The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-07-02
the dispcnsary as | did in 1894, whom

tho dispcnsary as | did in 1894, whom I
canvassed the State for Governor.
favor the system as the best solution
OF tho liquor question, and think tho
now law is an Improvement on the old
one, uhd that it is here to stay.
The dispcnsary was designed as q
compromise with prohibition, and not
as u money making machine. do not
mean by this that am opposed to tho
profit feature, because it will take con-
stabulary to enforce tho law, and this
could not be done by direct taxation.
| have been told that in one town in
the State the dispensary has improved
the morals more than all the preach
ing that has been done in five years.
"lOur taxes have very naturally
been high owing to improvements that
have been mudo-thc building OF Glenn
son and Winthrop Collcgcs-and the cx-
pcnscs OF the constitu tional convention
| favor ccOu0my. know what it takcs
to make dollar, for all have made
nave dug out OF the ground | know
how hard it is to pay taxes and other
obligations when tho prices OF money
crops arc below the cost OF production,
and. ! believe tho States business
should be managed as we do our pri-
vate ailairs-whon we have plenty Of
money we make improvements when
we have not we steer clear OF any extra
expenses; and for that reason | favor
calling halt ut this time, and cutting
expenses wherever possible.
~ favor free, independent and un-
limited coinage Of silver at tho ratio of
l6 TO |, because believe that tho imam
cial depression can be attributed to the
destruction OF silver rs primary money.
If 1T is true, and all economists OF re-
to I,nf
value in property and property meas
ures its value in money, then the
scarcer you mako money tho more of
our property it will buy. Some attrib-
ute the present low prices OF our farm
products to overproduction yet If you
will think of the subject You will 500
how absurd it is whom SO many Of our
people arc out of employment, hungry
and ragged. Put moro money in cir
culation and it will put new life in all
channels and furnish employment to
tho unemployed.
"Whllc ! am tcformcr through
and through, | would not accept the
Office If | did not bclievc | could adj
TALLY to all the people. 1t is time for
the white people OF South Carolina to
quit tho cat and dog fight they have
been carrying on and develop tho re-
sources Of tho State, build up its in
situations and promote its interests.
Let us come together in ~ true spirit Of
harmony and union and try to do some
thing worthy to be remembered. am
rrtn2ning t2in this race on my merit | have
made no promise, tU USfiy SfiiyJ one as to my
actions If elected, and | never lave ii:,n,'es
done so, nor have | any understanding
or combination with any one"
G.. WALT WHITMAN.
Mr.. Whitman being introduced next
gave the information that he was max
ing the canvass on his own hook an(
had mortgagcd the house he had bull
with his own hands in order to got tn,
money to go around, and he did no
have money enough to pay for hi
tickets unless some Of his friends come
to the rescue. Hc could not under
stand why Mr.. Ellerbee had attacked
him, but whom he got up to Union Mr.
Ellerbe would find that he was not az
big man as he thought he was. He
(Whltman) would show that Mr.. Ellerbe
was ringstcr of ringstcrs.
He said that he had to pay u Reform
papcr ~ to publish his advice to the
constitutional convention after he had
been defeated for that body. They
call him an inconoclast-a DESTROYER.
lie did want to destroy political grass
Just like farmer destroys grass from
his crop. He went on to scoro Tillman
for his inconsistency in political af-
fairs.
a man in the audience remarked ::
'Hc1l be the next prcsidcnt"
MIR. Whitman said that he hoped he
would be and he hoped that the grace
of God would be with him and keep
him from the goldbugs,' as some Of the
pap-suckers had gone to them.
Referring to a statement made in fun
by Mr.. Ellerbce, that hc was going tC
be elected anyway and might rs we'll
stay homo, Mr.. Whitman said "What
| want to know is Mr.. Ellcrbo swinging
on Tillmans coat-tail or John Gary
Evans coat-tail, and is that coat-taiI
as ample as Tillman's? :" (Laughtcr.l J
The trouble about these coat-taii
swingcrs is that they arc jack-daws
with peacock feathers in their tails"
He repeated the charge that $25O, 600
had been stolen from tho dispcnsary
profits in order to blind the people to
the necessity Of an increased levy. He
repeated his remarks about p-suck crs
milking the cow (Tillmans conccp-
tion.)
A voice "You want some of it,"
(lIaughtcr.)
Another voice "You'll never get it
though" (Morc laughtcr.)
Mr.. Whitman then asked how MANY
more minutes he had.
Captain Kennedy informed him that
he had nine minutes.
Mr.. Whitman "That's more than T
want daughter.
"They call me Il crank" he con-
tinued, "but they are like a crank
which draws wator from q we'll Thev
pour their buckets full and DENY YOU q
drop 10: your parchcd tongue to re.
iloVc you from tho damnabe dcccp-
tlon that they have imposed on you"
Only y within recent years have the
natlonal conventions been held in the
big halls designed for them. The con.