Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-04

gates should be required to give bond
to be for Tillman. daughter
Mr.. O. !. Walker declared for
Tillman first, last and all the time.
Mr.. A. p. Crisp said he was for
Tillman for Governor, but he WAS
undecided as to the other perso MS on
tho ticket with ono exception. He
expected to vote for Hon. j. S. Vcr-
ner for Comptroller General.
Mr., II. ID. Alexander moved to
strike Mr.. Crisp's name off the list,
and to substitute Mr.. Enoch Brea-
zcalc in his place.
Mr.. Crisp requested permission to
withdraw his name as o delegate.
Granted.
MI. Enoch Brcazcalc being called
upon, declared himself for tho Till
man ticket throughout.
The motion to elect these six gen
ticlncii us delegates to the State Con-
vontion was then put and carried.
Nh. II. II. Jayncs moved that Hon.
j. S. Werner be invited to address
the convention.
Mr.. r. ID. Alexander moved to
amend BY hearing Mr.. Werner when
the convention is through business.
The amendment was accepted.
Mr.. j. Nj. Cannon moved that each
delegate name his own altcrnat il,
the event that he could rot attend
the State Convention. Carried.
Mr.. J. i. Ticket moved that the
delegates elected to-day be the dcic-
gates to any other than the Scptcm-
TENDER Convention, should one be
called. Carried.
Mr.. II. II. Jayncs and DR.. S. j.
McElroy were appointed as a COM
mittcc to wait upon Comptroller
General Werner and invite him to
address the convention.
Mr.. Werner was escorted to the
Presidents stand and introduced by
the President.
Mr.. Werner spoke at some length
on the political situation throughout
the country rs well rs in South Caro-
lima. lie explained I:ow, by the for
tunes of war, the New England
States had been enabled to saddle
their form of government upon South
Carolina in common with the other
Southern States. This system had
reversed the antc-bcllum idea of
government, which was, that each
and every citizen owed n part Of
his time and l@'"r to the State, free
Of charge. No.. all services of n
public character have to be paid for,
from the building Of plank bridges
across Il branch to work on the State
House, and for all official scrxjccus..
from constable to Goxep1of. Consc-
4ucntlyy w2-|mT The State spending
over 100000 annually in govern
mental expenses, and the county
governments costing the people over
$l,io0,000. Hence, true and lasting
reform can he accomplished only by
change of ON State Constitution.
Our form of government must bc
rrmodclcd before the burdens of
taxation will ever be materially re-
duccd. SO long as u constitution
remains rs ut present, q chan,e of
officers can do but little to relieve
the burdens of the people. In
addressing himself to the present
political condition of our State and
the campaign, which is now nearing
its end, he expressed forcibly and
clearly his position throughout this
exciting episode in our State politics.
Having had a personal insight into
the affairs of our State during his
term of Office as Comptroller Gene
raj, he knew where tic rIo,.l1'.,
money had gone, and he knew that
every cent had been paid out Just as
the Legislature by law had author
izc,l and directed. Not n cent had
been stolen or misappropriatcd.
During this year he had visited every
county IN the State, and in accord
ancc with recent Act Of the Leg
islaturc he had examined the books
OF the County Commissioners and
County Trcasurcrs, and compared
voucher with voucher, finding that
every county in the State had its
affairs honestly administered under
the law as it is, except it be the
county Of Beaufort, which has two
negroes for County Commissioners
and Il Radical Clerk Of the Board.
SO that he knew there was no fraud
or corruption in our State or county
governments, with the above Keep