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VOL 6.--NO.24 .PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 2, 896. -D-A
man And Treasurer Bates were forced
to lea've Now York without a bidder
for the bonds. 1, as well as evory other
Rformer, felt a deep interest in th(
Success of Governor Tillman in this
undertaking, especlaJly as i~t has been
charged by his enemies that he was
incompeteyt to deatl with the question
and that in consequence of his failure
the cred it of the Stat6 would be ruined.
ventured to suggest to Governor
Tillman the advilpability of employing
a .brokor who was familiar with such
trapsactions and w ho was not an enemy
of his administration. He agreed
with me and stated that he had given
i New York broker an option on the
bonds which would expire in a few
days. I do not know a broker in the
Statow ho was not thcn an ene my of the
State administration and who would
not gladly have seen Governor Till
man fall in his efforts. I had lived in
Augusta for several year3 and knew
Mr. Ihind to be a reliable and honest
nan.-l suggested him to Governor Till
man and he asked me to send him to
Columbia in case the other broker
failed. The New York broker failed
to accomplish anything and Mr. Rhind
was given a chance. Mr. Rhind suc
ceeded.ip organizing a syndicate of
bankers in Baltimuore to take the bonds
under the terms Prescribed by Cover
nor Tillman and Treasurer Bates, by
virtue of authority conferred upon
trhem as follows (sec. 13, act 189L9:)
That the governor and Stato treasuror
aro hereby authorized in their discro
tion to perforn'all and singular every
act necessary to carry out the Pro
visions of the act not herein specifi
Ially given, and which are not incon
sistent with the Provisions hereof, and
in order to have said bonds and stock,
promptly Placed, the governor and the
State treasurer are hereby authorized
Lo oifer and pay a comm ission to partiez
phailig -iiid bonds and stocks, and the
funds bolonging to the sinking fund
aire hereby al)pIopriatcd to pay such
uommlhiission, if so much be necessary:
p-ovided, however, that they shall
have said bonds and stocks placed with
jut paying a commission if Practicable.
It was agreed that the interest should
cominence to run from the first ol
January, 1893. The reason for this I.
set forth in the message from Gover
nor Tillinan to the General Assembly.
M.. Rhind had a contract with the
bond syndicate whereby he was to be
paid i lPer cent. as commission for his
Yahor. Atey -the bonds had bcun paid
for and Rhind's corumstion was due,
some miembers of thosyndicato iaxht
Rhind was getting too much under his
contract with them and refused to
allow the commission paid. I was
employecd by Mr. Rhind to proceed to
13altimore to take legal st<:ps to col
leet his commission. I did so and
associated with no Maj. R. M. Vena
ble. The case has heen tried in the
lower court and a judgment had been
rendered in favor' of Mr. Ithind. An
a)Peal has been taken and will not be
heard for several months. As stated
by Mi. ithind in his testimony, t.he
amtount of my,% f1e has not been agreed
u pon. When I was elected Governor I
retired from the management of the
case nd turned it over to Maj. Vona
bie and Mr. Biactger and they have
examined me as a witness, as well as
Governor Tillman and others. My
testimony as well as Govornor Till
man's is a matter of record in the court
and I have the record here for your
inspection.
i have never concealed anything as
to my connection with this matter and
shall not attempt to do so. I. as -Gov
ernor of South Carolina, cannot afford
t notice every anonyimous scribbler in
newspapers, nor every cowardly cur
that barks at mne, but as a candidate
for the Senate, however, I deem it just
to you, as well as to myself, to give to
you the facts of this matter. The at
templjt has been made to create the
impression thout Gover-nor- Tillman and
Treasur~er' Bates, w ho conduItcted the
sale of said bonds, and I, who assisted
them as far- as I could, have becen p~aid
a consider-ation by Mr. Rhind, or by
the syndicate who took the bonds, fot
allowing them to pay for the bonds we
wer-e so anxious to get rid of. This
camte, [ am inftor-mod, from the pen of
one A. B. Williams, whose letters
were published in the New York
Times, but not over his own signature.
Mr-. Williams is weoll known to you as
the late editor of the Greenville News,
and any reference to him is unneces
sary. The substance of IRIS insinua
tions, which have been pulblished in
full in the State papers, is to the effect
that the Rtich mond br-oker told them
(the syndicate) he understood, presum
ably fr-om Mr. Rhind, that th'vbulk of
the sutm was to be divided among
parties in South Carolina who had
political inlnence.
The New Yoirk br'oker, who was in
close association with Mr. Rihind and
whose opportunities tot' knowledge
were best of all, replied "that they
wouid better not investigate that,; 'hat
it was to go to *the peopl)e who would
better not be-known." This statement
is based substantially upon the testi
mony of 'T . 1- ambleton, a memtber- of
the syndicate which putrchased the
bonds and the man who is trying to
keep from piayinig Mi'. LRhind's comn
missioni. The Rich mond br'oker r-e
forred to is Major .John Skelton Wil
liams. On page 206U of his sworn testi
mnony in said case he says :" That
Colden 1thind never informed him as
to who his associates weire aind that he
could niot hitve infoi'mcd any peR'son ais
to who they were, as he did not kpow
himself." The Now York ,broker r-e
foirced to is R. A. Ilancaster, who, on
page 227 of his swot'n testimony, refer
ring to Mir. R~hind, said substaintially
"that lie (lid not know who the partie~s
in South Carolina wor-o to whom Mt-.
Rhinid expectedl to nmake the payment;
that lie had never' given him the
nameTIs of elther the lawyer-s or' any one
else employed by him as to wvho was to
have the amount, lhe was to receive."
1I. C. Davidson, presidenRRt of the
'iTrust C.~omipany ando manager oft the
sytndlicto, saiys suIbstanttiailly ini his
testimnony, page 259: " At one of the
meetings(, i cainnot, remembih.wr the daite,
TI. 14. Ilamnbleton aisked Mi'. ILncastur
in my prtesencc fo'r infoirmation as to
whom the 14 por- centi.. cmuissioni was
to be paid, aind whether any of thto
money was for pol1itical puriposes 01r in
fluenco. Mr. Laincaister's r'eply wats that
the wvhole 14 pier cent. comm i ssion waRs
to be pid to Mrt. I ithid andio thai t if
any pott'ni of it did not. go to himn
(Mr. Rhind) lhe did not know where it
weont."
Mr'. Hamblotoni evidentlv knew Gov.
Bms oforo
[vans His Judges,
HIS STATEMENT ABOUT THE .BOND DEAL
A NARLtATIVE OP iEVENrS WITH
WIVIICII lN WAS CONN1.CTE).
The folowing Is the defenco and ox
planation of Governor ls0vans at the
opening of. the campaign in Manning,
its repor-ted' in the Stat:
Governor. l0yans ( COUld look 'into the
eyes of these peoplo and sco'they wore
hon1est and that they knew an honest
man when they saw one. Lor the fi rst
tile lin his career' he wis called oi to
make a statenti,. lIe had not made
it ill the newspapers : the governor of
South Carolina was above aoticlng
anonymous scribblers. But, the poo
plo had a4right to iar from him. The
governorl did not know that he had
gotten any fatter Since ho visited this
town before. If he had stolen' $10,000,
It mado a very poor show. If Tillman
had it, he made a poor- show. "Poor fel
low, aill that keeps him from being the
next President Is that he has not got
the money ; but we are going to make
a ligh t any way at Chicago." (Choors.)
There was a charge, said Governor
Fivans, or an insinuatiod, for it was
not an Qon charge over a signature,
that Dr.' Bates, Ben Tillman and, him
self had been bribqd in allowing a
syndicate to take the State bonds. In
rpgad to that, Ie wished to mako the
followinuz statement :
In 188 an act wits passed by the
Legislature providing for the redeminp
tion of that part of tile StatO det~t
known its tie irown consol bonds by
the issuing of now 4 por cent. bonds.
In 1891 this act was amended allow
Ing tile governor and treasurer, who
were charged with the transaction, to
pay a commission of $30,000, and the
entire sinking fund then accumulated
amoputing to $37,000. This act was~
introduced by Mr. Timmerman in the
Senate, of which bo.ly I was then not a
inemiber.
In 1892, after the failure -of the
governor and treasurer to refunij the
debt at .1 1: " ... alt'her act tViis
pasbol changing the rate to -1-A per
cent.., providing for a sinking fund and
the retirement of the debt in 20 or 40
years. Under this act the debt was
refunded. It hias been Insinuated that
I passcdihso acts through the L.iKis
lature while acting as counsel for Mir.
Rhind. This is false. I (lid not in
troduce onle of them, nor did I offer ain
amendment to any of themn. The first
act was introduced by Conservative
lawyers. Time last act was prepared,
its is teatilled to, bi 1]r. Lancaster, by
llellbcls of their syndicate in New
York, wio ,cnt it to Govern'or Till
imani ani lp acit tile following' ex
cuitive mes~iage in .-egard to it :
CUI:MiA, S. C., Decceimber, 1892.
Gioicnie of the General Assembly :
The refunding of the brown consols
which fall due July next is the most
important question with which tile
State government has to deal at this
time. As you know, our predecessors
in ollice provided for the issue of I
por cent.. bonds to be exchanged for
tile 1 per cents, but up to the end of
the fiscal year October 31, 1892, ,only
$33,726 of fours have been issued under'
this act and ou' efforts to place the
nLw bonds in New York at a satis
factory price failed. It is not hard to
give the reasons for this and show
what acts of the State government in
tile past and what men and interests
at tis timle ar'e in combination to pre
vent the State placinig her bonds at
that r'ate of interest. Sulice to say
that it canniot be done and we must
mel~et the ceergenlcy which hlas ar'isen
by such action as wvili'maintain our
cred ~it and bluild~ it up) untii South~
Carol ina can b~orrtow money at as low,-a
late as any of her sister States.
Tihe State could have plIaced the 41
poer cent. bonds att parl ini spite of tile
errors of the paist had out' own capita
lists lent thleir aid. We can p)lace a
4I I withlout their help if the GenellI
Assembly will pr1ovide a sinking fnnd
with whlich to begin the gr'adual an
nual paymnilt of the debt andl mfort
gage the phlosphiatO beds as collateral.
A fter' a car'efuli considleraution of the
paist hado ouri own caitalists lnt State
tr'easurer and chlairman of the finance
comimittees of bothl hlouses, a bill has
been1 prieparedl whiich I submit here
with that will enable its to meet our
obl igatins at miaturi ty anld so huid
up oiur crecdit as to refund the debt in
20 years at as tow a r'ate as any State
cIan obttaiU. Thie prtactical r'esult of
the schemefl will be
First-Thlat thle interest chairges to
.be met annually will be say $80,000
less, but tis sumif will not go to tile
r'educition of taxes, but near'ly all of it
to the payment ptnd reduction of thle
(cht itself.
Second-That this wIll, in my jud~g
ment. Cinable us in 20 year's to float a
3 0or 34 ibondl, so that in the iong ruazn
the total amolunt savedl the State wvill
be mor'e thanl if we now placed a 415
year 41 per cent. band.
As the bill itself will exlain the
whole mal&tterl in detal, anld the reausonls
muswt appear to any intelligent mind,
I submit It to you withlout fur'ther
argument or' comment, and urge its
pabsagc as soon as possible.
13. 11. TILLJMAN, Governor'.
It was repor'ted uplonl favorably by
.Senator WN. D). I'vans who was at that
.timoe chairmnan of the lnance comn
iitee of theSoenate. Thle act was
pas~sedl without a dissenting vote and
waIs tile host that could have then
bee dono(111 for' tile taixpaiycrs of tihe
State.
I wiiii not r'elate hereo tile dastartdly
aitti ).eptilmade bly some11 of the news
~papers of the State an'l by some1 of tile
Chaurleston banikers nd] brokors to
dofeait tile governorli a.id treasuro'r in
their etfortLs to refuind tile dlebt at 41
1p1er cent. under the' firist act. 1Prom i
noent South Carolinians in New York
who11 ha id boonlII hilhly hlonor'ed by the
ple~t oif thlis State, on1e of whom hlad
been11 govern'ior, areO reor)lted to hlavo
stiated to bankeors and1( brokers5 of New
York ti)hat TIilma 1111coil nrot be truistid;
that the credoiit of th11( State had been
ined and1hil~ thlat theoy wvould not, touch
the( bondS. Others state~d thlat the
Tiihinaniites would1 replud~iate tile debt
and for these reasons Governor Till
orndr Tillman and believed that it this
would not be safo for him to intimato "
thet any one could Influence hiut < r tira
that le could be bought. Here is in 1
what ho swears : . hav
". Tillman states that you com- cept
plained of hhving made so little be- 4:
cause of Mr. Rthind's Commission Y man
"A. ( never mentioned lthind or the|
Lhind's commission from the fact that in V2
I had been put on iny guard by Lan- Mr.
caster and Williams i referring to into
this thing thati a certain amount of joini
money, this money on this $2,.000,000 of the I
.bonds, was to be paid to Mr. RhiM four
and would not do for mne to investigate annti
it; that I know enough about politics r so
to understand certain people had a pull gent
and intimated to me that that was 11dr
going to parties, the powers to be, and woul
for that reason I was partcularly at at
cautious not to mention such a thing ado
to Tillman, less it might cause him to wou
fly Up. paYe
Let mue go a little further. I spoke year
about the expenses incurred in this been
thing and that somebody was drawing Batu
a commission. I recollect saying that entii
very well, and he (Tillman) sal(i we dra
had no business paying the commi)sffios cent
to anybody, that if we were dealiny *315
direct with him there w's no need to Tillh
pay a commissicn to anybody, and that annu
we were nothing but a set of fools a sit
(using that language, if we wanted to per a
pay out money to somebody else. the j
.:tind's name was not mentioned." urer
This does not sound like a ma!) who 20 y4
was getting part of Rhind's prulit. It refI
will be seen that this quarrel arose rate
among members of the syndicatO, who the E
claim that Mr. Lancaster, who was a the (
partner in the deal, should not receive bOnd
a certain part of Rhind's commissions er '
but should divide with his brothibrn the (
In order to show that Lancaster had 40 yc
decuived them and thus get at standing $3,15
in court, some of them had sworn that en)OU
Lancaster told them he was to get Clari
nothing but his traveling expenses for t
and that the rest went to politicians fund
What was the necessity of buying sotAs
politicians ? There was no legislation Phos
needed ; there was no influence to be over
used or necessary ; they were dealing Per c
with Governor Tillman and Treasurer At t
llstes, who, alone, under the acts of a1mol
the Legislature above referred to. had will
the authority to dispose of the bonds debt,
and who, as was publicly known, had be re
been unable to do. If there is any year
man in South Carolina who had a pull paid,
on Ben Tillman I do no not know him. ''
le does his own thinking and pulling this
and his integrity and honesty is too stein<
well known to require any comment. Caro
Governor Vains then road Mr. matU
Rhind's testimony i hIi\. Bo'iow are
given some extracts : le'S
os
" Q. Well, did you succeed in form- Ous
ing thiat syndicate or finding purchas- this
ers for the wholu 'ssue on those terms?
" A. We did not. At this juncture, r
the exact dato I can not give from
memory, someone introduced a bill The
into the South Carolina legislature
authorizing the extension of the 6 por D
cent. Brown consois for four years at 6 bure
per cent., which was evidently done letinl
by some one unfriendly to the admin- June
istration of South Carolina, and that 'Tb
had the effect of throwing those pco- ing
ple ofl entirely-many of them. ihey piair
said that they could not negotiate for for g
a 41A per cent. bond, when the State ccpV1
was considering the extension of its adva
bonds at (, per cent., and when I say the
they sa.,' under.tand me, I do not tion
mean any person ; I am giving you the pron
general view of what I gathered at (
the time. Mr. Preach was ill and not ge
active in getting up the syndicate as a few
well man might have been."
In another place Mr. Rhind speaks sligi
of the commission which he was to pond
get, saying he started out to work for p
a commission of 1 1-2 per cent. p ai
Mr. Rhind on the re-direct examina- mak
tion by Mr. Venable tolls of the $, t 'u
fee he promised to payv Major Gary of able
Augusta, Ga., and says:oft
"'Q. Now, you have said also that me
you agreed to pay Mr. John Gary it
10vans a fee. What was the amount of 1mi
that fee ?
" A. It hais never been settled : if, is wo
like yours and Mr. Baotjer's; it Is sub- n
ject to an agreement.".
" Q. What was the fee for; sorvicesan
as an attorney ? aent
.oc " u es as an attorney ; he has Ler
benworking with me from thte start Cit
on this thing, and he has givon me bLt
point after point in regard to the law, advi
und I have consulted him as a resident dalv
of South Carolina and as a practicing nis
attorney there. I have consulted both at
of thtese gentlemen, and hie has come
on to Baltimore here in this ease, Iea
don't kno w -how many times ; h alf a byea
dozen times, at least, in this matter, tbln
and until he was nominated and elected Sta
governor he was my active adviser in Sa
the ease. grot
"6GRD-Q. .And you owe him alfee plan
for his services, but the amount is notits
settled? ad
" A. The amount is in aboyance. hsl
"7R.D-Q. Have you agreed or un
dertaken to pay any othter persons forpr
their services in cbnnection with this co
matter y coml
" A. No person whatsoever except grai
the $1,000 that I have stated, payable gr
to the Banik M Char'leston."
Governor Evansaoconclutded wvh at he
had to say on the subject thus : nea
" As to mty connection with the eases
in our Supremte Court I have this to ang
say :I was sent for by Governor TI'1 llap
man to come to Columbia afteor the
cintracts had been signed for the salesa
of the bonds. Hie related that hair- pa
sliitting lawyer had raised a ptoint R
against the constitutionality of this
act, and the syndicate would not take
the bonds unless thtey were decided tro
constitutional by the Supreme Court. one
[ then brought an action in nty own not
nanme against Tilman and Bates, en- o
joiing thtom from entering into the ,
contlract with the syndicate. The case badul
was heard by the Supreme Court,, the blant
Attoirney General representing the ties
State. rThe Supreme Court decidedltis
the act to 1)0 constitutional. Governor
Tilhntan refused to pay me a fee upon-'
the ground that he htad no money for Colic
tltat p~urp~los, but I insisted that lhe at 25)
least pay my OXexpeses. Th'lis lhedid b~y H-ors
giving mnc a check for $50 out of his "' I'i
contingent fund. A ft,er the synd icaute by I'
had purchatsed thto bonds lawyer~s int surg
Now York raised an'other pointtagainst and
thteir validity wI. 'et~ is reported in the and
case of Robeortson vs. T1illmtan and buih11
Bates. I was telegraphed to by Mr. use,
lIavidson, presidleni of tihe syndicate, stocl
to meet thteir attornoy , Mr. Steele, in not
Columbia. I dd so 5. lHe desired me "ho
to assist him in bringing the m:ttoer will
b)ofore the Supreme Court. f prepared IStat
the papers and assisted him, and for stati
service.the syndicate paid me $100.
Plis Is my connection with the en
matter. No fair-minded person
outh Qarolina will assert that I
been guilty of wrong-doing In ac
ing a foe for my services.
,;ow let us sco what Gavernor Till
and Treasurer Bates have saved
State uy this so-called bond deal.
92, while this matter was pending,
John C. ifaskell had introuduced
the House of Representatives a
,resolution extending the time for
myment of the bonds for a period of
years at the rate Of (6 per cent. per
im. Ilb stated In advocacy of the
tution that by reason of the strin
y of money and the lack of conm
Ice in Tillinan's administration, it
d be imipossi ble to refund the debt
y rate. If his suggestion had been
ted the svm of $78,580 por annum
I have been levied upon the tax
rs of th1 L State, or a total n1 four
s of $315.320. This would have
$1117,1115 more than Tillman and
s paid for the redomption of the
-o induht.edness. The old debt was
ing interest at the 'rate of 6 Ver
per annun. or in round numbers
000 per annum. As refunded by
Ian it draws 4 [-2 per cent. per
in, or $233,250 in round numbers,
ving to the taxpayers of $78,750
onum, more than enough to pay
alaries of the governor and treas
for over 15 years. At the end of
ars the State has the option of
iding the entire debt at a lower
of interest, or of continuing it at
aie rate for 20 years lorger. At
xpiration of 20 years the Tillman
deal will have saved the taxpay
0,575,000, or nearly one-third of
intire debt. At the expiration of
rs the taxpayers will have saved
0,000 in interest alone, more than
gh to buy the entire county of
ndon at its asseassed valuation
ixation. Under this act asinking
has been provided for wh leh it.
ipart 7>,0,0 per annem out of the
ph ate royaity. The State now has
$150,000 drawing interest at -I I
tit. which is being compounded.
o end of 20 years this fund will
1ilt to at least $1,600,000 and we
retire that much of the State
leaving a balance of $3,600,000 to
funded. At the expiration of -10
the entiro debt will have been
Vho Is prepared to censure us for
great work for the people ? I
I here before the people of South
lina and state that he wi0o inti
s or insinuatf Vtrit T lia ve ever
a illoflar improperly of the pen-1
money is asianderer and a nalici
alsilier of the sworn tentitiony of
case.
HIE' WEATHEIt, AND CROPS.
Conditions are Favorable, and
the Crops Promising.
irector Baucr, of the weather
au, has issued the following bul
for the week ending Saturday,
20 :
e week was favorable for clean
:rops, and there is but little coin
it of grass. It was also favorable
rowth, and all crops, with the ox
on of cotton, made satisfactory
nee. harmers are well up with
,work, and the agricultural situa
is very encouraging as far as
ised production is concerned.
rn was never more promising
rally, altli(uIgh on sanday soil, in a
counties where there have been
3sive rains, early corn was
.tly " yellowed,'" andi two corres
ents reported corn "firing." L-Lto
ing has a good color and is well
vated with enough moisture to
3 continuous and rapid growth.
e rep~orts on co )m are less favor
esp~ecially during the ear-ly p~art
c week, but latter an improve
L was noted. Lie and cool nights
-ded the development, of cotton,
vith the exgeption of small areas,
noc stands wei-e killed out, no( per'
ent injury is applarent,. Lice
med to be decreasing at the end of
week. The plant turned yellow
the lower leaves dropped elf in
thaw, Williamsbur-g, Florence,
ington, Orangeburg, Berkeley,
sterfield, Colleton and Spartan
Scounties. Cotton continues in
mnce of the season. A correspon
of Anderson has kept a record of
blooms for a long series of years,
rep~orts the earliest bloom noted in
icor years on Juine 13. 18418. This
on June 7, in EdXgefield the first
mn noted on Jutne 3, the average
June 18, and so throughotut the
e. In some portions nearly full
rn bolls are noted. In places the
t is large, but not fruiting well;
generally p)utting on weed freely
fruiting heavily. While cotton
leteriorated during the week, it is
In fair contlition and lately im
ing.
heat and oats threshing near-ing
)letion, with generally fair yields
e former and poor1 of the latte
sports on tobacco show a decided
ovemnent in early planted, which
ortions of lor-ence will soon be
y to cut. Coneition of later plant
less favorable with improvement
rent.
>as are comning up to excellent
Is and quantities continue to be
5cd on stubble lands.
ice and corn are making good
th.
ions are ripeningt some shipments
the lower counties. Genor-ally
nolon crop promises to be a large
but unhealthy condition of vines is
'l in Lexington and ilehland.
rdens improving, as are pastures.
of all kinds continues to drop
p. Blacket-ries continue abun
Grapes rutting in a few locali
but gencirally look promising.
'he experiment station at Clemson
ge has just issued a bulletini (No.
n the subject of "Distemnpor in
es and Mules," and influenza or
rikeyc," which has been prepareod
c'of. W. E'. A. Wyman, veterinary
ion, for the instruction of farmers
>tLhers in the diagnosis, treatment
prevention of those diseases. The
stin is plainly written foir p~opular
andI should be of great value to
owner's, eispecially those wvhoca n
'etaily coimmnand the er'v ices of a
'Se doctor- " in time of trouble. It
be sent free to any cit'zcn of the
a on application to the exp~erimnent
on.
hree Candidates
For_ Oooror.
HIARtRISON, 10>30%10AND WIIIT
MAN.
I synopisi o' Their Specche at
Klingss-ree-The College Questilot
A l[eading Issu).
Th3 chairman introduced Senato
Harrison, candidate fOrV Gov'n-sior.
Phis gentlenan announced his cantidi
Lacy after i few )relimitary. remea-ks'
ad said that nearly every demand
nade by the faruiers' movement had
Joen mad effective. Yesterday refer
nice was made to "pap suckers" and
'ring rule," but as he had been called
lowni as his time was eided and ho
.O:uld not refer to tl'. subject. It was
wvas reported last w inter that a ticket
lad heen made up. e odid not know
wvhether it was so or not, but he knew
0hat no man in South Carolina carried
he peoplo around in his vest pocket.
He told an appropriatestory and.said
hat if there was any ring rule, the
Jeople should know it and s(uolch it.
.1r L. Harrison took a somewhat di Iferent
,ack from the other candidates. lie
mandslly acknowledged that he had not
)een urged or pleadcd with to make
,he race for Governor, but he said that
f he was elected he would give the
state an honest,-cllicient administra
,ion. As far aA-his opponent, Mr. El
erbe, was concerned, that lie could
lot claim credit for what was done in
,he Comptroller General's oilce during
)is term. Credit was due to James
sorton, who was his chief clerk, be
!ause Mr. 14lierbo during bis adminis
ration was sick. le did not mean,
iowever, by this that Mr. Ilrho was
lot thoroughly competent to fulfill the
luties o the oilce.
lie then took amp the Clemson College
natter and repeated his statements
nade at MNanning tho'day before. In
ipeaking of the privilege tax, he said
hat all the assets of the government
rom whatever source should go into
,he treasury and should ho appropri
Lted to suit the necessities of every do
artinent of the government. So far
ts he could learn, none of the vast sums
3oing to Clemsoni went to permianont
Q:.o1ments, as has been stated. II
lhe was w rong'mn- Q.ldapolog ize.
As to the South CarolIntid"logo, he
was not opposed to it, but he heil '1t
there was no necessity to maintain a
preparatory department in that col loge
)c any other one, if the public schools
were so conducted as to give every boy
And girl sullicient preparation for a
higher education.
He noted evidences of prosperity
throughout tie State. In his county
there were so many cotton factories
that they were using more cotton than
produced. lie saw no reason why this
condition should not prevail through
out the State.
If chosen Governor he would do all
in his power to advance this prospority
throughout the State. He would be
the chief executive of no party or fac
Lion, but would carry out the laws as
adopted by the Legislature.
As to the dispensary, lie said that he
favored it as a whole and in view of
the roports going aroundl he thought it
eminently plroper that it should he con
ducted as It now is. He believed the
time would come when it would be
oml0pletely divorced from politi'cs and
would continue to accomplish its great
purpose.
Mr. 1llerbe followed, lie felt con
[ident that lhe had the "'boys'' en iss
side. After replying to sonmc state
Luents of Mr. Harrison about the cost
>f maintaining Clemson, holding that
osoe of the *85,000, as charged to main
tenance, wats devoted to permnanent imn
Iprovemnent, Mr. E'llerbe pro'ceeded as
fellows:
'I hold that the State has just as
much right to maintain colleges as a
system which does not permit a boy
starting at the bottom and going to the
to1) is defective. At the same time,
the claims of some of the fr-iendls of
higher education Is of myth, as only
about :1 1)er cent -of those enrolled in
the common schools eves' go to college.
'"There as-e people1 in ours State who
believe that under our form of gov'ern
ment the best citizens cannot he pro
dIuiced ini deinminationail or' clhurchl
schools, whore the prinmcip1)1s of dog
miatic theology are mnade of pri mary
uimportance, andl for' those who do think
so there ought to be a unIversIty fur
nished by the State to give them h igher
education wvithout dIrivi ng them to
leave thme State to get it, as they wVould(
have to (10 If the State did not mnake
such provision.
"'The result of the oper'ation of the
common schools have not been suc' as
the people had asl ighit to expect, and~ i
favoi' some r'eformn in the maunagont
[of the ommaon schools. In a coumntr'y
like our-s. needing for' its best delolp
mtent and the best development of its
people1 all kinds andl degrees of edu0
Lhated1 labor, ourt commonf05 schools snake
i milstake in not teaching the youth of
)1ur countr-y to wor-k with theirs hands,
nd1 niot miake them muerely book-taugh t
lonos. Let us supl)~ioont prismary in
tstruction by prsoviding for industrill
Ltraininlg.
'"The object of primtary instr-uction
ohouldl not bo to p)reparo children for
3ollege-as 01' e cont. of them never
o there-but to prep~arc them fos- their
ife wor-k.
"Undoer the Increcased constitutional
rsoe school tax the pecople w ill ex poet
'nosr freom these schools, and they have
e right to (10 so. They will expoect bet
bor- school houses and more competent
teaches, and the ejectment of mnore
ife and energy Into the system. They
willl natur-ally re-quire mnore of the sup
3rilntendent of oducation. They should
go cut into the country, into the by
ways and hedges, adveirtiso his comig
as lhe would a ci reuis; have the people
out to heat- him and enthuse them in
the gr-andl cause of education. They
should lhe shown the great impor-tance
of education. Th'le negr-oes are mak
ing grecate- elfor-ts to educate their
chi ildren thian the w h ito peopl1)e. Ther-e
is 11o usc going to the town and cities
to talk eduen~ttion. 'l'heC el)eh thiere
apprmeciate its i mposrtance and have
good schools and colleges.
tle dispenlsariy as4 1 did in 1894, wher
canvas.ed the Stato for Governor.
favor the system as the best soluti
of tle liquor question, and I think tl
now law is fl improvoment on the u
one. ad that it is hero to stay.
"The dispensary vas designed aii
comproinlso with prohibition, and n
as a money-making mach ino. I do i
mean by this that I am opposed to tLi
prolt feature, because it will take co
stabulary to enforce the law, and th
could not bo (.one by direct taxatio
I ha3ve been told that in one town
the State the dispensary has Hnp1rovz
the iiorals muore than all the proac
ing that has been dono in live years.
"Your taxes have very natural
been high Owing to improvements th
have been mado-the building of Clot
sonl and Win tli rop Colleges-inid the e
penses of the constitu tional conventh
I favor ecoloiy. I k now what it tak
to imake a dollar, for all i have mude
havo dug out of the ground ; I knu
how hard it is to pay taxes an'll othi
obligations when thu prices of mon
crops are below the cost of productio
and- I believo th State's busine
should be nuanaged as we do our )pi
vato a fairs-whlen we have plenty
money we miake improvements :. wi
we have not we steer clear of any ext
expenses; and for that reason I fav
calling a halt at this Li1me, and cuttii
expenses wlervezr possible.
"I favor frco, independent and 1
limited coinage of silver at the rittio
16 to 1, becauso I believe that the Ii zui
cial depression can be attributod to t
destructiol of silver as primary mon
if it is true, anid all economists of I
pute agrees that moiney leasires
value in proe rty and property 11101
ures its value in money, then t
scarcer you make money the Inei't(
our property It will buy. Some attri
ute the presont low prices of ouz' fat
products to overproduction ; yet If y
will think of the subject you will s
how absurd it is When so many of 0
peoplo are out of em0ploymeint, hun1g;
and ragged. I'ut zmore money in ci
culation and it will put now life iz 1
channels and furnish employnento
the ulczniployed.
"While I am a I411former1 throu
and through, I would not accept Li
ollice if I dI(id not believe I could a
minister the o(lico fairly and impa
tially to all the Ieople. It is time In
the white people of So'uth Carolini
(uit the Cat and dog light they ha'
been carrying oil and develop the r,
sources of the State, build up its i
stitutions and promoto its interest
Let us conmc together in a true spirit
harmony and union and try to (1o som
tling worthy to be remembered. I it
th is race OnIt my imerit. I ia,
made no promiib-'irI to as to n
actions if elected, and I nevdi- a
done so, nor have I any undeistandi
or combination with any one."
t). WAr VilITMAN.
Mr. Whitman being introduced no
gave tha information that he was im
ing the canvass on his own hook v
had mortgaged the house lie had bu
with his own hande in order to got I
moncy to go around, and he did I
have money enough to pay for
tickets unless some of his friends co
to thaI rescue. Ho could not und
stand why Mr'. Ellerboe had attack
him, but whozn he got up to UJioni 1t
Lllerbo would finl that lie was not
big a man as lie thought ie was. I
(Wh itiman) would show that M r. Ele
was a ringster of ringstors.
He said that he had to pay a Rtofot
papor $4 to pubi isli his advice to t,
constitutional convention after lie h
been defeated for that body. Th,
call hiu tin inconloclast-a dostroyc
IIe did wint to dest'Oy )olitiCalI grai
just like a farmcr destroys grass fr
his crop.. lI Ie weIt on to score Til.hI
for' hiis incontsistenicy in poli tical
fair's.
A tman in the aud ience r'emar'ke:
"1 le'llI be the niext I 'r'sident."'
M r. Whtitmaun sid that lie hioped
wouild he and lie 11oped( that the gra
of God would he wvith him and ke,
himi fr'omi the geld bugs,' as some of ti
paP-sucker's had gone to them.
lI eferriing to a statement made inii
by Mi'. E'llerbee, that he was goingi~
he elected any way iaind might ats w<
stay home, Mir. Whitman said:"W
I wanit to kno1w is Mr'. Ellerhou swinighi
on T1ilhnuan's coat-tail ori John G a
Evan's coat-taoil, andi is that coat-ti
as ample as Till man's ?" (I aughte
The trouble about. these coat-ti
swingers is that they are jack-da'
with peacock( feathers in thteir tihi
Ilie mrepeatted the charge that $:50,0)
had been stolen froim the dIisperisal
prtofitLs in ord(er to blin md the people1
the necessity of an Increased levy.I
r'eeatedl hiis remnarks about pap-sucke
ilikinzg tho cow (TilIlmian's conice
tion.)
A voice :'"You wanzt somne of it
(laughter'.)
Aniother voice - "'You'll never get
tough." (More laughteir.)
Mi'. Whitman then asked how mai
mioreC minutes Ito had.
Captain Kennetdy infoirmed him Lh
he had nine minutes.
Mr. WhIl inani : 'That's mzoreo thtan
'"They call me a crank'," lie oc
tinuted, " bat they are like a erai
wh11ich driaws wator' fr'oim a wellI. Tih
pouir tbhoir' buckets full and deny you
dI top fo:' your parcehed tongue to
hoe you fr'om the dlamnable dlecc
Lion that they have impilosed on yor
-Only within recent yontrr have L
national ionventionls been hoeld ini t
big halls designled for them. Thle et
vent'ion of l839 was held( in a churN
'.Those of thle next twenity years we
izi aniy lairge hail that happened to
convenient, but fi rum '8li0 the nutmi
of delegates so incereasoed and1 the nut
ber of pleople who wantLed to look
groew so large that big halls heidi
fr'om 20,000 to 15,000) people have h(
built at various ploints for the conve
once of both parties.
-A special dispatch to the Ma
facturers' llocor'd reports that a
thousand spindle mill will be buill
Galiney, S. C., t1o spin line numbi
fi'om onie hundred to 150's, and to
woven into all kinds of fancy cot
goods. This will be the first mill b
in the Southern States to manufact
such a grade of goods as this, an
is regar'ded as the beginning of a mn<
mont which will result in thte Sou
taking a prominent place Iin the mi
facture of the highest grade of col
goods.
I AN AI)DltllSS TO THE PEOP4D.
>n Judge04 1ar1le Stanids on His Record
10 as a Demnocrat-H-o Endorses Till
id man and Free Coinage of Silver.
The following address to the people
a of the State was issued by Judge Earle
ot in filing his pledge as a candidate for
Dt the United States Senate:
10 To the Democratic voters of South
n- Carolina: I have the honor to place
18 my naio before you as a candidate for
0' the olico of United States Senator, the
n highest ofilco in the gift of the people
d of our State. Controlied by the re
quircnents of duty I cannot lave the
benich to go upon the hustings, and I
!Y know that you will excuse my absence
It from the political meetings now being
, held and that you will' permit me to
K- adopt this lodo of communication. If
, I slitkid receivo your favor'blo con
3 sideration, I can only proimiso to do my
duty. My record is before you and it
w is for you to determine whether or not
' I am1 deelled worthy of this high
'Y honor, In State politics, I belong to
nIo Clique or faction other than the
)emoucratiC alr1'ty. I occupy the same
losition, that truth, fairness and fidolity
of to the cause of A nglo-Saxon supromacy
has alwaysleomjplled,mo to occupy,'and
a that is that the majority must rule.
' hen the verdict hats been rendered,
1 all strife an1(Md contention muIst censO
and at the general clectlon all Demo
I crats should stand together and work
of together for the common weal. To
this end I have used lly best elforts to
I reconcile the differences which have
- .xisted aiong our people, and I ilhall
V. continue Upon this line. I have always
te deprecated any linjust censure or
Ls abuse of our public oflicials. They are
Ic tile servants of thie people and should
of act so as to be abovO suspicion, and
,) while they should always be held to a
n strict accountability, no one should be
u brought before the bar of public opin
ion and condemniedbefore being heard.
In 11I seeking youlr rJ srages, I shall not
3 desecend to the low plane of Vitllpera
tioll or abuse. Success by tle use of
such llletllods is less to he desired than
failture without them. I now beg and '
invite your attentioll to a short state
lIleit to 11y Views onl tile imp111or-tlllt
C iiationial qtestlotis now heing agitated.
1. The Illollotary question over
Ss Iltd0W IlhotleI' alldlits d(OtoIlilation
will resulIt in the return of peace and
to prosper'ity, if truth and jus!,iprevali ;
01' il Il ruin and haukruptcy, if tile blind
0- worshil)pers of a single gold sitandard
1" Should succed. Let us return to tie
S' mn01eC3y of ou' forefathers, tile mnoney
of the Constitution, tile lloney that
- made this Country the greatest under
m the s1n ; and lot gold and silver ho
e coined froeely and without limit at a
l ratio of sixteen to one as money of final
"I"Z V ipfj iY.h equal legal tender
power, without ~ A interna
national agreement. It other' l9?
fall into line, so much tile better,
x , if not, this nation should occupy tile
k- position of independence justified by
nd its )owe' and required by the needi 6f
Alt its people. I do not approve of the
ole financial .1'olicy recontly pursued by
lot the general government in surrender
I ing its option to redeem its oblii]gh
n t tions in either gold or silver. If it had
.. not been for this blunder the necessity
ed for issuing bonds would not have ox
CI ing boI no4 tccd
IIe isted.t9
a ' 2. I advocate tle enforcement of th
10 Demlocratic doctrine of iL tariff fo
be Jrevence only. I am1 in favor of a
graduated income tax and such amend
ineats of the Constitution of the United
'" States Its will pormit legislation to that
0 end. Thie accumulation of the colossal
d fortunes by a few peopl is a constant
menaeo to our free institutions. The
!r- laws of supply and demand no longor
s fix tile value of tile products of Indus
Ill try ald they are forced to agREO to the
unlljulst exactions of combined capital
and11(, as a r'eslt, thle r'ich grow r'ichert
and1( thle poor01 bCcom6l poor'er. Somoe
.1 thing mlust lie wraong and a remiedy
mullst beC founlid andl spoiyaliid. 1
10 am11 ill atccor'd wvith Senator' .l.illm~an in
en thle positlonls assumed by him in tile
1p Senlate, anad if elected I shlall supple
1(1 men~lt hiis able effor'ts to lprotect tile
rights (If thec pele) with suhl power
mI as. 1 may13 hlavo anid with all the earnest
te nless (if my13 un1ture'.
Il TIrn~stinig thalt 1 may13 att some1 future
a~t time halve thme Olopotunity to appe~ar
1g belforo( youl to discuss thle 15ssues involv
'3y Cd, I am11, Itespectful ly,
.ii A ma-'u (o1 111s L1nE.
vs The News and1( Courier' prlinlts the
:." -following sketch oif .Judge Earle, which
II- will lie found interestig :
'y . uidge .Joiseph HI. iEaltlI was born In
to Gr'eenvill County' S. C., A pril 30,
[o 1847. He was educated at the Furman
r'S Univ rsity, tau~ght school for a few
Ip- yearts iln CIIlren don County, and was,
in 1868, appoi~intedl pr1inclial of the
." Ch ick Spr'ings Academy, in Greenville
.County, where lhe renmained for two
it year1s and dlischargecd the resp~onsible
duties of that position with fidelity and
ly abii ity. iio wats ad mitted to the Bar
in 1870, and piracticed law at Ander'son
att Coa rt, 11(louso until 1875, at which time
he remo1(ved toi S'umitor. H-e was the
I D emocratic noml~incO for' the IHouse in
187ti, but withdrew frm the r'ace a
n- short timen before the election, lie
ik as nomrinated again by the Democrats
cy ifor' the House, In 1878, an~d was elected,
a ser'vcd on1e termI inl the Legislature,
e- iand in 1882 was elected Sena~tor, which
I- piosition h~e tilled with ability and
I" with lidelity to Ils constituents and
thme State. .Judge Earle was a delegate
h~e to tihe National De mocr'atic Convention
h1e an 1880, Zand again in 1884, and was
m. cosenl to r'epr'esent South Carolina in
mh. thle :ommllittee whichl notifled Cleve
land of his nomination. In 1886 he was
'be elected Attor'ney General of the State,
>cr ilIling the oflice for two terms
m-with distinction and ability. In 1890,
onwhen Senator' Tiliman made the race
ng foa' Gover'nor', Judge Idarle was nomi
ennated as his op~ponent and he received
ni- the support oif many people. When
thle two factions were formed in the
State he delined to ally himself with
either of them, maintaining an inde
rau- ponadent attitude as a Democrat. When
ten beaten for the Gubernatorial nomina
at tIion by Capt. Tillman he accepted his
er's defeat and sup ported the nominees of
be thle party. His subsequent political
ton course for a time somewhat estranged
ailt him from many of the people who sup
uroe ported him most warmly for the Gov
d it ernorship. A few years ago he moved
>ve- from Sumter to the city of Greenville,
th's where he continued his practice of the
nu- law. At the last meeting of the Logis
~ton lature he was chosen Circuit Judge,- a
p osition which he now hold.