The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-07-19

AuC. uuo ny dispensers. ...... 81, ,S03 0O
HeV. tax advanced. .......... 1O,336.24
Casn IN treasury y............. 19,713.11
STOCK on hand. 1926 80
Amt. due by dispt mrs, Others. 1O1, ,48187
s272,sa2 72
Liabilities on page S. $3.50, ,347.27
Assets as above. 272 832.72
if there had been i,;; reported ;:;S in the
State treasury as on hand February l,
1874, $27 ,222.66 the account would have
balanced.
Governor Tillman admits that he ex-
ceeded the appropriation Of $5O,O0OOO
ing statement taken from the report
shows the amount Of that excess:
Merchandise purchased from
May %, 1893, to July z, '94.$ so, ,321.43
State appropriation. 100000
In the above purchases the the amount
paid during the above period for bot
Ties, nasks, kegs, cOrks, sealing wax
and Iack1ng cages Is not included.
Fifteen thousand dollars would be a
10" estimate for these items, which
would make the expenditures over 1868.
600 In excess Of the State approprla-
tion:
Now l would like to know where he
gets the authority to disregard our
fundamental doctrines of our form of
government, that no executive officer
can spend one dollar Of public money,
except that which has been allowed by
the legislature, the representatives Of
the people. Sec. 18, Of the dispensary
act makes the appropriation $5O, 900, IL
| Ia Iii
moro and by all rules Of the admins
tration Governor Tillman was restrict
Ell to that amount,and he could not ex.
ceed 1t without a usurpation Of au-
! thority.
Section does not avail him. because
the expenditure Of $4,000 or $63O 900
was made before he had sold gallon
OF liquor. How can he justify his &C.
tion, which Is palpably IN violation Of
G9e 9 constitution and laws of the State.
II ne can exceed the appropriation by
$4o,OOO he may by million Of dollars.
so you can readily see where such loose
administration will lead. There is one
other phase Of It's administration
which L cannot quite understand. A
friend has handed me commission
given by Governor Tillman to r. v,
CAN'T, of Lexington county. 1t is
dated the 9Th Of January, 1894, and
appoints him special constable under
the dlspensary act. How many of these
special constables have been thus com
mlssioned we do not know. Governor
In trannmitting his commission to Mr..
Can't, Mr. ID. A. Tompkins, private
secretary to the Governor, writes the
following letter:
State of South Carolina
Executive Chamber.
Columbia. S. c., Jan. 8, 1894.
Is. Y. CAN'T, Esq Irmo, $. c.:
Doar Sir-Governor Tlllman directs
me to send you the enclose commission
OF a State constable and to say you viii
receive as pay Ss25 for each conviction
OF white man and $40 for each con.
Vlctlon OF negro you secure, and $2
1or each seizure. lie has no room on
the regular for you, but may call on
you some time.
Very respectfully.
d. A. TOIPKINs.
Private Secretary.
lt Will be observed that Mr.. CAN'T Is
offered &20 for the conviction of n
white man and only $40 for the convic-
tion of negro. Why this discrimina.
tlon against white man, 1 confess I
cannot comprehend. Perhaps that also
may be explained. All these facts re-.
late TO the administration Of the dis.
pensary law and do not touch the mer.
Its of the law itself. They are Ieaiti.
mate subjects Of inquiry. Governor
I1llman has made fair proposition to
pay the expenses Of experts to exam.
Inc the d1spensary accounts out of his
contingent fund. l do not object to
That, but 1t seems to me that 1t ig i'm
posing an extra and unnecessary ex.
pense upon the taxpayers of the State
as these matters ought to be explained
by those charged with the administra.
tion OF the law. This, l believe, is the
usual custom where public funds are
entrusted to public officers.
The last speaker was Governor TIL
nian, and his Introduction was greeted
by long and ringing cheers. The Gov
nor said that one Of the pesantest of the
campaign meetings in 1862 had been at
this place. and while the crowd was
small 1T was because of the sparse
white population and the long distances
people had come to get here. But
those you left at home are just as true
lCef0rmers and just as determined to
vote for me as ever. (Applause lie
alluded to an incident of the last can
vass when Colonel Y Youmans had claim.
ing he was a better farmer than he was
and could split more rails, and pointing
10 one or the old farmers present, he
said: "You told him the people intend.
cd to make fence around the Cover
nor's Office of brand new rails and keen
Tillman In there till he got as fat as a
mufaed-jawed pig. daughter and an.
plause) You see, said the Governor, I
am growing fatter and have gained
some flesh, but If you want those muf.
lles to come you will have to send me
to Washington in Senator Buffers
place.
Voices: "We'Il do it,. Uaughter and
applause.)
Butler says he has plowed moro than
L have and Is as good a farmer, and as
ne has had his place eighteen years, I
fhinI u0I1 had hnftnr lnf hi ~ ca "a LIZ