The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-17

makers and our officers To con>true ana en-
force the laws. We can only enact new laws
or repeal had or injurious ones ln'o"s" ''''
exercise OF the ballot. ~ . .
1t is by the right 10 vote HAT we can assert
.onr wishes as to the government which con-
trolls our lives, our liuerticS am o.' Pi"s''''
II is the highest right of the cltlHen. 80
II is this right which enables ana dlGnlneS
every irue American, and yei tiuNernnr llli-
man who claims that he Is lie Wool nat
frienh has declared that he wants lnnStllu-
i,nnaI convention, among other things L"
mass an educational or property quallllcatiuh
Tor sutferagc in this Stale. ana purSuiti. I"
thiS idea the Senate. which Is Stwo-thirdS ll'I-
man. passed Il resolution calling Il convention
and voted down Il resolution offered ny I'm an
Ii-TTlluan senator 10 require the work nl thlS
Convention to he submitted To the l"op'e:
Governor TillnIan thus further shows nn"
little he cares for the poor man in S"uth Ihr,
oliua by trying to take away from hilh til'
light to vote unless he has Il certain amount
of propcrly or certainly amount ol euur'''""'
GOVERNOR TILI.MAN worLD HtMillArE
AND DEGRADE THE POOR MAN.
lie would thus humilatc and degrade nose
who were not fortunate enough 10 own prop
rrty or have education to the extent tncS
might fin and their purpose was 'u cilii this
t'onvcntion and make its work final without
reference to wether the people likc" 'Ie '''i-
sttution they made or not
WHAT 4 TILLMAH SENATE DID.
This same Senate voted down resolution
otlrrnd bv an anti-rillman Senator To require
,hnt convention to re-enact the homestead
law thus showing that il WAS their purpose TO
repcal this law which Is certainly intended io
nrot ert the unfortunate, who without IL, hllShI
he reduced 10 absolute penury.
And this Senate lik kcwiSe voted down re-
solution offered by an anti-Tillman senator
renuiriug the Convention 10 re-cnacl lhe two'
mill school tax, thus showing, II seems 10 me,
that the party in power proposes TO exempt
nr0nerry from taxation for school purposes
and 10 make the poll tax three dollars instead q
OF one and run the schools ON II whlcn wou!u
practically be MAX ing the poor man pay 10
educate the rich mems children. Ihere Is
certainly no friendship for the poor man III
this
TIE COUNTY GovERHMENr BILL, Full OF
INIQCITI.
This convention was defeated in the House
of representatives by the anti. i.TiIlman vote
going against il. Again, a bill known aus Tie
County government bill, was introduced mo
| the House of representatives, ana repeatedly
asserted TO be Governor TillmanS bill. and he
! never denied it. that heard OF. SO that we
NAV fairly call it his bill. 1t provided Ior the
| nbolitlon of the office of county commits
sioner and for the election or one man ~
each county and the appointment by the
governor OF three in each township VINO were
! 10 run the county governments in tins Stale
| This bill would have given the Governor
practical control Of all the county govern
mems in this Stale. 1t also provided for
working the roads by contract and required
every able bodied man between certain ages
TO work these fOauS elGHl uaS D vi pay o''e uo''
lar and half
THE POOR MEN TO RE WORKED WITH THE
| CHAIN GANG.
If they worked they were TO be under the
! control and work at such Times ana IN Sucl
manner as the contractor should designate
thus practiclly hiring them out TO the con,
| tractor. If they worked. the Stale charged
The contractor four dollars or fifty cents a DAY
| for their services. but If they paid out OF the
4 work it only costs them one dollar ana MY
cents
So that the man able to pay only had to
pay this sum. But the man who worked had
10 pay eight days wor k.
i Governor Tillman therefore seems 10 thlhK
| that the working man Is only worm el9htcen
and twu-thirdS cents per day, and board MN.
self at that. In addition 10 this there must
he Il county chain gang, in which AL parlith
sentenced TO Imprisonment for any oiience
| whether for vicious crime or for simple
fight were required to be work ed and the Tree
labor Of the country would have 10 WORK
! along side OF this convict labor.
THIS GovERNMESr HOSTILE TO THE INTER
ESIS OF THE LABORING MAN.
Now my friends haveI not shown you be.
y0nd the possibility Of a doubt that this alt
! miuistration is more hostile TO the interest ol
the laborinS and poor man than any we nave
ever had in South Carolina. do not see
| how any laboring man in this State can gel
his concent TO vote to keep Governor Tillman
| In Office another term.
| FAILUHE OF PROMISES.
| Ialso arraign Govern or TillmaD for fail.
ure TO perform his promises made To the peo
pic of the State in the last election. on re-
! member how he promised To reduce salaries
and expenses and TO reduce lne nulnOer ol
officers in the State.
! NO SALARIES REDUCED.
Has he reduced Il single salary In the Slate
| Not one, as far as know, has been reduced a
particle. Has he abolished any offices! Not
one and on the contrary they have actually
Increased them. But II Will be said The lesis.
lature is to blame for this, and 1t might he II
tie Governor had vetoed the increase. Did ne
offices? What offices did he ask To have
abolished? None that | know Of except
county commissioners, and III their place
! he tried to establish about forty new ones III
each county. Now his friends are forged ia
admit that he either made promises hc could
/ not carry OUT or that he has failed 10 carry
them out.
NOT A DOLLAR SAVED BY TIILMAN.
! Al Newberry when Col. Earle Offered To give
one thousand dollars of his salary To the pub.
! lie schools If he should be elected Governor
and called on Tllnnn TO know II he would
promise the same, Governor II Imam replied,
! NO, but will save the people of this StaI"
one hundred thousand dollars the first year
| am Governor" Now, will any friend of his
in this large audience tell me Of one dollar
that he has saved the people OF this state 10y
being Governor that any other man would
not have saved:
| wait for a reply.
can't some Tillman man tell me where
Governor Tillman has saved the State one
dollar much less one hundred thousand dol
lars, III one year of his administration
tUrre some one asked ii our taxes are noI
half Il mill less
Yes, our taxes are half mill less, but the
assessments are higher, and IL Is stated that
there will he deficiency in the treasury inns
year which will nocesailate i conS' deraDly
higher lax levy next year, This is the cleo
lion year and the tax levy WAS run down 10
make the people believe their government
was being run cheaper. but the real tc.t oi
this is the appropriation bill.
This Is the bill which tells uS how much the
government Is costing us. i0u may be iooi-
ed by Il tax levy. hut IL you go TO the apprO-
priation bill you can tell what your govern
incnt is costing you. Is not the appropria'
tiun bill Of last year larger instead or lower
than before: Then you see Governor Till
man has not saved the people anything.
no LIFE, HOWEVER PURE, FREE FROM MIS-
REPRESENTATION.
arraiyn Governor Tillmnn not only for de-
Stroying confidence between our own people,
but also for Destroying The confidence OF the
peuule outside of the Slate in US. He has de-
clared that there WAS incipient rotennesS in
our government, and without Justification or
reason has abused our best and pureSt men;
There has been no name 50 high or SD revered
as to be free from traduction by him and his
| followers There has been no lille however
patriotic and devoted TO the people OF South
Carolina that has been free from misrepresen-
| tatiOn.
| THE QUESTION or judges.
| He has abused the judges OF our State, and
not only did he go 10 the extent Of setting his
| legal opinion up in Il message against that or
Judge Wallace, when as the executive he
| should not have sought to interfere with the
! Judiciary, INT he went actively into the cleo
| ton OF Judge for the supreme Court and
secured the election of an administration car
didate for Associate Justice
| And now that in one case Judge Pope rs AS