The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-11
WILL ANYBODY ANSWER:
A Former Follower OF Governor Tillinar
Asks Some Interesting Questions.

To the Editor of the Greenville News:
Sitting astride the fence on the farm
this morning am prompted to ask
some questions:
I have worked and voted for Cover
nor Tillman ever since he first com-
nenced to write and work to elevate
the farmers; at least that is what he
said it was for.
NV questions are these-Did he not
promise to save 500, 900 per annum for
us?
| Didn't be promise to have ten thou
and comptroller generals reports pub
lished and sent out among the farmers
so they could see what was done with
| their money?
Dida't he promise to have the fertil.
| izers analyZed and the analyses in the
hands of the farmers before they bought
so they Would know what they were
buying?
Didn't be promise to rack off lot OF
the manufactures to the pen if their
goods did not come up to what they
were sold for?
Didn't be promise to reduce all sala-
cies 80 that it would not take any
more cotton to pay them than it did
when cotton was selling for ten cents
per pound?
Didn't he promise to give US direct
primary?
Didn't be blow up the Citadel Aca-
DENY and doesn't the appropriation
continue as of old.
Did he not promise to build US q
college for poor boys; and how many
really poor boys can ever get to Glenn
son College?
Didn't he blow up the old admins
tration for employing assistant counsel
with State funds and has he not done
the same thing?
Did be not say that railroad corpora-
tions were not paying their part of the
taxes, and proceed through court to
assess them higher, and as quick as the
court decided in his favor did he not
then lower their assessment?
Didn't Samuel Lord tell him he had
no right to lock trains when the rail-
road was in the bands of the United
States court and that be woald not
make an ass of himself by carrying the
case to court at Washington, and then
| did he not employ Mr.. Tucker, of Vir-
ginia to argue the case and pay him
one or two thousand dollars 70; the
same? Did be not say that be was for
the people, and whatever they wanted
be would try and do for them? All
right, now, the people said they wanted
prohibition. What did they get? a dis
pensary. In other words, according to
my view Mr.. Tillman practically Sid
the people don't know what they want,
and have got to have some revenue
from somewhere and more men-to work
for me for the Senate.
Mr.. Tillman and others said that
there was a ring and no young man,
matters not how deserving, could get
in office unless Hampton, Bonham,
Haskell, McGowan and Others smiled
on him. Granting that that is so, is
! there not worse ring now and who
can get in office unless Tillman and
/ 1rby smile on him?
II Now what I want to know is this:
]Why do We, as sensible people, follow
Tillman. any longer? Tillman as our
leader has bad Sl4, 900 and now wants
$50, 900 more. How much have we, as
followers mot office holders) had? /
I answer if anything have not got
my part unless it was last fall when
my taxes were higher than ever on
the same amount of property. ]
would like for some one to answer the
above questions fairly through any
paper they choose and not jump on
me for asking them. This is my first
and. it will be my last communication
Expecting to sit on the fence until
can hear from somebody, am yours
respectfully, J. Il: WoRKMAN.
Kinard's, S. e., June 10Th, '94.