Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-04-30
TILLMAN VS. APPbLT.
Story Of the Meeting al
Manning Friday.
NO PROOF AS TO REBATES.

Senator Tillman Outlines the Pol.
icy He Thinks the Democratic Par
ty Should Pursue as to McLaurin
The following telegraphic summary
of the developments at the Manning
meeting, received last Friday after.
noon, after a portion Of the edition NJ
THE ENQUIRER published on that day
had been printed. and 1t is repub-
lished here for the benefit Of those Of
our subscribers who had to be furnish.
ed with the first edition on account Of
the time at which the earlier mails
left:
MANNING. April 25.-There were
about 1000 people here today on ac-
count Of the joint debate between Sem
ators Tillman and Applet. Senator
Applet failed to produce any affidavit
evcept on the penitentiarv matter: but
offered in evidence two te1eerams from
Tillman with reference to his appoint
ment to speak here. hoth Of which had
come with dead-head stamps.
| Senator Tillman smoke first for half
an hour and asked Senator Apnelt for
his case. During his opening. Senator
Tillman read two letters that Applet
had written him and marked private.
irving as iustificat tion the claim that
he had a right to do so because in this
war Appelt was only acting as a tool
Of McT.aurin.
Senator Applet produced half doz-
en- affidavits from former employees OF
the penitentiarv. all concerning oat
crop and supplies furnished Senator
Tillman from the penitentiary. There
was statement from Neal to the ef-
feet that Tillman got. from the peni-
tentiary wood. coal. vegetables. fer
tiliZers ETC.. giving orders that no
nothing. Senator Tillman said all this
was old matter fully ventilated by the
Stevenson committee.
| Senator Appelt offered no certifi-
cat tes or aff1davits as to bond deal.
whisky rebates. or anything Of that
kind: hut read tahulated statement
tn show that rebates were paid I'D tn
1894. Tilman insisted that Appelt had
made a complete farce and had not fur
nished evidence on which to convict a
dog. He stated that there was no use
to shave an ass: but taking up Ap-
pelt's series Of questions, answered
each.
| The main feature Of Senator TIL
mans speech was an argument that
the whole primary system will become
a failure and its objects defeated. un-
less candidates are required to pledge
themselves to abide state and nation
al party platforms. He favored two
separate series Of campaign meetings
two months apart: one for state can
~ ~. n
"a ndidates. He<vieoroua1v denounced
McT.aurin as a traitor to his party and
held that his colleague Is certainly a
Republican If there is any way to mark
| one.
The Political Situation.
In reference to the political situa-
tion now confronting the people Of the
state, Senator Tillman spoke as fol-
| lows:
There is a matter Of deep interest
which will come up for discussion and
settlement in the coming May conven-
ton. and as I am the representative OF
the Democracy Of this state upon the
national committee It may not be i'm
proper for me to express my views on
| 1t and inform you as to the senti-
ment and feeling Of the Democrats in
Washington on the subject. The Dem
ocratic party in South Carolina has oc-
cupied a peculiar position for rs years.
The whites are in the minority In this
state. and under the reconstruction
dispensation there were some $4,000
more Negro voters than whites. The
consequence was that after the over
throw Of the carpetbag government in
1876 we adopted system of party gov
ernment and the white people of the
state were educated in the employment
Of political methods that obtained
hardly anywhere else. We have had
an Emporium in imperio," or a gov
ernment within a government. De-
mocracy has meant white supremacy
and Republicanism meant Negro
equality. The necessity for white uni
| ty overshadowed the other considera-
| tions and the Democrats of the state
were taught that submission to the
will Of the majority and loyal support
Of the nominees Of the party were par
amount to all other considerations.
The lamented Hampton taught us
that an independent was worse than a
radical. Like all of his actions and ut
terances in those trying days that ad-
vice was the very essence Of wisdom
and patriotism. His clear judgment,
his most distinguished characteristic,
saw the danger to the state of De-
mocracy split into factions and appeal
ing to the colored vote. And I take
this occasion to say that no other liv-
ing South Carolinian more willingly or
glady pays tribute to his leadership or
has better realization of the invalua-
BILE services to his people and the state
! rendered by this great man in '76.
1t was only after the revolution OF
| 1890 that there was anything like free
dom of political utterance and action.
The convulsion which brought this
about also brought with it an attempt
on the part of those who were in the
minority to withstand the popular will,
and some of those who had been most
clamorous for party regularity and
submission to the dictates of a conven-
ton in selecting candidates, bolted and
ran Judge Haskell for governor The
Haskell movement was based largely
on personal opposition to me, and there
was never any question in regard to
the loyalty of those who supported
Judge Haskell to the general princi-
pies of Democracy in the nation. Fol-
lowing the independent action of the
Haskellites came the rebellion of those
who voted against Cleveland for Wea-