The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-10-02

|Iican Governors, with Hampton, Sinp.
son, s.dagood and Thompson, aud told the
people that this change alone would
Compensate for all the trouble of main.
tanning Democratic government. He
also contrasted such Judges as Moses,
Wright, Willard, Wiggin, .Whipper, and
Others under radicalism, with Simpson,
McGowan, McIver, Pressley, Cothran,
Aldrich, Hudson, and other Democratic
Judges, and showed that the administra.
ton Of justice was to-day fair and im-
partial instead of yenal and corrupt, as
under Radicalism. He also spoke OF
the necessity for large majorities in the
np-country to balance any contingency
that may occur below, and expressed
confidence that the. people of Anderson
will do their full part. He was frequent'
ny loudly applauded.
Mr.. Murray next introduced Hon D.
Wyatt Aiken as our Representative in
Congress, who has served Us so ably and
zealously. in the past, and our nominee
for reelection in the ensuing canvass.
~ COL. AIKEN
Was heartily cheered upon his appearance,
and made q telling speech. He confined
himself to National politics entirely, and
showed in strong terms the necessity for
a:change in the Federal government and
the difficulty in obtaining it. He showed
the waste of the peoples money under
the Republican party, who annually
raised a sum equal to eight dollars for
Eeyery voter in the Union. One hundred
million dollars was every year given off
in pensions, and all sorts of pretexts
were made to appropriate it for partisan
purposes. This money is collected indi-
recsly, which is the most insidious msn-
Iners Of collecting it, because it is not
realized by the people. The masses of
the voters in this State, if asked how
much they pay to thegeneral government,
would say nothing, while in fact they
pay q heavy tax that is levid on imports
and by the Internal Revenue laws; and
collected. thus indirectly, butin no less
burdensome manner, than direct tax to
the same amount would be. He sketched
5Blaine's record in striking manner.
That about twenty years ago he went
into Congress poor man, and now al.
though he had 8 family to support all
that time, and only received a salary of
FIVE thousand dollars year, he was re-.
Eputed to be worth two million dollars.
he had grown wealthy by such specula.
tions as are shown in the Mulligan let
ters. The speaker said that Blaine was
no more corrupt, though, than his party,
for he said that every department OF the
government was honey.combed with
fraud. He then cited the star route
frauds, the frauds in the Paymaster-
Generals Office, in the Postofice. depart.
ment, and others, as specimen Republi.
can frauds Col. Aiken said that he
believed Cleveland would be elected, but
that the Republican party would use che
treasury of the government and the whole
army of offceholders to defeat him. It
lis q desperate struggle, and We can only
win it by hard work. Col. Aiken was
repeatedly cheered during his speech.
At the conclusion of this speech a
threatening cloud approached, and the
audience was thrown into some confusion
BY q shower of rain. Under these cir
cumstances the chairman introduced
Mr.. w. C. BENET,
Of Abbeville, the nominee for Presiden.
tial Elector from this Congressional
District. Mr.. Benet spoke, of course, at
great disadvantage, but his interesting
and able presentation of the issues of the
national canvass. enabled him to hold
the attention of his audience, despite the
showers which fell just heavy enoug b to
be annoying but not hard enough to
break up the meeting. MIR. Benet
analyzed in a lawyer like manner the
record Of Mr.. Blaine, and showed in
eloquent language the degradation which
the Republican party was attempting TO
heap upon the American people by max,
-ipp such man President. He showed
that such result must inevitably lower
the standard of American honor, for it
would proclaim to the world that the OLD
time straight forward methods of the
past were mistake, and that success
attained by fraud, corruption and trick.
ery are legitimate. and worthy. The
speaker then contrasted Clevelano's
Character with Blaine's, aud showed that
official integrity had made him honored
of all men. That as Sheriff, as Mayor
of Buffalo and as Governor of New York,
no man. even 10 the heat Of campaign,
could raise any charge against his faith
full discharge of duty. The speaker
dwelt upon the necessity Of a change OF
administration in order that We may
examine the books in the various de-
partments of the government. The Re-
.pnblicans have been in power twenty
four years, and great frauds have been
discovered by accident. We should
make q change now and have thorough
Investigation. The speaker made q