The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-07-18
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
rHEwALrERBoRo MEETING
T;llnsam has HIS Inning.

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colored, several years ago in Lezing'
ton, and who afterwards wrote a
book telling how he did it He used
to be trusted lieutenant of reform.
He is now running for Congress
against DIR. j. William Stokes and
Congressman Izlar. There were
about 500 persons present, and about
one-third were negroes. It seemed to
be pretty well saturated Tillman
crowd Gov. Tillman's speech today
was spicy. He said that the dis
pensary act of 1893 was as valid as
any other law on the statute books.
and pretty soon he would be ready to
start it into operation, when he would
make it hot for some people.
GOV. T1LLMAN's REPLY.
The Governor prefaced his reply to
Gen. Buffers questions concerning
the refundnent Of the State debt by
saying that Butler had pranced for
ward at Charleston, telling those peo.
ple how he loved them, and warned
the Colleton people not to be fed out
of Buffers spoon, but to spit it out,
as it had Haskellite quinine in it.
Butler put the questions in decent
way, end he congratulated him on
the improvement in his manner since
the Chester meeting. He had put
his fuse to his little bomb and moth
ing but fzzle resulted. Replying to
the question he said: 4l have never
hesitated or expected to find fault
with any criticism of requests for
information concerning any official
act of mine, and l will cheerfully
make such reply to Gen. Buffers
questions as / can, away from the
official documents in Columbia.
First, as to the S6,030,65
charged in the treasurer's books to
the redemption of Brown consols
expenses, the larger portion of this
was paid for the engraving and print.
ing of the bonds themselves. The
balance was the expenses incurred by
DR.. Bates and myself, when we went
to New York for. .two weeks, begging
rp and down Wall street and every
item, with vouchers, can be had in
the treasurer's Office. This is what
was spent of the $4,000.
To the second question, how much
of the funds of the sinking fund COM
mission were expended, and for what,
I answer, not one cent.
Third, who received the $l24.16l,-
65? This should be s118,125, the
2 IA per cent. semi-annual interest
on the new bonds. / answer that I
do not know. We did not. as every.
body knows. fund the bonds in New
York. because we were antagonized
by the Charleston banks, and the
feeling there appeared to be for a
gold bond, which we were not
authorized to issue. and which Twas
unwilling to have the State issue
After our failure to do any thing in
New York. we authorized Mr. Rhind
to negotiate the loan of 1925, 1000
of q per cent bonds at par,
and expressly informed him that if
he could sell them so as to get any
commission it would be all right. but
that the State would not pay him one
cent. So far as Mr.. Rhind's fnan-
cial standing was concerned it did
not concern us. We were dealing
with him as broker who appeared
to know his business, and who had
discretion and Judgment. His asso
ciates in the work with the syndicate,
and who got part Of whatever com
mission he received, we're Messrs.
Lancaster and Williams, of Rich
mond. say this, however that no
member of the syndicate-Lancas-
ter, Williams, Rhind, or any other
man. has ever paid one cent of his
commission to anybody in South
Carolina that ! know of, and !, defy
anybody on earth, under the earth,
or anywhere else, 70 trace any Of
this money to South Carolina, or say
that Bates or l got one dollar of it.
A Voice-Are you Populist or
Democrat
The Governor am white man
and Democrat, but you are white
man with black heart. Laugh
ter.
l wish you people had been at
Charleston last night, and seen me
spit fire at those hounds. Chico and
Cantini and Nol:e. The present
aristocracy of Charleston were out
with their underlings, but l salted
them down good
Voice-What about the dispensary
shortagey
The Governor told Gen. Butler
he could examine the books if he was
honest in that matter, and we will