The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-07
THE MOSES
Daddy Cain Unfolds the Financial Pol
icy OF the Ring.

Daddy Cain Unfolds the Financial Pol
icy OF the Ring.
At a meeting and political discussion be-
tween the Regulars and Boilers, In Yorkville,
on Saturday last, Parson R. H. Cain was intro.
duced as a champion of the Moses ticket, on
| which he figures as a candidate for Congress
man at large. Fills speech ls thus reported In
the Enquirer:
After speaking of the changes In the condi-
ton of the races effected 6y the war, the
speaker said there Is but little difference now
between the polltica.. parties of the country.
The old Democratic party is merging Into Re
publicanism. Horace Greeley, who for forty
years has been battling for the emancipation
OF the slaves, is now on the Democratic ticket.
1t Ia q happy thing for the Democratic party
that they have made this progress. hut they
have not Yet gone Tar enough. The Repu0ll-
cans, on the election day, will vote for Grant
early In the morning, at noon, and just before
the closing of the polls
For the welfare OF the State of South Caro-
lima there must be a change In the State ad-
ministration. The only difference between US
| and the other party is as 10 who are to be the
leaders IN thlsm matter. We have fought the
corrnptionists, we have overturned Governor
Scott and his cohorts, and they are now out 10
| the cold. We want the government carried
on on the basis of equality and honesty, and
have nominated F. j. Moses, Jr.. as our candl.
date for Governor. On our ticket there are
| few Objectionable men. The only charge
| against 1t ia the charge against Moses, and che
| only charge against Moses is the charge of is-
suing too many pay certlhca'es Admitting
for the sake of argument, that he did 30, the
law of the State authorized 1t. The Leglala-
tnrn nopa RI tho Hn1co tho nnwor IN Qnnntnt
attaches, aud the duty of the speaker was 10
draw certificates TO pay them.
We want o good and honest administration,
for the future OF South Carolina depends upon
it. But we propose to effect the change In
our own party. No man on our ticket can be
charged with the corruption of the past.
There has been o great cry against carpet
baggers. Our candidate for Governor is a ma
tive Carolinian. We propose an entire change
of the present Slate officers. We find the
schools closed and the treasury depleted. The
Legislature has made vast appropriations
during the last session. Those appropria-
lions were ionraone Of $500, 600, one Of $780,.
king a total Of $3.50. 900. These appropriations
are enormous aud outrageous. We propose
to scale the bonds and pay off the debts. We
pledge ourselves 10 this and TO an economical
administration OF the government.
The taxes should be reduced. We have one
hundred aud fifty million dollars worth Of
taxable property. A tax of one per cent. will
pay all OF our debts, sustain the government,
aud restore confidence In The bonds. We need
reform. and demand 1t. Mr.. Tomlinson does
the same. The only difference between the
parties now In the field ls we have one leader
and they another. Bat Moses is a Car0linlan,
and does not come from a different State.
faithful to the Republican party, and a fast
friend to the colored people. He Is no public
thief. The only charge against him Is that he
issued too many pay certificates. He is pre-
pared to go into the courts and Justify his
course. The charge is that $500, 900 Of pay
certificates were issued, but there Is no proof
Of it, and we demand that the books and pa
pers be brought forward which show 1t. The
Republican party intend to inaugurate 8 new
system. They intend to- scale the bonds, TO
restore confidence and hdue lou tdrdtion.
The taxes are too high, and the poor de- well
as the rich suffer from 1t. Every pound of
bacon and bread Is increased In cost to you by
the tax. We can reduce the tax to ten mills
on the dollar. South Carolina has become q
stencil In the nostrils Of the whole country,
and 1t Is our duty TO make q change in affairs.
[Question: Why are < 80 high y
There are three reasons why taxes are 30
high. The first is because the Legislative ex-
penses have been 30 great; the second because
so many bonds have been Issued, the interest
VI HulCA 10 lC4ultCo " 10 poiOt 00u IoO bulku
because the Salaries OF the officers are 80 great.
We pledge ourselves to remedy this. We Will
reduce the salaries of all the officers. We
propose to run the government on 5000, 600,
instead OF $3.50, 900. 1t ought to be done for
less thsu that. 1t ought not to cost more than
$3.50, 900, but I will say at the very outside
limit 1t ought not to cost more than 5000. 600. |
thing else that you buy will become cheaper.
The bonds of the State are out for sixteen
or twenty millions Of dollars. By the
OF the financial board,
they were pawned and then sold at from
fifteen 10 twenty-five cents on the dollar. We
to buy up these bonds and reduce
the debt to ten millions. We intend to open
the schools and pay the school teachers as
soon as The taxes are paid In keep open the
luna,ic and insane asylums, and see that the
treasury 10 kept intact. 1t is q duty which the
Republican party owes to the taxpayers. We
believe our opponents are as anxious as we
are TO have an honest government. We &C
knowledge our faults in the past and intend 10 |
do better In the future. We can see the cor
ruptiol that exists In the party. The revela- |
lions and charges made by Republicans against
Republicans show that there IL enough honesty
In the party to find out the rascals and kick
them out. This contest amouats to this
those out Of office want to get IN, and those in
office want to hold 90 where they are.
lSuCOtiokts WY NaN ~ v
nor Scott ??
The reason why we didn't impeach Scott
was because we couldn't find the facts upon
which to proceed-there was nothing im-
peachable in the case.
Reuben Tomlinson Is a Quaker's son, and is
a nice man; but l don't know that he Is any
better than Moses. Tomlinson used to BIZ with
us al. He was with US at the commencement
was with us q long time. He belongs to the
Republican party, but we didn't think We could
trust him. Moses Is the best man Of the two.
He was born on Carolina soil, was educated In
our State University; is the son of our CHIEF
Justice, and can accomplish more than Tom
llnson for the good of the State. If Moses
proves recreant, we can impeach and remove
him. With the honest Encouragement whom
We shall have, we can bring him to punish
ment II he does wrong. We will be perfectly
safe In electlng our ticket. The speaker closed
by again urging his hearers to stand shoulder
to shoulder and vote for the regular nominees
Of their party.
THE WEATHER THIS DAY.