Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-15

Bulldozing and blackguarding ought
to have no place III this contest.
They frightcn nobody and will dis
gust everybody and should be frowned
down by all good people.
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1t does not appear to us that either
Mr.. Tillman or Mr.. Youmans won a
very abundant supply of laurels at
Ridgcway. Mr.. Youmans undertook
to switch off from a discussion of
State issues into the vast field Of
Federal politics, and seems to have
lost himself and got away from his
hearers and to have turned up sud-
denly and mystcriously away back in
Grccian history. His treatment of
the apportionmcnt issue was not
strong. In fact, it could not be be-
cause, so far as we have been able to
learn, the course of himself and
other Senators in that matter is
without a defence which can be put
before the people.
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1t is a case of chickens coming
home to roost. The Grcenville Neacs
told the Senators six years ago that
they were laying up trouble for
themselves by their arbitrary, selfish
and illegal course in denying the
people fair, just and legal repre-
scntntion, as required by the Con-
stitution they had sworn to obey.
Now they find that matter tho chief
weapon used against them and they
have no defence. The House passed
a bill providing for rc-apportionment
and an appropriation to pay for it..
The Senate resisted them and de-
fcatcd rc-apportionmcnt and an APP
portionmcnt by majority Of Eve,
Senators Murray, of Anderson,
Munro, Of Union, Maxwell, of Able
vile, Bicmann, of Oconcc, and
Woodward, of Fairfield, being, we
believe, the only up country Senators
who voted with the majority against
the bill. Senator Fields, of Pickcns,
joined them the next session and
opposed the rc-apportionment, while
Senator Biemann came over and
favored it.
1t is rather disappointing, how
over, to find Mr.. Tillman, after all
the noise and hurrah and promises
of volcanic demonstrations, making
the chief point of his campaign on
an issue which is as dead rs n split
and saltcd herring. The 'apportion-
mcnt matter has been settled for the
future by the adoption, by the pco-
pie, of constitutional amendment
allowing the Legislature to use the
United States census as the basis for
apportioning representation. A new
census will be taken next month, the
apportionmcnt will bc made next
November, and it is too late now to
correct the injustice of the past five
years. 1t is gone and done with
The people who feel they have been
wrongcd have the right to take ven
gcncc on all who helped to deprive
them of their rights. Only very
peculiar circumstances would induce
us to favor the election to any office
of any man who voted against re.
apportionmcnt. The facts of that
matter, however, do not give any
reason why Mr.. Tillman should now
be elected Governor of the State
They do not constitute an issue oi
present Importance. If Mr.. Tillmal
will talk of lowering taxes and offc,
some definite plan for doing it he
will arouse moro interest than he
can hy discussing an apportionmcnt
which the next census may change
very widely.
His speech at Ridgcway was in
good taste, tone and temper. Its
only fault was that there was not
very much in it. He and Mr.. You.
mans lost their tempcrs unnecessarily
when it came to direct running
debate, which dcgcncratcd to case
Of "did" and "didn't" like a row be-
tween two small boys over fence
AS we have said, Mr.. Tillman was
entirely right to withdraw whcr
the thing became hot and danger.
ously close to the lie direct. II
seems, however, that a cool headed
man in his position with the mass of
the crowd with him could have pre-.
vented the discussion from reaching
the awkward and undignificd stage
it did. \ man who undertakes to
lead and represent the people of q
State OUGHT to be c0ual To such cmcr.