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


to cut off the expenses. but he has
gone. Well, the heaviest appropria-
tions made in this State We're made
last year and by Legislature over
whelmingly elected in the farmerS
interest. They claimed that they
were pledged to give the people the
Clemson College. They appropriated
S940, 0,000(and this was done by men
pledged to Tillman's cause, d,
rs l said, it was the heaviest
expenditure ever made in South
Carolina) How was it done?
Since the judicial and election
and executive and other depart
ments were the same, and the inter
est on the public debt of S3S3,OOO
must be paid every year, how could
it be done otherwise unless we had
repudiated our public debt and made
no appropriation to meet it? Here
are some of the items: S1O6,OOO was
appropriated for the Lunatic Asylum,
and 1 do not believe there is man
i'll the State who would begrudge this
assistance and more to those poor
afflicted, God-smitten creatures. SO
far as this item is concerned, we sim
ply appropriated the amount neces-
sary to conduct that institution. The
increase came because of the pension
bill, which called for $50, and was
introduced by Mr.. Sampson Pope.
The Clemson Agricultural College
took $4,000, and the Stlte House
100000, which, by the way, was re-
commended by committee, three
fourths OF whose members were farm
ers, and voted against it, But that
is sufficient answer to the charge of
extravaganza. 1 had trusted that
Tillman would have been here so that
L could make him admit, item by
item, that he could not take off a
single dollar without repudiating the
States honest debt, OF striking at the
NOZZLE charities of our State. He has
elected to leave this meeting, but let
him answer me when he will, and
when he 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 it was en-
acted. They demanded the seed cot
ton law, and it was enacted. They
demanded the creditors preference
law, and it was enacted They de
manded an agricultural depal tment
in the College. Some of us objected
to it, but they said ''stand aside"
and they got it, because they had a
majority, and it is even now subject
Of attack by this self-appointed can
didate for Governor. He haE ularsc, |
directly, # not by inuend:, = hish
Eruption, but brought face to fare va
him he retracted his charge. FIe al
legged that he could not umdvI t,.pl
the accounts of the department. I,
don't know how that may be-
but only ten days ago Governo,
Hagood said that there was moi
an old butter and egg woman in the
State who could not understan that
expense account, and he denounced
as false any charge of the misappro-
priation cf a 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 slander of the
half idiot who charged Governor
Thompson with taking the States
property from the Governors Man
sion. Tillman has retailed the story
of this half-witted creature. which
any man would blush to repeat. He
has attacked the Legislature about
the reapportionment matter. Let
me give you the history of it. In
1884 the bill was passed to take the
census, but the farmers vote was
heavily against an appropriation to
pay for it. Failing in this the Con
stitution was amended by the reso-
luton brought in by Senator Munro
to adopt the census of 1880 1t was
n crying injustice, against which all
exclaimed and the best lawyers de.
clared it 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 assailed, and for the
first time in the history of South
Carolina we find the judiciary of the
State attacked by more than innuendo.
interruption of 'Hurrah for Izlar."
applause and cheers.) Well, that is
q sufficient answer. Gentlemen, is
there one of you who believed Tillman
when he got up today and made his
lnborcd effort to show that loprosy
meant greed of Office? Neither you
nor L have ever heard greed and the
desire for Office described before as
leprosy. But that is not what he
meant. He intended to charge and
did charge depravity, moral depravity
just as he meant it when he said
there was something rotten in Den
mark. (Cheers.) But, whatever he
said he has come out of it all himself
as the chief of lepers. applause
and cheering.) All, gentlemen, this
constant making of charges behind a
mans back, and retracting them face
to face, is sickening and dishearten-
ing.