Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-22

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should be sold under the old saloon
system by those who are low enough
down to engage in the business. He
was in favor of a first class system of
common school education, and he was
not opposed to higher education ex-
cept by the state-he wanted 'sby the
state" underscored also. He had no
objection to Clemson college, the South
Carolina college or the Citadel; but if
these institutions are to be supported,
he wanted them supported by those
who derine the benefit from them and
not by the whole people. These, he
said, were the main issues of the CAM
paign, but he could not discuss them
In 20 minutes or 20 times 20 minutes.
He said that he was Reformer before
Tillman was heard of. [Somebody
shouted hurrah for Tillman. Till
man started out as Reformer; but
he could not keep up the role. The
pap-suckers and camp-followers got
him down and he had to give up. He
promised to reduce the number of off,
ces, and the number of offices had
been increased. He had promised to
reduce taxes; taxes had been raised.
He had promised to reduce salaries;
but salaries had been increased. 1t
was not the fault of Tillman so much
as it was the fault of the swarm of
parasites who had been swept into
Office on the Reform tide. He referred
to the manner in which the people had
been deceived at various times. One
of the promises of those who had ad-
vocated the calling of a constitutional
convention, was that no white man
should be disfranchised, yet after 1898
thousands of them would be unable to
vote. And men who had made prom
ises like this had the audscity to again
come before the people and ask for
their votes. Some of these men were
without opposition; and in some cases
the opposition was but little better
than they. Mr.. Whitman's remarks
were scattering throughout, probably
on account of the short time at his
disposal, and just as he was about to
commence pitching into bis fellow
campaigners right and left, he, was in
formed that his 20 minutes were ont.
He stopped short without attempting
to get in any concluding explanations.
JOHN R. HARRISON.
Mr.. John R: Harrison devoted him
self mainly to the dispensary question,
which he thought was the principal
| issue of the campaign. The people Of
the state had voted for prohibition.
That was what they asked for. The
dispensary had been decided upon as
the most satisfactory compromise. The
matter had not been discussed by the
people, and the bill when passed was
necessarily crude. Many mistakes had
been made. Some of these mistakes
had been corrected, and he thought
there was room for still further eim-
movement. The bottling establishment
in Columbia is necessarily expensive
and cumbersome. 9e thought that the
matter could be managed much more
satisfactorily if this should by done
away with and the liquor business left
to the respective counties as they see
ft. That is, let the counties vote on
the question, and if they decide to
handle liquor, let them go into the
markets of world and buy the stuff to
the best advantage and then sell it
through dispensaries of their own.
He thought the constabulary system
was also a mistake. It is very expen.
siye, produces bad feeling and lawless-
ness, and again it gives to the govern
or dangerous patronage. If he were
governor he would not want to be
charged with the responsibility of 80
much patronage. 1t may not be that
this power has been abused; but it is
capable of abuse, and if the system is
continued the time will come when
some man having once gotten the reins
of power, will be enabled to keep him
self in Office indefinitely. The best so
luton of the whole matter is to turn
the managent of the whole liquor bus:
mess over to the counties and let them
enforce the law and get the revenues,
etc. He thought that Clemson college
was too expensive and should be run
very satisfactorily on the $50, 900 it re-
ceives from the Federal government.
DR. T. J.sTRAIT.
Was afforded great pleasure in again
appearing before the people of York
county. He congratulated the people
on the fact that nearly all of the prin-
ciples they advocated when he first
came before them four years ago, were
now part of the Democratic platform,
and were in fair way to become law.
He reviewed the financial history of
the country, and from the fact that an
ounce of silver bullion today will buy
as much of any product of human in
dustry as it ever would, proved that sill
yer had not gone down but that gold
had gone up. Therefore, the remedy
was the free coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to l. He also cited the
demonstration act of 1873 and the
history of the trade dollar, etc., to
prove that all the legislation with re-
gard to silver, except the. Bland act,
had been lot of chicanery and con-
spiracy. The eastern bankers had
bought greenbacks at SO cents on the
dollar, exchanged these for gold at
par and then realized $50 on the bonds.
THEW had found this kind of business