Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-07-21
vice to the crowd to take the Reg
lister, the white mans paper.
Voice: We all take it here. It's

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lister, the white mans paper.
Voice: We al take it here. It's
only a dollar year.
Tillman: This negro vote is q
1 frozen serpent and we ought to
adopt some constitutional provi-
sion to forever throttle and pre-
serve our children and our chill
dren's children, forever from
chance. of black domination. What
shall we do with tEis niger voter
Voice: Bury the damn thing
and let it go.
Tillman: They say I want to
disfranchise the poor people, but
this is folly, for the poor people
are my friends. They may give
factory operatives Sheppard. tickets
but when they ge to hepolls they
will slip them aside and vote for
old Ben. =
He spoke of the need for better
county government, and showed
how his bill provided forit.
He explained the present status
of Clemson College and satisfied
the crowd Herewith.
When Governor Tillman finished
q. number of handsome bouquets
were presented to him by Mrs.
ECaughman, Miss Derrick and other
ladies.
Tillnnan expressed his thanks
| wittily and eloquently,
There was ali. hours intermis-
fsion for dinner. A barbecue was
.in full swim, and there were many
| private dinner parties.
Governor Sheppard denied that
there was a taint of Republican
Eism about him. He was born a
lDemocrat and would die q Demo.
crat. Tillman has said many hard
things, but he never committed a
greater outrage than when he ac-
cused me before an Edgefeld au-
dience of having Republican prin-
ciples-and I'll never forget it while
my head is hot.
When asked if Haskellism had
nominated him, Sheppard lodged
-1 said there were more Repub-
l., .ls in the convention which
nominated Tillman than IN the
Thirteen convention. IS
You have seen Tillman; have
you seen the reform he has incor-
lpofated in i nth Caro- olina2 Z There
has been nothing in the line of
promises made two years ago that
has been accomplished. Taxes
have not been reduced. The high
est amount paid into the county
treasury before Tillman was $64,-
600 but the first year that Tillman
was in So ,0O was paid into the
county treasury.
Voice: Yes, some people who
have lodged taxes before pay now.
Sheppard: Though the levy has
been reduced the amount of tax
paid in is greater, for the assess
nent has been increased. The
Bank of Edgefeld pays on every
dollar of it's stock.
Voice: That's what you are
quarreling about.
Sheppard upheld the railroad
law which Govern. Tillman
vetoed. The law pa eu would have
given abundant control of the
railroads.
He then read an extract from
Governor Tillman's Inaugural.
address and tried to deduce from
that that Tillman had left it to
the Legislature to elect the COM
missioners.
Tillman said that it was impro-
per to deduce such a conclusion
from his address. He only wanted
the Legislature to elect the COM
missioners for the time until the
next election when the people
could elect the commissioners.
The bill made no provision for the
election of the commissioners.
Sheppard then attacked Till
mans's second reason for vetoing
the bill and said that the people
of South Carolina hated one man
power too much for them to ever
see a commission given power for
which there was no appeal.
He said GoAernor Tillman had
not acted as if he wanted the State
10 control the railroads.
Tillman: Why did you not put
q plank in your platform demand