The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-08-20

much money. He advocated local op
ton. There were too many officers
employed. Tho counties could buy Ii
quOrs as cheap rs could hc done by The
State. The State buys the liquors il
the West aud gets tho advantage o
the long haul rates. 1t is shipped tt
Columbia and from there TO the differ
cnt counties at short haul rates and n,
money is saved. The constabulary was
also expensive. A constable was or
dcrcd from Charleston to Grccnvillc
and The State had to pay the expenses
Local constnhles could be employ cd
cheaper, and there would he no conflicts
between the c0nstablcs and the people
He told OF the case OF young Baker
OF BatcSvillc, whose trunk was search
Cd in this city some months ago and
who bad never had anything to do
with the liquor traffic. The extra.
ordinary power exercised by the Gov
crnor ought not to remain in the hands
Of any man. He can come into Green
vile County with the appointment OF
a hundred constablcs with the instruc-
tlons 20 arrest those opposed to him
and let his tavolitc go. The now
constitution provides that the profits
should go to the schools but they had
never gotten any. Hc gave the diner
ence between the prices of bccr in
Aiken and Augusta, and it was about
~ 90 higher in the former. He thank
ed the people for their favors in the
past and was loudly checred at the
close OF his speech.
q. Walt Whitman, Of Union, candi-
date for governor, was the next
speaker. He opened with some com
pilmcntary remarks to Grcenvillc ana
said if the people had never seen q
miracle they saw one now, a man who
was willing to tell the truth on the
stump. He asked if the Shell mani
festo was lie and said they had not
been able to show up fraud at that
rottcnness. "lf can smell now, there
is incipicnt rottenncss somewhere at
this time He jumped on Tillman as
Il political somersaultcr but was greeted
with cheers for Tillnan. He replied
that he paid Tillman compliment
when it was due and his hearers did
not have sense enough to do this. He
bad not said Tillman was a liar, rs one
OF his opponents had done, He said
the Swamp Fox (Ellerbe) had his
tongue out and would not como before
the people: Mr.. Whitman was inter-
ruptcd with cheers for Tillman and
cries to sit down. Hc said tho noise
was being made by dispensary consta-
bles and their friends. He poured hot
5 h OF in the crowd and returned good
reply to every cheer. MIR. Whitman's
time was up before he finished but he
was given more time on account of the
Interruptions. When ne spoke OF Till
man not keeping his promises the
crowd hollcred for Tiliman. He waded
into the pap-suckers, as he called
them, and in conclusion grew eloquent
in praise Of South Carolina.
Gen. Elcrbe was next on the pro-
gram, but was not present and Super
intendcnt OF Education w. d. Muyiield
was introduced. He was glad to see
the people Of Greenvillc again, who
had honored him in tho past and had
given him an important Office when Il
mere boy. He spoke Of the growth OF
education in this county and in the
the Clemson matter and entered into Il
defense Of its management, saying it
was the farmers college and was sup
ported by then and no lawyer or doe
tor had to pay for its support. The
people would not grudgc any money
spent at Clemson, which would make
the boys grand and glorious men.
2;3'2, 900 boys and girls arc now in the
public schools. and the majority Of
them would never go to college. Mr..
Mayticld urged the people to stand by
those who were building up the public
schools. lie defended the present ad-
ministration in the matter Of taxation
and gave particulars Of how the take
on horses ard such things had been de-
creased. The taxes on railroads had
been increased, valuable land being
put on the tax books which was no,
there before. MIR. Maytield spoke o
what the administration had done
along the line Of pensions and also
gave it credit for having inaugurateC
the primary. He told Of the good con
ditlon OF the banks, railroads and cot
ton mills in South Carolina and saiC
no man could say that the administra,
tion had been failure. He thanked
the people for their past support ant
asked them to vote for him if the,
thought he would make better Officer
than his competitor. Mr.. Mayticl(
was chccrcd as he sat down.
Mr.. II. G. Robinson, of Pick ems
candidate for superintendent Of Edu
cation, was the next speaker. He wa,
q grandson OF Grccnville, and admired
his grandmother. He was q graduate
OF WoifOrd, UNCONVENTIONAL college
but was not opposed to the State col
legcs. The public schools should be
sustained. Because he was Il new mar
was no reason why he was opposed tt
the administration. lie had been cdi
tor OF a Reform papcr for the last 81,
years and had defended the true, tried
and trusted leaders of the movement
and would still do so. His oppopcn
spoke as if was running for Governor
Since Mr.. Mayfeld had gone to Colum
bla, he had undergone change o
heart. When first elected, he preach
cd rotation in Office, but now he want
tho Office for life. Mr.. Robinson tot
an anecdote Of Eli Perkins which he
applied to MIR. Mayfeld. He read from
the Shell manifesto, the paragraph
calling for rotation in Office. Mr.
Robinson was applauded at the clos,
OF his speech.
The candidates for solicitor wer
next on the program. Mr.. NJ. f. An
sci was first introduced, but he did no
make any speech. He thanked tn,
people for their past support ant
gracefully introduced his friend an,
competitor, G. E. Priuce, of Anderson
Mr.. Prluce said such handsome treat