The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-04-30

speech was not extreme or denuncis
tory as many had expected. The re,
elations about whiskey rebates on tn
part of Applet did not amount to any
thing, and Senator Tillman's fsilure t
bring any proof Of McLaurin's part
treachery was equally disappointing 1
tho audience and the public.
Mr.. Applet announced that he wa
satisfied with the explanation he ha'
received from Tillman as to the re
bates, but insisted that he was in th'
Democratic party and would always re
main q Democrat, and that his whole
fight was to keep the party as it nov
stands. There were about twelve OF
fifteen hundred people present, and a.
might have been expected, Tillmar
had hand primary and the result wat
almost unanimous in his favor.
AT the opening Of the meeting Sen.
ator Appelt presented the following
questions, which he stated contained
everything that he wished information
upon:
1. Was not the primary sy stem in
augurated to give every white man a
voice in the selection of candidates for
office?
q. Does not our party pledge allow
every white man to be O candidate who
pledges himself that he is Democrat
and will abide the result and support
the nominees Of the primary, then why
change il now?
3. Was not one of the main tenets
OF the Reform movement to bring the
candidates face TO face with the people
and that there should be free thought,
free speech and free acton2
A. Are you aud some of your pre-
tended friends not in favor of fixing
the party pledge 30 that man who
does not agree with you ON certain
questions, notwithstanding he claims
to be Democrat, shall not be allowed
TO give the people an opportunity to
decide whether or not he Is a Demo-
crat?
s. When the dispensary system was
inaugurated, did you not make large
purchases of the stock2
6. Did there not exist at that time
O whiskey trust, and did you not make
large purchases from q member of that
trust?
z. Did not tho trust have an agree
ment to pay ITS purchasers q certain
rebate
8. During several months of your
administration large quantities of liquor
were purchased, were there any re-
bates recorded on the books of the in
stitution 2
o. Why do not the rebates appear
on the boGks3
10. Did you ever get cotton seed
meal and have it charged to the peniten-
tiarY and insist upon that institution
paying for it, and onlp paid for it aft er
two years and then by compromise 2
IL. What authority did you have
to buy for your private use and have it
charged to the State?
12. Did you not get brick for your
private use that belonged to the people
of the State2 Would you have offered
to pay for these brick had it not been
exposed through the Neal investiga-
ton
13. How many bushels of oats did
you get from the State farm and have
shipped to you at your home in Tren-
ton?
IA. Did you have the right to run a
private farm at the expense of the
State ?
15. BY what right in law or morals
did you get the authority at the Stato's
expense to get wood, coal and vegeta-
bles?
16. Did you not continue to receive
products from the penitentiary at your
home at Trenton as late as 1897, not
even paying the express charges?
IL. Did you not denOunce your
predecessors in Office and charge rotten
ness, because of alleged pilfering from
tho penitentiary?
18. Was not committee sent to in
vestigate the dispensary transactions
refused the right to examine the books,
and did not tho members of the trust
refuse to bo sub bjected to an examina-
ton on oath2
19.S We're not your dealings with the
trust questioned, and did you ever de-
mand Of the trust that they permit an
investigation Of your transaction ?
20. Did you not on the hustings
create the impression upon the minds
Of the people that the cause Of their
oppressed condition was largely due to
corporate greed and that the State of
New jersey was an incubator for frau
dulent corporations i?
81. Are you not o member and q
director in o New Jersey chartered
corporationp
%. Did you not denounce the in
reference of United States Senator
with onr campaigns?
20. Is 1t not against the law for
you to use free pase, express Or tele-
graph frank, and do you use them {?
"a. Did you not as Governor Of
the State, and as chairman Of the board
Of directors Of the State penitentiary,
instruct the book-keeper of that in
stitution not TO charge anything on the
books to you or TO open an q, ,coun,
against you
AS to the dispensary matter Senator
Tillnan said that the State got no re-
bates. Neither did he as Governor,
That the dispensafy stasted with 500
600 capita; that $4,000 of that
amount was used In the equipment
that II was out OF the question to get Q
stock Of goods for less; that he had the
opposition newspapers and whiskey
dealers TO fight, who said that the di !.
pensary would be Q failure, and through
the kindness Of George Hubbell, Of th'