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


| " 'icil 1 think UI l..~ Uutlap Gn have
DCcn committed in this huli | shuldcr
to enumerate. ! want to call the attcu-
ton of the Convention 10 one furt, that
III 1879, when johnson HaG0od wa9
comptroller general, the expenditures Of
the State Government were 500, coo q
year, and yet with all the pledges Of re-
form they are now nearly 81 900, 600 a
year. The 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 n certain class
of tho people in their educational col
lcge. L will not say word upon that
subject. The politicians may succeed
now in voting down the right of the poo
pie, but they arc only damming back
the waters. Two years from now, when
there is full head on, you will DC swept
before the flood" lAppluuse
Mr.. John G.. Haskell was next recog-
nized by the chairman. Col. Haskell
said:
"Therc are, Mr.. Chairman, in this
hall pearly three hundred men who are
in every sense of the word as true rep
rcsentatives of the people as the gentle
man from Edgefeld, who threatens us
with floods and volcanoes. Laughter !
Mr.. Tillmnn: 81 have not threatened
anybody with a volcano, L only said wa
were standing on one"
Mr.. Haskell, continuing: 81 have
heard what he has said, Mr.. President.
You have heard what he has said. Yot
have just heard him say in substances Il
warn you that [ represent tho people of
South Carolina. The people that J rep
resent will hurl you politicians ont of
place unless you give us our way. j hose
that [ represent are harboring their
wrongs that they may break forth and
overwhelm YOU" Laughter
Mr.. Tillman: 81 said did not repre-
sent anybody but myself"
Mr.. Haskell: 81 once told the gentle.
man that his party was III his hat, and |
am glad to hear him admit that he l,nl
come to my way of thinking. Inughtc,
and applause. Tho people who come
here year after year are representatives
Of South Carolina. The eighteen men
of Richland, sitting here, represent the
people Of Richland, and every man in
the county had voice in their selection.
| say the same of York, and of Ander-
son, and of every county in the State.
That tho people select their delegates
and select them as they will, and | say
that these men here to-day arc as true
representatives of the people of South
Carolina as tho gentleman from Edge
field is. lie says that he las left his data
ut home, and it is good for him that he
has. He says that there has been an in
crease Of quarter of million dollars OF
expenses since 1879. Let him get his
data and it will give him an answer rs
positive as / do~-that it is not So" APP
plause.
Mr.. TilIman: "Do you dare say, sir
that tho expenditure OF this government
i'll 1887 was not $2l7, 600 moro than in
1879? | dare you to deny it," Zap
plausc.
Mr.. Haskell: 81 do deny it most posi-
lively. IAppIause.I What the gentle
man is driving at is very easily explained
In 1879 there was fund Of money in the
treasury and the Legislature did make
appropriations largely less than in 1897
because that surplus in the treasury was
used IN addition to the appropriation!
mado. There is difference between {
levy and an appropriation. The levy il
what you collect, and the reason why w
coll 3cted less i'll 1879 than in 1887 wa
because NO had in the treasury surplus
which had boon previously collected |
is fact, sir, that tho expenditures have
not increased materially, and that they
have been pretty much the same. The
appropriation bills upon Our statutes art
things which cannot make mistakes, auC
they arc better proofs than the datl
which the gentleman has left ut home
These books are here, and my friend CA
satisfy himself. / say right here tina
there has been no such increase in the
expenditures Of the government as h
charges, and / say that the people ar
heard hero as fairly as they arc heard il
any primary election. / say that pri
mary election will be subvorsivo of over,
opportunity for the whole State to sc
cure fair representation. If we have
plurality system, the choice Of tho pro
pie will rarely get into positions O
honor and trust. If we have majorit,
system, the people will be so worn on
, with repeated elections that they will no
enjoy the chance of securing their choic
that tie now do. IApplause. it vii
not do, Mr.. Chairman, in an intelligcn
body of men like this, who como here II
: tho representatives of the people with a