The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12

Gov. 1il'man resumed his speech and went
IN u say that he wanted TO 20 to Heaven,
and that he stood as good q chance as some Of
those who sat in the Amen corner and then
went out 10 drink and gamble.
lie c'aimeI that Orr had said that he was
responsible for lynch law in the State; but
with Orr. lIc said, it was 81 AN damned if
DO 49,! damned - a,.,.' Wnrm GOV.
Tillmqn fnishel speaking he took his seat
ami good deal Of applause.
Ex-Gov. suEPPARD.
Governor Sheppard said that he had mar
rieI Union Iafy. and had been visiting
Uoi'n off aud on for the last thirteen years,
and he felt IL there was one place whore the
people would give Kim q hearing, IL would
be in Union. lie spoke Of the railroad laws,
and said that be wanted laws passed to put
check on corporations. Then he took up the
thrcc,loll,r poll tax and selecting nm indi-
vidual in the nu iicnce, he assumed that The
man had no property. He applied the
thrCe-dollrr oil tax to him nni showed him
how II rich uIan wonld be getting The benefit
of il viii c he would not. lie sad that when
GOV. Tiilm1n attempted to put his handouts
on the negro maj 1rity by requiring quail
ticatiOa Of the voters he would cary many
ypOr white men down with the negroes. lie
said i! TIllmun's constitutional convention
was even held many who favored the meas
uro now viii cat their last voio at the next
election. lie sid that when it was too late
many would say that they were sorry they
lad not taken his advice. lie then showed
Why many psople would be deprived Of rol-
ing If there was Hn educational un1 prop
crry qualification.
Somebody in the audience asked him a
question which referred to his being presl-
dent &C n back
Ior Sheppard replied that farmer =
bank was organized in Edgefeld and
began tc lend its money at 10 per
cent. The bank of which he was
president Ind been lending money TO tho
farmers at a lower Iaie all the time. When
thry heard the farmers bank were lending
money M 10 per cont, the directors Of ha
bank held meeting and against his will,
raiard IL, ig money u 10 per cent also.
Gov Sheppard said that in the state Of
Massachusetts the factories required 3U9.
600 horse power, while III South Carolina
thcy use cnly 5000. lie claimed that thore
war uo better water power anywhere than
in the Piedmont region, which ouly needed
capita to be developed.
A v ice: Rich men don pay no taxes.
Sheppard Gov. Tillman did not tell you
that MIR. MayGcli told you so. The bank
Of Edg"iield pnys tax for every cent ii is
worth.
Gov. Sheppard said that capitalists will
| not spend nor invest money here whore the
I oaioers of The government cant be relied
upon.
Speaking Of nyation, he said that while
| in Office hc recommended plan which if il
| had been carried on, would have savod tho
State its recent lawsuits.
Gov. Sheppard ended his speech by say
| that during his ten years Of consecutive
public service nothing could be brought
against him. He took his scat amid IL large
share Of applause.
HON. ". Z. BESBr.
In the opening Of Mr.. Benets speech, he
spent pnrt of his time eulogixng the officers
Of the administration, saying that Mayiield
ha'l made - letter sur ern'endent "f educa-
iion than any man since 1876.
Somebody inquired after his record.
lie dcplc that he had been II candidate
for office twice. Once he had been elected
and once hc had been defeated. lie thought
| that WAS pretty good record.
| Speaking Of Gov, Tillmans criticism OF
| the Judges he claimed that Judges were men
| who had TO hc looked after as we'll rs any
| body else. lie considered the poll tax
question plain that n blind man could see
it aud deaf maB. .coYld alG%Gss:t heari'.
1
| said hc would stick c,ose to tho records and
cSpccinliy to that part his friend (Benct)
had skipped Ito believed that the demo-
cratic p'riy oug int to be and would DO sup
ported after the primary and that was the
reason he voted for lillman in the last cam
paign. lilo referred to II conversation with
Gov. Tiliman several years ago wherein hc
GOV Illmnn) virtually acknowledged that
lounrns was the better farmer of the two :;
the Goy. Slyiug III the conversation that on
his tarm he hal nothing but grapes aud
jersey COWS.
Col. (oumans, coming hGck TO his direct
argument, said Your Staie bonds are be-
low par. Can you expect people to place
their money here y gentleman in New
York has recently said that he has the
money to invest, bur could not put il here
where the people are on the verge of civil
war under the present administration
Referring I" Guy. Tllman's charges and
also 10 his pledges hc SaH will leave
HIM To be tric by h'S own standard. lie
has denounced the farmers as fools and
said the ringstorS would wine and dine
them ana when they gpt TO Columbia they
would soon forget thcir poor fellow farmers
at homor- lie had called them green
gourIs; which rotted before they were rive.
- Speaking Of the free pass, Col, Youmans
Ioh''lIcu. WIN toy. llIiman II WAS tho
bate Of the forbidden fruit The free pass
was the temptcr and when il was offered 70
Gov. Tiiinau he fell. One time Gov. Til.
man said Sheppard Was refined god and The
painted lily, now he says he is a wolf in
sheep clothing lie says lie met the bows
III 1880 and that lie now ha. them in his
breaches pocket.
Then he come to the - poll taA [ un-
dersiand that there are 80 doliuqucnts in
Union County who cou'd not pay their 81
pol How many would there bc If we had
- pol tax Gov rililmau srvs any man
Who can not pay n 81 poll ny ought TO be
placed In chain gan. with negroes When
the time came to pay your last taxes the
times were hard and the General Assembly
passed bill to extend Ilt lime to pay them
sixty days. Did rillman remember you
then" No he said if the taAos were no,
ra!d the penalty wouli be attached
C)l lVumnm> said that if the educational
and property qualification was ever made n
I.w It would cut oil many white pcop!e
IRON vo.i"g. Again referring TO GOV Till-
man abuse Of the r"'l'e on bis own side he
continued GOV r;i,mn. SAYS riai ,hc
legislators who were elected on til, san,