''
President j. T.. WilbOrn. of the State
and National Alliance. followed next
with II rOmsiilE appeal for renewed in
tcrcst and zeal in the alliance move
lnrnt. lic told those present to get
back III the subs. pay UP their dues.
and go to the State Alliance Convcn-
ton TO meet in Columbia the last of
this month. The merchant, the farm
or and others were in Il had fix-all in
the same lOat-:nd it WAS time to get
together i'll the Alliance to meet and
battle with the common rncmy-'tlic
greedy few
Assistant Chairman j. l.. Smith next
introduced Congressman y. G.. Latimer
us lone OF our own boys because we
made him." The sun w.,s hottie
audience was lust II bit tired--so the
Congressman shot out Il Joke. Then
he made All appeal for al classes,
merchant, farmer, lawyer, etc.) to
take hold Of the Alliance with n new
anu stronger ''nll-tOgether" grip. 10
prepare nc once for the great fight
against tnc heretofore mentioned
moln ,,o,. g., nv nv ciose ne ETacetuliy
bert, IN visitor Assistant Chairman
Smith said, "tIlat he had pressed INTO info
service The "visitor' therernon
gave the audience u running fire of
Jokes. ,volley OF good things ALI
ance, and hroad-side of danger that
now threatens the people. The ALI
lncc demands were right and proper
Tor r AZ classes OF the people. He stood
Ior I'ryan ami opposed the expansion
policy: In the home he looked; for the
salvation Of the country.
senator u. IL; Tillman was next in
tr0durcd as the Grand NIOgul" of
South Carolina, and though he insisted
that 1T was hot and time for dinner
the audience wouldn't have it 40, so
ne gave them, in his own words, "a
little bread and meat spiced with salt."
responsible for the present bad condi-
tion of the people. The Senator's eye
flashed. "1'he fools that vote to put
scoundrels i'll Office, sir" he replied.
In brief, the Senator's speech was to
the effect that it was time for the
great middle class" to rise up and
tight against the: greedy few" now
an,,g tn,rongh money in power. A voice
in 1900 with loud God grant it,"
Relative to his anti-expansion views he
said tho policy to get all you can and
Keep ali y0n get" was IL tyrant plea
to keep up the row in the Philli-
pines. TO withdraw now would be
bad, but we had no business there at
the start. In spite. of protests the
Senator cut his speech short in order to
adjourn for the daylight banquet.
At the barbecue Hon. w. ID. Evans,
Col. NJ. l.. Donaldson, Senator Tillman
and others made few brief remarks.
The Anderson special made the trip
back on tho fly. Time thirty minutes
Senator Tillman was on board, and last
night was the guest of editor ID. II.
Russell. G. G.. &