The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-04

when have felt the least uneasiness for my
personal safety. My life is not worth much
to me, but is worth as much as any other
mans, and rather than desert my post
to my enemies by leaving the executive
mansion where you have placed ne, would
have gone out OF it a corpse. LCheersl.
URGED on BY TIE WHISKY MEN.
Who is doing all this? The blazing ele-
ment, the match which is trying to reach the
powder is the barroom men, the whisky
men; and those who are egging them on, en-
couraging them. are the rulers of the old
ohgarchy whom we overthrow in 1890 at the
ballot box. This row which has broken forth
is political frenzy; the blood that has been
split is an Offering to the Moloch OF whisky;
they claim and declare that the state shall
not control the whisky traffic, that they will
resume their iniquitous trade debauch our
households, destroy lives, furnish poison to the
people and make them kill one another
and they will repeal the dispensary law, by
saying they can sell whisky from their resi-
dences Shall this demon who has already
had four or five victims, have any more One
negro at Spartauburg, a white man at Well
ford and three men at Darlington. do not
intend for him to have any more If can help
it; he has had enough In God $ name as
statesman. and as a leader Of enlightened
public opinionI shall not bulge one inch
from the position I take that this is the
peoples government and the people shall
rule. lCheersl
CONTROL OF THE POLICE.
Now, gentlemen, you may imagine in as
serting this that l am going to aggravate the
trouble; that in claiming the right to search
private residences, l will cause an outbreak.
l will tell you what 1 am going to do. am
going to tell the state tomorrow in a procla-
mation-the revised statutes Of South Caro-
lima are a mine Of strength wealth and wis
dom for governor who will search them and
enforce them. What would I have been
able to do if 1 had not been able
to control the railroads and telegraph
preventing them from reinforcing the insur-
gents aud sending abroad more incendiary
lies to indame the people? There is another
sword of Damocles which the law places in
my hands to suspend over these insurgents
or people who are pressing for this law to be
annuIled without process by the legislature
and tomorrow I shall cut the thread which
holds that in suspension and use it, and that
is section SO, which gives me
power in an emergency to take control Of the
police We have had the spectacle presented
of officers Of the law opposing officers Of the
law those who have been sworn to support
the constitution and the laws disobey them
| and aid others in dsobeying them. If the
mayor and city councils DO not make the
police do their duty, intend to see that the
police do their duty, or l will discharge the
| last man of them. Cheers.
A vOice--Thats the way to do them up.
Intend as I say, to control the state in the
interest Of the law and order. l will not sur
| render to any mob nor to any whisky element
If the dispensary law is good and proper and
| the people want 1t they shall have it, and those
| who don't want it must take it. [Cheers.l
CONsTABLEs TO WATCH THE POLICE
Until the result Of this new move Is seen
shall confne the'dutles of the constables to
watching the railroads and selzing contra.
band whisky and to watching the police. see
ing that they do their duty, and report to me
whether they are doing it. If they do not
obey my orders strictly, if the authorities of
the towns cooperate, then I shall call the
legislature Of South Carolina together and I
will have the power given the executive to re-
move these men and appoint others in their
stead who will obey the law and enforce It,
LCheersl.
We will continue to search private houses
where contraband liquors are supposed to be,
with warrant when necessary. We are
obliged to do this as long as it is the law. 1t
is the law until repealed.
A voice-Why don't you obey the law
yourself}
Gov Tillman-In what respect have
not obeyed it,
Cries of "Shoot him, +" "Shoot him"
Gov. Tillman-Silence, men, and keep
quiet.
AN EXTRA SESSION.
It is true II the legislature is assembled in
extra session, it will cost money, but money
is no object when the rights and the liber ties
ofthe people are involved. So theresis an ex-
ira session in sight to enact metropolitan
police bill for all cities and towns, unless they
cooperate with the executive and remove
this trouble.
In conclusion I will say to those who are
opposed to this law to submit, to quit to cease
their opposition, they must cease it. We are
not going to surrender a good law because
they are opposed to it. I propose to uphold
the law I have never done anything to ag-
gravate the situation, never will. l cannot,
l will not
THE MINORITY NOT TO RULE.
Idare not allow the minority to come for
ward and say, this is a bad law, We don't
want it, and viii not obey it, you cannot en-
force IL. II LNlS law IS luuS GnQulleQ, 1nen
any law can be similarly abrogated by
minority and all law become farce. We
have thousands of other good men besides
yourselves who are ready to respond. The
people OF South Carolina must govern the
state and those who are in rebellion and re-
sistance must get out of the road, because the
train is on the track. 1 have got the throttle
in nv hand as governor. 1 am going in on
time, so help me God. Loud cheers.
THE TROOPS SENT HOME.
At the conclusion of the governors
speech Hon. John Gary Evans, state SEN
ator from Aiken county, read general or
der No. 10, announcing that need no longer
existing for their services, the troops
were dismissed, with the thanks of the
commander-in-chief for their prompt re-
spouse to his call.
AS Gov. Tillman was returning to the
executive mansion his carriage ran over a
train torpedo on Main street. and large
crowd soon hurried to the spot, under the
supposition that some one had shot the
governor.
BUTLER SCORES TILLMAN.