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

4 hot and dusty Fourth OF July-;i
day Of warm peace and good will-thai
was ycsterdayin Seneca. sect togeth
er and stay there" was the good old
tune of the occasion. No farm
er, no merchant, no lawyer, no doctor,
no politician, no nobody. All were just
that everyday common thing-called
q man-and all were in danger OF that
other thing--some folks call a man
but to Judge it by it's actions appears
more like--the devil. In short, the big
Alliance barbecue meet was a regular
love feast, where everything and every
body came in for share OF love, ex-
cept the greedy few wealth h-cursedmen
of this great country that now threaten
it's flower of happiness, even the bios
som of life itself.
At seven O'clock yesterday morning
a Blue Ridge engine pufed and snort
ed at the Anderson depot, impatient to
whirl the "boys' on to Seneca and the
"cue." The "boys" were a little slow,
as the hour was early, but they all got
on board on time, and over the hills CT
King Cotton the engine sped on to the
"meet.n A quick run Of forty minutes
then the train emptied it's load of An
dersonians to swell the Alliance gath
ering. At ten o'clock brand new
grand stand at Seneca, in the hollow ct
two hills, was ready to accommo-
date the ''big gunsn OF the day. The
stand itself spoke message eloquent
It was spanned across at the top with
ribbon cloth in cOlors OF red, white and
blue, fresh cut wheat and oats bound
the scantling posts, the long, green
leaves Of two corn stalks waved coz
tentedly,. q six-inch plank was frescoed
in green with Equal Rights to ALI
Special Privileges to None" and two
cotton stalks, within the circle OF two
flower pots, stood trembling In the
Summer breeze.
That was diversity of crops. Shortly
after ten chairman j. r. Earle, jr., ct
Walhalla, introduced to the near 1000
men, women and children present, Hon.
j. r. Blake, of Abbeville.
1.-The Gentleman OF Integrity gave
the crowd a strong speech in favor OF
the Alliance and its great purpose-"to
uplift the people as whole" He did
not think diversity OF crops would
remedy ''Ianguishing" agriculture ex-
cept in a temporary way. The cry OF
oppression was loud, caused by the un-
brldled greed and daring OF q few over
capitalized men. He quoted the corset
trust to show that not content with
squeezing men, "they squeeze where
it's a shame on civilization"
President j. G.. Wilborn, of the State
and National Alliance, followed next
with a rousing appeal for renewed In
terest and zeal in the alliance move
ment. He told those present to get
back in 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
er and others were in bad tix-all in
| the same boat-and it was time to get
| together in the Alliance to meet and
battle with the common enemy-"the
greedy few
Assistant Chairman j. L. Smith next
introduced Congressman A.. G. LatimeI
as zone OF our own boys because we
made him." The sun was hottie
audience was just a bit tired-s0 the
Congressman shot out joke. Then
he made an appeal for all classes,
merchant, farmer, lawyer, etc.) to
] take hold of the Alliance with new
and stronger "all-together" grip. TO
prepare at once for the great fight
! against the heretofore mentioned
"Deyil." At the close ne gracefully
made way for Congressman ". ]. Tai
bert, ga visitor Assistant Chairman
Smith said, "that he had pressed into
service" The visitor" thereupon
gave the audience q running fire OF
jokes, q volley of good things Ali
lance, and a broad side Of danger that
now threatens the people. The ALI
ancc demands were right and proper
for all classes Of the people. He stood
for Bryan and opposed the expansion
policy. In the home he looked for the
| salvation Of the country.
Senator i. X. Tillman was next in
troduced as the "Grand Mogul' OF
South Carolina, and though he insisted
that it was hot and time for dinner,
the audience wouldn't have it so, So
he gave them, in his own Words, ,"a
little bread and meat spiced with salt. .
One OF the spectators asked who was
responsible for the present bad c0ndi-
| tion of the people. The Senator's eye
! flashed. "1'he fools that vote to put
scoundrels in Office, SIR" he replied
In brief, the Senator's speech was tN
| the effect that it was time for the
"great middle Glass; to rise up and
fight against the "greedy few" now
| through money in power. A voice
echoed his wish that Bryan be elected
in 1900 with loud "God grant it,
Relative to his anti-expansi0n views ne
said the policy to 'sget all you can and
keep oil you get" was n tyrant plea
| to keep up the row i'll the Philli-
pines. To withdraw now would be
bad, but we had no business there al
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 the fly. Time thirty minutes
Senator Tillman was on board, and last
night was the guest Of editor D. Fl
! Russell. G.. G. S.