The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-06-16

why. what's tue platfo1m for,l it
isn't to ride on"
You eussed fool, a Platforms some
thing to get in on" Aud that's what
Illlman's platform is for. 1t is simply
something for him to get in Office on.
NO man will sustain him more faith.
fully ii he gets IN on q majority OF the
votes OF the State than 1 will. When
the Governor spoke here two years ago
he said salaries were too high. After
he got taste they amt too high.
Volce-They'll make you pay the
some taxes.
Sheppard-The bank of Eegelield, of
which am president, pays taxes on
every dollar of its property, and that's
more than you do. The Governor says
money now has geater purchasing
power than formerly. lie says you all
pay less taxes. Any man who believes
ho pays less taxes hold up his hand.
| a large number ofhands went up and
there in answer to call for vote on
the other side only few hands wcntup.
Sheppard remarked that he could prove
those mistaken who thought their taxes
had been reduced.
Voice-How many pay more?
Sheppard-No one, unless he has
more property, Cotton is lower.
Voice-Do you blame Tillmau for
that?
Not at all. l will put no blame save
on him who Is entitled to blame.
Two years ago he SAID that the ap.
preparation for certain departments was
too high, and that there was no reason
tor it being SIG, 1880, yet the first year
ne was In power the appropriation for
those same departments was $l26,93O,
and in 1891 $l23.735. If l convince
you that these figures are all right will
you accept them?
Voice-Yos, they're all right. Go
ahead.
Sbcppard-Is it just TO dcnounce one
and accept the other?
Volce-What brought about t at in
crease?
Sheppard-Every time l hit you in q
soft spot you finch. The Legislature
appropriated it. L do not blame him .or
1t but blame him for blaming other
people, who had as little to do with ap-
propllatlon offunds as he did.
Mary had little lamb,
With fleece as white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went
That lamb was sure TO CO."
A fellow once recited that poetry as
follows:
MARY had little lamb,
With tieas as white as snow,
And every time they bit
| She did just So"
And the orator scratched one leg with
the other toot. And that's the way
with these fellows; they begin to scratch
az soon as the tlcas bite. l did saw at
Greenville that my bank loaned money
at 10 per cent. and that the tanners were
glad to get it at that.
Voice-Ain't that against the law?
Sheppard-No.
The Governor's leading charges
against former administrations were
that the appropriations were too ex
travagant and the taxes too high.
have proven that the appropria tons
were higher under his administration
and will now prove that the taxes are
higher. They say that the tax lew is
one-fourth of mill lower. Do YOU nav
your taxes In mills or in dollars? Does
the Treasurer say how many mills or
now many dollars you owe when you go
to settle up? The assessment under the
43 mill tax was $l5C, ,G02, ,454, while un.
der the mile tax it was $lG8, ,262, 600,
making the collection on the latter $780,
4O5 greater than on the former. That's
reform with vengeance.
The Governor said many unkind
things about men in subordinate posi-.
tlons, clerks at the State House. He
said that they would come down at 9
or $50 O'Clock, with kid gloves on.
lounge around until O'Clock and then
90 to the club for snifter and lounge
the balance Of the afternoon, drawing a
salary of $1,000 or $1,000. There are
just as many clerks now and they do
just the same. The Governor ought to
wear gloves, but he ought not to blame
others for wearing them and then 90
and do it himself.
His opposition to the judiciary, the
bulwark of the best institutions of The
State, was wrong. He charged other
Legislatures with perjury and corrup.
ton. He said there was lmbecilty in
the executive department., and now he
derdes the judiciary, who will bear fav-
orable comparison with any Judges that
ever graced the bench in South Caro-
lima. The Governor is bound to respect
all judges as citizen and as sworn
| oAA>'"is AAS ooJo tV pol CcuIs VI luuRs
ments appealed are decided by the Su-
preme Court to be erroneous and are set
aside or abridged.
| have written to lawyers in every
circuit and the concensuS of their opin
ions is that about 10 per cent of the
cases decided by lower court Judges
are appealed. Forty per cent. of 10 per
cont. is per cent, and that is the num-
Der of cases decided by the Circuit
Judges, which are afterwards declared
to be wrong. That is record Of which
all South Carolinians ought to be
proud.
When the Chief Executive of the
State travels about proclaiming and
having it published in the papers that
the Executive Department is unbecile
and extravagant, that the legislative is
perjured and corrupt and that the
courts are ignorant and corrupt, what
inducement is there for money and
capital to come to South Carolina.
No, sir, Mr.. Attorney General, the
attack on the credit Of our State comes
not from our side.
Voice. You'll never be Governor.