The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25

less expense He spoke Of the sala-
ries of certain State officials which
had been increased since the incom-
ing of the present administration
He alluded to the steady increase Of
expenditure for funitlre and repairs
for the executive mansion and asked
why it was So There must have
!, been extravaganza and if he got there
it would be goo | enough for him as
it is. Closing his remarks Capt
Tllman said the party was undivided
and would remain SO. A farmer fof
Governor would do 10 harm and
would lessen the few burdens that
could be lessened. II the medicine
Of reform he has given was too strong
then the people would not take it.
A voice cried"We'u take the whole
dose" When Capt. Tillman finished
| he was presented with two bouquets
and a number Of peaches. He re-
marked, If Colonel Earle would not
take the flowers he knew he would
not refuse the peaches;and they were
generously divided among the gen
tlemen on the stand.
| Col. Earle followed Capt. Tillman
He touched upon the division Of the.
party and the appeal to class pre-
JUDGE. The road to honor, he said,
was open to any man whose charac
ter was pure and unspotted- Heidi
not see the necessity for the March
Convention. He spoke Of Capt. TIL
mans repeated denunciations OF the.
Senators who voted against reap
portionment and named Biemann
and Izlar as men, whose character
heretofore unsmirehed, had been as
sailed without reason He called to
Capt. Tillman to answer On the tar
iff and when that gentleman had sta
ted his position said it Capt. Tillman
went to the United States Senate he
would vote with the Northern man
ufacturer and ,nonopolists.
During the course Of Col. Earle's
speech he said he had offered Capt.
TIlman to join him in employing
two accountants to examine into the
affairs Of the agricultural depart.
ment Capt. Tillman had declined
He then offered to pay both and he
had declined that.
Capt. .lllman rose and said ne did
| not charge the bureau with dis
honesty. He OILY charged eStfava-
gance n management.
The meeting WAS confirmed for
some time and Messrs. Gary, Gray
don, Pope, Bonham, Farley and May
field all made short speeches
The Walhalla meeting vas decided
ly the most orderly aud aefeEential OF
any of the campaign. The little de-
monstration that was made was Of
the most orderly Kind and all were
impressed With the general aspect
OF the meeting. About thoussgd
people attended
The meeting at Pickens was held
| on Friday last.
General Bratton was the FIRST
speaker. He thought the danger Of
the time vas 6 class party in the.
Democratic party He thought.the
Sestsst danger was the a,Taying
of the c&ss against class. I beg to
assure YOU, ;isw ie37asw citizens, he said.
s:and you, sir, to>ssllman, that Il
there is any bitterness this cam.
paign it did not emanate hs29 me;
He said he had no per sonal apSeal tf>
make to them but desired to impress
them with the danger of falraying class
against class. He advocated strongly
the primary plan of nominating the
Governor. General Brattons speeck
was about the same as heretofore and
when he closed a slight cheer was
given him.
Captain Tillman cane next and
was announced amid broken applause
He said he did not want to appeal to
their prejudice but their good sense
Never before in the history OF South
Carolina had the people had the gght
to make their choice for State officers,
said Captain Tillman. We had had
nsthing but aristocratic government,
he said. The people, had been held
down by an oigarchy and political
ringsters. (Cheers.) He said, Cali
YOU had to do heretofore was to join
the ring at Columbia and the offices
would be handed down by inherl-
tance." (Cheers.) Il the farmers
took the government and made
failure they would not be any worse
off than they had been. lis whole
discourse was q general trade upon
the ring and the State government.
General Earle, to the regret OF his
many friends, was not mere. Never
theless some kind friend remembered
him with a beautiful bouquet OF How
ers which was sent to the Mountain
View House at Easley for him: Gen
eral Earle doubtless would have
gained many friends here had ne
come
Colonel Pope next spoke. He said
the State government had been run
since 1876 by rings and cliques: He
was not afraid OF dissenslon u the
party. He discussed at length the
March Convention and said it was
rot arraying class against class, he
abused and ridiculed the twenty
One Conference. The result OF the
Thirty-fve Conference, he SAID, was
petitions to men-General Bratton,
Earle and others, to run for Governor.
He said the farmers's candidate dis
cussed a platform OF principles, but
he wanted the people TO see II 59e
opposition had any platform, ne
discussed the Agricultural College
Governor Richardson and the Clem
son College bill, and charged that the
Agricultural departmentwa was opposed
to the Clemson College. He scored
several points against the members OF
the Legislature who voted against
e-apportionment.