The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-10
At WiNNSBORO.
The Conservatives Claim Hajorfty In
Fairfield-Goy. Ti!.,nan Does Not
Care L Snap for Its Vote Con-
serrative Majority at
the Meeting Yes
to-day.

conservatives were on top at the cam
paign meeting here to-day. Governo
Tii!lnan almost comedies Fairfield
County, which will go against hin
withou; doubt. This is one Of tn,
counties he says will give Sheppard a
much as one thousands Votes. The en-
tire white Democratic voting strength
of Fairfield is only sixteen hundred
votes. The crowd to-day number
about one thousand persons. Sever
hundred Sheppard and Orr badge
were worn here to-day, but many o
the wearers did not get 10 the meeting
on account Of its being held q mill
from town, though there were grea
many conservatives present not Wear
ing badges. 1t is doubtful if there
were over three hundred fillmanite!
present.
A feature Of the meeting was the fac
! that the tTillmau executive committee
arranged the time so that Col. You
mans could not make an extensive
speech. All but the candidates fol
governor were restricted to thirty min
utes, and the speakers were not allowed
to give a portion Of their time to theil
colleagues. There were several turbu-
| lent characters in the crowd, and they
attempted to raise a rack.t once OF
twice but they were soon disposed Of
Ex-Governor Sheppard spoke first
He said, that if by reform was simply
change in the officers then the new
regime has fulfilled its promise. There
had been no reform in the matter Of
taxes. Governor Sheppard then brought
this argument home to the crowd by
showing that the taxes in this county
were greater.
He asked if taxes had been reduced
here, and after waiting for a reply,
which, like the letter that he longed
for, never came, he read official fgures
showing that in Fairfield the total
amount of taxes for the last two years
was as follows-19S9-90 (before Till
man, s44, 4973S; 1912 (under Till.
man, s4s,323.57; increase under Till
man, 3.s26.2G. 49,.
So it is all over South Carolina. The
administration claims that great deal
Of this excess is attributable to the in.
crease OF the property upon corpora
tions, but at Marion Comptroller Gen.
eral Ellerbe admitted that the assess,
ment on the "soreback mules'' had
been increased over 100000. When
the assessment of property is increased,
it is simply sand in your eye when
they talk about having taken off a mill
in<tbe levy. And yet the governor
recommends s. poll tax, which would
make the people Of Fairfield pay S7,74e
more. There has never been a more
unjust or more unequal recommends
ton made. .-....-~
Governor Sheppard then showed
that, though Governor Tillman said
that there could he no s. poll-tax: un-
less the people voted for it, the ques-
ton would not be submitted to them
if Governor Tillman had his way, be-
cause he would have a constitutional
convention that would pass such law
without submitting their action back
to the peoples.
Governor Tillman was the next
speaker. He said he saw great many
blue (Sheppard) badges before him,
and he didn't give that IA swapping of
his finger for the vote of Fairfield.
He claimed to have it from good au-
thority, that Col. Earle, who ran
against him two years ago, would vote
for him in preference to Governor
Sheppard.
In explanation Of the failure of the
administration to fulfil ali its pledges,
the Governor said that Rome was not
built in a day, and that it would take
more than two years to get all the cob
webs out of the State. He said that
before hi; agitation the people in Fair
field had the dry-rot. They were a
set Of ignorant jackasses, and were
led by the nose ty town cliques and
would d-be-bosses. He told them how
to vote.
Speaking Of the driftwood Legisla-
ture, he said that lots of them were
honest, but they were ignorant. The
Governor discussed the So poll tax, and
said the putting in Jail those who did
not pay it was all ''rot." They could
be put on the chain-gang. When he
was defeated two years ago he had
gone home. Why in the devil didn't
the opposition do the same thing when
he was nominated.
The Governor said that if the other
side tried to get the negro vote he
could got more than they could.
A voice-We have some negro trus'
tees in this county.
Governor Tillman-They are dis
grace to you unless they are more in
telligent than some are.
The Governor told the crowd not to
vote for Representatives who were op-
posed to constitutional convention.
! Mr.. Woodward Dixon was the next
speaker. lie said that Governor Till
man had gained power not on bis own
merits but on the alleged sins Of others.
Mr.. Dixon replied to the allusion OF
Governor Tillnan TO him at Chester.
What, said be, has my youth to dc
with the issues? Have / ever done
anything dishonorable? If so, bring
it against me. The Governor said that
my mother Gid not know I was out.
Voice-Oh tell him she sent you tc
| hnya fool and ask him IS he for sale.