The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-01


Alliance candidate. If they want to trot
out sub-treasury dark horse, let him
meet me. T will run him to death, or
I am a niger. Loud applause
DANGERS OF DIVISION.
.sIf the Alliance, through its leaders,
undertakes to be false and puts that
yardstick on you the people will resent
it. It simply means that l cant De
elected. 1t means division IN the
Alliance, and between these TWO
divisions aud other Reformersof the
State our enemies will laugh and
snicker and trot out candidate. am
not going to fight the Alliance. amt
built that way. I claim 70 represent
its true principles. But for me you
would to-day have a Third party in
South Carolina and your Alliance
would be beaten as it was in other
Southern States"
The Governor warned bis audience
that if straight Alliance candidates for
the Legislature are put in the held tne
Heskellites and Conservatives will
vote for them simply because they hate
him and he declared that If they
wanted him to go to the Senate they
must ask each candidate if be was
going to voted for Tillman. The Gov
ernor declared that the extreme Alll-
ance haters, in case the Alliance tickets
are put in the field, will be found vot-
ing for this ultra suh-treasury plan.
Amalgamation of the Alliance and the
Haskellites would be like that of pro-
hibitionists and whiskey people, that
is seen in this State-ch!ldren of dark
ness uniting to serve the devil. Gov
ernor Tilllnan declared that half a
million dollars would be spent by Wall
street and the whiskey people to pre-
vent him from going to the Senate.
JUMPED on ELLERBE.
The Governor pitched into Ellerbe
for his statement at the Columbia
meeting yesterday that the Governor
had not consulted him concerning the
re-opening of the dispensaries. He de-
clared that Ellerbe misconceived his
powers and duties as q member OF the
State board of control if he thought be
(Tillman) was going to consult bin on
that question. His duty" said the
Governor, "is to help control the dis
peDsary while it is running. He has
nothing to do with enforcing the law.
That is my duty as Governor. He
criticises me for not waiting until the
Supreme Court passes on the act OF
1892. I would like to know if | did not
revive the law and put 1t to work again
how could the court get hold of it?'
Fllerbe suggested that it could be
done by making up a case and asking
for a special session of the court, as was
done in the bond case recently. The
governor began to make some remarks
about Ellerbe whining because he had
not been consulted, when Ellerbe in
terrupted him with the statement:
"Tell the truth, governor. said you did
not call the board together, and just
wanted to put the responsibility for
opening it where it belongs"
WILLING TO ASSUME 1T.
'Thank God" replied the governor.
"you have governor who Is willing to
assume the whole responsibility. l
could have gotten Out of this if 1 had
wanted to play the politician, but we
have a debt for whisky, which We
bought on credit and I want it paid"
There was so much applause at these
remarks that the governor said be had
mind t. turn loose the dispensaries
to-day. He larruped the Supreme Court
for walking up the streets of Columbia
aud seeing dozen barrooms open and
doirg nothing about it.
EIIerbe-Governor, tell US why you
closed the dispensary: You ought to be
impeached for it.
The governor said be was afraid the
Supreme Court would have made him
do so, and be did not care to be ordered
about by any one. The court let the
act of 1893 alone, and as soon as it ad-
journed he decided he would open
again.
Ellerbe-Did not Attorney General
Buchanan advise you against it?
Tillman-No.
Ellerbe-I heard be did.
Tillman-Well, he was little weak
backed like you, and be wanted to wait
till after the primary, as he was afraid
the people might go back on ME. But
they haven't gone back on me, and
never will.