The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-05
Breezy Address by South Caro-
lina's New Governor.
WILL CARRY OUT TIlLmANrsM
Dispensary Law 10 Be Enforced in
the Cities by the State.
heucen koih, ss Governor of Afmbama
Issues an Address Advising Hts Fol-
lowers Not 10 Pay Taxes to the Oates
state Government.

COLUMBIA, 8. C., Dec. 4-Beniamin
Ryan TAiman is no longer governor of
South Carolina. At i:30 today be was
succeeded by his chief lieutenant John
Gary Evans. Several thousand people as
semb.ed in the hall of the house of repre-
sentatives, despite q raw and chilly day.
with intermittent rams. to witness the
ceremonies Of inauguration. AS the in
augural procession entered the band
played Hail to the Chief" Prominent
among those on The stage were United
States Senator Irby, ex-Gov. Tillman and
the justices OF the supreme court. Alter
PRAYER by the Rev. John A. Rice, the oath
OF Office Vas administered TO GOV. Evans
By Chief Justice MeCuer. Evans addres.
consumed about an hour in delivery. He
said
'GentieHsen Of the General Assembly.
Alter obtaining the will of the peonle in
three separate elections. am here today
10 assume the goyernorship of the proud
est peope on tue globe. Thirty years ago
the election OF Iuan of my age to the
highest gift IN the honor of the people
would have been called unconstitutional.
young man In South Carolina would
NOT nave dared asp re to this honor for
lear oi gaining the odIum of the class who.
by reasons OF age or inheritance, consid-
ered the office as their particular property,
without regard to the popular will. There
are some who still regard the political
! contest OF 1891, which gave To us
an aristocracy Of brains instead of
lands and money. as a hallucination and
as the reign OF the demagogus. This great
sumner viii result in great good, and the
Rip Van Wrinkles of the state will awake
| TO ind themselves monuments of an
tlaulty surrounded by youngsters OF mod
| ern progress and development, who have
nothing but love and reverence for them.
/ 1t Is matter of congratuIatlon to the peo-
/ pie hat their effort to stay the course of
/ reform by an appeal 10 an ignorant and
purcnaseaose vote has been re0uked the
second time in manner unmistakeabie in
| terms, and let US hope that la the future
there will be found in the state no man so
/ isnoole as to dare taeaten us with a retarn
/ OF the dark days from 1855 to 1876
'It is unfortunate indeed. that the
/ foundation Of our social aud political in
/ stiiutions is the unity of the white people
+ This condition was thrust upon US by the
/ emancipation and enfranchisement at one
/ stroke OF unfortunate and ignorant men.
I unit 10 govern; placed in power by the
bayonei and forced 10 govern their former
masters. We thus witness a spectacle
seldom recorded Ia history-a government
/ OF ignorance. vice and corruption over
wisdom, virtue and honesty. | say here,
on the threshold Of my administration.
/ that IL rs tlne for our people to come to-
gether and be united people and let the
responsibility fall on those OF the opposi-
ton who insist upon rule or ruin policy.
we are fast coming TO the plight which
Ireland IS IN. Our great plantations are
becoming merely the hunting preserves OF
the wealthy, and the iaborer year by year is
being ground TO poverty and servitude.
The party that was true 10 US is the party
i,NsaLr to INT 4
feat from one extreme Of the land to
another. Today not Democratic state is
left north OF Mason and Dixon's line The
Northeast seemed 70 be deaf to our ap-
peais, and the ray of light which We hoped
for in the West has proved as flckle as an
aurora borealis. South Carolina has led
in every great moral and political reform
aud II remains for us to set the pace for
the nation which will ultimately bring re-
lief TO the entire people"
Gov. Evans begins his specific recommen-
dations with u suggestion that the state
agricultural society be given a small ap-
preparation. He congratulates the people
upon the calling of the constitutional con-
vention. and the South Carolina college.
he says, should be opened TO women in all
Of its classes. The constitutional conven-
ton should provide special courts for the
trial of criminals who are usually victims
of lynch law. These courts should protect
the victim Of the ravisher from public aud
vulgar cross-examiaation and the noto-
riety OF newspaper exploitation. OF the
dispensary law. he says:
81 am thoroughly satisfied, after an
active canvass OF the state. that the dis
pensary law Is now written in the hearts
OF the people and - favored by fully S. per
cent. OF the population. Ii shall be my
duty and pleasure 10 see that the re-
mainder respect and obey it,"
lie sharply arraigned the towns hostile
to the law. The remedy was with the leg
isiature. GOV. Evans remedy is supposed
10 be metropolitan police force for
Charleston and other towns where the
administration OF the law is obstructed.
The governor condemns the practice Of
leasing couyicts 10 private parties. In
closing GOV. Evans says;
If. when / return thi. commission, I
can say Behold happy people, In peace
love ana unity my reward viii be great
aud sufficient | ask the support of my
friends. the charity OF my enemies, and
the hei 20 ot God. | now dedicate my head.
hand and heart TO the service OF my state. "