SOUTH CAROLINA. 



SOUTH DAKOTA. 





voting, should be chosen by ballot at open pri- 

 maries throughout the State. To this end it 

 called a State Convention of the party to meet 

 at Columbia, on Aug. 13, for the purpose of 

 making the necessary changes in the party rules, 

 and to transact no other business. 



When the August convention met it was found 

 that the Tillmanites outnumbered the " straight- 

 outs " nearly five to one. The former not only re- 

 fused to adopt the primary election plan of the 

 State committee, but, going beyond the purposes 

 for which the convention was called, undertook 

 to oust the State committee by adopting an en- 

 tirely new constitution for the party and elect- 

 ing a new State committee. When this was 

 attempted the " straight-outs " left the conven- 

 tion in a body, claiming that it had authority to 

 act only upon the subjects mentioned in the call. 



The September convention was called to order 

 by the chairman of the rival State committees, 

 but when the Tillmanites elected their candidate 

 for temporary president, the opposition of the 

 " straight-outs " ceased. Mr. Tinman was nom- 

 inated for Governor by acclamation, and the fol- 

 lowing were selected as candidates for the other 

 State officers : For Lieutenant-Governor, Eugene 

 13. Gary; for Secretary of State, J. E. Tindal; 

 for Treasurer. W. T. C. Bates ; for Comptroller, 

 W. H. Ellerbe ; for Attorney-General, Y. J. 

 Pope ; for Superintendent of Education, W. D. 

 May field ; for Adjutant-General, Hugh L. Far- 

 ley." The platform contains the following : 



We demand that our State Legislature shall abolish 

 the Board of Agriculture ; that the privilege tax on 

 fertilizers and everything appertaining to agriculture 

 or mechanics or industrial education, including the 

 agricultural stations, he placed in charge of the trust- 

 ees ot the Clemson Agricultural College, and upon 

 said trustees shall devolve all duties now performed 

 by the present Board of Agriculture, except the con- 

 trol of the State phosphate interests. 



We demand that the railroad commission shall be 

 given all the power needed to protect the rights and 

 interests of the people, without iniuring the railroads, 

 and that the commissioners be elected by the people. 



We demand that there shall be a survey of the 



ate' s phosphate beds, and their classification into 

 iree grades. 



We demand that a constitutional convention b 

 called to give us an organic law framed by our own 

 people. 



On Sept. 17 the Republicans met in State Con- 

 vention at Columbia, and decided to leave the 

 nomination of candidates in the hands of the 

 State committee. A platform was adopted con- 

 taining the following : 



We denounce and condemn in unmeasured terms 

 the suppression and prostitution of the ballot in South 

 Carolina, together with the unlawful agencies and in- 

 iquitous methods used in defeating the true will ot 

 the people, thereby denvins to them a fair and honest 

 representation in 'the aifairs of the Government, both 

 State and National. 



The educational advantages now offered by the 

 State are totally inadequate and deficient, the school 

 term being of entirely too short a duration to insure 

 beneficial results, and the teachers in many instances 

 being incompetent and makeshifts unworthy to be 

 intrusted with the duties and responsibilities ot so 

 sacred and important a calling. 



A call was issued late in September for a State 

 convention to meet at Columbia on Oct. 9, for the 



purpose of placing an independent lMn.i-rutu- 

 ticket in the field. At this convention. .Ju<L 

 C. Haskell was nominated for Governor. \V. I/ 

 Johnson for Lieutenant-Governor, Kdwin IIrjH-r 

 for Secretary of State, W. A. Ancnim for State 

 Treasurer, Edmund Bacon for Comptroller, Jo- 

 seph W. Barnwell for Attorney-General, K. I',. 

 Ragsdale for Superintendent of Kdu<-atini. mid 

 R. N. Richburg for Adiutant-GenemL An ad- 

 dress to the people was issued attacking Tillrimn 

 and pledging the nominees to the support of 

 Democratic principles. 



For Governor, Tillman received ."i!).!.'!) vote-. 

 and Haskell 14,828. The other candidates on 

 the Tillman ticket were elected by nearly the 

 same vote. The members of the Legislature, 

 elected at the same time, were all Democrats and 

 largely followers of Tillman. An amendment to 

 the State Constitution, abolishing the boards 

 of county commissioners, was adopted at this 

 election by a vote of 23,541 yeas to 18.253 nays. 

 In December the amendment was ratified by the 

 Legislature and became a part of the Constitu- 

 tion. 



Seven Democratic Congressmen were elected. 



SOUTH DAKOTA, a Western State, a. ln.it- 

 ted to the Union on Nov. 3, 1889 ; area. 77.<M<) 

 square miles ; population, according to the cen- 

 sus of 1890, 328,808. Capital, Pierre. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Arthur C. 

 Mellette, Republican ; Lieutenant-Governor, J. 

 H. Fletcher ; Secretary of State, A. 0. Ringsrud ; 

 Treasurer. W. F. Smith ; Auditor, L. C. Taylor ; 

 Attorney - General, Robert Dollard ; Superin- 

 tendent'of Public Instruction. G. L. Pinkham ; 

 Commissioner of School and Public Lands, 0. 

 H. Parker ; Justices of the Supreme Court. 

 Dighton Corson, A. G. Kellam, and John E. 

 Bennett. 



Finances. The Governor, in his message to 

 the Legislature of 1891, comments as follows 

 upon the straitened financial condition of the 

 new State : " There are now outstanding against 

 the State about $46,000 in warrants not paid for 

 want of funds, bearing 7 per cent, interest, which 

 are already subject to a heavy discount in the 

 market. This condition exists after final resort 

 to borrowing an additional $100.000 during the 

 past year and increasing the public indebtedness 

 to the maximum limit under the Constitution." 



From Nov. 5, 1889, to Nov. 30, 1890, the re- 

 ceipts of the general fund were $500,542.70 : the 

 balance in the Treasury on Nov. 30, 1890, was 

 $10.052.88. The total appropriations for 1 

 made by the first Legislature amount to $-1-1::.- 

 889.71. In addition, there has been paid out by tin- 

 Treasurer, without special act of the Legislature 

 but under color of authority from the Territorial 

 statutes, the sum of $26,433.43. These amounts 

 aggregate $470,323.14, and constitute the sum 

 necessary to meet the current expenditures 

 the State for one year, subject to a possible re- 

 duction of $54.870.38. 



This deduction leaves $415.452.76 as the pres- 

 ent annual State expenditure : there is but f 

 000 of revenue to meet this amount. 



The bonded indebtedness of the State is 

 600 at 6 per cent.. 124.000 at 5 per cent.. $31 M 

 at 4* per cent., $302,500 at 4 per cent., and 

 000 at 3| per cent., making a total of $1,0^0,- 



