The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-22

for having its litigation conducted by
others than the Attorney General and
solicitors, and sou aPpiaudsd him to
the echo; and now he has done the same
thing himself Since he became Cover.
nor there have been more lawyers outside
OF the Attorney General employed by the
Government than there hsse been alto
gether since 1876. Tillmau says there
has never been public man abused as
he has been, but tell you that there
never have been SO many people abused
and so many hearts hurt as have been by
Tillman.
COL. oRR's SPEECH
was conservative and well received.
He said in conclusions:
1--WE haven't got a good railroad law by
which the commission can control the
railroads because the Legislature which
Tillman calls "driftwood" passed bill
with provided that the railroad commits
sseea|f bsEs te. right TO regulate
il, and the reason you haven't got IL is
because Tillman vetoed it. His reason
was that the election was given to the
Legislature instead of tD the people, and
yet In his inaugural address he said he
was In favor of such law. They took
him at his word and Tillman vetoed the
bill. At tho next session of the Legisla-
ture this same ''driftwood" House passed
rail road bill. 1t went to the Senate,
and would have gone through but for an
amendment introduced by Keitt, giving
the appointment of commissioners to
Tillman II T'illman had asked him to
withdraw that amendment, he would
have done it, and hold him responsible
because we haven't got railroad law
that will regulate the railroad.
Tillman went all through this country
criticisng the men in Office for riding on
free passes, and then took them himself,
with an express frank. He had no right to
put himself under obligations to the roads.
If what he said was true, he has by his
own action shy Rimfsf sd /. ou. from reeeiy.
of mistake, made in his own favor and
against YOU"
GOV. TILLMAN's CLOSING SPEECH.
Sheppard has alluded to the farmers
movement Well. tell you that in 1885
in convention voted for Sheppard for
Governor and tried to elect him Why9
First, because at that time l knew none
of the public men of the State; and Sec
ond, because We had been schoolmates
and were then and arc now personal
friends. There were then three candi
dates in the field-Senator Coker of Oar
lipgton, John Peter Richardson and
Sheppard, who had received the Office at
the hands of Hugh $. Thompson. The
movement then had two principal de-
mands-the reorganization of the agri-
cultural bureau and the establishment of
an agricultural college. Now let us see
what they have done with our platform.
The speaker here compared the two
platforms and made points that the Thir-
teen had omitted the demands for rail
road control and constitutional convcn-
ton. He then denied the charges of ex-
travagaace, alluding to the building of
the Inauguration platform, which he said
was suggested by the committees of the
House and Senate. He then acknow-
lodged that he had alluded to some of
the legislators 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
islaturc. He quoted from his inaugural
and from his speeches to show that he
had been consistently in favor of reform
He denied that he had acted as dicta-
tor but contcnded 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 plat
form, stating in what respects he had en-
deavOrcd to carry out his declarations
He also entered into an elaborate discus
sion of the causes which led to the defeat
of several of his measures, and especially
the railroad bill, the Sheriff bill, and
others. He then replied to some of the
State
| have been ut home but seldom, be.
! cause have stayed iii Columbia attend
ing to your business; but will say tina,
| will 90 home, make three speeches, and
If | can't beat him in the primaries viii
withdraw from the race. Governor
Sheppard, will you say as much9 l hav,
gone, my friends, through HI to gel
this office, and have been told that nt
other man could have led the movement
to success. Since my election l have
discharged my duty as faithfully as
knew, and am now asking this people
whether they think | have done it or not
l made II living before ] got into the
Governors Office, and whenever the ma
jority of the people say 1--WE don't want
you any longer" | will retire without q
murmur.
The Governor rccuTrud TO !, position
as defined i'm his inaugural on the three
dollar poll tax, giving his reason for the
+, commentator
say to you here now as loyal Demo
crat, rs Il loyal Allianccman, as Il loya
farmers movement man, that am bouuo
by the rule of the majority and that if F.,
ma ajority of the people want these dc
mands shall not attempt to dictate t,
you Prolonged cheering and applause.
| | have been accused of trying to die
tate to the Alliance, but l have givci
you my reasons for my opinion apd m,
position. am on record as opposed t,
the sub treasury, and am opposed to i
nov, but the rule in the Alianc,
and of the Democracy is to abide the will
of the majority, aud am not going t.
fight my brethren.
Y I tn n. haf hau Ian,