The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
MANNING, S. c., WEDNESDAY, JULY g. 1890.

Since the judicial and election
and executive and other depart
ments were the same, and the inter
est on the public debt of S3S3,0OO
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: S106,000 was
appropriated orthe Lunatic Asylum,
and l do not believe there is man
in tie 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 $4,000. and was
introduced by Mr.. Sampson Pope.
The Clemson Agricultural College
took $4,000, and the State House
100000, which, by the way, was re-
commended by o committee, three
fou tbs of whose members were farm
ers, and I voted against it. But that
is a sufficient answer to the charge of
extravaganza. I had trusted that
Tillman would have been here so that
I could make him admit, item by
item, that he could not take off a
single dollar without. .repudiating tue
States honest debt, Oh striking at the
noble charities of our State. He has
elected to leave this meeting, but let
him answer me when he viii, 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 a subject
of attack by this self-appointed can
didate for Governor. He has charged
directly, if not by inuendo, high
official in that department with cor
ruption, but broughtfa to face with
him he retracted his charge. He al
legged that he could not understand
the accounts of the department. I
don't know how that may be,
but only ten days ago Governor
Hagood said that there was not
an old butter and egg woman in the
State who could not unders tand that
expense account, and he denounced
as false any charge of the misappro-
priation CT 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 SANDER 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. It was
crying injustice, against which all
exclaimed and the best lawyers de.
clared it unconstitutional. and this
was done by men who had notsought
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
a sufficient answer. Gentlemen, Is
there one of you who believed Tillman
when he got up today and made bis
labored effort to show that leprosy
meant greed Of office? Neither you
nor 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 ne
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-
!