The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-28

compound mixture of all kinds of
education on the faoo of Gods green
earth. know nothing to be compared
| to 1t in the way Of failure and humbug
except tho dispeensary and the sub
al and mechanical college and indus
trial college they called iti If itwas
30 the term meant experimentation
and industry. The two best institu-
tiOns of this kind were the govern
mont Indian colleges. This was the
only stop that tho United States govern
| ment has ever taken that has civilized
the Indians ut all. They work with
thoir hands one-half the time and study
books tho balance Of the day.
| Mr.. Buist-Have you evor becn to
| Clemson:
Mr.. Tillman-No, sir, don't need to
20 there to know it Is u failure.
Mr.. Tillman, continuing, said agri-
cultural education was q phantom II
disconnected from labor. The sciences
could be taught anywhere. But what
docs Clemson try to do? Yale or
Harvard could not have put out u moro
ambitious curriculum thun did Clemson
when it started up.
They tackled on tho sciences and art
of war and engineering. 1t couldn't
teach this great branch and have time
for experimentation It's an impOssi-
bility. He could understand how tho
South Carolina college could teach
lot a man say: "I'm an educ ated
man."
Clemson violates her very founda-
tiOn principles whom she tries to tea ch
literary branches.
The only thing to do in experimental
tion is to study piges, their kinds and
pecularities, and such things. Yet
Clemson was going ahead trying to
mako soldiers. Take boy in this
unique institution-for it is most uni
que-he is studying .philisophy or
rhetoric, absorbed, trying to under
stand, and hcre comes the bell and
tells him it is time to feed tho hogs
Uaughter.l Clemson in it's place would
10 great good. If it don't have too
much animus paratic and so on, dun,
spiro, etc." it would be all right. lie
had thought sometimes that tho man
who invented this State motto must
, have como from Gascony In France.
BY 1900 South Carolina will DO got.
ting $4,000 school money from the
Federal government. The State should
divide this money among her collegi.
ate institutions. These funds could be
utilized. Tho State should be moro
liberal with the Clallin University
He was in favor of the United States
government system Of Industrial cduca
tion. What business has Clemson with
the privilege tax fund, I'd like tC
know when she has those other funds:
Money was poured out up there like
we had it by tho wagon loads. What
docs this word scholarship mean
l,
: ferson "cqual rights to all, special
l do with the establishment of Clcn,s on
Will the State come forward and add
, to the disparity by laying a tax to give
; free board and clothes Is that
, special privileges TO none? But t.
return to Clemson J. suppose these
wise trustees carry out their theory
suppose every boy sent there can b,
made u scientific chemist or botanist
What then? The alliancemcn thought
they would come homo and plow. Giyt
u boy II Smattcring Of higher cduc,t
tion and he'll never do another lick
.. Of manual labor If he can help it.
Laughter. All liked to live by the
sweat Of somebody elscs brow. He
Of the students would turn out lawyers
or something else instead Of farmers
He thought it unconstitutional to work
too much in the hot sun. Laughter.
He thought the 2 mill tax and the $l
poll tax was enough. The liquor fund
could go to nothing moro appropriate
The phosphate royalty should be ap
piled to it. If the people will tax,
my advice, l. would say to the schools
to let the money go. He said the
same thing about cotton factories
There was no danger of the cloth
market ever being glutted because
the world would never cease to need
skirts and chemises also. Laugh
ter.) Let's try to find some means not
to tax our landowners too heavily so a.
to found this great common school sys-
tenn in is hours.
Hou say we must got ready for 1898
| ana sorry TO- say anything about this
suffrage matter but must do so. II
is my duty. The suffrage plan adopted
is not 1.-THE entertainment to which
South Carolina was invited" to use
Mr.. Webster's form of ex preston
They were told that no white Nor
would be disfranchised and that II
, methods. How docs that sound along
, side the understanding clause 1t il
: adding hypocrisy to fraud and lying
= to Hypocrisy. The only way TO have
, :, done it honestly was by qualified wo
= mans suffrage. | only mean to SAY
,, that the people have been deceived
The admissions of the leaders on this
: floor and the thing on it's face adver
! tise to tho world that Republican ad
ministration can lay it out if it wishc.
to.
One of the most distinguished Char
, lesion gentlemen on the floor had in
! timated in parliamentary language
that he was in his dotage.
=. Mr.. Bryan-Did | understand the
: gentleman to refer to me?
Mr. Tillman--Could all the ad iectives
= [ used apply to anyone else? Loud
laughter.)
Mr.. Bryan disclaimed any intention
, of saying anything Of that character.
!, Mr.. Tillman was glad to hear this
from his Charleston friend. In con.
Guiding he said 81 have been try.
ing to find out whether [ really was ir
my dotage or not, and 1 thank the gen
tleman for assisting me.
Mr.. Bryan-Im glad to assist you
(Laughter.)
. THE REPLY OF BEN TILLMAN.
| Senator Tillman then took the nool