The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-08-09

| concluded amid hearty applause ant
cries of "you'rc all right; wen vot,
| for YOU"
j. j. McMahan, for reelection Il,
superintendent OF education, said he
came IN on an aggressive plat
| form. lie denied that he had failed
10 consult the State board. AS tc
.he charge That he was trying to take
| the choice of the county Suprrintend.
| chtS out OF the hands of the people
ne Sald he wanted competent men TO,
| that place. He wanted the position
| taken out of politics as much as DOS
SlDle, wanted to see the Superintrnd-
| ehtS with good salaries chosen by
board rs the city Superintendcnts
are SO as to elevate and improve the
| county schools. Mr.. McMuhan was
also applauded.
FOR ADJUTANT ENERAI..
George ID. Rouse, for admtant rem
cral, was absent and Chairman Austin
read letter of regret from him.
His opponent, j. w. Floyd, referred
PLEASANTLY to Maj. T.. NJ. Blythe, of
this city, his opponent two years upo,
and to Major Blythc's company. the
Grcenville Light infantry, and then
spoke Of how the militia system had
recently been improved. Colonel
Floyd made good impression and
was heartily applaudcd.
FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER,
B. IL. Evans for railroad colnmis-
sion, reviewed the situation as to
discrimination against this section re-
garding the high local tariffs. The
present commissioners are "either
ignorant of the conditions or they are
subsidized" "UnleSS you elect men
of honor, integrity, intelligence and
backbone you will continue to suffer
in the future as you have in the
past. The people of South Carolina
are being robbed by the railroads of
%1,26O,00O annually on account of this
discrimination. He attacked the ex-
press company and said it was the
1ault OF the present subsidized
board that the express rates in North
CarOllna and Georgia were from 30
TO 20 per cent lower than in this
state. lie was warmly applaudcd
II. n. Berry, also for railroad COM
missioner, was a prohibitionist. He
was running as Il clean honest man.
lie was chcered.
y. r.. pcttigrcw, for the same Of
flee, said he was attached to Green.
vile on account Of having two brave
Grccnrillc boys who fell in his com
L.
advocated and promised lower local
rates.
w. ID. Mayfeld, for the same posi-
ton, said that this State paid higher
local freight rates than any other
State, with the single exception Df
Florida. Consequently South Carolina
manufacturing enterprises cannot
compete with those of other States.
Atlanta can ship flour to every point
in South Carolina cheaper than the
Grccnvillc roller mills can. Wholesale
merchants in every surrounding and
ncighboring State can ,hip cheaper
into this State than the merchants
of this State itself.
j. II. Wharton, for the sa,ue place.
said he had educated four daughters
at Greenville Female College and Il
son at Furman university. lie also
reviewed the discrimination situation.
w. ID. Evans, candidate lor rc-rlec-
ton as railroad commissioners, was
absent
AND BEN TILLMAN SPOKE
Senator Tillman said:
MIR. chairman, lndies and fellow
citizens: 1t is six years since | had
the pleasure Of addressing the Dem
ocracy of Grecnville, and after this
long absence it is Il source of great
qualification to look you in the face
once more and hear your firm greet
ing ringing in my ears. | will remark
in passing before forget it., that
from the bearing OF this platform
this morning, there must be some
thing weak and shaky in the knees
here. don't know whether it, is The
leadership in the Democratic party
in this county, prohibition or what
l,,,t ,l,, L., al,
the opinions, wishes, feelings ant
courage OF the men who are 10 lcat
Grccnvillc in rank are true as steel
and will vote as they please in spit,
OF jurisdiction to the contrary. Now
they have changed the program fol
the hrSt time in this canvass. Owing
TO my absence to speak in DakOt;
for Bryan, which ! agreed to do be
fore congress ad jOurncd, | had &c
miss Il good many counties, and whcr
! returned and went into the State
campa ign at I'enncttSvilc immediate.
~ Il great howl arose from some pco.
pie who have not loved me in the
past and don't love me now, that
was mcddlng, doing what had ac-
cuScu Senator Hampton OF doing in
1870, and that | ought not to dc
what objected to, pretending to be
licvc it contrary to the voice of tn,
people of the State, and that hac
no right to do it.. The idea was ad
vanccd that because Of the fact thai
| have no opposition as senator, thai
l ought to content myself with dis
cuSSing national issues and leave tn,
issues and facts important in thi.
State strictly to the State campaign
ers. Now, they have changed The
program today, having hcrctofor,
kept me at the tail, through at least
six hours of sweat to listen to Il lot
of speeches which | almost know by
heart. But today they have put III,
before the candidates for governor
| don't know whether | am limtet
or not.
Chairman Austin-No, speak al
YOU want to.
We'll, fellow citizens, while I an
| feeling Il little under the weather,
| propose to discuss at some length
questions for your interest; but be
| fore / begin | want to set the mat
ter straight, why | am here, ant
what right have here. Now, in tn,
first place, under the constitution O
! hr Democratic ip no rt hp Of Nan,