The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-26

Laughter.
4 Voice: ''No, an Edgefeld game
chicken" lApplausel.
~ don't want to fight eagles nor buzz
yards either. 1t seems that some buzz
zard has escaped from the Market
! House in Charleston and gone into the
| The News and Courier office, where 1t
! is spewing its slime all over me, but
| such 4 creature Is unworthy Of the no.
tice ofa gentleman" Applause and
/ laughter.
! After this graceful remark Capt. Till
man said that he WAS not here TO dis
! cuss differences between Democratic
and Republican government, but be-
tween Democrats and Democrats. He
congratulated his audience Oh the fact
that the time had passed when men
could be shut up by the whisper,
Hush, or you'll split the Denlocratlc
party" The negroes had been pitched
overheard, and the only question Was
us 70 the white men who should govern
: the State, whether the people or clique
should do it. He denied that he had
accused the State Government Of cor
! rupiion, but OF eXtravagailcc. The
! Government was not the State officers,
| but these officers, the Legislature mad
| been the most cXtravagant oi tie three
! branches. This Government VAS sup
posed 70 be Democratic, but South
! Carolina was purely arlstocriltlc from
! centre to circumference. 1t had been
/ 50 for 4 hundred years and would be so
| for another one hundred until you pco-
pie rise in your might us free Anglo
Saxons, and demand the right OF sell
/ government. Before the war the arlSto-
cratic element controlling the Legisl;l-
turc held that the people were not tit to
eject their Governor and arrogatcu that
power to themselves. The same element
controls the State Convention, which
practically elects the Governor by its
nomination, and, exercising usurped
power, says to the people, you can't
be trusted" He hoped the time Was
near when the people would demand
the right of voting III 4 State primary
for every officer they wished. Until
they got that right they might grunble
rs much as they pleased, but their
bosses would be in Charleston and Co.
lumbia. He styled the farmers, move
ment "a queer kind OF critter," and said
that he didn't understand it himself,
as lit was not the child he gave birth
TO-" Laughter 1t must have, how
ever, the germ ofstatesnianship III it or
it could not have grown SO greatly. He
believed it to be the beginning OF d revo-
luton. 1t would be as great arcrolution
| as that of 1876 to secure the right OF
voting in q State primary for the State
officers. He hoped they would enjoy
| this right two Years from to-day.
Capt. 1illman criticised severely the
provision for preliminary canvass
under which he was now speaking,
characteriZing it as "a bone to u dog"
In half dozen counties, before the first
speech of the canvass had been made,
| delegates had been selected to the State
Convention devoted to the interest of
certain candidates. Let any change of
sentiment occur between now and the
State Convention, and these delegates
would snap their fingers in the faces of
the people and say 'Ah, boys, we were
too smart for YOU"
The speakers next jcu d'esprit was,
"We've got to make the candidates toe
the mark like little men, like some OF
them are doing to-day" Laughter
Then he declared that he was chock
full of rocks and wanted to chunk 'em
into the crowd. He next said: ''When
started to work for the college / made
a mistake. admit it. The roof would
have been on the college now and the
bows in it if l hadn't criticised the
glorious State Government, but that
ruined me. See what heaps Of poll
ticians jumped on the agricultural
wagon till they broke it down. He then
proceeded to give in detail his version
of the failure of the farmers movement
in 'S6, when it controlled the House OF
Representatives, because OF the opposl-
ton of otfice-holders and lawyers. The
story has been often told, but the crowd
seemed to think it fresh. He had a
grave charge to make here, and it was
this: That the trustees of the South
Carolina College since 20 had been
engaged in conspiracy against the
agricultural interests ofthe State. This
is grave charge because the trustees
are among the most honored Of our
citizens. He would give them credit
for not intending it, but he would prove
that they were conspirators. He then
outlined, as at various times in his pub
iished letters, the course adopted for the
revival OF the South Carolina Col. ege
and the disposition of the agricultural
scrip fund moneys. The conspiracy lie
referred to appeared 70 be the establish
ment Of the so-callcd agricultural annex
instead of an agricultural college. He
highly praised the South Carolina Uni
versitv and said he would like to see il
grander than ever but these proceedings
of the trustees ''had made the blood t
broil in his bosom.' He then made
the usual attack on the annex. The
South Carolina College had inch by
inch fought the farmers movement
He said that, in his opinion, President
J. VI. McBryde is the man who stooC
more in his (TiIlman's, path than any
other. He might do Mr.. McBrydt
injustice, and some other man might be
the "head deviW of the opposition, but
lie believed him to h" the man. He re;,C
with ridicule students essay in tho
South Carolina Collegian, in which il
was stated that the students, after
having their boots BACKED by colored
! ianitors, rose to their breakfast at
O'Clock, and contrasted it with tho
) achievements Of the students of tho
Mississippi College, who made eight
cents All hour for extra labor on
the farm. y boy raised on tue South
Carolina College plan WAS sure to return
home either thcOrist or feeling him
self above his people. This oligarchy
this little gang Of opponents of his
would have trundled Fort Hill down tt
Columbia if it had not been for Mr.
Clemson's provisions giving control o
the bequest to the farmers themselves
Capt. Tillnan was very severe on the
"How-de-do" political towards in the
Legislature, and accused a majority o
the Edgefield delegation of breaking
their pledges to support the college
: He attributed their detection and thai
of others to the seduction of the Column
bia Club. At this point he proceeded
to explain why he had, after the last
State Convention, become guest Of
) the cluo himself 1t was just after he
| had told the truth. and Col. Haskell