The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-04-28

Ooubn CdrOllna. My friend told the
simple truth when he said the conven-
, tlon swallowed all but him. am here
to.day.-(At this point the confusion
became so great that Tillman stepped
forward and appealed for fair play.
ne said he did not want a repetition of
the unseemly bowling down of two
years ago. lie asked the crowd to re-
collect that this was only a family
quarrel and requested them to be quiet
and llsten) "Now, fellow citizens" be-
gan Governor Sheppard when there was
something like silence, 81 ask you to
near argument and make up your ver-
dict like sworn jurors. So lar as / am
concerned, my friend (pointing to Till
mani knows, and ought to have said,
That took the stump in support of his
election against Haskell. l say here
and will say everywhere go that it he
gets more Democratic votes than | do
in the primary no man will exert him
self more than l will for him. cloud
applause) l say that the man never
lived in South Carolina and DOES not
live who is more deeply devoted to the
interests Of the Democratic party than
am. cloud applause.) Never by
word, action or thought have / proved
myself unfaithful to it. | earnestly de-
sire that the principles of the farmers
movement shall be carried out. The
reason we oppose Governor Tillman is
because he has not fulfilled his prom
ises."
Somebody asked if the present move
ment was not chip from the same
Haskell block. "lt is not" was the
prompt reply, "You might as well say
that chip can come from chunk Of
rock"
"One charge that Governor Tillman
made was that the previous govern
ments were extravaganza and one
promise that he made was that there
should be economy with a reduction of
taxation" He said that the charge of
extravaganza had not been proved by
Illlman and that the promise of econo-
my had not been kept. Taxes are not
lower, The first thing he did was to
erect platform on which he should be
lnaugurated at a cost of $500 or S4O0.
ca voice: we paid it, and confusion. >
"Nobody paid it but the tax payers)
Governor Sheppard said, as soon as he
could be heard. lie added: "The only
way you can keep me from convincing
you Is by keeping me from talking.
cloud cheers for Sheppard, with cheers
Tor Tillman) If you are reasonable
men will convince you"
"Did you vote for Tillman p yelled
man.
Yes" said Governor Sheppard, land
| call on Governor Tillman to ask him
II he has any doubts of it,"
"None in the world" said Governor
Tillman. Eve don't breed any other
kind of cats in Edgefeld but Demo
cratic cats" Cheers for Sheppard)
"NOw what next?" resumed Cover
nor Sheppard. Governor Tillman re-
commended that the poll tax be in-
creased to So. "a voice: That's right.)
That was to raise more money to edu-
cate negro children. That was not the
way to tax. The rich people here and
all over South Carolina would pay So
poil lax easily, but it would fall heavily
on.poor the man. The Farmers Alliance
is right he said, "when it demanded a
tax on income. | will show you some
thing" Governor Sheppard said. (Here
there was much noise and confusion
and countercheertng. After a con-
siderable time voice sounded out
from the crowd: Did you ever plow
any? Il plowed two years and made
enough money to attend Furman uni
versity tor three years." was the prompt
response. There was hearty cheer at
this, followed by another series of op-
posing cheers, and derisiY and en-.
couraging cries. "Is there anything
more you want to know about me?"
shot in the speaker in an interval of
comparative quiet. 81 have wife and
six of the prettiest children in Edge
field" ca yoice-'They don't take
after their daddy.O "No, they take after
you something against Governor Till
man you interrupt me-"
Here there was long wait, caused
by the yells and confusion and by some
ladies wanting to get near the stand
ana misunderstood men trying to make
way place for them. At least fifteen
minutes was thus consumed and the
time was allowed the speaker by the
committee.
Governor Sheppard proceeded by
stating that he wanted to make a fair
proposition. lie wanted every man
who was willing to be convinced to
the crowd raised their hands. "Now,
l will tell you what paper | am going
to read FROM" CThe speaker had been
attempting to read an article for half
an hour) Governor Sheppard then
read letter of Tillman i'm the Colum-
bia Register, in which he said that the
tax paying power had not been in
creased at all while cotton was hover
ing about the cost of production; that
the salaries were lower In North Caro-
lima and Georgia than here and that
ours should be reduced to meet them.
Governor Sheppard said there had been
no reduction of expenses since Cover"
nor TillmaD secured power but on the
other hand they had increased. The
appropriations for expenses in Cover
nor Richardson's last year were
$l15,9OO. The first legislature under
Governor Tillmans administration
appropriated $l2G,035 for the same ex-
penses. $11 600 more than under Gov
ernor Richardson's administration.
The second session had appropriated
$l23 3O85-$9 900 more than Governor
Richardson. While Governor Shep
pard was trying to present these fig
nres he was frequently interrupted by
some one who wanted to know about
Tillman's COWS. Governor Sheppard
told his persistent friend that the cow
matter was a small one and nothing
In comparison with the other great
questions. Tillman, he contended, had
gone around the State in 1890 in6am-
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