Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-07-10
Report of MIR. Giles D. Minis
Speech.

Speech.
AS it was impossible for The
Advertisers representative to be
present when Mr.. Giles D. Miine
spoke last Thursday, we publish
the. following report which appear
ed in the Augusta Chronicle, being
written by Mr.. w. P. Calhoun, its
Edgefeld correspondent:
Mr.. Giles D. Minis of the west
side of this county, in accordance
with his published notice that he
would address the people of Edge
field today, carried out his pro-
gram. There was a fail crowd
present to hear him. The speaking
was at the fair grounds. His ad-
dress was temperate without un-
necessary verbiage, and on needless
changes in the laws. Mr.. Minis
was an announced candidate for the
state senate, but withdrew from the
race for personal reasons, and his
aim today was to explain his views
to the people.
He was introduced by Mr.. S.
MCGOWAN Simkins. =
Mr.. Minis announced his head
ings to be as follows: Good roads,
suppression of carrying concealed
weapons, the establishment of a
bureau of information for teachers
in the Office Of the state superinten-
dent of education, the veto power of
the governor, the recall as it related
to our courts and the Bristow
amendment to the federal constitu-
ton.
He was Of the opinion that we
had to abandon our old system of
working the public highways, and
that we had to adopt new system
under the charge of competent en-.
gineers. The people demanded
good roads and they were going to
demand the delivery of the goods. S
He thought that the carrying of
concealed weapons was a luania,
and that the surest remedy was the
passage of a law requiring every
man to register his pistol and the
penalty for failure TO do so, 500 or
ninety days.
THE teachers bureau should be
put in the charge of the state sup
erintendent of education to take the
place of the teachers employment
agencies which requiren the teacher
to put up so much money with the
application and who had to pay the
agency five per cent. of the salary
earned. He wanted to cut out that
expense. 3
: He was satisfied that governor
was not more wise than the general
assembly, and that the veto power
should be taken from him and CIV
en- to the supreme court which was
much more competent to pass on
the passage of laws thar an il.divid-
ual.
''The speaker was very much op
posed to the recall as it related to
our courts, and especially the su-
preme court, claiming that if poll
tics got mixed up in our courts,
that trouble would follow, placing
the courts between The devil and
the deep sea. It.
Mr.. Minis was bitterly opposed
to the Bristow amendment to the
federal constitution and pictured
the danger of our election precincts
being guarded by federal bayonets
as was the case in this state pre-
vious to 1878. He called it one Of
the most dangerous propositions
ever submitted to our people and be
urged his hearers to vote for legis-
lators who would oppose its ratih-
cation by the South Carolina legis-
lature. He was not opposed to the
election of United States senators
by the people, but, he was opposed
| to federal supervision. 4sy'
"Mr. Minis was applauded at the
close of his address. @ -