The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-24

" uril THINK uI l..> Uutrny .cn have
Dc"a committed IL this h,,lI shudlcr
to enumerate. | want to call tn" aifcu-
tion Of the Convention to one fact, that
III 1879, when johnson Haeood was
comptroller general, the expenditures of
! the othte government were 500 GOO q
year, and yet with all the pledges Of re-
form they arc now nearly 81, 900, 600 a
year. Tho people know these things
and they ought to know them, and they
demand that the candidates for public
office shall come before them and sec
them face to face, and explain to them
why reform has gone the wrong way. /
will not say anything about the injustice
| which has been done to certain class
OF tho people in their educational col
lege. l will not say word upon that
subject. The politicians may succeed
now III voting down the right of the poo
pie, but they are only damming back
the waters. Two years from now, when
| there is full head on, you will DO swept
before the flood" Applause.
Mr.. John G. Haskell was next rccog-
nized by the chairman. Col. Haskell
| said:
"There are, Mr.. Chairman, in this
hall nearly three hundred men who are
IN every sense Of the word as truo rep
resentatiyes OF the people as the gentle
man from Edgetield, who threatens us
with floods and volcanoes" Laughter. |
MIR. Tilmnn: 81 have not threatened
anybody with volcano, l. only said we
were standing on one"
Mr.. Haskell, continuing: 81 have
heard what he has said, MIR. President.
NOu have heard what he hus said. You
have just heard him say in substance: q
| | q
South Carolina. The people that rep
resent will hurl you politicians out of
place unless you give us our way. Ihosc
wrongs that they may break forth and
overwhelm you" Laughter.
MIR. Tillman: 81 said did rot repre-
sent anybody but myself"
Mr.. Haskell: 81 once told the gentle
man that his party was in his hat, and
am glad to hear him admit that he hnq
come to my way of thinking. Laughter
and applause. The people who come
mere year after year arc representatives.
OF South Carolina. The eighteen men
OF KIchland, sitting here, represent the
! people Of Richand, and every man in
the county had n voice i'll their selection.
| say the same of York, and Of Andcr-
son, and of every county in the State.
That the people select their delegates
and select them as they will, and / say
that these men here to-day arc as trnc
representatives of the people Of South
Carolina as the gentleman from Edge
field is. lie says that he has left his data
Mt home, and it is good for him that he
has. He says that there has been an in
crease Of quarter Of a million dollars of
expenses since 1879. Let HIM get his
data ana it will give him m answer rs
positive as ! dO-th it is not So" Ap-
plauso.
Mr.. TilIman: "Do you dare say, sir,
that the expenditure OF this government
in 1887 was not $2l7, 600 moro than in
1879? / dare you to deny it," TAp-
plausC.
Mr.. Haskell 81 do deny it most posi-
lively. Applause. What the gentle
man is driving at is very easily explained.
In 1877 there was fund Of money in the
treasury and the Legislature did make
APP ropriations largely less thun in 1887,
because that surplns in the treasury was
IL 'ed IN addition to the appropriations
mnlo. There is a differences between Il
lev and an appropriation. The levy ia
"nut you collect, and the reason why We
collected less in 1879 than in 1887 was
because wo had in the treasury a surplus
which had boon previously collected It
Is fact, sir, that the expenditures have
not increased materially, and that they
have been pretty much the same. The
appropriation bills upon our statutes arc
things which cannot make mistakes, and
they arc bcttcr proofs than the data
which the gentleman has left ut home.
These books are here, and my friend can
satisfy himself, | say right here that
there has been no such increase in the
expenditures Of the government AZ he
charges, and | say that the people arc
heard here as fairly as they arc heard III
any primary election. | say that n pri,
mary election will be subvcrsivo of every
opportunity for the whole State to AC
cure fair representation. If we have Il
plurality system, the choice Of the pno
plo will rarely get into positions ot
honor and trust. If we have a majority
system, tho people will be so worn oul
; with repeated elections that they will not
enjoy the chance Of securing their choice
that they now do. Applause. 1t vii
not do, MIR. Chairman, in IN intelligent
body of men like this, who como here n.
: tho representatives of the people with NJ