Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-25

levy was ] mill less than under
Richardson, and the burden Of the
taxpayer that much less. Now we
have shown that your assumption,
that Tillman had received more
State taxes than Richardson, to be
false, and that, whether true OF
false, the Tillman administration
is, financially speaking, away
ahead Of Richardson and the
hounds. But let us chop 8 little
more logic on that line: If Till.
man collected q smaller tax than
Richardson by s56,165.e5, as both
your Comptroller General Werner
and our Comptroller General
Ellerbe's report prove, then the
people are burdened that much
less. Now the other horn of your
dilemma: If Tillman collected
$8,584 more than Richardson,t and
burdened the tax payers ! mill less,
as is also gospel truth, then Till
man not only relieved the people
to the extent of that ! mill, but
proves himself, to be a inancier of
the first water by increasing the
revenue, or in other words, Tillman
has solved the problem of chow
to decrease the taxes and Increase
the revenues" Did you ever hear
of any former Governor of South
Carolina working outsuch a prob
lem as that? and yet your own
figures show that Ben Tillman has
done that very thing.
The figures, however, which
tickle Mr.. Callison more than all
others are the ones contained in
next to the last paragraph, and be-
low his tabulated statement; and
SO sure is he Of having convicted
Mr.. Mayheld of inaccuracy by
means Of these figures that he begs
him to remember the fate of
Ananias; e,e possa'at, we would re-
mark that in the case of Ananias
punishment came after conviction.
The Comptroller Generals reports
are, however, more pertinent to
the issues than quotations from
the Good Book. These reports are
before us and we quote as follows:
Richardson's Comptroller General,
Werner, gives on page eight of his
report a statement "of all receipts
from all sources at the S6ate Treas
ury, from Nov. 1, 1889, to Oct. 81,
1890, to be $1,129,91S.63."
Tillman's Comptroller General,
Ellerbe, on page three of his re-
port gives a total "of all receipts
from all sources for the fiscal year
beginning Nov. 1, 1890, and ending
Oct. 81, 1891, as $1,073, ,752.9S."
These statements, official, and
from both sides, show that instead
Of Tlllman's having received
$112,9C8.68 more than Richardson,
as stated by Mr.. Callison, he re-
ceiyed $50, 1855 less. The same
reports Show a greater dlEero1tyy
in the expenses of running the two
administrations. Verner's report,
page twelve, gives the total ex-
penses of the Richardson admin
istration for the fiscal year 1SS9-90
as 53,92O.64, while the total
of running Tillman's ad-
for the fiscal year
1S9O-91 1--WE quote from Ellerbe's
page seven) were $685.
difference in favor of
Tillman of $93, 1864.
In his first campaign Gov. Till
man promised that if elected he
would save the State one hundred
thousand dollars the first year.
Don't you think, Mr.. Callison, that
the $93,996.64 is near enough to
save his bacon; and don't you,
claiming to be a lover of your
think it about time that
your personal animosity and preju-
dice against so good a Governor
should abate? 1t must do so, Mr..
Callison, or you will stand con-
gicted of allowing your personal
antipathy to pervert your judg-
ment, warp your moral vision, and
obliterate your sense of justice,
and we don't believe you are that
xind of a hair-pin, are you?
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