The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-08-16
THE CLOSE OF THE CANVASS.
FARMER TILLMAN HAS a MERRY OLD
TIME AT BLACKvILLE.

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TIME AT BLACKylLLE.
Last Meeting OF the Campaign--Addre
by Gov Richardson and Lieut.-GoV
MauIdln.-Tillman Gets in His Last Shot.
Gov. Bonham Defends the Railroad
Commission.
CONDENSED from the Charleston WORLDLY
The last meeting of the political can
vass of the campaign of 1888 was held
at Blaekville on Monday the 9th inst,
about 2sO persons being present. The
first speaker was
GOVERNOR J. P, RICHARDSON.
Governor Richardson after thanking
the chairman for his kind words of in
PRODUCTION said that it seemed strange
that man who had labored early and
late, and who had always been faithful
to the party should be charged with the
same things as ofsnses that he had just
been Landed for.
1t has been charged, he said, that
South Carolina had always been gov
erned by an aristocraoy; bnt We cannot
afford to bring such charges as this, so
long as the great problem faces us as to
how an intelligent minority must govern
itself and an ignorant majority. He
said that there is no State III the Federal
Union better and more cheaply govern
ed than our own.
Governor Richardson went into the
details OF the tax figures, proving that
the Democracy has not only reduced the
taxes by over one-half, but has reduced
the public debt to very great extent
without subiecting the people to any
burden of taxation. The school districts
of the State everyone of which were cast
deeply into debt by the Radicals, have
been placed on frmer financial basis,
and do not now owe dollar IN the
world. The opponents of the admins
tration talk about the salaries OF Judges
in North Carolina and Georgia, but l
would not give our Kershaw for the
whole cheap judiciary Of North Carolina
and Georgia. When we elect a Judge
We want a man who will protect our IN
terests, and we do not want cheap
man. No farmer would hire man to
oversee for him who would offer to work
for $40, and in the same way we do not
want Judges who will work for a pit
tance.
TIE FARMERS COLLEGE.
In discussing the agricultural college
he expressed his opinions on the Glenn
son beouest and on the feasibility OF
having an agricultural college anyhow,
should the bequeet not materialize. He
said he favored the college, but did not
propose to pull down any existing In
stitution to establish it.
He explained the position III which
the State Executive was placed, having
nothing to DO with legislation save to
enforce it, and he pledges himself, If
elected, to enforce to the letter any leg
islation which might be made concern
ing the proposed agricultural college.
DEMOCRAT AGAINST DEMOCRAT.
This has been the only campaign since
rs, said the speaker, where Democrat
has been arranged against Democrat,
and if the lines are once drawn who
shall wipe them out? 1t will be impos-
sible for the Democracy to remain in
power if dissension enter the ranks, but
if the old ship goes down, and I am still
at the head Of the government, l will
promise you that I will beat the long
roll, will have every gun manned, and
the old vessel will 60 down with her
guns reyerberating and with every man
at his post of duty. prolonged cheers.) }
Governor Richardson was followed by
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MAULD1N,
who gave in clear, succinct manner his
views upon the various questions and
issues which had been interjected into
the campaign.
His Office, he said, happened to be
one where he had but little to do IN
shaping the laws. It was. his privilege
to vote only on tie in the Senate, and
ten when he would like to vote he
cannot, and when he does not want to
he is forced to do it.
CONVICT LABOR.
It has been mentioned in this cain
paign that the penitentiary now is all
expense to the State, while some years
ago it was source of profit. I believe
that all convict labor should be en-
ployed on public works. To employ 1t
otherwise brings it into unjust competl-
ton with the honest labor of the land,
and it adds nothing to the State at
large. The money from the penlten-
tiary should go as all other moneys
should, directly into the State treasury:
In touching on the college he said
that he considered the lien lsw one OF
the greatest curses to the farmers, and
also that they needed, among many
things, to raise their own supplies. The
Lien law was a fictitious system Of credit,
and no people could ever thrive by it.
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.
The railroad commission, the speaker
thought, should have the power of sepa-
rating the whites from the negroes on
trains. That was one Georgia law he
liked, and wanted to see it adopted in
South Carolina.
HAsTY LEGISLATION.
He thought that there should be a
constitutional amendment to keep down
the hasty consideration of bills in the
Legislature. Now, the session is short,
and during the last days the members
work all night and half of them are ab.
sent. and thus the laws are often passed
in crude condition, which is calculated
to work harm rather than good.
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