Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-15
,n.laid scheme to sell out the Republican

deen.laid scheme to sell out the Republican
party.
At this point a voice in the crowd was
heard-"Now tell us about the fox-chase.
This request which seemed to have been made
in a spirit of humor, exasperated the speaker,
and advancing to the front seats on the side
Of the room whence the voice proceeded, he
poured forth storm of words which fell so
fast and furious that our reporter, In the con-
fusion and merriment that ensued, could not
hear. But finally quieting down, ne said ne
bore no i'll will against any one; that ne only
wanted good government, and good laws, and
was willing to forgive and forget.
He was again interrupted by voIce-"Go
back to Pennsylvania. then." 10 this ne re-
piled that he would leave when he was ready;
the war had settled all questions of that kind,
which never prevailed only in Southern
States that in the North, people, if worthy,
are treated kindly, no matter where they
were from, and he had as much right here as
the person who interrupted him. He then
closed by commencing to the Republicans the
course of Mr.. Wallace in Congress, and urg.
ing them to rally to his support in the COM
ing election and also urging his party to
seud only good men to the Legislature.
/Mr. Patterson was followed by Mr.. j. G.
sThompson, one of the editors Of the Union
|iHerald who desired to make few remarks
as to the origin of the tax-unions. He claimed
to be the originator Of the movement, and
that he organized the first one in the State,
in 1873, at which time he was editor OF the
Port Royal Commercial The organization,
in its inception, was purely protective so.
cety to guard the rights and interests of the
tax payers, and nothing was more foreign to
his thought than that it would ever be used
as political engine, such as he had witnessed
the previous day in the bod dy that had assem-
bled in Columbia as the taxpayers conven-
ton. This convention endorsed Green, tough
under the constitution of the tax.union the
members had no right to assemble for politi-
cal purposes. He then spoke of the leaders
of the Green movement, all of whom we're
corrupt men, and Bowley, Chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee, especially, he
accused of being blackmailer and bribe-
taker. As instances of Bowley's corruption,
he cited that when an appropriation of
$4,000 Chat being the lowest bid) was want
ed for binding legislative documents be.
longing to the State library, he refused to re.
port the bill unless the amount should be
made $4,000; that when an appropriation of
$4,000 was required for tax-collectors blanks
he refused to report bill for more than $l5,-
900 unless he had the promise of $4,000; on
the penitentiary appropriation, for which
$65 900 was required, he wanted to report
the bill for $4,000, and divide the extra
$4,000 with the superintendent, he, (Bowley)
being willing to take only $4,000 of the extra
amount; that of fifteen attaches of the legis.
ature who were entitled to S75 each, he only
paid $40 each. As writer for the press he
had made these charges in print, and would
prove them, and hoped to yet have Bowley in
the penitentary for his crimes before the cleo.
ton. He charged Daddy Cain with being a
swndler, and also G. F. Glass, member of
the legislature whose regular scale for bribe
was donation for the roof Of his church,
which needed repairing, by which means he
had obtained money enough to roof all the
churches in the State. The speaker then
closed by comparing the surroundings of
Green with those of Chamberlain, the former
he said being infinitely worse and if Green
were elected, he would either be compelled to
take such associates or 60 entirely to the
Democratic party.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Thompson's re-
marks, the chairman again put the resolution
above reported, which being adopted, the
meeting adjourned.