The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-27

come ia the railroads had been IN the
habit Of saying to the people: We
will pay so much taxes. and that is all
we propose to pay" The administra-
ton, however, bad claimed the right
to fix the value of railroad property,
and, after fight, had won. But. said
Mr.. Tindal, this is a matter in which
we must proceed with due caution; we
need the railroads; if We tax them
more than is JUS we will cripple them,
and if we allow them to say how they
will he taxed they become arrogant
and they will cripple us. Que thing
we need is fair-minded, impartial rail-
road com missioners, who will do the
right thing between both parties.
DIR. SAMPSON POPE
made an exceedingly clear cut, open,
plain speech. He wanted the Constl-
tuition oveithrown so as to insure white
supremacy. Vote for it, be said, and
thel, will be no danger Of the white
people separating. He favored pro-
lection and said: You have not suf-
fered by the sugar bounty. You have
been benefited more than hurt, getting
tive-cent sugar. Everything is cheap
a. dirt. We only need more money:
The tariff does not burt you. | would
have voted for high license, but after
saw the operations Of the dispensary l
now favor the law. If unccnstitutlnn-
al, then as a last resolt I'd 60 for high
license. Prohibition does not prohibit.
| If the law is passed there ought to be
a State board of police commissioners.
| There never was and would never have
been an Innocent mans house searched.
l would not be Prohibitionist. The
bitterness was not due to Performers"
! but to the newspapers.
He charged that all the newspapers
except the Greenville News and the
! Register had worked against the State
refundipg its debts. The Greenville
News, he said, did not even spell reform
correctly. Mr.. Smythe and others had
gotten $4,000 for defending the rights
of the Coosaw Company. from which
the State got no money, aud 1t was
said be was also paid by the company,
and the old Administrations thought
| Coosaw could not be made to loosen its
grip.
THE PRIZE BEAUTY.
DR.. w. H. Zimmerman, the genial
| Edgefield statesman, was next intro
duced as a candidate for Lieutenant
| Governor. When be stretched his tall
form in front of the audience, stroked
his hay-seed beard and drawled through
bis ruta- baga-like proEoscis that be
rested his candidacy on his manly
! beauty, the crowd laughed itself hoarse..
He ciinched the joke by asserting that
the women properly appreciated his
| good locks, as be had been twice mar
ried. Laughter.
BUTLER MAKES A STATEMENT.
Senator Butler was fairly applauded
when he came forward to speak. He
annonnc. that Congressman Shell and
McLaurin had requested him to say
something about an alleged politica!
combination with them and that they
ha been traitors to the Reform move
rnent. There never was any fouDda-
ton for the report, aud he should not
have noticed it, except for their re-
quests. He had always tried to treat
the Reform Congressman with respect.
| (At this juncture there was fight be-
tween two men in the crowd.
Continuing, General Butler said he
would criticize Governor Tillman's
public record as much as he waited to
and the Governor need not get mad
about it. As far as Reform went he had
been a Reformer from the beginning.
He bad been advocating free silver for
fourteen years. He never owned a dol
lars worth Of stocks or bonds in rail-
roads or banks, but he was in favor Of
protecting their interests.
| Concerning the results accomplished
by the Democratic party, he said that
the promised relief has come. The
| Wilson act is now pending. Tb"t tariff
bill is not all 1 would like, yet it is the
best bill ever passed. He regretted to
say that the third and most important
demand lad not been granted, and II
fear will not be as long as Mr.. C!eve-
land is our President" Although the
people knew Mr.. Cleveland was opposed
| to free silver the people voted for him.
My judgment is that the fight against
corporations mas been encouraged by
Republicans. 1t will be death struggle
in the next election, and it will be a
triumph for Republican institutions or
will be the beginning of the end of
popular government. We ought now
10 organize silver leagues on which to
build financial system to relieve the
people. The struggle must come be-
tween the money interest and the
masses. They have found men to shoot
down citizens. There is dynamite,
death, destruction in the air. advised
TO let Coxey alone. There is mere
symptom of the disease the Republican
legis'a alton has brought about.
The general poked good deal of
fun at Governor Tillmau, and espe-
cially about his throwing rocks when
he got to Washington. He recited
what he had accomplished in Con-
gress for the people of the State. If
he bad devoted the same time and pa
tience to any other business he would
have made his fortune. If Governor
1illman had been worse abused than
he, Lord help him. He diG not mind
newspapers criticizing him.
Governor Tillman wound up to-day's
meeting. He took the aggressive at
the outset. He supposed that General
Butler was saving bis rocks for the
Charleston meeting; when Butt, r shot
the people could just see hina Timber
up.
Addressing himself to Gen. Butler,
he said Are you or are you not con
Quoting your own campaign-1 mean
are you bossing it?"
! Gen. ButIer-I don't boss nybody. T
leave that TO you.
Tillman-How about at Rock Hill
Yesterday. saw about $40 strangers
there and they went on free passes.
| (Cries of "Hurrah for Tillman. Give
it to him Ben.") Butler says that be is
running his own campaign, yet out of
| 1900 people at Rock Hill, 500 were
bauled on free passes TO hurrah for
him."
This talk of the Governors elected
cheering and he told the crowd TO keep
quiet. The Governor dubbed Buffers
friends as Coxey's army and made in
.iuatious of corruption fund. Com
ing into the State be had been through
a gooi many hells, but he had alway S
couuted upon the free men to help him:
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