The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-06-28
THE YORK MEETING.
GREATEST INTEREST IN THE FIGHT
FOR THE SENATE.

Butlsr Makca Good spscch-synopsts
of tho speeohss Ms do by the Different
Ola. dldatos.
YORKvILLE, S. O., June 19.-Things
warmed up little at today's campaign
meeting. The crowd got somewhat
enthusiastic. The best Of humor, how.
ever, prevailed. Everyone went away
happy and contente1, and no anger
was shown. TOday's meeting empha.
ences do not care three snaps for aDy-
thing except the Senatorial debate.
The enthusiasm was below zero until
the central figures, Butler and Till
man appeared. Then the voters braced
themselv up, and were all interest and
showed their feelings They listened
to the others, they laughed and noted
the argument, but when General But.
Ter was announced there was decided
change In the atmosphere. A complete
change had come over tho scene.
Chairman j. Steele Brice, In opening
the meeting, begged that this be made
repetition Of tho model meeting held
here two years ago. Tue Rev. Mr.. w.
It. Neville made the opening prayer.
JOHN GARY EVANS
was introduced as "from Edgelield,"
but he promptly corrected the state
ment that he was from Aiken.
He continued: Whether we be Re.
or Republicans our interests are one.
That banner can 60 with the one un-
der which we have won, Equal rights
to all and special privileges to none"
We are not Populists or Communists,
but are working for one interest. We
now have ring of entirely new peo-
pie. See to it that you are not dicta.
ted to by the bosses. No man has the
right to fear for the interests of his
State, of the people. Nearly all Of the
measures advocated in our platform
have been enacted into law. There is a
demand for constitutional conven-
ton and that has not been acted on.
The Constitution you live under was
in you; yet we are told to keep this
dangerous Constitution. I tried to
amend it and was voted down. We
pay too much to tbe classes whose in.
terests are not ours In proportion to
the taxes paid. That means If this
country ever gets into the hands Of the
carpet.baggeIs the negro has equal
rights in all your schools. There is
great danger in this provision. The
schools should be put under the people
through the Legislature. Vote for q
constitutional convention. New York
has outgrown her Constitution. and
ours was modelled after theirs. Every
Confederate soldier is stigmalized In
your own Constitution as a rebel.
| We"Reformers" have started out on
the platform of the Alliance. Those
demands are today the only true De.
mOcracy. We have been called all
kinds OF names because we have had
the bOldness to make the party go back
to old Jeffersonian Democracy. We
are fighting for principle and If we
keep it up we are bound to win. |
stand upon every demand in there. 1t
Is claimed that we have done nothing
for the people. We refunded your debt
with an annual saving of $4,000
year. We actually had men 60 to New
York and say the debt would be repu-
dated. They ran DR.. Bates and Gov.
licious reports. Thew even wanted to
continue the debt at 6 per cent. when
they Rnew negotiations we're pending
for the settlement Of the bonds. The
next year the bill was telegraphed to
New York. Why was 1t done? For
political purposes. They were trying
to ny.blow the whole debt. We went
over to Baltimore and placed the
whole thing and they went away like
they had their tail cut. [IIurrahs] A
patriot of South Carolina wanted the
State to fail in placing the bonds.
They are all coming over, but we
must not baptiZo too many at one
, lime. Don't let them all In at one time.
They may break the plank. We have
even converted the State. The scales
on his back are too thick to let him in
with one scraping. We have to mark
him with a red star and anoint him
and baptiZe him before we lot him in.
About this time a train passed by
and Evans said: LET her rolll' and I'll
wait. The dlspensary law ls the best
thing you have ever had. We found
| South Carolina drunk as lord. We
could not take away the liquor at once,
we took 1t away gradually. We took
temptation away from the boys. 1t
decreased drunkenness oyer rs per
cent.
The audience did not seem to be in
the humor to applaud, and only did 80
when he made good point or laugh
able suggestion.
COMPTROLLER GENERAL ELLERBEE
was in good trim. He said that, al.
though he had been cussed and dis
CUSSeU, uo uau llO Intention or apollo
gIzing for anything he had done. My
cousin, for he Is my cousin, is some.
what ashamed Of me because as q plain
farmer | can't speak like he does.
When ! am elected he will call me
cousin, and then I'll give him n trial
justiceship. LLaughter.l
When l. went into Office | found the
property not fully assessed. l sent out
circulars to my auditors to increase
assessments to the full valno Of the
property. We have increased the val.
uation of the railroad property to
about 100000 as it now stands to-
day. We raised the South Carolina
and Georgia road to $4,000 per mile
and that was when the bonds were
worth on the market about 100000.
It's the same thing with the other
roads. The COlu mbia and Greenville
bonds were worth on the market $17,.
COO and we assessed it at $Sl0,500. Yet
they cried we were trying to ruin the
State.
Recently we got over 100000 that
escaped taxation, and yet this property
is no higher than any other. You all
remember the bank cases. | only OF.
dered the auditors to tax the property