The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-09
MR. DUNCAN'S REPLY.
RECAPlTULATES HIS CHARGES
AGAINST GOVERNOR EVANS.

| RECAPlT ULAIES HIS CHARGES
AGAINST GOVERNOR EVANS.
Says He WIN Prove Every Charge He Ha
Made Against the Governor Before th'
Legislature If Given Chance.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. -Thi:
seems to be a day of pronuucia-men
toes in political circles Now come:
Mr.. John T. Duncan in reply to Sen
ator Tillman, in which he reiterate!
all the charges made against Governor
Evans on the stump. The document
given the papers by Mr.. Duncan read:
as follows:
GLANDS OFF,"
None are so blind as those who will
not see. But when those who know
and see, and have the proof before
them day by day, hide these thing!
and attempt to mislead the people by
partisan appeals where must the con
demnaticn fall2
With due respect to Senator Till
man, I must say that his course II
this matter is a mistaken one.
He can't make wrong right; he can
make the guilty innocent, unless his
pardon can blot out guilt.
Tillman says ''the spectacle has
been presented of the man who was
selected by the people to take my place
and assume leadership in the State, be
ing slandered repeatedly from every
stump by a Reformer who failed tc
furnish any proof.
Pray, Senator Tillman, specify
Was it SANDER to show by the house
and senate journals that he voted
against you and your friends aud fol
your enemies or opponents on the
board of agriculture and that he vot,
ed to postpone the acceptance OF the
Clemson bequest, Gift t. the farmers
of more than 500, 900?
Is it slander to show the recent date
of his partial conversion to Reform
Is it SANDER TO show by the senate
journal that after his partial conver'
sion to Reform, he led the fight against
you while you were making desperate
efforts to elect a Raform judge on the
supreme bench2 Yet at Sparta anburg
he admitted that he was paying off q
personal obligation, while the peo-
pie might be damned.
Was it slander to ask some questions
about the bond deal?
! He told you, and you told me that
his explanation was that he was only
employed ry Rhind after the debt was
founded, to get his commissions. he
said something like this in his first
statement, but three days later, at
Conway, he said he had been assoclat
ed with Rhind from the beginning. Is
it SANDER to ask Why this contradic,
ton? Then he said he was to get
part of the commissions and he hoped
it would be SIS, 900 or more.
Was it 4 SANDER to ask what was
the nature of his valuable service 10
raise his hopes to such dazzling tig-
ure?
He had but natural curiosity to
know if he traded with Rhind before
he commended him to you. Then
was it SANDER to inquire Of the ma
ture of the trade between them, y
which you yourself say you did not
know"
When said that he EVanS had re-
Gently tried to persuade party that
the impressions or recollection OF g
former conversation concerning his
commission fee was erroneous, was it
SANDER for CAN'T to verify the occur.
renee OF such conversions
Is it SANDER to show that while you
were chairman of the State board of
control, that local insurance was tax.
en- by local agents, and that now it is
concentrated in the hands of Evans
brother at a higher stock valuation
and one-fourth of one per cent. higher
rate than offered by Mr.. MAXWELL
Was it SANDER to show that he usurp-
ed the authority of the board of con-
troll when he gave as an excuse for
not having more meetings that he
and Tompkins ard Norton had agreed
upon policy and they had left him
to carry it out" Was it SANDER to
bring up the other two members OF the
board and prove he lied2
Would it be SANDER to show now
that a trick of insurance was resorted
to, to anticipate the possible adverse
action of the present or new board OF
CONTROL
viii the dispensary books be suffi-
cient to show that but few days be
fore the new board took charge and
Gov. Evans let 60, the unexpired in
surance on the dispensaries OF the
State was cancelled, and all relssued
for II months2
Was it SANDER to prove by Attorney
Gen. Barber that Evans lied when
speaking of the dispensary bill drawn
at the last session, he saying there was
no previous agreement as to any other
proposed bill9
Was it slander TO detail his attempt
to enrich himself with rebates, and
his charge against you, in the pres
ence Of an honest man who is ready to
verify the truth of it2
Evans knew the truth Of my charge,
and kept silent, and mp to date has
not denied it. He may when It's too
late to contradict him.
[ showed sworn copies Of his own
vouchers on file ia the comptroller
generals otfice, which were charges
upon his contingent fund, which show
ed that he had travelled more than sew
en- thousand miles =, public expenses
in nine months. a. know this could
not have been on legitimate public
business. Let him account for this if
he can; if not, keepsilent.
l showed that in the passage OF the
last dispensary law he recommended
one thing and tried 10 do another.
Senator Efrd was given as witness IN
this case.
Now again, Senator Tillman, shall
make you a witness to Evans verac,
lity. | said at Manning that you said
that you advised Evans to put the dis
nansarv in the hands of q separate