The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-05
Evans Talks to South
Carolina.
SHE WILL SET THE PACE,
Having Led in Every Great
Moral Reform.
YET THE WHITES MUST RULE
In the Matter of Reform the Negro
Clearly is Not in 1t
at All.

Ryan Tillman Is no longer Governor Of
South Carolina. At l 80 P. NJ to-day he
was succeeded by his chief lieutenant.
John Gary Evans. Several hundred peo-
pie assembled in the hall of the House of
Representatives., despite a raw and chilly
day, with intermittent rains, to witness
the ceremonies of Inauguration. AS the
inaugural procession entered the band
played Hail to the Chief" Prominent
among those on the stage were United
States Senator Irby, Ex-Governor Tillman
and the justices of the Supreme Court.
After prayer by the Rev. John A. Rice,
the oath of Office was administered to Gov
ernor Evans by Chief Justice MeCuer. He
spoke distinctly and without tremor. The
Governors address consumed about an
hour in delivery. He said
Gentlemen of the General Assembly: After
obtaining the will of the people In three sepa-
rate elections, l am here to-day TO assume the
goVernOrship of the proudest people on the
globe. Thirty years ago the election OF a man
OF my age o the highest gift in the honor OF the
people would be called unconstitutional. A
young man in South Carolina would MOI have
dared to aspire to this honor for fear of gaining
the Odium OF the class who, by reasons of age
and inheritance, considered the office as their
popular will. There are some who still regard
the political contest of 1892, which gave TO US
an arstOcracy of brains instead of lands and
money, as an Authorization. and assert that il
was the reign OF the demagogue This gentle
sumber will result in good and the Rip Van
Winkl-s Of the State Will awake 10 find them
selves monuments of antiquity, surrounded by
the youngsters of modern progress and de-
velopment who have nothing but love and
reverence for them.
1t is a matter Of congratulation to the people
that this effort TO stay the course of reform by
an appeal to an ignorant and purchasable vote
has been rebuked the second time in a manner
unmistakable in terms, aud let US hope that in
the future there will be found in the State no
man so ignoble as 10 dare threaten US with
return of the dark days from 1858 to 1876.
II is unfortunate indeed that the foundation
of our social and political Institutions is the
unity of white people. THIS condition WAS
thrust upon us by the emancipation and en-
Establishment at one stroke of a people
unfortunate, ignorant, unfit TO govern
themselves, yet placed in power by the
bayonet. they were forced to govern
their former masters. We thus witnessed
a spectacle seldom recorded in history-a gov
eminent OF ignorance, vice and corruption over
wisdom, virtue and honesty. L say here on the
threshold OF my administration that il Is time
for our people to come together and be a
united people, and let the respODs Utility fall on
those OF the opposition who insist upon "rule
or ruin policy"
We are fast coming to the plight which Ire
land is in. Our great plantations are becom-
ing merely the hunting preserves of the wealthy
and the laborer year by year is being ground
to poverty and servitude. The party that was
true to US is he party we must look TO in the
future or suffer defeat from one extreme OF the
land TO another, and to-day not Democratic
state Is left north of Mason and DXons line.
The Northeast seemed TO be deaf TO our ap.
peaIs and the cray OF light' which we had
hoped for in the West proved as tickle as an
aurora boreals. South Carolina has led in
every great moral and political reform aud it
remains for US to set the pace for the nation.
which will ultimately bring relief TO the entire
people.
Governor Evans begins his specific
recommendations with suggestions that
the State Agricultural Society be given a
small appropriation. He congratulates the
people upon the calling of the Constiiu-
tional Con vention, and the South Carolina
College, he says, should be opened to
women in all of its classes. The Consti-
tutional Convention should provide
special courts for the trial of criminals
usually victims of lynch law. These
courts S0OuIQ pTOtecI tu6 Vlcllm Oh Ln6
ravisher from public and vulgar cross
examination and the notoriety of news
paper exploitation.
OF the dispensary law, be says: II am
thoroughly satisfied, after an active can
vass of the State. that the dispensary law
is now written in the hearts of the people
and is favored by fully IS per cent of the
population. 1t shall be my duty and
pleasure that the remainder respect and
obey IT,"
He sharply arraigned towns hostile TO
the law. The remedy was with the Legis-
lature. Governor Evans remedy is sup
posed TO tie a metropolitan police force for
Charleston and other towns where the adj
miuistration of the law is obstructed. the
Governor condemned the practice Of leas-
ing copvicts to private parties.
In closing Governor Evans said: "If
when l return this commission | can say
Behold happy people, in peace, love and
unity my reward will be great and suffi-
Client. l ask the support Of my friends,
the charity of my enemies and the help of
God. l now dedicate my head, hand and
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