The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, June 18, 1890, Image 4

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p V;The Press and Banner By HUGH WILSON. Wednesday, June 18, 1890. I "Let It be Instilled into the Hearts ofj Your Children that tlie Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all Your Rights." Should be Stopped. The maintaining of the public health is not less important than the preservation of the public morals. Every precaution against sickness Is of great importance. For this reason, we would ask attention to the fact that we are burying our dead within a very short distance from the public square. We have no water works by which we are supplied with pure drinking water, and all are dependent either upon the public spring or some of the many wells In town. If, therefore, the ground from which our wa ter Is drawn, should become contaminated by decomposing corpses, we cannot expect good health, und even if the water enouia sun uc pure the mere idea of drinking wuter that has Beeped from graves Is revolting. The new railroad has opened up the most desirable lots in town, bnt who would want to occupy them, If we ftill go on depositing our dead in the neighborhood? Our own opinion Is, that the town council should forbid burials within the incorporate limits of the village. Another matter of vital importance Is the j discontinuance of the practice of digging sinks under the houses In our gardens. A common regard for the proprieties, and personal clcanllness should stop this practice, ^ even without any interference on the part oi the town council. If the ground becomes contaminated, how Is the water from our wells to be pure? ITEMS FROM GREENWOOD. All Boris vi rttr(H(r(i|fun * viu *?v tirowinir rity. Greknwood, S. C., June 1G, ISiM). Council has had a force pump put 111 the public well. Miss Kallie Tillman is visiting Miss Maggie Williams. Miss Laura Wells is visiting In Newberry. Miss Kate Hullock returned home irom Vaughnville last Saturday. "Children's Day" in the Methodist church will b? observed on the fourth Sunday. Dr. Jones, of Columbia, will preach. Mr. Jesse Corley, who lives on Mr. Whitlock's place, was bitten by u spider on lust Friday. The Commencement exercises of our Colleges comes off this week. Absence from town will prevent an extended notice Irom us. Col. Butler's reply to Capt. Tillman is manly, dignified and conclusive. Mr. Wilson bus secured the services of a competent teacher,and will add the military r?nt?rA ia onr College next session. We trust the campaign meeting at Abbeville will be more respectful than thotie ol last week. With a probable candidate from Greenville / for Secretary of State, and Comptroller General from Abbeville or Laurens, the Tillman ticket will be pretty well made up. With the sectional feeling that has always existed we can't see how Capt. Tillman can reconcile hit low-country followers to this up-country ticket. Mr. T. F. IUley speut Sunday In Augusta. Miss Laura Holston Bunch, of Edgefield, is visiting Mrs. G. C. Williams. While we do not endorse the head of the t Tillman ticket, we are persuaded thai h is not from prejudice, and will endeavor lo continue to make our choice of an official on the fitness of the candidate, Irrespective of who he endorses for Governor. The fWends of Col. Johnstone were delighted by his presence In town Monday night. We feel like yelling three cheers for the Belfn Democratic club. S. m ? Contributed I.ochIn. Abbeville, S. C., June 17, 1890. The booming of the blasts at the railroad reminds us of war times. S'v ? The duet sang by Miss Chalmers and Miss Nellie Hill last Sunday morning in the Methodist church was well rendered, and sounded very sweetly. Mr. Charlie Hammond is home from Wofford Colleae. It is said Charlie is a close student and stands high in all his classes. Messrs. George and Claude Gambrell, attending the same College, have not returned home yet, but are spending some time with lilends iu Wllliamston. We hope theseyoung men will enjoy their vacation. Miss Eliza Gambrell, a bright young lady attending the Williamstou Female College, will be homo in a lew days. Miss Ida Hammond will leave to morrow for Laurens, where she will spend some time with friends and relatives. Mr. V. Hammond leaves to day for Louisville, Ky? where the Expressmen's Aid Society meets. He goes in the Interest of this dl > ikioii, ui which lie ih u uiciiiuur. Rev. L. F. Beaty will probably be absent next Sunday ott' on a visit to his moiher. Services will be anuounced by the ringing ol the bell, or if none by Its silence. Think of it! 75 hats sold by R. M. Haddon A Co. one day last week. We think this line Bales for this season ot the year. Mrs. BozenAn, or New Market, was shopping in the dry last week. Miss Mamie McDonald left last Monday for her home in New York. We wish her a pleasant and safe trip home. Miss Lula Crymen, of Willlamston, was in the city last week. Mm Brun&on and her daughter. Miss Cornelia, of Edgefield, are visiting friends and relatives In Aobeviile. The Misses Baskin.of Monterey, were shopping In town last Saturday. Miss Cora Reid, who has been with Mr. Wm. K. Bell this season, leaves to-day for her home in Baltimore. Ml*8 Mary Erwin.of Erwln's Mill, after b pleasant visit to Miss Mamie Hill, returned to her home last Saturday. Mr. R. M. Haddon is a most successful gardener. He has been eating Irish potatoes for over a month, and is now feasting on roasting ears. So much for planting In the "right time of the moon." Reports from the Bcllevue section say crops are well worked aud look tine. Miss Lula Williams. & charming young lady fn\m tlm UtnlllivillA nnltrhhnrhn/nl tt'nu ulinn. "ping in town last Saturday. Mrs. Jackson and Jier three lovely little children, of Klngstree, are now tlie guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Edwards. We are very glad to hear that her husband, Rev. P. B. Jackson, Ik improving In health and will Join her in u few days at this place. They are welcome visitors in Abbeville, and have a place in the hearts of many of her best people. Oneof our friends says he 'turned his back" tipon hU wife the other day, and well we only say lie deserved what he got. His motto now is, "always face the music," and never sit with your back to your wife. TI?ere were ll.'l present last Sunday afternoon at the Methodist Sunday School, out of 1-18 011 the roll. Ho, for Little Mountain ! where the gurgling stream of the purest mineral water flows frc-sh from the mountain side. Who will make up the camp for July and August? M. BELTON IS NOT BULLDOZED. The Tillman Faction Fall to Avcom* plinli (lie Programme Mapped Out ReMolntioiiM <;o Home irnreail. Greenville Daily News. Bki.ton, J une 14.?For the last week or so a strong effort has been made by A. C. Latimer, and other local agitators of the Tillman movement, to capture the machinery of the Helton democratic Club which met here this afternoon. To accomplish this purpose the Calhoun Club, which heretofore has not allillated *?l?l? Ilia Ifu'dI ?lnh horn urn? hrnnclil over in lull force. The test vote was 111 the election of it president, which resulteJ in the choice of Dr. W. H. Todd, the anti-Tillman candidate, by a vote of 80 to SO. The cry of "hurrah for Tillman!" was promptly drowned by the victorious cry of, "hurrah for the antl-Tllltnan candidates." The Tillman crowd left badly snowed under and carried home unottered, the resolutions they had written out endorsinft Tillman. The town in wild with null-Till maoism, and iiR a matter of course the best of order prevails. Andersou couuiy is sure tosuow Tillman under. W. ; Xotlee to Young I.adlca Desiring to CJo to College. An examination for the purpose of awarding a free scholarship in Converse College, situated at Spartanburg, will be held in the Court House at Abbevi'le on Wednesday, July 2nd. The scholarship is worth SCO, covering the expense of one year's tuition. The examination will embrace Mathematics, In-1 eluding Arithmetic, and Algebra to equations of the second degree; English Grammur; United states History; Geography,(Universal); Latin Grammar aud oue book of CVsar; Orthography ond Writing will be judged . from the examination papers. The applicant must be at least thirteen years of age. The examination will be held at the same time with that of the Winthrop Training School. For further information apply to lite School Commissioner. It. G. MeLKKS. The laigest stock of straw huts can be found At P. Koaeulwrg & Co'a. Bp?r;'-.. ABBEVILLE'S DEMOCRACY. : Distinguished Speakers?Enthusiastic Hearers, BOTH SIDES REGARD THE SITUATION HOPEFULLY. The TiUiiianiteM Appear to be Abunilnully SnliHlinl, While the AnfiTIllinniiiteN Seem to be <; really Encouraged. 4. The Crowd Estimated at Prom 700 to 1,500. Ladles and Children Attend In Consldera- j ble Numbers?And all Remain on the Ground From Eleven O'clock Until Half Fast Three O'clock. Yesterday was a suitable day for the grand Democratic, rally, and by their presence great numbers of our fellow-citizens manifested their interest in the meeting. On Monday evening previous to the meelIng distinguished gentlemen arrived to take part in the speaking. They were met at the 1 depot by various citizens, and the best car- J riages in town were furnished to convey them up town. Capt. B. It. Tillman was entertained by Col. E. II. Gary. General Joseph H. Earle was the guest 01 Ellis G. Graydon, Esq. General John Hratton was invited to the house of his kinsman, Mr. A. W. Smith. General Y. J. Pope accepted the hospitality of Col. J. T. Robertson. i General M. L. Bonham found a pleasanl lodging place with his partner, Samuel C. Ca- \ son, Esq. Capi. Hugh L. Farley stopped with his ! friend F. B. Gary, Esq. Major Ernest Gary went to his mother's. i Hon. W. I). MayJIeld registered at the New \ Hotel, as did the Hon. T. B. Crews, Hon. George Johnstone, lion. I). K. Norrls, and I Hon. E. B. Murray. That night the band serenaded the speakers, and brought from each a few pleasant mmnrb-u tiia hnnd and the '"bovs" seemed impartial In theirclieerlng. They vociferated for General Bratton. and General Bonham, i uid then called on Captain Tillman with the 1 same enthusiasm. General Earle was equally honored in turn. During the evening the piazza of the New Hotel was well tilled with visitors and citizens ol the town, who had called to pay their respects. The band gave a lew specimens of their favorite tunes, and all was good humor and kindly feeling. By eight o'clock on Tuesday morning the crowds began to come in from ail directions, and many,collected in various places about I town, while Law Range was thronged. On ' the anti-Tillman Bide was various guests, < while the office of the County Chairman was I thronged with friends. Two beautiful banners had been prepared. One bore the words: J, I.. ; TILLMAN AND KKKOKSI. i j I L 1 ~ : ' The other was equally artistic, but a differ | ent inscription: I 1IKATT0N?EARLE. j j 187G Democracy. i < About half past ten o'clock: the standard < bearers led the way and carriages bearing: the J speakers and other distinguished guests > moved toward Secession Hill, the place which ' Is so Intimately associated with all the recent \ history of Abbeville county. I The speakers stand had been beautifully j decorated by the ladies, the committee being: Committee of Arrangements?A. W. Jones, j \V. C. McGownn, F. 11. Gary, J. T. Itobert- , son, E. B. Gary, < Committee of Ladies to Decorate the j Stand?Mrs. W. C. Benet, Mrs, A. W. Jones, , Miss Mary DuPre, Mrs. J. T. Robertson, i Mrs. R. S. Link, Mrs. E. B. Gary. Marshals?Dr. J. A. Marshall, W. L. Miller, \ J. L. Henderson, J. N. King, R. H. Hughes, 1 J. E. Todd, F. W. R. Nance, Dr. J. A. Ander- J son, F. A. Cook, I. H. McOalla. Mr. D. B. Smith took the contract for furnishing the seats and the stand, and ample arrangements were inadc to scat all who might come. Reporters for the different newspapers were present. Mr. J. L. Weber and Mr. J. Wilson Gibbs of the News and Courier. Mr. J>. A. G. Out/, of the Charleston World. Mr. W. N. Graydon of the Greenville News. We are not informed as to the name of the reporter of the Register, but presume Mr Klugh actcd In that capacity. The local press had a place In the picture. At exactly eleven o'clock the speakers occupied the stand. The band gave us some horn music. The ladles were present on benches and In carriages, and remained throughout the speaking. The people manifested the greatest interest In hearing every speaker, and while the shouters were noisy from first to last, and while they plied perplexing questions to the opposing speakers, yet we believe that no j speaker was treated with Intentional (lis- < respect. I It seems to us that the speakers were well i pleased with tl)e conduct of their hearers. I The enthusiasm of the opposing factions j seemed about equal?and the demonstrations | were not essentially different. i While perhaps live hundred men sat all day, J without uttering a word indicative of their < sentiments, there were perhaps about u hun' dred?very nearly divided in opposing nutn- J bers?who made the welkin ring, as their < favorite speakers would sccre a good point, or when the opposing candidate was stumped ! on a hard question. ? I While the enthusiasm on both sides was 1 great, and the manifestation of that en thus- i iasm was unrestrained, yet, as fur as we 1 know, perfect good humor prevailed through, j out. TheTitlmanites seemed satisfied, while the anti-Tillmanites had no trouble in finding 1 reasons for congratulating themselves on the ! good results of the day. i Being an anti-Tillinanite ourself, we may 1 not be orthodox in speaking for the TillmanUes in the gratification which they experienced, but we are perfectly satisfied that the antl-Tillmanltes are feeling good. As to the crowd. The attendance Is variously estimated. Hon. K. B. Murray thinks there were 1.500 present, Including women and children. Hon. T. B. Crews thinks the crowd exceeded those figures in numbers. Others estimated the crowd at 1,000, while others again make the estimate as low as 700 or 800. \Ve venture no opinlou of our own. As to the sentiment. As far as we could see of the hundred who cheered and hur rahed, we believe a majority hurrahed for Tillman?say sixty per cent. We are inclined ! to think that a large per cent, of the silent! men were anti-Tlllmau. Speaking for the Press and Banner, we believe the crowd wsisj about equally divided. But others lu whose. Judgment we have confidence, cstimnte Hie1 crowd as being two-thirds for Tillman.1 Prominent among the Tillman men, who were demonstrative were Messrs. F. W. H Nauce, Jesse Asheley, Joshua Asheley, James -iA. " riV, ' j .. .... T. Bask In, Jr., Doc. Bowie, Doc. Jones, and others. It was impossible for lis lo make anything like a detailed and full account of the meeting, and we present the following as the merest outline. We are sorry that it is not In i our power to do full and exact Justice to all j the speeches. President J. K. Blake of the County Alii-1 mice, was chairman of the meeting, and | called it to order, when he asked the Rev. L. F. Beaty to begin the exercises with prayer. All stood with uncovered heads while a suitable prayer was being said. Cliiiiriiian lilake Introduce* (iciicrnl llratton. Toadies and Fellow Democrats of Abbeville County : In obedience to the call of the State Democratic Executive "Joinmltlee, we have convened upon this occasion, lor the purpose 011 hearing a discussion upon the issues of the day, by the various candidates for position of the State ticket. In behalf of Abbeville county, I would bid you, gentlemen, welcome, thrice welcome to our midst. I feel that it Is unnccessnry to ask of an Abbeville audience, that courtesy and attention, to which the gentlemen who are to ad dress you. are justly enimea. Aiinougn uie weatlier Is excessively warm, and notwithstanding the large number of speakers flpon the pronramme, yet I feel assured that. each of them will be accorded a patient, hearing from you. The first gentleman who will address you Is n candidate for Governor. He Is a worthy mil of South Carolina, and not a stranger to the people of Abbeville county. I now have the pleasure of Introducing to you, (Jen. John Bratton, of Fairfield. Uciipral Rrattou'H Speech. General Bratton said somewhat as follows : Ladies and Fellow Citizens: Your noble nld county Is well kuown as being at the head of noble counties In the grand old State of South Carolina. [At this point amid enthusiastic cheers, (lowers were thrown forward in great, prolusion, until (he table and the floor of the platform on which the distinguished speaker stood, were literally covered. General Bratton was evidently greatly touched by the manifestation of love and respect from the Abbeville ladies, and for a little while his feelings were unmistakable. Continuing, he said.:} My friends. I was going to say something ol the noble sons of Abbeville county, but words fail me, audi am unable to express my admiration for the noble women of Abbeville L'ounty. Abbeville county has been the mother of noble men aud women who have In the past shed lustre on the fair fame of south Carolina. Without fear of Invidious ilstinctlon, I would say that Abbeville has furnished us a beacon lipht of constitutional liberty and anglo-saxon rights. Your sons have built up a high pedestal upon which to proclaim her honor and glory. It is for you to say whether you will maintain those principles and enforce those rights for which your ancesters labored. It is from mem, in your presence uiiu i araw in.-;piraHon. With slight variations of matter and verbiage. Gen. Brat ton's speech was not entirely unlike his speech at Greenville. Because or the limited lime at our command, und because of our inability to do better, we ijopy the speech which he delivered in Greenville, and which has been published in the daily newspapers, as tallows : The situation demands the earnest and thoughtful consideration of the people of the entire country, particularly of the people of tills State, the voters, on whom at least more than on the mere personnel of their officials depend not merely on the policies of an administration of government, but the character of the institutions under which we live. Although my life has been spent rather in thinking and doing, to the neglect of that cultivation of the gifts of speech which enables men to express clearly, forcibly and attractively their thoughts and Ideas, I am here to contribute, as best I may, to the agitation which will aid us In pertormlng intelligently i?ur duty as citizens. But were I po.-sessed of the ilery eloquence of a McDutlie, or the cultured rhetoric and elocution of a I'restoD, they would he devoted as my humble eflorts will be on this occasion to that fair and frunk statement which will tend to divest the minds of my countrymen of all prejudices and pa>ilont-, and enable them to look the situation ::almly and squarely in the face. For the past eight or ten years we have been subjected to the evils of one parly control, jgainst which not even the increased responsibility and danger incurred by the fact that It is also one race control, could guard us. Pho nunlHntr fulnnt nf n nurli* wlirwa nrtrn. inntion Is election, finds tlie acquirement of political methods more important, certainly >6 a first step, than the mastery of n political principle, and, once in that field, pride ot jplnion, desire for success, and llie heat of jonflict lead to excesses not dreamed ot when It is entered. The result Is that we have made jreat progress in political methods, and ab- ' iorbed In personal contention and partisan <trife, all losing sight of the great purpose ot >ur organization, and drifting away l'roin its cardinal principles. Unable to find a way to :ombat the i-vil which seems inherent In one ' party's power, I was content as long as it was 1 onfined lo "contentions of politicians," to 1 nter the sileut protest of having nothing to Jo with these combinations, relying on the ' solid array of our peopio, which enabled ihern to defy and correct the use of perverted sower by adverse administration of covernnent to easily euforce respect for the authorty of our constitution by our own officials. This partisan strife and contention, which ip to tliis time lias been confined to contests i letwecn temporary combinations for special )r personal purposes, has made a decided step if progress in political methods by the orgau- < /.atIon within the party of a permanent political combination for not only specific, but. ;enerai political purposes?the principles, nethods and purposes of this ogauization mil ib> efl'eet on mir common narlv ntnl Ihe rreat common interest of our people are mutters on which there is n difference of opinion, [ 'or myself, I think tliat in this headlong career of progress we have reached tiie dan;er line. Hefore I litter one word it is doubtless <nown that the Farmers' Movement which iid not cemmann the approval of my Judg- < roent In its Incipicncy when It presented Itself in its most inviting ,.?hape as an organisation of the most independent of my fellow citizens, the owners and tillers of the soli?a mud of private citizens who had no favors to isk but rights to demand?and cannot com- ; mand It now after its recent culmination into i fully equipped political organization push- i ng its campaign as Independently of our common organization ns any opposing party ; ;ould. Such a procedure Is better calculated io command the approval of our dire opponents, the Radicals, than of those Democrats tvho organized their parly to promote and ;uard their dearest Interests, and regard its i sound integrity as of more consequence than the election of any man or set of men to The spirit tn which it is entered upon affords material aid andjeomfort to our old enemies. The charges ot corruption sweepiug, not specified, but made with a recklessness Ljprceedented in our history do not simply please but actually strengthen cur opponents inu aciuauy weuKens us. Now, I do not propose to assume the role of special champion of the. administration of I mr party or State. They need none, as far as : [know. But II they do, It might be presumption In one who has had so little to do with either. Again, I desire to divert as far as practlca- 1 L)le my discussion of tho situation of any personal consideration whatever, and direct it to Its hearings on our common Interests. I will, liowevcr, In this line, ask how, even if the charges are true, can this clamor which lias been raised, and caught up by our enemies und rung from end to eud of this broad land, possibly conduce to our common interest? Is its tendency to reform to purify or elevate us, 1 nr Is it the reverse? Is It not reflecting 011 us ilready, the innocent- sufferers by iho evil ilolng, If it has been done, the pains and pen- 1 allies that should be visited upon the evil doers? It Is not a political error that in- ' volves a fearful perversion of justice? No. my friends; if our olliclals have willfully violated the law regulating the conduct of Lhelr otticcs they arc guilty of high crimes, before ttic baseness of which any violation ol 11 statute by a private citizen would pale into white Innocence. It would be the part of . wisdom, plain, practical sense,simple Justice und our duty as Democrats to arraign them 1 before the courts instituted for such pur- < poses. 1 Hut these random shots, fired Into the multitude, that strike innocent, parties, arc audaciously reckless and dangerous to the public welfare, although they may bo Intended 1 nn-ivlv us shrewd nolilieul devices for the lit U> In met) I of personal ends. i But 1 would ask your consideration of one i charge, because It takes us back to tirst principles, to which we cannot reeur loo often In : periods of dilllculty and doubt. This charge Is so sweeping as to involve us all of the while race, and our ancestors to the third and fourth generation, In the darkness of Kilsinpinu it;- i tiorancc or a vile conspiracy attains! our own rights. It is the charge that we have not and never have had a Republican government in Eolith Carolina. It lias a familiar sound to i those of us who are old enough to recall the experiences ot ttie days of "Destruction and Reconstruction," when reckless radicalism, | fury and hate had full sway. Thechnrge then 11 was that we had never had a Republican lor in if government, and the consequential inference was thatsome power outside ol ourselves 11 was necessary to give it to us. An arbitrary II power was used to provide us for the tirst j ( lime with that blessing. To give life and I force to this reform, a band of reformers mid I progressionists were sent among us, and by ! j uppcal to claes prejudice, vague, unintelligible I issumpUons of be noli la and advantages over t >ther classes to accrue to them, and a strong i Infusion of the dangers to liberty lurking in I Lite hearts and presence of all who were op- ( posed to these ideas; and denunciation of ail. I juch as "Bourbons, aristocrats and tyrants,1' i Lhey succeeded In arraying the numerically i strongest class of our citizens, and gaining possession of the governmeut. To suy uoth- ] Ingot the bitterness engendered l?y the "pro-; erosive" career of these "reformers," tl>c' evils of which cannot be remedied In genera-! tions, If ever, tlie result was, what it. must ev-1 er be when such violations of the theory ofj our government are praetIced?lawless confu-j sion and elmos, inflicting fearful Injury on nil,' but Kreatpst. on the class for whose special! benetlt and advantage it was ostensibly and so unwisely attempted. While it. is not for me to juUgcof the motives of any man, not even of those carpet bag "reformers," whose actions we should and do justly execrate. I wili Buy that if their purpose was to bury us iu the ashes of our ruins, under the weight of an organized majority, who were known to have no concept Ion whatever of republican government, but reasonably expected to sympathize in vengeful hate and act with reckless passion, the uraclous consideration of providing us with a republican government was most diabolically adapted to its accomplishment. Gen. l.ratton then contrasted the condition of (fovernmentat thecloseof the war with the present form of constitutional liberty. This Iwthe only type of government which aflords guarantee to the liberty of the people, for as long as they have the intelligence and manhood to maintain and enforce their constitution, all the liberty which they are entitled under It is absolutely secure. The agency which enabled us to establish and maintain such a government is the organization of the Democratic party. The charge uow practically implies what others did hot?bad faith In our management under the republican form of government that lias been given to us. If the purposo were, and I know It cannot be, the disintegration and final destruction of our parly our friends who have called It up again might be congratulated on Its aptness lor me ousmess, ior ny ii luir consi ruc-non it is a simplcnnd plain arraignment, not simply on Its methods, but of the party Itself and its principles as a cheat and a fraud, which never have given, mid do not now give us, what we are entitled to?this Republican government. I?ut I cannot attribute snch a purpose to any sons of South Carol inn. In the excitement ol partisan strife it isan unconscious tllng at the bridge that has afforded us safe passage thus lar, which has a tendency to wcuUcn and Impair its efficiency. The purpose ot our ancestors?to cast ofT every semblance of personal or arbitrary power ?when they determined to exercise their sovereignty, was next touched, together with the provisions for filling otHce. The Incumbents only exercised power while iu olllce?its power was the oflice. As lone as the ollices were conducted on that principle, it was a government "of Ihe people." It Is the sort of government we regained when in the depths ot our adversity we plough-boys, "bourbons"' and "aristocrats" of South Carolina arrayed ourselves on the lines of the constitution, and enforced its authority against overwhelming odds. Thus was our society organized Into a state. Our?tate joined other States iu another compaet, establishing the government ol the United States. Theonly materia! point ot Jlll'crcnce in the conduct of these governments is In the mode of providing their maintenance. Our present troubles are attributable to maladministration In ihe Federal government. Its long-continued control by the Republican party, which has never been capable of operating a constitutional government, has resulted ill progressive encroachment* on ihe sovereignty to which It owe* allegiance. We are In ilnnirer of having an oligarchy fastened on us nn siristooracy through Ihe insti nmentality of the Fed or. 11 government, not the state, which is in very deed the only protecting shield of our individual Iiberlit s against encroachments of unluwlul power. This new development of the Farmers' movement is distracting us in a wrangle among ourselves on false and comparatively unimportant issues, and is In perfect accord will) the skilful tactics of our unscrupulous loe; and this where liberty itself is being Jeopardized, and its rcscue is Ihe great stake for which wo are arrayed. Squabble and wrangle about State expenses, when, c,nc1iis Ive 01 the debt we inherited from our carpetban friends, they amount to less than 51) cents per capita. The unrest of the people arising from the condition of their private affairs Is not contlned to tills Stale, and is nol attributable to any cause within its borders or control. The condition is this, that, notwithstanding the production of wealth is greater than over before throughout the world, not only in the aggregate, but per capita, the workers who produce it are everywhere for the most part In straitened clreumstaucea. The dlfliculty lies In imperfect distribution. The ditlerencc of Die condition of working people in Europe and America was then discussed, showing the American condition far superior. I should have paid while on first principles that the only individual sovereign power which was retained by'the people was that which would enable them to control the conduct oMheir government and enforce the authority of the constitution. Th&t power is exercised through the ballot, and thus all voters are equals In power and influence In their control of their government so lar as human agency cau make them so. There can be no arisioeracy in tins country wuiiom vioiaiion uf the institutions under which we live. Here in South Carolina we are all Bourbons and aristocrats, or we are all common people. One word In conclusion to my young friends on whom the calamity of our defeat In war has fallen, the deprivation of llielr facilities for education. You are sons of sires who have stood with me shoulder to shoulder on the Moody field of battle in defense of the constitution, who in the depths of our adversity arrayed themselves solidly on its lines und by their numbers and tenacity enforced respect tor it. You are flesh of our flesh, bone of our bone, and I appeal to you not to allow yourselves to bo led away from the faith of your fathers. Captain Tillman In Introduced, The next gentlemen who will address you needs no Introduction from me. Ills name is iv household word in Abbeville county, and is synonymous witti retrenchment and reform. I now iislc your attention in behalf ot Capt. N. R. Tillman, of Kdgetield. As B. K.Tillman came to the front, to speak, four pretty little daughters of .Mr. \V. 0. Cromer came to the front of the stage, bearing beautiful bouquets, which were passed up to I UP SpeaKlT. I)oc 15owic?Don't get seared. We are all hero. Tillman?Do I look like I was seared ? At tills time about fifty voices were shouting and yelling at the top of their voices, when Tillman said: Gentlemen : 1 can't speak, unless you keep quiet. Gentlemen, please be seated so that t lie ladles may see and hear. Mr. Chairman, Ladles and Gentlemen : F. W. It. Nance?Thai's right, Captain ; do revolt here. Tillman?Four years ago I had the honor of addressing the Democracy of Abbeville county in theCourt House. Tlien some one claimed that the newspapers had made me. 1 replied that they had not half made me. If any one may judge by the present, situation, they have about finished me. It gives Die pleasure to meet you. Voice?We are glad to see you. Tillman?The occasion which brings us together is a momentous one. There has not been such movement since 187(1. Voice? Put that down, Wilson. Tillman?I make no appeals to prejudice or passion. The platlorm, which I wrote, l> where 1 stand, and I iuvlteyour consideration of the different planks of that platform. Upon the principles of that platform we go before the pcop'e, for the endowment or disapproval. Wo have but one political party in this State, and owiug to the circumstances which surround us, we can have but one political parly in South Carolina. Whenever the white people divide, that faction which can ctune nearer to the negro will draw him Into their ranks,and the next step will be tiic death of the Democratic party In tliis commonwealth. For my distinguished friend, and I mean It. ?General Karlc?I have great respect. I voted for hlin in 1SSJ when his friends slaughtered him. lie is not a ringster, Out.an honest man. Hut he represents the sentiment ol the old ring, and of General Urntton I have nothing disrespectful to say. The Jtcyhler after calling on General Unit ton, now cries out, calls on Sheppard. "Oh, save us," and ail seem to combine nyalnst ine, to defeat my election. You have heard a treat deal about my methods. I sintyly tell the truth. I point it outno matter whether it hits a Governor or a General. The opposition say?mind you? that my followers are the ignorant people of theHtatc. Colonel Dargan suid: '*11 the people wi re enlightened, they wouldn't follow Tillman. New, I wish to ask you If Jlon. ,Iohn K. Bradley, Col. J. T. Robertson, J. 10. Todd, John It. Illako, and hundreds of oilier eollcge-brod-men hai-c not lntelllsience enough to loriii a correct opinion as to whether I am right or wrong. I have been* called a crank. Cranks turn the world, and the old thing is moving. iiow can a man roform, unless he points nut errors and shows where mistakes are being made? 1 have bad mueh to say of reform, mid in ssieiiUiiiu or reforms I have bail to say some bltler limit,'*. If I hurt nut said btltur Lliings you would have been today us dead asleep as are I lie seven sleeycr*. You must do your duty. Hear them, and hear me. 1 Indiet them, and they indiet me. If luy dose ofrelorin is loo strong, vole for sonic one else who will give it with sugar in it. Voice?Lei. us take It straight. Till man-1 thought litis was a prohibition county. Volec?II was. but they went back on us. Tillman?Iflhlslsa class tit;lit. the newspapers have made it so. our pvople met and lormulated request* of the T .eg is la I lire, bill every t hi lit; we u> kid was refused. Throughout south Carolina, whereve; I have been, Tillmanla is conlliied to the country. Anti-Tiiimuuiu is not found to any iieat extent except in tl.e towns. Some 1 [owns are divided. In a majority of the connLies, the town is against the country. I can ;ucss I ho cause. 11 is well known to you :hui I have urged the Alliance to take 10 pail in polities. 1 do nut know why the 1 merchants are opposed to me, unless it be ' jeeausethe Alliance lias endorsed me. Mer- t :haiils live In ease, while you arc strangling ' 'or existence, and the people arc aggravated ind .made, mad?the newspapers make tliein nore solid. II Is useless to deny Mint If the farmers are , jrosperous, the merchants, lawyers, and ull - *.'----i... ;' ... .. other professions are prosperon*. and If we! council together do break the shackles, which Mud us, should any one complain ? If we should seek to control in politics, it is our right to do so, and we must vote for right men. Hut yon have so often voted for fencestiaddlers, that yon should he more careful in future. Captain Tillinan here presented some reports of the stale oflicers, and asked that two antl-Tillman men come forward and verify] his reading of them. Tnos. I'. Cothran came forward and said: "'What do you want" Tillman?I want you to corroborate my reading of these figure*. I know that Mr. Cothran is opposed to me politically, but that is no crime. The llgures were examined for sometime, Mr. Cothran generally assenting to their correctness. Finally, t'apt. Tillinan said; "Whutdoyou think of tliem? " Cothran?I don't give my legal, opinion, without a retainer. Tills brought a shout, and Captain Tillman told an anecdote Illustrative of the error of asking a lawyer's opinion while on the street. Figures were now gone Into, In reference to the expense of the South Carolina University, and the everlasting Hatch fund, about which we have heard so much, and of which we know absolutely nothing. Mr, Tillman now arraigned the Boards of Assessors of the Railroads and Banks, and thought they had failed to do their duty. Ho thought all the Hal I roads and Bank property was assessed too low. In his opinion all property was assessed too low?at not more than three-fourths Its value. Tillman?My distinguished friend said, I would tare down the citadel. Dld.you say It. Earlo?I believe It. I believe that you would tare down everything that Is right and good. Tillman?Yes, that I would burn down my own home, with my wife, and everything else. Time and again I have expressed myself as in favor of giving the university a sufficient money to keep It up to a high standard, as a I Horary institution. Karle? Whsil do you say of the cltMel ? Tillman?Since you press me, I believe the ciladel is the better of the too. .Many of my hearers have been educated In thalKchool. It had eight teachers before the war, when it reached its highest fame. The University now has Iweniy-nlne teachers, and 235 boys?and they can't keep them straight?they can't keep them from Insulting you. You all know that I am opposed to the Citadel. The State has no right to euueate the boys, while the girls are being negleeted. Tno Ciladel students could be educated at the University. If 1 am Governor, I will say nothing against the Citadel. If one-third ol the people want the Ciladel, I would give it, I or the sake ot harmony. It is for you to say whether I shall be Governor. I don't care for myself in the matter. It Is tlie principle for which I um contending about which I urn most concerned. All this talk about my not being Governor only means this?jhey will appeal to the negro, or assassinate me. If I am elected assassination Is the only way to prevent me from beinjj Governor. We are lighting aristocracy. For a hundred years the aristocracy has ruled and taxed you. They see their rights slipping away from them to you, and it has been said that nothing lights lor its rights like aristocracy. I don;t believe they will assassinate ine, and I can't believe they will uppeal to the negro. They will send abroad, on the eveol the election?when 1 have not time to correct them?some diabolical talc of evil of me, to accomplish my defeat. I simply warn you now. It Is coming. DocUowle?Remember Alabama. unman?i wouiu ime iu uwk more, uiu others sire to follow me. One tiling, however, I will say before I Hit down. If I am elected 1 will make It my official duty, to cut off the official head of any Sheriff who allows a prisoner to be lynched. David Aiken?Tell us about the tariff. Tillman?If you read the newspapers you must know all about It. II seems to be an unpardonable crime for a man to run for Governor without consent of the ruling power. I am the first man to run for Governor from the farm?and that's what the matter with Hannah. As Mr. Tillman took his seat Mr. Doc. Jones presented him with a corn stalk in full tassel. Others sent forward contributions of beautiful bouquets, all of which Mr. Tjllman accepted with a bow to the givers. Captain Tillman made reply to the letter of Commissioner A. 1'. Butler, and quoted figures from the official reports to sustain his assertion that there were errors and inaccuracies In these reports. We dlil not catch the figures, and In lieu of publishing that part of his speech at Abbeville, wo copy the report of his speech at Greenville In reference to the Agricultural Department: Ill U1J syeeuu ?i aiiuiijuu i in tine iiuu^iwun to the failure of tbe agricultural department to punish frauds In fertilizers, and I charged in substance, or charge nowFirst, That the burtau has made no honest effort to protect the larmers against being swindled by buying guano below the guaran teo. Second, That.lt has not enforced the law or Its own regulations. Third, That although the law Is known to be defective, and tbe punishment Inadequate, no attempt lias boen made by the board or commissioner to have itaincndcd, except that the matter was mentioned In one of the department's reports several years ago. Commissioner Butler, in an open letter addressed to me, and which lias been widely published In the State papers, say: "I challenge you to point to one instance where farmers have been defrauded by manulacturcrs of fertilizers where such fraud was not punished with all the power that the department had at its command, and that you make good your charge, or retract It." I will cheerfully comply. I have prepared the data and facts In writing,so it can go in the papers in a correct shape. If. Is to be supposed, though I have not experienced it thus far, that a senso of fairness will make every paper which copied Col Butler's letter publish my reply in full whether it gives any other purt of my speech or not. As to the first count: The commissioner in his letter acknowledges iliut the penulty of confiscation Imposed by law against all fertilizers that are below the guarantee cannot be enforced, for the sufficient reason that when the analyses are made the fertilizers are In the ground, and out of reach, etc. The distribution of fertilizers to points of consumption commences gcncrall in December, anil they are not all'Mu the ground" till May 1st, or later. During the lasj ten years, at a rough estimate, one and a quarter million tons of fertilizers have passed the the quasi "Inspection" of our agricultural department, and the amouut paid by tanners for the tarcial protection has been upwards of $!00,000. In the letter quoted above the commissioner says: "I will say that In my opinion, based upon official experience, the manufao turer who deliberately attempts to defraud the farmers is the exception, ami further I believe that In every case where this has been attempted It has tailed of success, because of the department's supervision.'' Here Is an acknowledgment that: "Attempts to defraud" have been made. There have been "exceptions" to the rule of honesty. Has lie ever confiscated a single sack? No. Then certainly "the department's supervision" has not caused the failure of every attempt to defraud. "l'p to eighteen months ago" Commissioner Hutier had at bis command n State chemist, employed by the year at a salary of $ >,000. Analyses of fertilizers could begin as ioon as samples were taken?say the middle of January. In ISS-'>.'!1 per cent, ot the arninonlatcd fertilizers analyzed were below the ' < ? KUUriUlll't;, illiu ~\i |?:i t;cm. in ?uiu |iuuor.iiiivo were the sumo. In 1S8C 1U per cent, of nnimonlated and 9 per ceut. of acid were deficlent, and this is about the average of the last three yearn. Jt Is possllile to suppose that none of those deficient brands of fertilizers were ever analyzed, or eoutd not have been unalyzed and I heir fraud lound out In time, sothatan ellicicntand zealous officer could not have found some of It before "all wsis in the ground?"' No reasonable man in South Carolina believes it. Suppose, as Col. Iiutier claims, that the "averages" of manufacturers' guarantees exceeded those guarantees 3863 per ton, what satisfaction was it to a farmer who bought and paid for the deflcieut brauds to know that some one more fortunate had got a brand above the guarantee, and was being benefitted at his expense? That he had paid for what lie had not received, and that though the farmers paid SSO.iXMl a year for inspecting fertilizers, the inspection was a fraud, his guano a fraud, and no punishment meted out to tlio rogue except to print his brand in italics in a report which not one farmer in fifty ever saw or heard of. only 1,500 of these "italicised" reports of analyses were printed In isfcfif. and I doubt if twenty men In Greenville other than editors ever saw one. Uy the wny, this system of punishing a rougue by printing his brand of guano in "italics''ought to be patented. Of course it Is well known that the brand may be changed next season and the italics rubbed out. It is notorious that manufacturers will fill sacks, branded In a dozen different ways, from the same pile, but then the chemist can eateh tin; thief and "Italicise" liiiu iignln, and why should we farmers complain! Oh, my countrymen ! It. is this fatal laxity; this conlilving at crime; this dethronement of law; this obtuseness of moral conscientiousness; I his "political leprosy" that permeates our IMIIiro governmental muric, ami is aunnm-u lip iii this: "The one branded is liable to the line." The injustice or weak hps of tlie law is that it is severe 011 a dealer lUilhig lo brand the sack, but if a man puts sand in a branded sack anil is caught, It can only be "eonllscated." And tills has never been done! it is only "italiei.?ed!" Now I will read tlie following letters signed by responsible gentlemen to show that the commissioner, or his agents, have on several oeeassluns knowingly and wilfully refused to enforce the law and , his regulations based npon it. Here is a letter from Orangeburg. charging that seventeen tons ol "italicised" guano were pointed mil to the "ampler, not "in the ground," but , In the ware house, and nothing was done , iibout il. The dealer who was so 'indiscreet," ' was boycotted by the manufacturers: ( ONXKIl'S I.KTTKK. J OUANCKISHRii, S. (', .luiH' .'1, 1S9U. I Jai-T. B. 1*. TiI.I.MAN, KII|M-I-A, y. c.: Deak Siu?For jour lului uiutiun 1 will make the J w: following statement: Mr. Hubert Copes of i!i s jil.iti li:i'l a lot of piano? any l(i or 17 tons?lliut w;?s <n ihe itiiieUld li.it (S-f ami 8.1). which lit* carried over from Unit s.-asoii When Mr. 15iith-r's agent chioo li?*rw ! lHSfl (Vlu cli 2T>) he ciilh d ill Mr. Cii;? j's |>tiuv of l.tni >>? us In* hull (lone llio M'liMOl i.fl'i.;-!.. iI:i|niriiitl for bialeis ul fertiliz 11 he illicit li.iVr for sale. *- sis to g.'t sampled fori ii>:il\se*. Now. I lie un:in.? thai Wis eurried owr wus part ?!' a b.i from wlileh samples hud been drawn the m-umiii In-fore I?v Mr. lintl' i's clerk, and it ?m< shown to him, uihI the huh s in Hie sucks ware pointctl mil to him nseWdeine that I hey win- the self, same lot lli it hud hceli Miiiiplt-d hefnro. nml was asked why the department iltil not make an t ftort to carry out the law. No notice, however, was taken of the same by the department, ami Mr. Copes aftewurds s-nt the guano away, a? he whs coinploU-ly boycotted, anil could not continue the business. Yon will clearly see that this was an opportunity for Mr. Butler to carry out the law. Mr Copes is a pelfec.My reliable gentleman. and one of I lie best men in this county, ami he will be ready to substantiate this statement if culled upon. Yours renpectfuHy, L. P. CoNXEK. Then here Ik a letter from nnp of tn v neighbors. In which it is charged I hot. IiW guano lost twenty pounds per sr.clt or 10 per pent, showing t hat In addition to bidng swindled In (|itallty we are also swindled hy short weight. Mr. Gardner Is perfectly reliable: Jilt. OARDNKlt'S LETTER. liorr.ns, S. C, June 8,1S90. 1)rar Ben?I bought seventy-seven sacks last year, only weighed live sack*. They lost twenty pound* each. I csn nrnvp it tiv R. f.. flninho. Yours truly, 8. W. Oardxkr, Jr. O. F. CONNER'S CERTIFICATE. Tliltt is to certify that I. O. F. Conner, did hear a prominent nn<! reliable clerk in Hit: Acrlctilliiral Dejiarlnient at Columbia, S. C., say tbat when tho phosphate companies failed In comlu<; up .to tho analysis required by law they would bog off. ' 0. F. Conner Lancaster, S. C\, May 31, 1890. Next I give a statement from a gentleman in Lancaster, Mr. O. F. Conner, as to what he hear'l one of Col. Butler's clerks say, ami I)r. T. J. Stuart., who sends me the certificate, says Mr. Conner stands ready to give names, etc. I hardly think it will he necessary now for the third charge that the board and commissioner have done nothing to have the defects in fertilizer law amended. Col. Butler has held the office of commissioner of agriculture since December 1879. Ills salary has amounted to ??,900, and he has spent In the Agricultural bureau, as I have said, over $306,0: 0 In that time. He has been one of the most influential men In the State and the "Ring," which we are fighting, has stood by him and his department through thick and thin. He and his political associates bad Influence enough to defeat the bill I prepared by order of the Farmers' association In 1880 reorganiz!?/? n?rl/.iilfnn.>l /lAr.nr(mAtt) niwl In. roitu doubtless consulted by Col. Youmnns In preparing the "substitute," which was passed In 1*87 In lieu thereof, and which Is now in force. He knew of this defect In the law, and although he and his friend had things all their own way, the provision In my bill punishing fraud lu fertilizers by tine and imprisonment was left out of the Youmans' "substitute." He and his friend had Influence enough to elect the prese.it board over the men nominated by the Fanners' Convention, and to reelect them, and It stands to-reuson that If .they had wanted to pass a law to protection to farmers It could have been doffo But the agricultural bureau was In close u''inuce with the University and Cllmjel. TI..C Arree had pooled their strength toaWcat^verythine the common farmers wanted/and to continue in control of the State. The anomaly was presented of an agricultural department which belnjr apppolnted by the country people is defended by the cities. The agricultural bureau has never since this agitation begun, save In a single Instance, lacked the t-olld support of Charleston and Columbia, and thfa political "trust," composed largely of merchants, manufacturers' and lawyers, with a few "aristocratic agriculturists" as allies hare deemed "italics" sufficient punishment, just as lhey deemed the annex a "sufficient" agricultural college. So much for the fertilizer business. Soyr when asked by a gentloman In the audience at Anderson where the money spent by the agricultural department went, I answered, "I do n/.? I nAit' " oust T trtM t li n oimnla f ml h T knew where Col. Butler's report said It wont, but I hwve not seen It paid out, and told lilm to ask Col. Butler. Col. T.J. Moore of Spartanburg, a member of the board, has come forward and claims that this was a charge ol 'corruption, extravagance," etc. I fail to see how or why. Gentlemen are not usually so touchy, about their honesty and this double exhibition of solicitude about the money spent is curious to say the least. It is on a par with the iterated and reiterated charges, that I have "accused I lie State offlcers of corruption," etc., and my "contresslon" that there was none. All this flurry and hullabaloo about "corruption" can have but one meaning. The purpose is to create the Impression that I have made such charges and cannot prove them. Now all I ask Is that some one, the Nrtcs and Courier, Reginler, or other "scrapbook keeper-' will put the charges home and show when and where I have charged "corruption against the officers." It is time to "show up or shut up." I have made charges enough and am ready to prove them without these "cuttle fish'' trying to fool the people by accusing me of charges I never said. Col. Moore gave the itemized expenditures of the agricultural department for 1KSJI nnd I will give those of 1R80 for nine months to show how this tiling lias grown. The "new broom" dlil its work better and for less money. Here Is the statement of expenditures In 1880. Collections and disbursements, agrculture department for nine months, January 12, 1S.S0, to November 1,18S0. COLLECTIONS. Fertilizer tnx. $17,2S9 SO balance '79 '-38 40 |17,4:15 20 UlSIICRSKMKNTS, SALAEIKS. A. P. Butler, 0 months $1,575 E. r.. Roche. 8]A months 850 L. A. Ransom. 9 months 900 O. J. Huske, 1 y. months 180 | 3,505 PEPA1.TMENT EXPENSES. Privilege tnx togs $1,179 Printing 313 Analysis, fertilizers 920 Monthly reports 209 Aquarian '25 Specimens 88 Copy act 5 2,777 EXPENSES COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE. Postage $ 181 Express charges 40 Telegrams 38 Office fixtures 191 Expense Roche's otllee SJjW Expense hoard of agriculture 197 Tax refunded 30 Expense llsh commissioner hutching, distributing, cost of building pond, ete... 8.72 Cash on hand vi i Cash In State Treasury 9,108 * 17,433 Cents omitted, OOLLKOTIONS. Privilege tax on commercial fertilizer $52,OSS 0,1 Received nl' J. M. McBryilc proceeds sale from products, Sp.vrttuilitnif Station... ">S1 68 ii:ilane?* in State treasury department Hinds 7,Mi 77 Department funds :!1'! 'M lieceivcd of A. T. Smyilie tlio amount disbursed l?y department of agriculture in phosphate Munition, living part of damages recovered I'J.lli'J 'J(l Received of A. T. Smyilie damans recovered in phosphate litigation, haianco after ill di.eti::^ amount paid out by departnnnt o! agriculture "1.31 7!> |S3,I'J!I 1J lUSiifKSKMr.NTS. Salaries '. i -V7"| 00 A. I\ liutler, 12 months at |I75 *J,W0 0.1 I', k. (.'IiiiziiI, chemist, 1 month at*l".'? 17.i IM L. A. Kuiisom, clerk, to months at #I2? 1,-50 'W A. K. Gonzales, :> mouths, at $12-) '-'.'ill III! On Account of A-'ricultural lJoiiai'tlileUt 1I.ISI II Lilnaloiy expen.v s .1?SJ II Salary cliembt iiikI iwu awiistani?u Hiiiiitii.i,at tin i,r?s a. Accounted lor ill clli-flli>t report 1ST 17 Paid l>y (' iiiinis.-oi'iii'i' In 1'. K. Cliazal lor November, " I !K Privilege tax lajfs 1.1.Vi i'J I'uMi.oliiii^' ami mailing muiiililv report 7S? |t| Pi inline iiiimial iv|mrt <">l ''7 Printing annual report >'!? 7" Cli-rlcalns.sl>taniv. l/'HU Ml K.vih'Iims ilrawiuir guahn samples 'J?*? ya Prize coin contest /?5? State weather ?cri ice - >! ?*> Kapails (?n liiilliliiii'.H ahil alterations !'7 Stationary anil bonk* 170 -< Telegrams #s7.(ll, express chains5'il.T) i:s K Slate representatives al PaiiS exi* siiinn ii'Xl <n> insurance prices 3!0 !? Postage -!!> > -7 Traveling and expenses of cmninitti u of niri it'iiliu ro 92 SO Kreiulilun.l lwiillnv !!?.?. por[ias ice Ti'.'iV,' f'lici ~!IS ll'i State exhibit Augusta expositor ;:s Veterinary ilepailinent "I'J Ml Ivpariiiient museum Sis ai Dlli-e fixtures ami sundries 110 7.S farmers institutes iJsil H"i Hall and office furniture 1?? 5ti Llbi'.ry eases 271 75 I ' - '-fx-.V? ??????????????I Kxporimcnlal Rlnt'ons... 5,649 )*8 li->ar<l Agriculture fe67-50 Kisli co'imiiiKslonere ~ 5i)6 65 Putroi at Georgetown 351 65 I'airoi n Kdhlo 2><0 00 Patrol in Marl-in county .10 00 Patrol ill Kilgt tii'lil county 15 00 r>io?|ilmte department .* 2,860 90 Salary f-jiecial asaintaut 1'2 m-mili- 1,S00 00 ' i Office rent, traveling expeiiM-a special us* m Mutant <59 00' ^ Prlntlnz 7 50 ' ! Litiirntifiii 477 55 Annual inypecioii of phosphate territory by board 116 80 State Agricul ural and Meeluii-lcal Miciety 2,500 00 t'uiil State treasurer balance (Inning-? recovered in phosphate lltigatiou 31,396 79 Total disbursements S61.826 13 Cash ill Slate Treasury October 31, 1SSU... 23,301 98 Gram] tola! 133,129 11 The demand is made thai we make this ft 3 campaign of education, mo I will play school master a little further In this matter of expenditures In the Agricultural Department. * & Here are some questions which, whoever will, or ciin; may answer: Kiist. It will be seen that $12,162 lias been paid for lawyers' foes. Why did not the Attorney General and solicitors who are State ~ officers, with big salaries, prosecute those suits and save that money ? Second. Judgment with costR for 57(5,S75 was obtained against the Pacific (Juano Company. When that company failed, which was probnhly a ru?e to g-t some leiml advantage. and Its property was attached under the Judgment. Then a compromise was made hy which the Paeltlc Company paid 5M.219 and costs. The amount turned Into the State Treasury was $3l,:i06 and the Department kept $12,102 to repay costs of lawyers' fees, etc., makingfl3.f>59. This Is 57,C!X) less than the amount received. I want to ask why was the matter compromised at all ? And where did the 57,090 go? And did anybody get any money for compromising? Third. In 1884 the experimental stations costS-VM. cost of chemists laboratory and sundi ies 51,337, making 59,986. The State annually receives from the United Slates 515,0 0, known as the Hatch lund to run an experimental station. I can find noaceotintof how that money Is spent or where It goes, either in Colonel Butler's reports or In that of the University trustees. Aro ire ?nRllilln? KVOflftn veur on these stn tlotiB? Has the station a chemist or chem- -J Ists, and the University a chemist both paid . by the year and do they then receive additional pay for analyzing lertllizers? Have we duplication of office and duplication of salary and no works in return thereof? Is not somebody making h "good thing" out of the spending of these agricultural lunds. Fourth. The net expenditures of the Agricultural Department as set forth above are $10,427. This Includes for State Agricultural ^H) "oclety, 82,500, making net expenditures $27.427. In the Comptrollers General's report for the same fiscal years (page 9) the Agricultural Department Is charged with $31,169, but this does not Include the 82,500. Do we find three State officers?I mention their names with tear and trembling?making this sort of a showing about the same matter of public expenditures in offiiclal record. The Treasurer, charges the Bureau with 83,742 more than It acknowledges to have spent and 52,500 more than the Comptroller General says It spent. The Comptroller General charges it with $3,242. more than It acknowledges to have spent, and yet all tho books of these officers tnlly, and they would not do so If any changes were made. Now have these officers made mistakes, or is there "something rotten iu Denmark?" Has tho Bureau spent more than it accounts for? If the Agricultural Department's accounts aro correct (Colonel Moore was particular to memtlon vouchers, although the Bureau, prior to 1887, spent over ?200,000 without ever snowing H single vuuLiierj nuvr win mo win) troll er and Treasurer straighten their own? Is the desperate and unscrupulous warfare urged against me made lest a thorough over- , hauling of the Slate Government might show something wrong somewhere. Every good farmer cleans up his premises once a year and especially his barn. There may be no "rata" In our State House, (cries: "yes, plenty of 'em)" and consequently no rut nests, but whether there are or not, a general overhauling and sweeping out can do no harm and while you may think that I am actuated by t selfish motives I hope we shall have it whether I boss the Job or not. Npeoeli of General Earle. Mr. Chairman, Ladles and Gentlemen: I am pleased to stand on Abbeville soil. It is the first time I have ever hud the pleasure. It Is sacred soil. This spot Is sacreo. Abbeville county holds a hignposition in theState. She has ulven to the state sis much, perhaps, more of her glory and honor than any other county. I am of those who believe that all that Is j good and pure and noble is Inspired by wo- * '.j, man. I am glad to see them here upon this occasion. I shall not promise them that nothi ???? llr\o olwill Alfnnil thom 1 UK lUill 1UIIO IH/I.I ii.J ji,-o duum uiivuu It Is not necessary for me to make that promisc. ^ . Follow CilizenR, these are troublous times ?more troublous than many tblnk. We V ; have stood here before a* Democrats. But 1 how different now. Then we stood man to 1 man, holding aloft the palmetto tree. Do we stand so to day ? I stand here to-day to say that l'alinetto tree is not smirched. South Carolina deserves a higher place than ever before. If what has b? en said of It Is true, then she Is no longer worthy of your respect. I have been to every nuetlng from Greenville to Abbeville. I have endeavored to discuss calinly and dispassionately the Issue of this campaign?not as as a politician, but as a lover of my state. ^ South Carolina levies loss taxes per capita than any state In the Union, except two-only four have a lower rate of taxation. I defy anybody lo deny It. Tillman?Will you give me a word right there? Knrlo?Yes. Tlllinnu?When It comes to per capita Governor Moses used the same argument. In his message in 187:!, he stated that the average per capita taxation was S7.26, while in South Carolina it was only $3.91. Everybody knows that the white men pay the most of the taxes. Earle?I will not tnsult your Intelligence by reading anything from Mosos, the Robber Governor of south Carolina. I say Mooro told the truth. I will agree with the devil. If he tells the truth, therefore I agree with a "reatdeal thatCapt. Tillman says. Tillman?Thank you. .cEarle?I say that we pay less taxes per cap11xl and less per 81,000 than do most of the Slates of the Union, and J do not tninK we pay too much. I fall to discover where Captain Tillman proposes to reduce ,your taxes. I am not in fayor of pulling down your J educational institutions. If the South Carolina University is spending too much, reduce the appropriation. I opposed free tuition In the South Carolina University. I did not like to see rich boys educated at public expense. Tillman?You are coming over to my side. Earle?No, sir: lam not coming over to your side. <iod forbid that I should. I am in favor of the public school, and while I am In favor of the higher education also, if we had to dispense with; one ortha other, I would prefer to give up (the higher institution. (ientlemcn of Abbeville, you are Demoera Is, but I do say that you who follow Captain Tillman are pursuit);,' undemocratic H methods. The March Convention nnd those things which preceded It ui.d iollowed It ar&^~ not Democratic. I am not afraid to speak the "truth, as I know It. I do not mean to ort'end any man, hut I do mean to speak my honest sentiment ; bo the result what It may. I do say that in l.s~fi we strolid together Tas one man. Wo broke the chains that bound out* grand old slate to the earth. We then adopted rules, by which we have been governed since, and I say that Captain Tillnmn lias disregarded . - t/i the tlumncrafli; those ruicu. ? ? parly to hold n seperato convention and make :i seporate nomination ? They publish a pronunclaniento in which jjrnveJ and fieriouscharj?es\are made against the government of South C'aro.'lna?against the Democratic party. If your Railroad (Commission has been tamed or bought or bribed; if your Legislature has been bamboozled or debauched; If your Legislature has been guilty of corruption and perjury, is Ibis Government any better than that of the Radicals* I have asked Captain Tillman to prove these charges. In other States Treasurers have gone to Canada, but where in South Carolina can such a ease be found ? Not long ago a citizen of South Carolina tried to negotiate some of our I'.rown consols in New York. The hanker to whom he offered them said he would not give (Ifly cents on the dollar for South Carolina securities, be- * cause if Captain Tillman was elected Governor he would have no guaranty that he might not do as others had done, and declare them invalid. Staudinu hero in a minority, I proclaim that these (-lunges of corruption and polith-al leprosy are talse. How can ourState he honored abroad when such slanders are published ? Captain Tillman charged at Anderson that Dr. Maxwell was a perjurer. l)r. Maxwell is I as "nod a man as South Carolina has ever ! had. Captain Tillman siys thai me iteuamrs ami IUpie-ciitatives who voted against tbe census bill Inive vloiat> d their oat In*, aud ?ro eoriupt. I was pained beyoud expression mlirii lie slngh il out i!>ut noble tnnn, that true licmocrat. th'!t Christian gentleman, Judge l/.iar. had committed perjury, nnd Is not worthy to sit on the Hench. Is Jt to go out to I lit- world that a South Carolina Ju dge is chargid l'i a candidate for tiovernor with beinu a perjurer? Captain Tillman says there is ft dlscrepanoy in the annual reports of the expenditures l>y the Commissioner of Agrlouitnre, the Comptroller (icnerai, ami the State Treasurer. Why does he make this assertion, unlesn J lie means to insinuate that some one of them is ilishonesi ? Tillman?I have never charged Colonel Butler willi malfeasance In oHiee. Karte -N'o: lint the insinuations are there. The ditt'erence in the books of the State officers is accounted for in the fact that some of I lie cheeks are not presented for payinei tbefore tlie close of the lis.'iil year. 1 tiavo i ever examined those accounts, hut I make ths proposition toCnptiiin Tillman. Let him employ un expert, and 1 will employ one. Le? ^ them go to Columbia, and make au examlna- ,