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

speech was not extreme or denunci
tory as many had expected. The re-
Citations about whiskey rebates on th
part Of Applet did not amount to an.
thing, and Senator Tillman's failure I
bring any proof of McLaurin's part
treachery was equally disappointing t
the audience and the public.
Mr.. Applet announced that he wa
satisfied with the explanation he ha
received from Tillman ae to the re
bates, but insisted that he was in tn
Democratic party and would always re
main q Democrat, and that his Who'll
fight was to keep the party rs it no,
stands. There were about twelve o
fifteen hundred people present, and a
might have been expected, Tillmal
had q hand primary and the result wa
almost unanimous in his favor.
At the opening Of the meeting Sen
ator Applet presented the fonowin,
questions, which he stated contained
everything that he wished information
upon:
I. Wa not tho primary sy stem in
augurated to give every white man d
voice in the selection of candidates fol
office?
q. Does not our party pledge allow
every white man to be q candidate who
pledges himself that he is a Democrat
and will abide the result and support
the nominees Of the primary, then why
change II now?
8. Wa not Of the main tenets
Of the Reform movement to bring the
candidates face 10 face with the people
and that there should be free thought,
free speech and free action?
A. Are you and some Of your pre-
tended friends not in favor of fixing
the party pledge 30 that q man who
does not agree with you on certain
questions, Notwithstanding he claims
to be q Democrat, shall not be allowed
TO give the people an opportunity to
decide whether OF not he ID 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 the trust have an agree
ment to pay Its purchasers q certain
rebate 2
8. During several months of your
administration large quantities of llquor
were purchased, were there any re-
bates recorded on the books of the in
stitution ?
8. Why do not the rebates appear
on the boGks2
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 1t
charged to the State?
IL. Did you not get brick for your
private use that belonged to the people
of the Slater Would you have offered
to pay for these brick had it not been
exposed through the Neal investiga-
tion3
10. 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 ?
16. BY what right in law or morals
did you get the authority at the States
expense to get wood, coal and vegeta-
bles?
IS. Did you not continue to receive
products from the penitentiary at your
home at Trenton as late as 1897, not
even paying the express charges2
IL. Did you not denounce your
predecessors In office and charge rotten
ness, because Of alleged pilfering from
the penitentiary?
yestigate the dispensary transactions
refused the right to examine the books,
and did not the members of the trust
REFUGE TO be subjected to an examine
ton on oath?
! 49, Were not your dealings with the
trust questioned, and did you ever de-
mand Of the trust that they permit an
investigation Of your transaction 2
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 vas On incubator for frau.
dulent corporations
81. Are you not o member and O
director in q New Jersey chartered
corporation9
20. Did you not denounce the in
reference OF o United States Senator
with our campaigns?
%. lie Ut not against the law FOL
you to use Q free pass, express Or tele
graph frank, and do you use them?
"a. Did you not as o Governor O
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 til,
books to you or TO open an acoun
against yon?
As to the ~dispensary matter Senate
Tillman said that the State got no re
bates. Neither did he as Governor
That the dispensary started with 800
600 capita; that 925 900 Of tina
amount was used In the equipment
that 1t was out OF the question to get
stock Of goods for less; that he had I'll
oppoaition newspapers and whiske
dealers to fight, who said that the di
pensary would DO o failure, and thr0ug
the Kindness Of George Hubbell, 9th
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