The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-06-20
TILLMAN'S SPEECH.
He Sounds Note Of Warning to
the Democracy
WHICH SHOULD BE HEEDED.
The Injustice of Making Charges
Against Candidates When
They Had no Chance
70 Answer Them.

TO Answer Them.
Senator Tillman was at the campaign
meeting at Orangeburg on Thursday and
was received with the old time enthusi-
asm. He began his speech by saying
everyone was hot and tired and he would
not talk long. Someone had just told him
to hurry up and get through before the
dispensary closed. (Laugbter.) To 90
on under any other system there was
plenty of liquor at any and all times.
There were great many things he
would like to talk about.
Voice: Anything will do
Senator Tillman said he came here in
1896. All that was known Of him at
that time was from his letters in The
News and Courier. He spoke at Jerusa-
lem Church and in 1890 he spoke here
to about 1900 voters. This county
gave him the next largest vote to any.
There were divisions then, but
there is no such division now. There
are now indications Of a atand monkey
time, but our people have gotten to be
more tolerant. We have been going to
school in politics and one thing ofmost
value about reform is freedom Of speech
when man has something to say.
Some men think being Senator is
easy. He did not go there merely to
draw his salary. he promised to do his
duty and use his pitchfork if necessary,
and he has done the best he could. He
has punched everybody who got in his
way, using either end. This session
has been his hardest. He feels more
like going out in the grass than any
thing else. It has been hard, very
hard work. He has attended commit
tees, attending the sessions, going to
the departments and answering his cor
respondence all session. Nothing but.
sense Of duty to you, gentlemen,
brings me here. He would be delighted
to 90 all over the State this summer,
and be wanted to assure everyone ne
had not gotten too big for his breeches.
He took the liberty Of advising his
friends, because he fathered'the prim-
ary system. First. there ought to be
no limit on any speaker. No man can
speak with gag in his mouth. Bet
ter let every man remain here all day
than gag these speakers.
You, gentlemen, now do not know
anything about half dozen charges
made here. Whenever public men make
charges it is your business to say:
Prove it here and now OF shut up. It
is wrong to cut of these speeches.
You have an evidence Of ambition to
hold Office. The Offices belong to you
people. They used to get them by
hocus pocus and shenanigsn in conyen-
tions. He would not speak at all If he
were in this campaign, but he vas going
to help Pettigrew in South Dakota. he
was not afraid to leave his candidacy to
the people.
Mind you, you people took me from
my plough and seat me away, and when
YOU get tired Of me leave me at home.
The candidates for Governor are all
nv friends. Col. Hoyt opposed me,
but is my friend. He is clean, high
| minded man and so are they all. But
the Legislature deals with the liquor
question. You want your candidates
for the Legislature to take pledge or
oath that they will support the dispen-
sary. You want no sneaks under false
colors. Ask every man: what are
you for?" You have no business send
ing any man to Columbia who dees not
define his position. His opponents had
opened up the whole field. He wanted
the people to elect their dispensers.
He did not want the dispensers elected
by county or State boards. He be-
lieved in the people at all times. He
never had heard of any man who was
short being sued. That is wreng and
that is why you all have to keep the
chunks up to the FIRE.
Some candidates favored county con-
troll and management. 1t is wrong.
| There has been more or less scandal at
the dispensary. If you can't watch
one little State board how can you
watch forty? five had forty We would
have forty stinks. A great many argue
for the goodey-goodey side. Some say
the State ought MOTTO deal IN this busl-
ness. Long ago he asked himself
whether he could enforce prohibi-
tion and he decided it could not be
| done. Prohibition will not do, sim
ply because the old Adam in every man
will show. You can only persuade by
law. He did not want to see the peo-
pie go to lying and become hypocrites,
for he knew the people will have liquor
as certain as they will forever love wo
men. Men are poor, frail mortals, and
it is hard to keep them in the right
track, He wanted to impress on every
one here how the Northern Repubt-
cans are playing with the South. The
Southern States are moving to disfran-
chise the negro, one after the other.
The North is waiting for Us to get
through and then if they have the next
House, the President and hold the Sen
ate they are certain to reduce the rep
resentation from this State. Mr..
Spooner taunted him that $4,000 votes
were cast for all the Congressman last
year. They do not want to understand
the explanation. They say one white
man here Wields as much power as SIX
Northern voters. This weapon snoulo
be taken away by registering and Vot-
ing every man in the district IN the ma
tional election. 1
This is not blowing, butts Of vital
inn nortance. The other Southern
States will suffer likewise. He spoke
of how he secured four census super
visors and most Of the enumerators.
He wanted an honest and clean census.
He said he wanted to ask the advice
of the audience as to what he should
do. He wanted an expression as to
whether he had better 60 into other
close States and work or remain here
in this State. Some one asked him to