The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-15


Anderson, citizens, for was inform-
ed that some of you did not want TO hear
me. While Capt Tillman was speaking q
gentleman arose in the crowd anu accused
another of being Republican. am sur
prised at this as coming from one of the
friends of Capt. Tillman who has always
demanded fair play. I am surprised that
this man should incitc you to jon in dc
rlsion of man who is Democrat. What.
ever the man who sits there shall say 10 Inc,
I will not call him Radical.
Tillman Ibid call him q Radical ?'
Earle: "No, but you said he was beneath
your notice"
Tillman Yes, after it was said he was
Republican said So"
Continuing, Col. Earle said, came hero
to join hands with him in anything Lhat
will advance the prosperity of our people.
Proper agitation Of any issue does no harm.
The State officers are your servants, and
you have right to criticise them. Capt.
Tillman is candidate for Governor. There
is no crime in chat. Ii it was crime to bo
candidate, our jails would be full to over
flowing. lie has the right to run for Gov
ernor, and to be elected, if the people want
him. He tells you that he is an exponent
of principle-tree government and fair
play. If we havn't selfgovernment and
fair play, am not the man to say We or
you should not have it, He calls this an
aristocracy, which, he says, means that yon
have no voice in the government. Take
he is an aristocrat
The people have right 10 meet in con.
vention at any time, but ask was this
March Convention expedient and, be-
sides, did that not make Capt. Tillman both
an Office seeker and an aristocrat?
Tillman: "Ehat Convention had nc au
thority whatever. 1t did not bind any,
body. Itonly made suggestion Lhat the
farmers concentrate OIL some one, and not
be cheated again"
Earle "That docs not touch the point
What you say is distinction without q
difference That Convention was called
outside Of the rules of the Democratic
party.
[A voice: Isn't farmers Democrats ?'']
you are anu ysn can cont eontFof
the vote, but was it right because you had
the power to ignore all other classes. and
send only farmers to the Convention
Tillman: II know nothing about it"
Earle: "Well, your Chairman ruled so,
and in that Convention q majority tor
nominations was drummed up out OF men
| from Charleston and Niggerdom, as Capt
Tillman calls it. About that time Capt.
Tillman came before the Convention, told
them that he had prepared platform, and
that they must get man to stand on it.
| He was named as the man, and that looks
very much like seeking nomination"
In the call it was stated that tho meeting
was called to purify tire Government. II
it needs reformation and purifying, il
must have been corrupt. If there is any
man who can say that I have failed 10
discharge my duty, or that have been
corrupt or eXtravagant, let him say it
now. Do you, Capt. Tillman, claim that
there is or was any corruption in my Office
Earle: "Do you claim that there is any
ineficiency there?''
Tillman: mo, sir.
Earle: "If you will show me where
| there is any corruption in any Office
and make the affidavit, I will prosecute
| him.
Here Capt. Tillman interrupted the
| speaker again, and said he referred to
those men in the Legislature, in 1854
who swore to support the Constitution,
which required thon to hold census and
re-apportion the representation. They
didn't do it, and they perjurod themselves
and are corrupt.
Col. Earle said he was in the Legisia.
ture then and voted for the rc.apportion-
| ment. But there were honorable men on
| the other side-as honorable as Capt
Tillman-and cannot say thoy are per.
jurers. It is not right to denouncc them
as periurers because was opposed stc
their views. Capt. Tillmau, is that the
/ 1x,n for ,,.t.
Tillman: "That is ALL
Earle: "Hear that, fellow citizens. Vut
ing against e-apportionment was thcil
crime"
In reply to something Capt. Tillmar
had said about corporation lawyers being
memb bers of the Legislature, and not being
pure and patriotic, Col. Earle said: John
9. Haskell is one Of them. He carries
an armlesS sleeve, and is not here to de-
fend himself, but I can say that he is as
honest and pure as Ben. Tillman. Some
men may have acted unwisely-we ali
make mistakes on some occasious-but il
is not right to say they were bribed."
Col. Earle referred to the Railroad Com
missioners, and said if it could be shown
to him where they had not done theil
duty he would see that it was investi
gated. Col. Earle explained why it wa:
that that the Commission could do nc
more.
| He spoke oft Department of Agricul.
ture, and said the man at the head of it
Gen. Hagood, was as good man as Capt
Tillman. 1t is wrong to accuse such mer
Of wrong doing. did not abuse Tillman
admire him in some respects. Why was
to have an independent Executive Com
| Y11lff a
| Why did you not wait and act with The
regular Democracy? Was it right te
create two factions in the Democratic
party? You had the legal right, but wa:
it eXpedient? This movement is calcu'
lated to cause a division in the Democ
racy. There will be bad blood, and the
State is going to be torn all 10 pieces. /
Tillman is nominated by the Democracy
will support him.
Existing institutions arc condemned
am no apologist for those students who
behaved so badly in Columbia. We al
condemned their conduct, but the Uniyer
sity should not be condemned on theil
account II this institution is spending
too much money, cut its expenses down
Two years ago man came to Sumter
and, in his speech, claimed to he an An
derson Democrat. To-day lie is i'll youi
postohice, aud his name is w. w. Rus
sell. don't say that Capt. Tillman is
going to turn out that way, but his
methods vii! make some people turn out
| that way.
Tillman "Now, don't you know that
I'll not turn out that way. Look ME in
the eye.''
| Earle: "There is no man that God over
made that cannot look in the eye.'
Tillman: II am not trying to bull.
doze you, but when any man casts an I'M
putation on my Democracy it TOUCHES my
heart"
Earle: "If I thought you would turn
out like Russell I would tell you so.
You have already followed a part of the
course that Russell followed. Capt. Till
man has turned his back upon rules
and regulations Of the Democra,. I'd is
treading on dangerous ground. came
| here to remind him Of the red shirts in
| 1S76."'
Gilman: IT invented them'
Earle: II thought Mart. Gary did that,
but in 1876 We were together as one man.
Tillman says delegates were elected in
| Sumter County two years ago before lie
came there How about tho She'll Con-
vention? Did they Hait? No, they
didn't wait to elect delegates, but even
nominated Governor. They want sauce
for the goose, but mono for the gandcr.'
Tillman ''We were giving them sance
for what they did two years ago.
Earle: "Never pay back with wrong
doing. Let justice be done though the
Heavens fall. have asked Capt. Till