Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-08-18

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iisht,d tho same as All 81 ther II 6l stoYs SYon
should NOT rnf,ko fisb al ono and io,,i oi
IesoEnor. Ss:S3s NJ S3 ISS.i .i.
~ % -, II III ia, was the ,$,,t M,
speaker. Tfe spoko with emphasia and
outlined tho high and responsibIa duties
OF the Office. He had ayar naoayored
to disoharee hia ofYic;ai dnt;ea bnneatlv
fairly and impartiallv He had maSe
more appointments to office tban anv
three Of h;s nredecessors Tbo no,,;no
of so many anpointmen,a Ia n source NJ
weakness rather than strenptb. There
were 40 MANY applioants that tho selac.
ton of ono man for tJ,o nos;tion ,nvo,ved
the making OF eleven enemiea where he
made ono friend. In nil the oritioisms
that had beon made it had never been
said that tho appointees were not
good mon, not qualified to discharge
tho duties of tho Office. But It had been
charged that ho mado appointments for
political reasons, This be emphaticaliv
denied. He never made n political deal
with any man, and dotI cd any man to adj
duce tho proof that no had done 80.
He wished ho had tino to giyo full ac-
count of his Stewardship, but tho limits
of discussion forbade moro than brief
expression of viows ON tho leading issues.
IIo favored the disponsary rs the best
solution of tho liquor question. uo was
not responsible FOR tho cnactmont OF tho
dispensary law. 1t was his duty to on
forco it, and this ho had Attempted to
do. lilo claimed that tho disponsary
would do ,roro to decrease drunkenness
than prohibition. Tho ministers through
out tho State had reported to him that
since tho onaotmont of tho dispensary
law drunkenness had boon decreased
forty-six por cont. All tho State institu-
tlons woro in iino condition. Last yoar
the ponitcntiary had paid into tho State
treasury $4,000. Uo had advocated tho
lotting of tho public printing to tho
lowest bidder, and he had saved the
State $4,000 on this account. And vet
somo little politicians and ncwspnpor
editors had made almost oyory concoiya-
bio charge against him, oxcopt that ho
had stole something. Ho spoke Darn
estly and mado favorable impression.
Hon. Geo. d. Tillman was introduced
and camo forward amid much applause.
IIo began by saying he was gotting old.
and ho had an ambition to round of
his political caroor as chiof magistrate of
his dear old State. IIo had boon much
in public life, had fllod many important
oHices in his State, ana soryod in Con-
gross sixteen years. But his motive,
or tho motive of any man, had very littlo
to do with tho question. The peoplo
should consider tho qualification of tho
candidate and select tho man best quail
fed for the Office. Ho had boon student
of political economy all his life. and ho
thought ho could suggest somo measures
that would increase tho liberties and
decrease the taxes Of the people.
1Io had an ambition to be remembered
for tho good he could do. A man with
out ambition and public spirit was
worthless to his community or his fol.
bowman. lie beloved in local self-goy-
crnmont, and advocated an economical
system of local county government IIo
thought every county should DO allowed
to settle tho liquor problem for itself.
Violence had been donc to tho rights of
the people of Oconoo county to sottlo this
question for themselves by forcing two
disponsaries on thcm against their will,
Inc mothoa adopted by many dispen-
s"ry cohstap'cs III attempting to enforce
tho Id" was dcsplcaplo. lie thought
liam was tho iirst dlspensary or whiskoy
constable. But wo had County Board
VI o"hCrol, ana tho members received a
'"''fy VI Sloo oach ana wagon loads of
s"'ipioS' ho favored tho county llconse
syS'on' ol hahallhg tho hquor business.
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