Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-25
!. substance of which.

the. substance of which has
appeared from time to time in the
newspapers. He concluded by pay
ing a glowing tribute to Tllmansas
a man and as "a statesman.
This part of his speech, and
indeed all his many good points
were well taken and succeeded Gin
making, for him reputation here
as a clear thinker, a logical
reasoner and fluent and f6Tcible
speaker.
The next speaker was Candidate
Humbert. His speech consisted
of trying to lay the blame. of strife
and passion on the !Tillmanites.
He was constantly told by the
Reformers that they didn't wish
to hear him, but he kept on. He
claimed that the antis were advis-
ing what was for the interests OF
all the people.
Voice: You are after your own
interest, that's all; we know you.
He harped on the Penitentiary
farm, and said it lowered the price
of cotton. The guano question
mixed him. ..all up. He said Till
man had said two years ago, that
the manufacturer who produced
guano below the standard should
be put in the Penitentiary, but it
had not been done y.
Tillman: There was a case Of
that kind right here in Laurens
County, bnt your grand jury threw
itout. Tremendous cheering for
Tillman.
Humbert then tried to defend
the grandjury, but failed ignomin-
iously. He next Travelled all over
the United States on agricultural
departments, but the people did
not follow.
Voice: You can change the
moon, but not a Tillmanite. =.
Taxes and corporations came
next, and the speaker said the
latter should not be made to bear
more than their share of the
burden, but failed to show that
they were obliged to do SO. He
sought to vindicate his side from
the Haskellite taint, but it, like all
the rest of his speech, fell fiat
among the people who know him
80 we'll.
Voice-How did you vote2 No
answer.
Hon. w. c. Benet came next,
and begon by paying a compli-
ment to Laurens as beiug the home
of Senator Irby and Congressman
Shell and the famous "Shell mani
festo." Ben Tillman had tried for
years to stir up the people, but he
allowed himself to be made Gov
ernor the Granville News deserted
him simply for that.
Benet tackled the bond funding
and showed how it was done under
Richardson and under Tillman.
In the former case the moneied
men of the State helped the ad-
ministration. Turning to the Gov
ernor he asked if they helped him.
Tillman-No; they fight me
from Dan to Bersheba.
Benet said that a banker had
told him that it was all stuff
about Tillman injuring the credit
of South Carolina. That it was a
trick to buy the bonds cheap.
Orr: Mr.. Benet, what banker
was that? 4
Benet: He is a banker that
stands as high as any. @ s. ~.
s--xe,.----.s Dit that banKer
burn powder in the war? That was
the test of a mans devotion to
South Carolina.
Ball from Laurens: Can he take
a bond? Can Nicholson take a
bond2
Benet: I know nothing about
that, but have given an Honest
mans hoLest opinion.
Benet advocated the So poll tax,
and said the othor side charge
Tillman with being an enemy of
the poor mans pocket, but that he
charged them with being the
enemy of'the poor mans children.
He said Youmans with his scrsp-
book had even gotten poor Hum
bert hunting scraps He suggested
that Youmans publish his scrap
book to held him pay his campaign
expenses as he would never be
elected.
Great enthusiasm was evoked by
Benet's clever annihilation of the
antis claims and boasts.
Candidate Orr was the next
speaker. He began by showing
Benet's attitude toward Tillman
two years ago.
Benet here asked that Youmans
read from his scrap-book on the
and he would be satisfied.
Orr pitched into Tillman for
everything he could think of, de-
the So poll tax, the
constitutional convention and the
county government bill.
His speech made but little i'm
preston, and he was Interrupted,
good naturedly, all the way
through. Tillman had to interceede
With the crowd in order that he
could get a hearing.
Referring to the Cover matter
n Granville. he said Cover had