The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-07-10

tioih1 ili'tNtS III llll> bDtillc were IlpltD
last year and by Legislature over
whclmingly elected in the farmers,
interest. They claimed that they
were pledged to give the people the
Clemson College. They appropriated
S9lO,ooO(and this was done by men
picdS"d to Tillman's cause. ard,
us | SAID. it was the heaviest
IcNpcnhturc ever made in South
Car"llna.) How was it done!
Smc" tn" judicial and election
amt cNccntivc and other depart
mcntS were the same, and the inter
est on the public debt of S3S3, 900
must be paid every year, how could
1t be done otherwise unless VIC had
rcpudiatcd our public debt and made
no appropriation to meet it! Here
are some of the items: $1O6,OOO was
appropriated forthc Lumatic Asylum.
and dO not believe there is Il man
III the State who would bcgrulgc this
assistance and more to those Door
nl1llctcu. God smittcn creatures. SO
tar us tins item is concerned. we sim
ply appropriated the amount ncccs
sary to conduct that institution. The
increase came because of the pension
bill, which called for $50, 600. and was
introduced by Mr.. Sampson Popc.
The Clemson Agricultural College
took $4,000, and the st ltc House
S60,O00, which, by the way, WAS re-
commended by Il committee. three
tourthS Of whose members were farm
rrS, Hnd | voted against it. But That
IS sufficient answer to the charge of
nXtraragancr. [ had trust ct that
llllman would have been here so that
could make him admit. item by
item, that he could not take off Il
single dollar without rcpudiating the
Stat" S honest debt. or striking ut the
nollr charities of our State. He has
elected to leave this meeting. but let
hlm answer me when he will. and
when he docs nc must admit his
error.
But, .grntlcmcn. in addition to this.
what has this Legislature done!
When did il ever fail to pass an act
called for by the farmers! They
demanded thc lien law and IT was en-
acted. They demanded the seed cot
tom law. and it was enacted. They
demanded In" creditors preference
law. and il wHS enacted. They de-
i'''i'N'' " ''il II Ill kltlcll llltlI
III the College. Some of us objected
to IT, but they said ":,tand aside.
and they got it, because they had Il
majority, and it is even HOW Il subject
of attack by this srli-appUintcl can
dtdatc for Governor. He has charged
directly, if not by inucndo, Il high
official in that department with con.
r'lption, but brought face to face will
INN he rctractcd his charge. He al
legged that he could not understand
the accounts of the department. |
don't know how that may br.
but only ten days ago Governor
HHgood said that there was not
an old butter and egg woman in the
State who coulI not undCrs tand that
expense account, and he denounced
as false any charge of the misappro-
priation CT il single dollar of the nrri
cultural fund. Captain Tillman has
been reduced at last to one charge
which he has not withdrawn. and that
is the retailing of the Slundcr of the
half idiot who charged Governor
Thompson with taking the States
property from the Governors Man.
sion. Tillmm has rctailcd the story
OF tins half wittrd creature. which
amy man would blush TO repeat. He
has attacked the Legislature about
the rcapportionmcnt matter. Let
me give you the history of it. In
1854 the bill was passed to take the
census, but the farmers vote was
heavily against an appropriation to
pay for it. Falling in this the Con-
Stltution WAS amended by the rcso-
luton brought in by Senator Munro
to adopt the census Of 1850. 1t was
i crying Injustice, against which all
exclaimed and the best lawyers dc
clarcd il unconstitutional, and this
WAS done by men who had not sought
political office, and among them was
one who is now on the bcnch He,
too, has been assailcd, and for the
first time in the history OF South
Carolina we find the judiciary of the
State cattackcd bymorc than innucndo.
| interruption of 'IImIah for Izlar,
applause and chccrS.) Well, that is
4 sufficient answer. Gentlemen, is
there one OF you who believed Tilman
when ne got up today and made his
labOrcd effort to show that lcprosy
meant greed Of office! Neither YOU
nor | have ever heard greed and the
desire for Office described before as
| lcprosy. But that is not what he
meant. Hc intended to charge and
did charge dcpravity, moral dcpravity
just us nc meant it when he said
there was something rotten in Den
mark (Chccrs) But, whatever he
said he has come out of it all himself
rs the chief OF lcpcrs. (Applause
and chccring.) All, gentlemen, this
constant making OF charges behind
man 5 back, and rctracting them face
to face. is sickcning and diShcartcn.
ing.