The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-07-27


final without reference to whether the
people liked the Constitution they made
or not.
The same Senate voted down resolu-
ton offered by, an anti-Tillman Senator
to REQUIRE that Convention to re-enact the
homestead law thus showing that it was
their Purpose to repeal this law which is
certainly intended to protect the unfortu--
nate, who, without it, might be reduced
to absolute penury.
And this Senate likewise voted down
resolution offered by an anti-Tillman
Senator, requiring the Convention to re-
enact the two-mill school tax, thus show
ing, it seems to me, that the party in
power proposes to exempt property from
taxation for school purposes and to make
the poll tax three dollars instead Of one,
and run the schools on it which would
practically be making the poor man pay to
educate the rich mems children. There is
certainly no friendship for the poor man
in this.
This Convention was defeated in the
House of Representatives, by the anti
Tillman vote going against 1t. Again,
bill known as the County Government
Bill, was introduced into the House of
Representatives and repeatedly asserted to
denied it that / heard of, 30 that we may
fairly call it his bill. It provided for the
abolition of the Office Of County Commits
sioners and for the election of one man in
each County and the appointment by the
Governor Of three in each township who
were to run the County Governments in
this State.
This bill would have given the Governor
practical control of all the County gov
ernments in this State. It also provided
for working the roads by contract and re-
quired every able bodied man between
certain ages to work these roads eight
days or pay one dollar and half
If they worked they were to be under
the control, and work at such times and
in such manner as the contractor should
designate, thus practically hiring them
out to the contractor. If they worked.
the State charged the contractor four dol
lars or fifty cents day for their services,
but if they paid out Of the work it only
cost them one dollar and fifty cents.
So that the nan able to pay only had to
pay thia sum. But the man who worked
had to pay eight days work.
Governor Tillman therefore seems to
think that the working man is worth on
~ eighteen and two-thirds cents per day,
and board himself at that. In addition to
this there must be County chain gang,
in which all parties sentenced to impris-
onment for any offence, whether for vi
cious crime or for simple fight, were re-
quired to be worked and the free labor of
the country would have to work along
side of this convict labor.
Now, my friends, have not shown
YOU beyond the possibility of q doubt
that this administration is more hostile to
The interest of the laboring and poor men
than any we have ever had in South Car
olina. do not see how any laboring man
in this State can get his consent to vote to
keep Governor Tillman In office another
term.
also arraign Governor Tillman for q
failure to perform his promises made to
the people of the State in the last elec.
ton. You remember how he promised
to reduce salaries and expenses, and to
reduce the number of Offices in this
State.
Has he reduced single salary in the
State7 Not one as far as know has been
reduced particle. Has he abolished any
offices? Not one, and on the contrary
they have actually increased them. But
it will be said the Legislature is to blame
for this, and it might be if the Governor
had vetoed the increase. Did he try hard
to reduce salaries or abolish any offices :?
What offices did he ask to have abolish
ed? None that know Of except County
Commissioners, and in their place he
tried to establish about forty new ones in
each County. Now his friends are forced
10 admit that he either made promises he
could not carry out, or that he has failed
to carry them out: -
At Newberry when General Earle offer
ed to give one thousand dollars of his SAL
ary to the public schools if he should be
elected Governor and called on Tillman
to know If he would promise the same,
Governor Tillman replied no, but will
save the people of this State one hundred
thousand dollars the first year am Gov
ernor. Now will any friend of his in this
large audience tell me of one dollar that
he has saved the people of this State by
being Governor that any other man would
not have saved.
T wait for reply.
Can't some Tillman man tell me where
Governor Tillman has saved the State
one dollar, much less one hundred thou
sand dollars, in one year Of his admins
tration?
Here some one asked If our taxes are
not half mill less.
Yes, our taxes are half mill less, but
the assessments are higher, and it lis stated
that there will be a deficiency in the
treasury this year which will necessitate
considerably higher tax levy next year.
This is the election year and the tax tevy
was run down to make the people believe
their government was being run cheaper,
but the real test Of this is the appropria-
tion bill.
This is the bill which tells us b ow much
the Government is costing US. You may
be fooled by tax levy, but If you 60 to
the appropriation bill you can tell what
your government is costing you. Is not
the appropriation bill of last year larger
instead of lower than before. Then you
see Governor Tillman has not saved the
people anything.
arraign Governor Tillman not only for
destroying confidence between our own
people, but also for destroying the conf.
dence Of the people outside Of the State
in US. He has declared that there was in
cipient rottenness in our government, {,
and without justification or reason has
abused our best and purest men. There
has been no name 80 high or SO revered as
to be free from traduction by him and his
followers. There has been no life however
patriotic and devoted to the people of
South Carolina that has been free from
Misrepresentation.
He has abused tho judges Of our State,
and not only did he 20 to the extent of
setting his legal opinion up in message
against that of Judge Wallace, when as
the Executive he should not have sought
to interfere with the judiciary, but he
went actively into the election of q Judge
for the Supreme Court, and secured the
election Of an Administration candidate
for Associate Justice.
And now that in one case Judge Pope
as Associate-J ustice has had the Judicial
integrity and the honest. manhood to de-
eide q case as he believed the law was,
Governor Tillman is going over the State
abusing him and the Supreme Court, and
to show hin contempt for the learned and
pure Judges of this State he has resorted
TO the new practice of putting his friends
from the lawyers on the Supreme Court
when any Judge of that Court is disqual-
lied.
The Constitution says that the legisla-
tive department and the judicial depart
ment OF our government shall be kept
separate and distinct, and yet he has Mt
tempted to appoint the Lieutenant Gov.
ernor and the Speaker Of the House of
Repre- sentatives to sit as Judges on the
Supreme Court.
It is due to Mr.. Speaker Jones to say
that he promptly declined, because he
knew he was disqualified.
NY fellow citizens, the judiciary Is the
most important department of our gov
ernment. So long as it remains pure and