The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-06-26

and did not see it. [ApplauHe. We
8 farmers aresthe: ass :; NE aiee not going to.
Eo t6aEroad any longer. tApplause.
Heard my friend say to-day that there are
ogprinciples involved in my platform.
ssfmy speech at GreenYille was not
scDmposed entirely of principles except
ths part relating to Col. Butler, there is
not thing ID: it. s.
Fare S They are dead issues.
Tillman, The tariff is q dead
:: :issnes Is The State primary q dead issue ?
81 Yous ssaYsol hut I: DON'T Is it a dead is.
sssue 20 demand true demo ocracy, selfgoV-
ernments II think: :it is the very quintes.
sgsa1ce Of this fight. We want 8 voice so
each diYiduals white man can say
:sWh0ShalE be Governor of South Carolina,
sanid and lie oligarchy has refused to give it
e.haYe fought in two separate.
sscso,iEsTentions; and they refused to give it
e ns:s Thel liYing principle which gov
ssrns tie fight is that: demand for o voice
8 sinthegOYernment. He has not produc.s
ed any charge where. ! charged the State.
offh6cers With corruption. He has taken
Jan extract from q: :letter:of mine, written.
sfonr years ago; in which he! talks about
6litical leprosy. wish Ihad the; paper.
Have IL In mysvalise. i told him about
could show. it if j had the paper
here. 5Mill explain it. i was talking,
i bouf office seeking; this hoWdy-doing
OVER the. County and; State, this; fear Of
oHsnading Col. this ands Gen: thst and
:sHonofabIe the other, about men swap.
8 ping their principles for place, and I
caIle edit leprosy, political leprosy, and I.
Say it is :leprosy yet and: my. friend has
sgosit fapplsose, He told you amonth
ago that Eewanted no Office: How came
SheE here EApplause. Ah, he is here
sEiniespoIse TO that noble word duty. He
ssssssWants esbalm of South Carolina's hon
Yies newspa apers have trailed the
ssbannSro I the State in the 1nire; if it is
sssisas;ed there, and: Gen. Earle comes up
EEHc0nYict maand says: illman did it"
e. Earls; Yous told the devil to get
sbehind yon once did you not2
~ Tillman Yes. sg
sEiGle. And now he is in front of
Tillman 325 men told me to come
there and make this race; u. am free
& man, and pay taxes, and have as much
right tofrunl for. Governor as you have.
Earle Oh certainly. !" In my
speech here before 4 brought out that
WORD corruption in connection with the
States government, and iinBtanced the fail.
.ths Senate to vote for.theSappor-
4 tionment My friend says ! am sick of,
sst.sHeisYery, much. mistaken, for:if am
to: :gos down in this combat because tell
iSsttha, truth sIhad rather go back home and
Iemains BEN illman all my life than to
How my words when they are true.
applause. You have 8i| swallowed
will produce the procf in regard to
1.-THE; question Of apportionment, and leave
ss:i siorS yoE. to- decide. Section 45, or
Article: IL ,sof. ssnis Radical Constitution,
this radical rag under which we are liv.
asing. and which our friend here would
s have Yon continue to- live under, rcsds as
lows s. The House of Representatives
g hall consist of 124 members to be appor-
stioned among the. several counties ac-
to the number Of inhabitants in
sseach.;sAn enumeration shall be made
ffori ithis purpose in 1866 and 1875, and
the course of every tenth year thereaf.
IS That IS the constitution, Don't
ssgarhl hlesit.,'' Here is the oath which
every member of the legislature and
lseYeTy other officer in South Carolina
ss6alItake reading the oath which re
asq1ires that the party taking it shall sup.
port he constitution of the State and the
Tinted States. That is plain, clear, un.
f1istakabla. You see when it., was
ssyeguiIed to take.th census in 1885 ). the
Elegislature OF 1885 was the one to doit.
sItgMas, taken In 1875, and under the ap-
4 Dol rtionment Charleston had five more
entatives than she was entitled to,
Richland had one more and Bsrnwell
sss0nemore whila Marion, Edgefeld, Spar
tanbnrgS Laurens, Greenvilie Marlboro,
amy:f fiend' a own County of Sumter we're
leach entitled to one more than they had.
There MAS bill; introduced requiring the
censnss t0 be taken in 1885, according to
sgthe constitution. It passed the House,
ssRent over to the Senate and was defeated
stbY 19Yotes, That ended in that session,
ssbuts there is another provision in this
constitntion which required the Cover
nor, if the Legislature failed to do its
duty, to have the census taken. In 1855
the same Legislature re.assembledi and
gabill l;Has introdu duced: to give an appropri.
ati6n toward taking the census. Those
voten no. At the same
session however, q bill;was introduced
ta asmend or change the constitution so
ssEas to allow the Immediately preceding
United States census, to be used., have
!. mo, doubt that some of those gentlemen
Bhosy voted no against those two bills voted
4 sye: ON. the constitutional amendment,
(which: was passed. It. WAS sent to you
and yon voted upon it, and it was ratifi-
ssgefi. and Invent to the next Legislature
ssn ndsWas ratified, and it became a law.
gThen new Senate came in, or rather
:sshaE of fsthe Senate vas elected in 1886,
sand some Of the men who voted no, as I am
willing say, on the plea of economy
don't tsexhonorate them from all blame,
ssand EhaYe not said thatI would pardon
sttnn. e So :
Earle: You did say pardon.
Il. Tillman: am satisfied that did