The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-06-26

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| tains the same word. We cannot strike
that out. Every officer who goes into
power is sworn to support the Constitu-
tion of the United States; every judge
and every lawyer who practices at the
bar must do 80. These gentlemen who
are running for Congress, and hope
they will all be elected, will have to
swear to support the Constitution of the
United States. You cannot strike out
the word rebellion, and it need not be
stricken out. We sll know what REBEL.
I ion was. We will never forget the part
We took in what is called the rebellion.
That word in there makes no difference,
but there are changes which shoald be
made in your Constitution. The County
Governments are too expensive, and
already a Constitutional provision has
been voted upon by which the Legisla.
ture can elect or appoint other fiscal
agents outside your County Commission
ers. You may reform your County Gov.
ernments and reduce your expenses, and
that is where the great expense is. That
needs improvement, and it was wise in
the people to vote for the amendment
have referred to. We have great many
Offices. AS the Comptroller General said
at Greenville, there are about 10000
Offices in the State, and parties who fill
them have to be paid. That liz where the
expense is. But, my friends, I am one
| of those men who think that when man
is called upon TO give his services to his
country he should be paid for it. I do
not think a man should be required to
build bridge without being paid for it,
or to teach your schools without pay.
| When a man works for the public he
should be paid what his services are
worth and no more. He ought not to be
paid more than the same service would
command in private enterprise. Let the
Government be economically admins
tered, but let il be justly administered.
Let every many have his dues but no
more. In your County Governments
men are paid too much for many things.
In your State Government, possibly, here
| and there, they are paid too much.
| The other day made this proposition
to Capt. Tillman "You speak about the
reduction of salaries of State officers. /
do not think they are too high. I do not
| think you can get good men TO perform
the duties of the different Offices for less
money, but if you can do it I am GER
tainly net opposed to it, because the
Government should be administered eco:
nomically, and not one cent more should
be paid than is absolutely necessary. II
you are elected Governor, under the
Constitution your salary cannot be
reduced during your term of Office. They
cannot take away your $780," They
can reduce the salaries of my friends
there-the Attorney. Generals-both Of
which are running, but one Of which is
sure to be left. They can, l think,
reduce the salaries of any officers except
the Governor, Lieut.. Governor and the
Judges, whose salaries cannot be reduced
during their terms of Office. / made to
Capt. Tillman this plain proposition 81
state this to test your sincerity. You
know well enough that none of your
money can be taken away from you as
Governor. You are elected with the
understanding that you are to get so
much, and the Legislature cannot reduce
that amount" l will make this agree.
ment: "If you will give $500 of your sal
ary the first year to the Citadel and $500
the next year to the Clemson College I
will agree to do the same if elected. Will
you agree to that?" He said mo-" Is
not that fair? 1t he is in favor of q
reduction of salaries, and his salary can.
not be reduced during bis term OF Office,
whv should he not give something to the
cause of education? You are educating
some of the poor boys of the State. |
did that to tes! his insincerity. /, for
one, am in favor Of al our institutions ol
learning. I am not a convert to Capt
! Tillman there Before I scarcely knew
Capt. Tillmau / had advocated the estab.
lishment of an Agricultural College, but
at the same time have been firm in my
advocacy of the University, the Citadel
and the common schools. I said then.
aud say now, that no people can spend
their money better than in educating
their sons and daughters. If it were
possible to establish high school Of
learning for the girls would be in favor
of it. Let us build up all our institu.
tions of learning, and stir up the common
schools as much as ne can.
Capt. Tillman, it seems, is unfriendly
to one of the State officers-the Commits
sioner of Agriculture. 1t is public and
not private matter. It has been made
so public that may refer to it. he is
not friend of COL Buffers, and
throughout this campaign has been strik.
ing at the Agricultural Department.
believe the Agricultural Department has
done good for the people of the State.
believe it has been in the hands of honest
men. I know it vas established for the
farmers. know all the men on the
Board, from Gov. Hagood down, are far
mers. If it is a failure it ought to be
abolished, but is it failure? Has itnol
done good? It may have made mis-
takes. We all make them, but when by
insinuation the attempt has been made
to prove that Col. Butler, or any of those
gentlemen, are dishonest, say the
attempt has failed, and yesterday / made
a proposition to Capt, Tillman which
will leave ior .nis crowd to say whether
fair or lot. II say those books are cor
rect so far as money is concerned
There may be errors in them. I haven't
examined them, but I assert thai every
dollar has been honestly expended. You
insinuate the contrary. Although you
say you charge no dishonesty, still your
iusinuation is that the money has moi
gone where it ought to have gone.
make this proposition. You appoint g
bookkeeper on your side. will appoint
one from my side. We will send them
down to Columbia, and let them look
over the books and vouchers and report
"No, I won't sgree to that" he says. ]
said, ~ will pay for one, you pay for the
other" ooh, no, you are rich lawyer
and 1 am pour farmer" Now, an
not as rich as Capt. Tillman. I am as
poor as he is and poorer, too, but for the
good of the State, I told him that would
pay for both of the bookkeepers if he
would appoint one. "Let us have the
facts. Put up or shut up. If the charge:
are true prove them, if they are not true
say nothing more about them. DOM
poison the minds of the people by insin
ustion and innuendo." If the minds oi
the people had not been poisoned by
these insinuations then there would be
no necessity for this movement, because
the people have been made to believe by