Show CAROLINA DEMOCRATS 1 I I 1 11 between 1 the devil and the deep blue sea THE I 1 ALLIANCE MAKES A DEMAND democratic primary candidates mutt en dorse the ocala platform or of the farmers Far mOrs alliance COLUMBIA S C nov 2 since the larmore var mers alliance All ianco of bouth south carolina vo voted ted that as a prerequisite to receiving alliance votes all candidates in the democratic primaries next vear year must pledge themselves to support the ocala platform ind indorsed orBed by the tile populists at omaha vi nalla against the tile platform of any political to lotical party the belief is confirmed by y the declaration in in the silver debate by senator irby who is the state demo 1 cratic chairman that if unconditional repeal should prevail he and his people alliance Alli mice men would refuse to I 1 follow JI O 0 the democratic leadership further and he would vote against any tariff reform measure rue asure introduced in behalf of the tile national administration the probable result of this policy is indicated in a letter from gen wade hampton the federal commissioner of railroads to the editor of the columbia state in his own judgment it is clear the time lias has come when the line should be drawn between thoo those who stand on the ocala platform and those who stand on that of national democracy noman no man who upholds the former can claim properly to be a democrat and anle unless as our people peo ale choose to support the fallacies of ocala adherents or to be led into the populist party true democrats of the state should organize to maintain the principles of the tile democratic party as set forth in the chicago platform if my democratic felloe fellow citizens agree with me this ie is the true policy to be adopted I 1 shall at once proceed pro aeed to organize national democratic clubs club throughout the state and I 1 shall exert my utmost efforts to leep keep the I 1 state where it properly belongs in the great democratic column I 1 |