The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-19
ESTABLISHED 1865.

| be allowed to exercise his discretion Il
to who should iH called to the hlghe>
office in the gift of the State. For tha
! reason he Was in favor Of 4 prlmar.
election. 1t is for yuu to say who Woul'
serve as your governmental agents. 1
WAS on the general idea that a majorlt,
Of the people should say who ~oG!t
govern them that he entered this cam
| paign, and the only way to reach th'
will OF the majority is by primary elec
ton. Gen. BrattoD said that in thI'
campaign he did not propose to trim t.
! the views Of ANY one. Since our las
conflict with the enemy we had hac
i things so much our own way that tt
some extent We had become careless
But in this agitation that we now have
it WAS getting time for Us to stop ant
pause. He did not think the presence
OF a fully equipped class in the Demo
cratic party was hardly consistent Will
Democratic principles. TO secure the
good Of any it was necessary to secure
the good Of all. All appeals to class
prejudice are wrong and cannot accrue
to the benefit Of the class that organizes
them, and to whom the appeal is made
To US hedged about by circumstances
such as we are, with the enemy just
over the hill and scarcely out of sight
this cla:s fight amongst ourselves can
not benefit Us: We are having troubles
about the expenses Of our government
when as Il matter Of fact, excluding Z
State debt that we inherited, the cost
of government is not 30 cents pei
capita. The great burden that is
weighing US down is the tax OH indus
try and labor. He had no appeal tc
make to prejudice. The only appeal he
had to make was TO their reason and
judgment.
When Gen. Bratton retired there
were cries OF "Thank you' and
'Hurrah for Tillnlan."
GEN. EARLE SPEAKS.
Gen. Earle, of Sumter, candidate for
Governor, was the next speaker. He
said the people have right to assemble
and 70 see and hear those persons who
come before them asking their suffrage
Those who hold office are merely the
servants Of the people, and it is right
that the people should demand of them
an account Of their stewardship. In
this contest we are all Democrats.
Capt. Tillman is 4 Democrat, | am Il
Democrat.
While some of you are calling loudly
for free speech it seems that you are not
willing to have it. Why not give all
the candidates chance to be heard
whether YOU agree with them or not.
Brave men are willing to meet brave
men and discuss public questions fairly
though they differ.
Gen. Earle said South Carolina was
one OF the grandest States in the union,
possibly not in material wealth but in
that which makes State great-the
character Of its citizens.
Her sons have always stood the equal
of any, whether on the battlefield OF
in the Legislative hall. The crowd
kept up such noise and hurrah for
Tillman that Gen. Earle stopped and
said: LET us all hurrah for Tillnan
and then stop" They hurrahed but
did not stop. Capt. Tillman. arose at
this point and begged his friends to
hear Gen. Earle, But none Of it had
much effect.
Gen. Earle continuing said he favored
the Agricultural College from the be-
ginning and was still in favor of it.
That be also favored the Citadel and
University. That one Of the differences
between him and Capt. Tillnan was
that he was in favor of building up
while Tillman wanted to pull down.
He said Tiliman was opposed to the
Citadel, but he hoped he was changing
his position. When asked about his
opposition 10 the Citadel at Spartan
burg Tillman said that WAS two years
ago. Earle then asked, "What about
it now. Capt. Tillnan?" In reply to
this direct question Tillman said: II
am not answering questions now"
He was in favor or common schools,
and thought that every county in the
State should have just representation
in the General Assembly. He did not
believe, however, as Tillman did, that
those who had voted against reappOr-
tionment were guilty Of perjury politi-
cal or otherwise. There was no dis
tiuction between political perjury or
any other kind. Men who We're cor
rupt in politics were corrupt in pri-
vate life. Iil!man, be said, had Il right
TO be Governor, but should he reach
the goal his ambition would he graft
fled on blasted regulations. Voices:
Let it be done.n]
General Earle then referred to the
Railroad Commission and spurncd the
charge that its members had been
"tamed' or ''hambOoZled," " rs preferred
by Tillman. In this connection he said
South Carolina needed emigration.
At this there We're cries of: NO! No!
Now There are too many here now"
General Earle said there was talk of
reducing salaries, and that Capt. Till
man could we'll afford to advocate it,
for, if he were elected and salaries We're
reduced, it would not affect the salary
of Capt. Tillman, because the Constitu-
ton said the salary Of the Governor
could not I've reduced during his term
Of office Commenting on this desire
Of Capt. Tillnan to reduce the expenses
Of the State government and build up
Clemson College he turned to Tillnnan
and asked:
"Ifyou are elected Governor will YOU
be willing to give five hundred dollars
Of your salary to Clemson College and
five hundred to the Citadel"'
II will make no such promise, re-
piled Tillman.'
This raised a storm of excitement in
whicl, were the cries: You are right,
Ben; that'sit, Tilllnan.n "That enough,
General Earle, sit down and give
TilIman a chance
Gen. Earle said he WAS in favor OF 4
primary election for delegates to State
Convention. He said Democrats are
divided. A voice: "Ain't up our way"j
And divided without cause: Some OF
the Democrats met in separate comven-
tion and suggested ticket, and they
are responsible for this division. They
have Il separate Executive Committee,
SHELLS EiHEHEANp.
Enr Of the strongest paints OF Gener-
al l.arl's speech Was his structures on
the Shell! secret manifesto in which
Capt. Shell Us Chirman Tilman IKE.
cutive Committee ordered FARMERS :,
guard against the iuS.luous methods
Of their opponents urging that tlei:
lives, liberties, homes and regulations
We're ut state. GeM. Earle said more