Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-06-19

supremacy they have towork harder.
than you. It would be unjust to
those to have a general State primary.
/ agree with Tillman in wanting a
primary for delegates to the State
Convention. don't believe there
has been any corruption.
Tillman: That amt in our plat
form. [Cry: "ralk to him, Till
IiarIc: l don't agree that the
Legislature has been bamboozlcd or
debauchcd. l don't believe that the
railroad commissioners have been
"tamoa." God forbid that l should
believe that our whole political fabric
is pcrmeatcd with political leprosy.
If / did, God forbid that | should
continue to be q Democrat. Any
just man who will consider must say
that Tillman is mistaken; where is
tho proof. [Voico: "Right here in
Laurcns."] DO | understand that
your Legislators have been dcbauchcd2
| [Voicc: "Thcy were overrulcd by
the ring."] | have known them. l
believe them to be true men, who
could not be dcbauchcd or bam-
boozlcd. Now about re-apportion-
mcnt. Interpreting the Constitution
as did believe that bill should
pass. l voted for it and worked for
it, but rs good men as / voted and
worked against it. They differed
with me, but gave me no right to
call them corrupt. | was disap-
pointed when the bill did not pass,
but did not say they were periurcrs.
However ambitious he is Capt. Till
man has no right to dcnouncc these
men, many of whom arc brave old
soldiers. A voice: "Don't you
want to be Governor ?"] Earle ::
Yes, but if | have to get office by
abusing my fcllow-mcn God forbid
that should eyer get it. CThis
made a great hit and the house rang
with applause. Every citizen has a
right to call officials to account. You
arc not slaves, as Capt. Tillman has
called you, but you arc masters.
Gen. Earle then read secret cam
paign circular that had been distri-
butcd by Capt. Shell. When he had
finished, he said: DO understand
that you attempt to array Democrat
against Democrat Has it come to
pass that men who redeemed the
State are classcd with those who
would take the lives of their fellow
men? Talk about abuse Of Tiiii1iaii,
whoever heard such abuse rs that.
Capt. Shell has been carried away
with enthusiasm. Did Radical ever
say worse than that? | ask when I?
n voice: "Whcn Capt. Tillman's
enemies arc trying to move all hell
to defeat him, why can't we do all
under heaven to elect him ?''7 Earle
"You can, if you do it in the right
way" a voice: eff we amt
Democrats, what are we 2"] Earle ::
H have never called you anything
except Democrats. said that the
language of that Shell circular was
worse than ever Democrat said about
Radicals in the excitement Of TO"
Tillman "lIavcn't they said more
about me than they ever said about
Chamberlain ?"
Earle: "NYhatcvcr has been said I
didn't say it,"
Tillman "Thcn why repeat it ?"
Earle: 81 don't. | say if Ingalls,
had held the pen he could not have
written worse about South Carolina
Democrats than has Capt. Shell in
that circular" Voices: "That is
too bitter; oh, let him speak. II
| don't change any yOtcS."1
Earle: N about the agricutu-
raj board, established for farmers and
run by farmers. If it doesn't give
satisfaction, change it or abolish it,
but don't accuse the men on it. Can
you get better man than IIagood +?
CNoiccs: "Can't get no worse"
Times out"] Some of you don't
want to hear anything except on
your side. DO you believe that any
of those gentlemen spent agricultu-
raj funds for beer or champagne :?
Voice: "Yesw Well, bring out
your proof and will prosecute them.
Voice: eff man sends them sam
pies of guano, shouldn't they ana
lyzc them ?" Earle Yes. Voice :
"But they don't."]
Gen. Earle then asked if Tillman
was SO much in earnest about these
reforms why he had not gone to the
Legislature and worked for them
lie also explained his position OH the
subject of the taxation of banks and
railroads.
Captain Tillman at Ncwbcrry on
Friday created n sensation by his at
tack on Judge Izlar, and character
izcd his failure to vote for rcappor-
tionmcnt in 1885 rs "damnablc per-
jury" Continuing he said:
"If YOU arc to have Judges who
swear to support the Constitution
and don't do it--for we have one
where will it end? If it was not
perjury don't know what it was.
If the judiciary is not to be trusted,
and il ono "f these men who has
been put on the bench and held up
as shining light can be induced to
break his oath three times, which of
you will be willing to go before
him ?"
Just think for Il moment who are
included in this Indictment. Hon.
ID. Bicmann was at that time Oco-
ncc'S Senator and he voted against