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


much right to speak as the gentleman
from Edgetield; men who dare to do as
much, to suffer rs much and arc as true
to the State as he or his ever havo been,
to taunt them with being politicians
while he aud his nro the true Democracy
Of tho State. Applause Tell lis OF
real wrongs, tell us of evils that tho peo-
Iple are roally suffering, and we will try
and help the gontloman to relieve them !;
| but it won't do to mako vague accusa-
tions, to charge all the sufl'eriugs of the
people resulting from the war and the
period which followed upon the mere
system of making nominations. 1t will
not do to charge the people Cf the State
who have done So much to bring up the
State to higher condition of prosperity,
and who will be ever mindful of her in
tercsis, with tho responsibility of every
misfortune suffered by the people. 1t
will not do to indulge in such glittcring
gcneralities. Come down to the proofs
They arc here. Let him produce them. -
| applause.
At the close of Mr.. Gary's remarks
Capt, Tillman again roso to speak, and
there We're cries Of "QuestioI! qucs-
tion!"
Mr.. Tillman thereupon called ont at
the top of his voice: "You may gag me
here, but ] will meet you before tho
| p. Uplc."
Several delegates then moved that Mr.
| Tillman DO heard again, and cries of
Iillman were heard from different parts
of the hall. After some hesitation Mr..
| Tillman walked into the middle of the
aisle and spoke us fellows:
'Gentlemcn Of the Convention, |
thank You for this courtesy, and ] will
try and not impose Oh your good nature.
| want merely to answer sCinc of the
! points made by some Of The speakers.
| The gentleman from Anderson is unXi0us
to save the dear people trouble That
has been the cry Of all tyr0nts. The
! Gar Of Russa saves his people all trou-
bic, except the trouble Of paying taxes
and stopping ballots. There have been
such outrages perpetratcd i'll TINS hall |
hesitate to name them, and must speak
of them with hAtcd breath. Charleston
stands here to-day with ten representa-
tlvcS, which she is not entitled to if the
| Constitution had not been trampled
under foot, and Richland has two more
than she is entitled to, while the men
who did the hrunt Of the fighting in
1876 or5 diSfranchiSod by the onormities
| pcrpctrated by the Legislature. They
came here and took an oath at this desk
to support the Constitution; but after
thcy got here they were bambOoHled or
affected III some way by Columbia water
or whiskcy or by Charlcston-what shall
| call it--brain. Charleston always
catches on her feet If she is tripprd in
the House, she cntcl.cs on her feet in the
Senate; and if tripped in the Senate,
she turns mp all right in The House.
Laughter. While we poor farmers are
carried around by the dozen under the
| Charleston, (Buist,) Laughter. If we
have bright boy and send him here
to this College he gets switched cif
! None but the fools come home. That is
why we want sn agricultural college to
give us brain on the farm. The majority
OF you here don't represent the people
! OF South Carolina. 1ou represent po-
lltical cliques and rings i'll your different
counties. i won't attempt to 90 into
Lany details that would like to ii ] had
the time"
| Mr.. Haskell here produced the Stat
utcs and showed that in round numbers
the expenditures III 1879 had been $9OS,
! 600 and in1SSG $50, 600, to which should
he added about so, coo to balance di-
rect appropriation to the Pcnitcn1iary OF
Of that amount in 1879, still leaving cx-
! pcrditures for 1856 about s., 800 less
than 1879. Amid the applause that fol-
lowed Mr.. Haskcll's remarks, Mr. Till
man was heard 10 say: "i will prove TIE
! taisoneSs of those figures before the
! people,
! On the question Of adopting Mr..
! Gray's motion to reject the committee s
; report and prescribe the primary systom
! for State nominations, the vote WAS taken
! by yeas and nays, and resulted as fol-
lows: Yeas So, nays 207. SO the prima-
ry system was rejected.
4 rRELIMINAKY CANVASS.
Major Buist presented the following
resolution, offered by Senator Murray,
with the favorable report of the commit
tee:
ReSOlvcd, That il is the sense of this
convention that the candidates for Gov
crnOr and Lieutenant Governor should
be afforded an opportunity formally to
address the people OF tho State before
the election Of delegates to the nOminat-
ing convention in each election year, to
the end that their viows upon public
questions may be known in advance of
the nominations, and to that end tho
constitution of the Democratic party of
South Carolina be and the same is here
by amended by adding thereto the fol-
lowing section, to wit:
''The State Executive Committee shall
in each year i'll which an election for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor Oc-
ours appoint at least one public meeting
i'll each Congressional District, which
shall be publicly announced one month
before the day for holding the same,
shall be not more than three months
nor less than one month before the
meeting OF the State nominating con-
Vcntion, at which ali OF the candidates
for Governor or Lieutenant Governor
shall be expected to address the people,
and tho State Executive CommIttce shall
mako such arrangements for these meet
inga Rs they may deem proper.
The committee recommended the
adoption Of the resolution and that the
constitution OF the party he amended rs
provided for. The cOnycutiOh adopted
tho report OF the committee and passed
the resolution.
The following resolution Was rejected
on the unlayor0blc report of the com
mittCc
, Resolved, That all persons whose