Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-28
selves they admit that I was two
years ahead Of them in statesman

selves they admit that | was two
years ahead Of them in statesman.
ship.
The last March convention
adopted the farmers movement
They said put Tillman out of the
way and we'll take anybody. Put
Tillman out of the way and peace
and unity will prevail. This
movement is not aimed at Tillman
but at Tillmanism. These fellows
do hate the one-gallus. crowd; they
hate the two-gallus crowd, too
and even if a man wore three
galluses and pulled the bell line
over a mule they Wouldn't want
him to have a voice in the govern.
ment.
Let us look at this demand Of
theirs for a direct primary? Every
meeting they had demanded q
primary. What did they do al
Columbia? They. didn't want q
primary. Just as Sheppard in
1888, when you sent him to the
convention instructed to vote fo1
a primary; disobeyed your in,
structions and voted, against it
He said at Greenville that he
didn't favor it then, and judging
from the way it was hushed ul
he don't want itnow.
Who composed the March Con,
vontion? Gonzales had grown
desperate. He issued a call for 8
meeting of the Haskellite Com.
mittee, and the next day called
on Luke to shoot or give up the
gun. Well, Luke shot. Ia
voice: "He didn't hit nothing
He shot a call signed by ,thirteer
men. Who issued it? A voice
ssHaskell."] No, Haskell was toe
sharp for that. The speaker then
briefly commented on the mer
who had signed the for the March
Convention. Sheppard says fol
once the Office has sought the man
Orr said cannot take an Office
and so can speak my mind plainly
and he did speak plainly.
The convention was largely
uade up of men who appealed tc
the negro two years ago. There
were six or eight Haskell men or
their nominating committee
There are Haskellites on the Elk.
ecutlve Committee, and when ]
tell you that this movement is
Haskellism IN disguise, it har.
asses the souls of these gentlemen
But there is an old adage, "Tell
me your friends and I'll tell yor
who you are' They are hand il
glove with the Haskellites.
Listen to this their platform
"We are q borrowing people anc
our interests demand that capita.
be invited here for investment
that competition in lending may
be developed and money cheap.
ened. Our one hope for becoming
an independent people with sur
plus money is to encourage the
coming Of new population and
investments in industries which
will develop our natural indus.
tries, which will develop our ma
tural resources and give home
markets for the productions of oul
FARMS" We want capital to come
here, but we want it to come or
terms of equality and not as the
master of the Democrats of South
Carolina. Like Grattan, rather
than have corporations remain
your boss and have privileges
which you do not enjoy, the white
men of South Carolina may 60 in
rags, but they will never veal
chains. We don't want to borrow
under conditions ,of lingering
death which will cause you to lose
your land.
Listen again. "We favor The
speedy adjustment of the matters
now pending in the courts between
the State and various corporations
on a common sense and business
like basis SO that all may bear {
| lust share of taxation" Nobody
bothered the corporations till 1 go
there. They had their own swee
will. Because we have resisted
their encroachments they have as
saulted us. None of us want tt
Cypress corporations. They &c
into the United States courts anc
get orders to tie up the taxes anc
throttle the government and say
we ought to compromise. Look a
Coosaw. Those who were opposed
to me favored Coosaw and as soor
as we commenced to try and re
cover that property the cry went vi
you'll have to pay those taxes
compromise adjust! | am no
of the compromising sort. Wha
| I am I am. Voice: "And yol
can't be no ammer."]
Listen to this platform: "W
denounce the proposition to in
crease the poll tax to SO year
because it would unjustly put
burden on people not able to bea
it. We pledge ourselves, however
to use every just means to furthe
develope and improve our public
school system, the deficiencies o
which cannot be overlooked" Tha
matter of a SO poll tax is aimee
at me. The other is taffy lik