The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-09
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.,

zee by the State.
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.,
And now rs to the proposed agrIcul-
tural college, although | think 1t Will
cost great deal of money and will be
a burden to the State, SAY 1.-THE people
want it let them have Is But if the
Clemson bequcst is accepted it will
either cost the State hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars or else other institutions
will have to be pulled down to secure
the support for the Clemson college.
And again, the Clemson will may be
contested, and, so long as this danger
remains, the bequest should not be
accepted, for, if the will is adjudgcd
invalid, every dollar expended 10y the
State will be total loss.
But so warm an advocate Of cduca-
ton am I, that say if you must have
the college, build with the States own
money, and let this dangerous beQuest
90. Build the agricultural college by
all means,-build it high and lofty
let its spires pierce the blue vault of
heaven; fill its halls with men of learn
ing and science, and let the institution
stand as living monument to the
farmers of the state, shedding flood Of
light from the mountains to the sea.
Before concluding, Governor Rich
ardson touched upon the charges
brought by Bigham against Governor
Thompson, and hooted them as false,
and utterly without foundation, saying
that they We're too absurd in the eyes
of all who knew Governor Thompson
to be noticed enough to be denied from
the rostrum.
At the conclusion Of the Governor 5
address, Chairman Beasley introduced
Lieutenant-Governor Mauldin.
When Lieutenant-G Governor Mauldin
concluded he was greeted with pro-
longed cheers.
SENATOR B. W. EDWARDS
was then introduced, and his appear
ance seemed to awake considerable en-
thusiasm in the audience.
Senator Edwards's speech was moth
ing but rehash of the old thread-bare
arguments which have for years been
directed against the South Carolina
College. He made scathing attack on
the college, laboring to prove that the
various appropriations which the In
stitution secured the benefit of, were
gotten, illegally. He spoke for nearly
an hour, and toward ine end grew so
worked up in his attack on his alma
mater, that he had to stop to wipe the
tears from his eyes, which he did amid
thunders of applause from the Tilman-
ties gathered around, and cries of "Hur-
rah for Bigham."
Senator Edwards's speech had the
affect Of driving off Il large portion of
the crowd, and by the time MIR. Till
n...n, who followed him, began his ad-
dress, the audience was rather slender.
''LET HIM ROLL"
Mr.. Tillman was presented amid up
roacious applause and cries Of LET him
roll,n which did not subside lor some
minutes.
When quietwas restored the famous
apostle of the farmers proceeded with
his harangue, parts of which preclpitat-
ed some lively scenes.
4 TREAD-MiLL BUSINESS.
This thing Of talking so much, said
Mr.. Tillman, is getting to he kind of
tread-mill business. but still am glad
to come before my fellow-citizens to let
them know if am a crank or Il dcma-
gogue. am candidate for no office,
but am here ut the behest of the Farm
ers' Association. was opposed to
coming, because knew the brunt of
the canvass would fall on me. The
canvass is concession on the part of
the ring to the peoples demand for i
primary, although there is as yet no
glimmer of the primary to be seen.
Judgment has been taken beforehand,
and nearly all the counties have already
elected their delegates to the State con-
vention.
Public discussion is the best public
education, and our State has had none
of it for twenty-five years; and as 4 con-
sequence we are the most ignorant
people in the United States about our
government.
South Carolina to-day is run by an
aristocracy and not by Democracy.
The elections are nothing but Il rati-
fication by the people Of the nomina-
tions made by the rings. / am always
willing to respect an aristocracy of
brain, but God forbid that l should
bend the knee to an aristocracy of blood
or money. They call me crank, but l
am
PROUD TO BE \ CRANK
in such a cause. I have not yet sue
ceeded, but I am going to succeed.
[Applause.l AS sure as tina sun shines
this movement cannot be put down by
any power in South Carolina.
REPEATING THE SANDERS.
Mr.. TiIlnlan here said that he would
skip over the subject of the agricultural
college, which had already been dis
cussed, and would proceed to talk about
the governmental abuses. He then re-
peated all the old ISLANDERS against the
State government on which he has
been harping for the past two years :;