The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-01-21
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Tillman has boycotted the Colum-
sbia State, in that he will mo longer fur
nish that paper with any news he may
4 have that is not of public record. The
stats has repeatedly brought to light the
I weaknesses and deceits of the Governor,
which have been borne fairly well by
/ this worthy up to date, but at last the,
sstraW'' has been found that "broke the
Ecameps back
Ess The State gave to the public the fact
that his Exeellency was not able to resist
the abamb boozling and debauching" in
sfnences Of the offer of free pass.
The same paper asserts that the Gov
ernor pays no express charges on agri-
cultural products sent from his farm in
sEdgefeld for his use in Columbia or for
sale there.
~ Just recently the "reform" and "re-
atrenching'. Governor has been shown to
be more OF "blowing'' reformer than a
bona fde one. For instance, the Gov
ernor has a fund of $500 at his disposal
for "repairs, improvement, insurance
and lighting the Executive mansion"
Tho Comptroller Generals report shows
s thatup to September 10th the Governor
! had spent s11. 81 more than had been al.
lowed him. It is interesting to note how
the S511.51 of the peoples money was
spent. Here are some of the items
Flowers, flower seed, flower pots, and
express on same, s5O.1o. why shouldn't
the Neus and Courier now use pet
phrase Of Tillman and speak of "that
syIeet.scented GoYernor%' Pictures,
hanging same and express on same, 500.
OF course the mansion is improved" in
appearance by the pictures, but would
Tillman have spent this amount of his
private funds for identifying his own
house !? ".Joggling board" $500. Did
the Governors family have such aluxury
when they lived at Roper's? Combs,
31.5O. OF course the Governor might
have paid for these combs out Of his
$500 salary, but the economical "re-
former would not have saved SI.5O for
himself by SO doing. Dish pan, so cents.
The people don't mind paying so cents
fora dish pan for the Governors use,
but very few Of his supporters ever ex-
pected that they would be called on
to do so. They had right to suppose he
would find his salary large enough to
meet these little bills, for he declared
before he was elected that the Governors
salary should be reduced $1,000 or $500.
The Governor seemed to be quite COM
placent, even in the face of these facts,
but some Of us suspected that he was
writhing all the same.
a more recent exposure Of his insincer-
ity, both Of word and action, has angered
him and made him show lie feels the
keen thrusts Of the bolts fired ct him.
This was publication of the tax return
made by the Governor, the items of which
are rather low. For instanc, he returned
his cows at an average of SlO.77 each, but
sold dozen Of these same cows to the
: Asylum, which institution be controls, at
an average OF $36.S6 each.
Perhaps the most reprehensible charge
against the Governor is, that notwith-
standing he refused to sign the resolution
extending the time for payment Of taxes,
thereby hoping to force taxpayers to pay
up whether they were then able or not,
yet he himself had not paid his taxes up
to the middle of the month. Strange that
the Governor of the great State of South
Carolina should prescribe standard for
the people to follow below which he falls
80 far shofs.
What do you think Of Governor Till
man? Is he "reformer9" Did he act
fairly with the taxpayers Of the State
Has he proven himself the man he claim
"a A his campaign he would be, or aat
asprters were led to believe he
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