The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-18

things l never said.
Col Moore gave the itenlized eS-
penditures ofthe agricultural depart
ment for 1889, and I will give them
for the nine months of 1880 to show
how this thing has grown.
Capt. Tillman then read the table
furnished by Col. Moore in a letter to
the News and Courier and re-pub-
ishcd in this paper, showing total
expenditure by the agricultural de
partment OF $50, ,l29.1l.He then con-
tinred:
j. The demand is made that we make
this 4 caiip;isn Of education. So /
will play schoola#stcr a little further
in this matter of expenditures in the
agricultural department. Here are
! some questions which whoever VIII
or can may answer.
First. It IS seen that 81, ,162 hayo
hocn paid for lawyers fees. Why
did rot the Attorney General and
Solicitors, who arc State officers;
with big salaries. prosecute those
Snits and save that money?
Second. Judgment, with costs for
S7G.37i was obtained against the
Pacific Guano Company when that
company failed, which was probably
a ruse to get some legal advantage.
It's property was attached under judg-
ment and then compromise was
made by which the company paid
S51,24s and costs. The amount
turned into the State treasury was
s31,39G and the department kept
S!2,162 to pay the lawyers, making q
total Of S43,559. This is $500 less
than the amountrece:yed I want to
ask, Why was this matter compro-
missed ct al. and where did the 81
500 go? Did anybody get any money
fer compromising?
Third. IL 1899 the cost Of the cX-
perimental stations, including chem
its, laboratory and sundries, was
S9,9S6. The State annually receives
from the United States $4,000
known as the Hatch fund, to run IN
experimental station. | can find no
account of how that money is spent
or where it goes, either III Col. But
ler's report OF in that of the Unlver
sity trustees. Are we spending $685.
coo year on these stations? Has
the station Il chemist CT chemists both
paid by the year? Do they receive
additional pay for analyZins fertili-
zers? Have weduplications OF Office,
Implications Of salary, and no work
IN return therefor? Is not somebody
making 4 good thing out Of the spend
ing OF this agricultural fund!
Fourth. The expenditures Of the
agricultural department, including
the appropriation for the State Agri-
cultural Society, amount to S32,927,
as set forth in Col. Moore's exhibit.
In the Comptroller Generals report
for the same fiscal year the agricul-
tural department. is charged with
S3l, 1859, not including the appropIia-
ton for the Agricultural Society. On
page 1S3, of the same report, the
State Treasurer charges the agricul-
t,ual department. with S33,669, and
does not include the $4,000 appro-
priation to the Agricultural Society.
So we find these State officers. I men-
ton their names with fear and tremb-
ling, making this sort Of a showing
about the same matter OF public cx-
penditure in official records The
treasurer charges the bureau with
S5,742 more than it acknowledges to
have spent, oTer $4,000 more than
the Comptroller says it spent. The
Comptroller charges it with 1922
more than it acknowledges to have
spent, and yet I'll the books of these
officers tally. They would not do so
if any charges we're made. Had these
officers made mistakes, OF is there
something rotten i'll Denmark. Has
the bureau spent more than it ac-
counts for? If tho agricultural de-
partment;s accounts are correct, how
will the Comptroller and Treasurer
straighten their own? Col. Moore
was particular to mention vouchers,
although the bureau, prior to 1887,
spent over 100000 without ever
showing a single voucher. Is the
desperate and unscrupulous warfare
urged against me made lest thor
ough overhauling of the State Gov
elnment might show something
wrong somewhere? Every good far
mer clears up his premises once
year, and especially his barul. There
may be no rats in our State House
and consequently no rats nests, but
whether there are OF not, a general
overhauling and sweeping out can do
no harm: and while you may think
that I am actuated by selfish motives,
I hope we will have it, whether I boss
the Job or not.
Capt. Tillnlan closed his remarks
by paying attention to Editor vii
liams, OF the Greenvllc News, whom
lie characterized as one of the bravest
and truest men who ever breathed
the breath Of life He sat down amid
storms Of applause and cries of go
on! Give us some more. don t
stopyet.'
The Laarens Meeting.
lFro.n the GrecGyille News
The scene of the meeting was q
most pleasant one. The dense shade
Of the boughs Of the denscly grown
oaks offered q most pleasing shade
to the multitude which gathered
there within fifteen minutes after
Captain Tillman's carriage reached
| the ground. In the interim which
followed the arrival there the more
enthusiastic admirers Of the Farmers
Candidate pressed in toward the
stand, and he appeared as hero be-
ing crowned with lauuels Congratc.
tons We're psured upon him from
every side, and young men and boys,
tho down upon whose checks lad as
! ,-nt foi1nl 10 mako itSn1f ,,n,wn,,ti b1e