The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-07-10
STATE EXPENDITURES.
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE COST
OF THE GOVERNMENT.

John {. C.IInskclrs speech IN Cnlumbiu-Thc
Farmers Actual Proporiit u of the Oniccs
ANA Legislative Power. Population and
Tnxab!" Values.
Ladies aud my fellow citizens: |
come before you to day asking no
ofiico AT your hands. | am here in
answer to II call made against our
mothcr State, to tell you the upon
the matters under discussion in This
mOmcntouS canvass.
came here to-day though my busi-
ness called me away, to meet face to
face this man who claims to be the
Moses OF the farmers: to question
INN as to the truth o. the charges he
has made against this State and her
people: to prove to him to his face
that his charges are false, and now
find that he has gone. daughter
and applausrD [ gave him notice,
Tor L called Oh him to stay here to
answer and to make good his charges
against the people Of this State, or
here, III the face of South Carolinas.
to acknowledge that he had spoken
falsely. But he answered that he
would not stay, and in fact he has
|
There can be no denial about thc
TACT tnat II" has arrnycd class against
class,and men who have stood side by
SIDE III the war, and who lived under
and redeemed themselves from the
worst government the wOrll ever
saw, up to the redemption of 1876.
His claim TO the govcrnorship is
based solely upon the grave char
gcs agaiIst men who have strivcn to
support us and our State since that
redemption. He has arralgnrd the
Legislature and indicted it for cx-
| trnvaGancc and corruption and for
the suppression of the rights OF the
| people.
| propose to give him and you
some figures to sustain my position
and as Il complete answer to his
charges against our people and GOV.
crnmcnt. They may be tedious but
they arc necessary. From 1876 until
the present day there has been no
Legislative Assembly which had less
than II majority OF farmers over all
other classes of representatives from
the State. The largest majority of
farmers was % i'll 1878 and the small
est was - IN 1854. Now. | challenge
any man III his senses TO answer me
how could the farmers have been
wrongcd or ruled by rings when they
haA clear ma jority in every Assem-
bly, since 1876!
Now, rs to the oppression by law
ycrs. OF the Governors elected since
| ,7G but a single ono was Il lawyer.
There were Hampton, HagOod. Jctcr.
Richardson and Thompson, and not
one of them Il lawyer. OF the State
Offices majority Of them were filled
outside Of the profession of the law,
there being no lawyers except in the
Attorney Generals $ Office. Now then.
what docs the charge amount to if it
docs not amount to this-that the
| Legislature being in the hands of the
| farmers since 1876, that thcy have
been false to their trust, and that the
| white people, the white farmers, have
| proven themselves unfit for self
government! (Grcat applause and
chccring.) That is the Charge, my
friends, that he has made against the
| good name and fair fame Of this State.
and that is the charge that You
must rcbukc by your verdict ut the
polls. (Trcmcndous applause and
| chccring)
| There has been Il very common
| clamor that the farmers have never
| had fair share Of the hcrcprcScntntion,
and although he is not here it has
been repeated by men upon his ticket,
but, by the way, let us first look at
the ticket and sec how it represents
the farmers. Who arc they! There
| iSf hn 4,
cral, y. }. Pope. He is II lawyer
There is the candidate for Licutcn-
amt Governor, Mr. Gary, and ne is II
lawyer, and there is the candidate
for Superintendent Of Education, Mr.
Maylicld, and he is II lawyer, and |
believe the rest of the ticket has not
yet been filed out, and there is Mr.
,. f.. Iindall. who is Il farmer and
whom l believe to be good soldier.
for we stood together forthrcc years,
and know him to be brave and
true man.
Let me call your attention now to
the other claims made by this rcfor-
mcr. If we look at the tenth census
we Will find, on page 7SJ, that there
arc III tins State farmers and planters
$4,000; members of other professions
10000, or in other words four Scv-
cnths of the white voting population
arc farmers and the thrcc-scvcnths
belong to other professions. The
farmers, however, pay S319,O0O Of
the taxes. The figures cannot be
doubted, they are from the records
Of the tax books Of the State. Now,
gentlemen, if you have only four
scvcnth1 of the white voting popula-
ton AMI pay only thrcc-scvcnths of
the tn',c how can the farmers com
plain when they have iivc-scvcnth$ Of
| the representation! If ring has
done this, then they are the ring, for
! they have done it to themselves. But
L say there is no ring and the charge
that there is, is false. But some pro-
| pie can never be satisfied.
There is IL gentleman i'm tEiS State