The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-27

form.
The speaker here compared the two
platforms and made points that the
Thirteen had omitted the demands for
railroad control and constitutional
convention. He then denied the
charges of extravaganza, alludlng TO
the building of the Inauguration plat
form, which he said was suggested by
the committees of the Hou. and Sen
ate. He then acknowledged that he
had alluded to some Of the legls-
lators as driftwood, and showed that
the failure to carry out economies was
not due to his want of suggestion, but
the blocking of legislation in the Leg
islature. He quoted from his lnaug-
ural and from his speeches to show that
he had been consistently in favor OF
reform. He denied that he had acted
as q dictator. He quoted letter OF
Haskell to The State which he SAID eN-
planned how the members of the Leg
islature had been bambooZled and also
how that newspaper had twitted the
legislators with being under his control
and causing them to vote otherwise
than had been expected. He admitted
that good deal of time had been spent
in the election of United States Sen
ator; that nothing was being done,
and that he therefore called upon two
Solicitors to assist in what admlnlstra-
ton measures embodied the views OF
the farmers platform. He then went
on to show how these measures were
defeated, but contended that he had
carried out his pledges and that the
Legislature had failed to carry out
theirs.
AS a part of the argument here he
quoted extensively from the party
platform, stating in what repects he
had endeavored to carry out his decla-
rations. He also entered into an elab-
crate discussion of the causes which
led to the defeat of several of his meas
ures, and especially the railroad bill,
the Sheriff bill, and others. He then
replied to some of the statements that
he lost ground in the State, and con-
tinued thus: Sheppard has claimed that
he will carry my township as
sure as fate. Well, General NJ. G..
Butler, who has had a finger in
this pie, has had a heap to do
with stirring up this township, and so
has A. P. Butler who was sent home
by the Legislature, and who lives on
the edge of the township. They have
been distributing The State free gratis.
I have been at home but seldom, be-
cause I have stayed in Columbia at
tending to your business; but I will
say that I will 60 home, make three
speeches, and if I can't beat him in the
primaries I will withdraw from the
race. Governor Sheppard, will you
say as much have gone, my friends,
through h-l to get this office, and I
have been told that no other man
could have led the movement to sue
cess. Since my election I have dis
charged my duty as faithfully as I
knew, and 7 am now asking this peo-
pie whether they think have done
it or not. I made a living before I got
into the Governors office, and when
ever the majority of the people say
1--WE don't want you any longer?" I
will retire without murmur.
The Governor recurred to his posi-
ton as defined in his inaugural on the
three dollar poll tax, giving his reasons
for the recommendations
Speaking of the Judge Wallace Incl
dent he said: One of the objectionable
sins, the unwashable sin, which I have
committed, is that in my message I
took issue with Judge Wallace because
he had decided that the Governor had
no right to remove Cantwell, the Su-
pervisor Of Registration, while the Sen
ate was not in session. I have shown
the law under which I acted, and no
lawyer has yet answered me. They
don't dare to take issue with that law,
although I am no lawyer. Now, what
were my motives? The people of
Charleston were under ring rule. They
had the most outrageous tyranny prac-
ticed upon them, and Cantwell was
one of the instruments which the ring
used to keep itself in power by issuing
bogus tickets and allowing them to be
voted.
The reform movement there begged
that this man be removed. I looked
at the law and I had the right to sus-
pend him until the Senate met. I SIM
ply desired to remove the shackles
from the hands Of your friends in the
City by the Sea, and Judge Wallace,
by his decision, had them locked again.
Now, what is this scheme of our gov
eminent? 1t has three departments
the legislative, the executive and the
judicial-and they are considered CO.
equal. Now, it looks to me that if it is
proper to criticise the Governor, espe-
cially as I have been criticised-I mean
criticism of my office-and if my office
is not enough to insure being criticised
decently, in Gods name where is the
improperly in my criticising another
branch of the government? And, be-
sides, are these judges infallible? Let
me show you:
Here is list from the Supreme Court
records. I am in the citadel now, you
see, and I can get the records.
AMI not obliged, as I used to be, to
have to chunk around for things, as be-