The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-05
Now, John, said :. roics, "Iell us
about The rebates.

people asking for office should bo like
the Roman senators, robed in willie
willing to show the people their re-
cords were clean. General Earle re,
peated what he has several times stated
as to how and why he entered the race
for governor in 1890. The shell
Manifesto" charged there was corrup-
ton in office he declared such charges
were false, and he said so still. LIE
had gone before the people facing Ger,
tian defeat; he had begged, he hau
dared any one to show anything wrong
with his office. Thank God, such was
not charged against him. Governor
Tillman had not charged it. lie hau
been fair in his dealings With nm anu
he had been fair to Tillman. No brave
man would condemn him for entering
that campaign and making the con-
Test. In 1890 he had gone down as q
candidate, but he had STOOD up as u
man.
lie did not come before the people
saving to any man. Save me or 1
sink I" he would not say it if there was
such a man. The people were the
ones to exercise their sacred right; to
vote with their conscience. Itshould
not be in the power of any man to say,
"give this man that Office" or that
man this office"
lie reioiced in the achievements Of
the Reform party in that it was the
Democratic party he rejoiced in what
the white people had dcae, because 1t
was his party. He hoped he was not
so narrow, not So little as not to praise
any man, from whatever faction, who
made an able, just stand for the right.
lie had commended Senator Tillman's
effort in the Senate.
General Earle devoted tie remain.
der of his time to recital of financial
history, making an able presentation
of the rights of silver.
General Earle made the first allu-
sion IN the senatorial discussion to
Cuba when he said England had treat
ed India as Spain had Cuba, and that
| il was q shame in each case.
lie would not have the government
buy silver to coin it. He would not
restore the BlandAllison act or the
Sherman act. He would say, let the
people bring their silver to the mint,
coin it and the government pay the
seigniorage.
The eloquent young attorney gen
eral had spoken Of the increased capi
tai in our railroads, banks and facto-
ries, but did he think it was capital
from the money centres, not from us.
We did not have it to invest.
General Earle said that an income
tax must be passed. If it is unconsti-
tutional, as the supreme court says,
the people should demand that the
| Constitution be amended. The colos-
sal fortunes are menace to the gov
ernment. This is no longer the coun-
try of Washington, Jefferson or Madi-
son.
Now let us come together and we
of the south work hand in hand with
our friends of the west and north. If
the people of Aiken voted for either
of his competitors no complaint would
come from him. lie always bowed to
the will of the majority.
At the conclusion of his speech Gen
eral Earle was chez red, and immediate
ly there were calls for Evans.
| GOVERNOR EVANS.
Governor Evans declared that he
was always willing to come before the
people and be criticised. He was will
ing that his public record should have
light turned on it. 1t was healthy for
public officers TO be criticised and each
candidate had a right TO criticise the
public record of others, but no man
had the right to state facts that were
not facts, nor to tell as truths what
were untruths. II was unnecessary
for him to notice some things that had
been said here today. These people in
Aiken knew him; they had, knowing
him to represent them in the house,
then in the senate and had helped to
make him governor. The same old story
had been told here that had been re-
cited in other counties and it fell as
flat as that speech of Judge Earle in
1890, which Tillman had characterized
as Peters wife fell sick with fever" "
(Cheers.)
Assertions had been mad>, and in
situations were plenty. lie had asked,
he had demanded proof, but none was
given, and now he did not propose to
be pulled away from the line of his
speech on the issues Of the day. He
desired to enlighten the people on GER
tain subjects so that they might vote
intelligently for their senator. He
knew in advance what the result
would be. Two years ago he had
predicted the result of the gubernatori-
al race, and now he was convinced
that the next senator would be from
Aiken county.
Goveopor Evans then talked COM
missions-bond commissions. His
position had been known by Cover,
no1 Tillman, and stated in his recent
letter to Duncan. Here in Aiken every
man knew his connection with Rhind.
Has not honest Ben Tillman told the
people that the commissions went to
the syndicate, and if Rhind loses this
suit not one dollar would 20 back to
the people, but all would be swallowed
by banks in Baltimore. He hoped
Rhind would not lose. because he
wanted to get his fee out Of it.
There was another matter Governor
Evans felt obliged to touch upon; not
on his own account, but in justice to
others who had been brought into it.
This man Duncan) yesterday made
some reference to dispensary rebates;
had told some tales about what Mix
son had said and had intimated that
Mr.. Hubbell of the Mill Creek Distill-
ing company had offered rebates as
bribes. Senator Til llman." said