The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-07-11

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tions made in this State we've made
last year and by Legislature over
whclmingly elected III the farmcrsi
interest. They claimed that they
were pledged to give the people the
Clemson College. They appropriated
S940, 0,000nnd this was done by men
pledged to Tillman's cause, ard,
as | said. it WAS the heaviest
expenditure ever made i'll South
Carolina.D How WAS it done!
Since the judicial and election
and executive and other depart
mcnts were the same, and the inter
est on the public debt of S3S3,000
must be paid every year, how could
it be done otherwise unless we had
rcpudiated our public debt and made
no appropriation to meet it! Here
are some Of the items: S106,000 was
appropriated for the Lunatic Asylum,
and do not believe there is II man
III the State who would begrudgc this
assistance and moro to those poor
afflicted. God smittcn creatures. SO
far rs this item is concerned, we SIM
ply appropriated the amount nccCs-
sary to conduct that institution. The
increase camo because of the pension
bill, which called for $4,000, and was
introduced by NTr. Sampson Pope.
The Clemson Agricultural College
took $4,000, and the Stltc House
100000, which, by the way, was re
commended by II committee, three
fourthS of whose members were farm
crs, and l voted against it. But that
is sufficient answer to the charge of
! extravaganza. | had trusted that
Tillman would have been here so that
, / could make him admit, item by
item, that he could not take of Il
; single dollar without rcpudating the
State s honest debt, OF striking ut the
nozzle charities of our State. He has
: elected to leave this meeting, but let
him answer me when he will. and
when nc does he must admit his
error.
! But, gentlemen, in addition to this,
what has this Legislature done!
When did it ever fail to pass an act
called for by the farmers! They
} demanded the lien law and 1t was en-
) acted. They demanded the seed cot
ton law, and it was enacted. They
1 demanded the creditors preference
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o mandcd an agricultural dcpai tmcnt
\ III the College. Some of us objected
, to it, but they said "stand aside.
/ and they got it, because they had II
: majority, and it is even now subject
of attack by this appointed can
didatc for Governor. He has charged
directly, if not by inucndo, u high
: ruption, but brought face to face will
;, him he rctracted his charge. He al
t legged that he could not understand
the accounts of the department.
| don't know how that may be
, but only ten days ago Governor
> Hagood said that there was not
an old butter and egg woman i'm the
State who could not understand that
expense account, and hc denounced
rs false any charge of the misappro-
prlation CT Il single dollar of the agri
; cultural fund. Captain Tillman has
been reduced at last to one charge
which he has not withdrawn, and that
Is the retailing Of the slandcr of the
half idiot who charged Governor
; Thompson with taking the State 5
, property from the Governors Man
| sion. Tillman has rctailcd the story
. of this half-wittcd creature. which
| any man would blush to repeat. He
has attacked the Legislature about
i the reapportionmcnt matter. Let
l. me give you the history of it. In
, 1884 the bill was passed to take the
! census, but ysSAASarmers vote was
, heavily against an appropriation to
pay for it. Failing in this the Con
) Stitutlon was amended by the rcso-
luton brought in by Senator Munro
e. to adopt the census Of 1880. 1t was
&. II crying injustice, against which all
: exclaimed and the best lawyers de
clarcd 1T unconstitutional, and this
; was done by men who had not sought
political office, and among them was
one who is now on the bench. He,
too, has been assailcd, and for the
first time III the history of South
Carolina we find the judiciary of the
, State attacked by more than innucndo.
, interruption of "Hurrah for Izl,lr. >
applause and chcers.) Well, that is
Il sufficient answer. Gentlemen, is
} there one of you who believed Tillman
e. when nc got up today and made his
5 labOrCd effort to show that lcprOSy
, meant greed of Office Neither you
5 nor | have ever heard greed and the
5 desire for office described before as
= lcprosy. But that is not what he
l meant He intended to charge and
; did charge dcpravity, moral depravity
, Just Us he meant it when he said
there was something rotten III Den.
: mark (Chccrs.) But, whatever he
) said he has come out of it all himself
, rs the chief of lcpcrs. (Applaust
- and chccringD All. gentlemen, this
: constant making of charges behind {
t mans back, and rctracting them fac,
to face, is sickcning and dishcartcn
I Ing.