The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-15

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q man. He wanted better schools and
100000 given the public schools. Th,
scholarship system, he said, was wrong.
lie favored the dispensary law.
COMPTROLLER GENERAL.
Capt. Jennings and DIR. Zimmerman
spoke OF their qualifications. Mr.. Der
ham took up the charges and made re-
ply, and MIR. BrOOkcr hammered away
on rerham's absence from Office, and
then on his charges and finally OH Der
hams father.
McMahan and Capers skinned over
their platforms.
Gen. Floyd made Il patriotic defense
OF his administration and the militia.
Mr.. Rouse wrote that he was sick.
BEN GALL. TIGER TiLLMAN.
Senator Tillman said he had not been
by him as no other had. He was now
introduced as the "Ben Gall Tiger"
OF course, he was "Ben ;" Gonzales fur
nished the ".ga' :" and the whiskey
men and Prohib onists the tigers"
and that was how his new name CAME
about. He took up to-day's editorial
IN the State: 1t was an old thing to
was because he always had an all
round ring that they called him Il
boss" The people are with him, and
that was why the people stood by him,
and that was no reason to call him Il
boss" Then, as before, he explained
why. he was in the campaign. 1t was
not his fault that he had no opposition,
the reason no one ran against him was
because it was Thought to be useless.
party mandates he was accused of be-
ing q boss" No one knew better
than he that the people would be the
very first to rebuke "bossism." If he
had not come then he would have been
Jumped upon anyway, so it was only
an evidence of the clever web that was
being made. They would have said he
had the swell head and NIL that, and
when he came it was criticism, Sc i
he did, and be damned if he did not"
He never paid any attention to his
critics and he always felt better when
he had n. G.. Gonzales opposed to him,
and he knew he was right now, when
ne had all of N. G's. venom poured on
him.
He reiterated his statement relative
to the alliance OF the preachers and old
barkeepers and whiskey men. The
Featherstone election showed the "alli-
ance" openly and plainly. A largo
number of ministers have never heen
opposed To the dispensary and they
gave it their quiet support.
1T gave him anything but pleasure to
antagOnlze ministers, for he recognized
their influence, their piety and exam
pie, but he felt constrained to talk out
politics.. He took up DR.. GARDENERS SER
mon and insisted that 1t was his duty
to prove his charges or withdraw them.
No man could insult him, preacher or
otherwise, without being called down
he then took mp DR.. Richardson's
charge against him, and said it was
"hot stuff" and on this he argued to
show he needed no machine, for he had
the people. and how the dispensary was
enacted. 1t was absurd and idiOtic to
charge hin, with wanting a machine.
and u brave soldier, and he was not
fighting him Mt all, but he found q fight
and he found Prohibition circulars ac-
cusing him of cheating and oil that
sort of thing, and that was why he
spoke out. They have attempted to
bribe him by the offer of unanimous
support and a self-seeker would have
avoided home affairs. There were can
didates who were avoiding the hot poker
be antagonized in this fight by from
$4,000 to $4,000 good men, and got this
opposition for whatq Because he was
trying to lead the people right. Two
years ago you allowed your politicians
to have sneak holes. The thing is to
make your candidates move out. An
derson is q Prohibition county they
say. They say you wore the Tillman
tags, if SO you threw them away two
years ago. All he wanted was for the
people to understand the situation.
lie had done more than all the minis
ters put together to drive drunkenness
out Cf the State. Our ministers have
never said anything against the tigers.
The newspapers In q large part are re-
sponsible for the tigers and the conflict
between the c0nstables and tigers. The
blood is on their heads. All the reli-
gion he ever prOfessed was to do unto
do unto you, as far as your iisoan self
will allow. Heneverj Joined the church.
because he did not believe himself
good enough, for of all things he hated
it was the hypocrite, and he would not
To-day swap places with the ministers
tOr his chances in the next world. He
wanted the people to get together and
help perfect the law.. When he was
looks very much as if the prohibition
flag is the same as heretofore, but he
would not say that. He told his usual
story about the parentage Of the dis
pensary. He had looked into the mat
ter and was satisfied with the result
and related how he viewed each of the
primaries. Then he spoke of the duty
of the people in these primaries and
said there were too many candidates.
Some one asked him about the Nc
Sweeney Tillman badges at Pickens.
Tillman said he did not know anything
about it. but he took absolutely no part
in deciding between men. He had not
nor would he indicate, secretly or
otherwise, what he thought between
the men. The voters must and should
select between. the men, for he would
only discuss issues and the voters
should select between the candidates.
He wanted to see the dispensary law
enforced and it was said this was the
trouble now.
He then took up the necessity of
pledging every candidate. Ifyouh have
prohibition In five years. Mt leaet, ::
viii 1o u return OF the oars under the