The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-06-22

under the Increased assessment but increas
ed. The State levy for this year is more
than we remember for many years. Our
rccoll cction is that the State tax was never
more than five mills, bnt this year it is 81.
The first platform adopted by the Reform
movement at the State convention of 1900
and the one on which Governor Tilman
was first nominated for govc, nor, among
other things declared: owe demand
rigid economy in public expenditures, the
abolition Of useless Offices, reduction OF
salaries and fees of all officers. State amt
county, and that public officers
be paid IN proportion to their labor and
responsibility. Now We ask our CORES.
pohdcnt or any one else to lay his finger on
one single act by the present adminlstra.
ton to carry out this section of the plat.
form. The first legislature elected under
this platform attempted to carry this pro
vision out and some one introduced a bill
| TO cut all the salaries of officers from the
Governor down but it was voted down.
Killed. During the last session Josh. Ash.
Icy advocated measures looking to the car
ryIng out of this section but was defeated
The Governor has been indiscriminatc i'm
the use OF the public funds. He has
not recommended the reduction of
fees and salarias which he WAS
pledged to do under tho section of the
platform above quoted. Not single sal
AIRY has been reduced, not single office
has been abolished, although they have had
three years in which to do it. There has
Dech several new Offices created under the
present administration with handsome sal
aries Has there been rigid economy in
public expenditures" The Governor paid
$3oo or 500 for the platform upon which
nc was first inanguratcd out of the money
OF the "common class" His lawsuit with
the Coosaw Company cost the "common
class between $1,000 and $1,000. His
lawsuits with the railroads and bnnks has
cost the 'common class" several thousand
dollars and is in shape to cost them several
thousand more. And there are many other
w'yS which We could mention that is in
direct conflict with the section of the plat
form we have quoted. Governor Iillmans
policy has been all along to ltavr govern
mcnt of one man, for one man and bv one
man, and that man is B. H. Tillman. He
wanted the legislature to give him power to
cut the heads Of shcriTs Off for letting n
mob take prisoner rom them and lynch
him, and yet he acted unwiscly in turning
PETERSON loose to be mobbcd. He pretended
tobra great lover of the common class" md
he did love them we'll enough and to the
extent that he paid taxes on his fine Jersey
cattle qta little more than $40 piece and
sold them torlhg mnatic asylum for :36
each. And he loves them we'll emo ugh We,
to take aSS 5sp Of qfcir mSney to be Gov
Will our correspondent derry that the dis
pcnsary act is Il pcrvcrsion OF the rights of
citizens, direct step toward The conccntra-
tlon of power into hands of one mao 2 The
State has ns much right to have dispcnsarics
OF dry goods, groceries, etc, as it has TO
have dispcnsarics Of liquor. 1t is taking
tho tights of citizens from them. The
worst feature about rhc dspcnsary law is
that 1t is contrary to the will of tho people
by order Of tilc State Executive Committee
the question of prohibition was voted on in
the August primary and carried by large
majority of the "common class" Of people.
lfd they get what they voted for? We
asked for bread and they gave us stone.
This is the same administration that pro.
fcSSes to love the common class" but fails
to carry out their wishes
We may not have much influence, as our |
friend intimatcS, but rs long rs we breathe |
VIC hope, and will try to advocate those |
principles which we believe to be for the |
best interest of the whole people. We
have always advocated that which we
honestly believed to be for good Of the
whole people and shall continue to do so.
We are not built in n, way to be frightened
nto anything, and believe that ere long
he balance of the common class" will
see as We do.