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- -? --- ---T-1--- - T MK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1S50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THU TRUE SOUTHRON. Established Jane. 136 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUL'S 14, 1897._'Sew Series-Yol. XVI. So. 49 Published Srary TOdLnssiay, -BT h IM? G. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C, TSRMS : ?1 50 per annum-io advance. ADVERTISEMENT: One Square first insertion.-S ' 00 Svery subs?quent insertion.....*. 50 Contracts for three months, or locger will be made at reduced rates. All communicatioos which subserve private interests will be charged for as ad versements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be . \ charged for. r Peaceable and Quiet McLaarm and Irby the Only Candidates Present. Monk's Corner. S C , July 6-The second of the Senatorial campaign meetings was pitched-oo a very diff?rent plane from the first gatberiog at Sum? ter/ To-day, as yesterday, there were only two speakers. Senator McLaurio and former Senator Irby. The three other candidates, former Governor y Evans, State Senator Mayfield and Mr. John T. Dan cao, ?ere not present. Gol. Irby was qui ie indisposed, on ac coaot of the heat yesterday, and speke HpbTiefiy. Mr McLaurin spoke for over an boar, with the approval of *he au? dience. Tbere.were absolutely no of? fensive personalities between the two candidates* What there was of criti? cism wes political and acceptable. Col. Irby said that there had been no change in his political sentiments since 1886, and that now, as then, he was a **troe blue Reforme?." He waot , ed it understood that he proposed con? ducting his campaign as he saw best. He spoke at length of his service to the . Reform movement, and urged that be has always been the friend or the poor and toiliog masses. He had taken the position that no man with a white face should be disfranchised by the constitu? tional convention of which he was a member. . His views wer<^ antagonized by pthers and brooght him opposition Later on he was opposed because he re? fused to go as a possible "bolter" to 'ry the National Democratic convention. ; Although offered a position, be refused to consent to act as a national independ? ent by placing himself in position to bolt under any circumstances. ; He did not ruo for re election to the Senate for fear of it disorganizing and ruining the structure he had helped to build, but thought it best to fold his arms and wait until he would be understood. He said that in the Earle-Evans race he die not vote in either primary. . He went bu to expiicity explain why be entered the Senatorial race, which, when analyzed, is that he bas been invited to make the fight as a true. Re? former and Democrat, and that as no one else was apparently going & makf such a fight, he felt it his duty, io response to a general appeal, to make such a race. He never favored strife, although always a Reformer, aod did not now do so, but ba was opposed to aoy combinations. He felt that such a danger now threatened thc people, aod he was geing to show the dangers ahead. He said he would not have en? tered the race bot for solicitation, and when at Sumter be looked io vaio for Talbert, Latimer, Wilson or Strait, all j . of whom he regarded as tr ne exponents of reform and the people's interests Without disrespect to any one, and none to his opponent, he said it was un? safe to trott politicians long They should be frequently tested, and he would trust only about twenty per cent, of the best politicians, and the people shoald watch these. He looked to the people, aod not the politicians, for vo'es This elicited much applause. He said that he did not believe the Conservatives were going to back up Editor Gonzales io strangling the will of the people by fixing things before the primary. The Reformers have a right to suspicioo aoy Reformer whom Mr. G-ooziles chaperones, and he said ? that Mr. Gonzales had never seen aoy good io Reform, and fought Tillman and himself, and would continue so to do. Mr. McLaurio was regarded by this editor as an "available oaodidit?." and be argued at length that the Dem? ocrats had had enough of supporting Republicans as available candidates." He called upon McLaurio to repudiate support as ao "available candidate." He 3gaio referred to what he regards as the weak policy of Governor Ellerbe. His speech was several times ap? plauded Wheo Senator McLaurio got up to speak Col. Irby asked to be excused, bat Mr. McLaurio asked him to re? main a moment, and then Mr. McLau? rio said he was delighted to meet Col Irby oo the plane of to day's speejh, and if they could keep it up (and be would do bis part), there would be in? terest aod beoefit in the campaign. He said he would be the last man to rob Col. Irby of what he had done for reform or the people, but that the fight was now on other and national issues, and he was right on these, and Col fe Irby thought be was right io his opio ioos. He bad aiso done his share of the work for reform wheo it took fighting. He was to day as staunch a Reformer as ever, but this did not prevent bim 'seeiog good things about others or in associating w^th honest and true men His work in Coogress had throwc him oat of touch with the loci} politicians, and he knew nothing of combines. He vowed he knew oothiog of and never suggested a combine with Mr Gon zaies*or aoy one else, and that as Mr Gonzales was an honest man be wonid ?ave relented any sush proposition. He said Mr. Gonzales bad lauded the speech of Tillman on the armor plate fraud aod gave credit where de? served The Greenville News favored Col. irby more than any other candi* date ?nd it was time for Col Irby to repudiate the assistaoceof Gold bug Editor Ball. Mr McLaurin said he would repudiate Editor BaH'3 support aod called bim a ball of vanity aod vitriol. When Tillman ran he would have to go before the people as he ' did. It seemed strange to hear people talk of his fight iog Tillman when the defeat of his tariff views meant that of Tillman, who agreed with him. - The rea? aod striking merit of Mc Lauriu's speech was in his exposition of his tariff views, and he took it up in a pocketbook manner, so as to meet his audience, which was deeply interested in His fight for a daty on yellow pine, crossties and rice. Mr. McLaurio made a magnificent logical presentation of his views, which he urged were in the interest of the pock? etbook aod resources of South. He said he was so closely in touch with the people of his district that be would not lose twenty-five votes in some counties, and said his appoint? ment to the Senate was unsolicited, and while E'lerbe may make mistakes, there was no cobler or more incorruptible mao in South Carolina than Gov. El lerbe (Applause ) . Mr McLturin was especially ex? haustive in bis discussion cf the duty on ectton and the classification on rice, and said that Egyptian cotton was used in bis home cotton mill. What was wan' ed to properly protect the rice interests was two classifications, and be exposed the tricks used in getting io ground rice for beer making. His eyes on this were opened by a Carolinian writing him that he} thought that those who drank rice ought to pay as mach a? those who ate rice. His tariff fight was for equality and non sectional lines. Mr. McLaariii's tariff views as ex poaodsd took well and brought him much applause and personal congratula? tion. The audience did not number quite a hundred^ but were quite repre? san tali ve. A telegram was read by Chairman Morrison expressing the regrets of Mr. John T. Duncan at not being able to attend the meeting. ? There was absolutely no reference to tbe Sumter matter. My Dear Appelt In it. Irby Accuses Mr. Appelt of Prejudicing Charlestonians Against Him. Charleston, July 7-But for the digression of Senator Irby, to night's meeting in Charleston would have been absolutely featureless. Mr. McLaurio spoke first and confined himself absolutely and entirely to a discussion of the t&riff question. Mr. Mayfield took up the tariff issue, but spoke more especially on the dispensary issue in a general way Co!. Irby, although devoting more time to the tariff than heretofore, jumped on Editor Appelt, newspa? pers in general and used ridicule in a mild form as to McLaurin The audience (about 500) did not appear to appreciate all this, although Col i Irby had his audience much amused and quite; frequently applauding his remarks ?nd sentiments Mr. John Gary Evans was not on hand ; why, j no one knew He sent no regrets or explanations and his appearance would no doubt have added zest to the generally tame meeting. Mr. John T. Duncan wrote Chairman Barnwell that he could not attend the meeting, and this announcement was formally made at the conclusion of the speeches. The meeting was called for 6 o'clock in Hibernian hall, but it was some time after this before the speak? ing started The audience was seat? ed and was made up of all classes, with a fair sprinkling of what few Reformers are in Charleston Sena? tor McLaurin was received with em- j phatic applause, evidencing that he already had friends here Ile said i that he was feeling very unwell and did not feel able to make such a speech as he expected or wished to, but he would do the best he could, lie-spoke for half an hour, devoting practically al! the time to the thrift" question and explaining in detail the rice, crosstie, lumber and long cotton schedules His audience followed him closely, evidently being very ! much interested in the ups an j downs of the schedules. He wa j frequently applauded wheu he show j ed how he had gotten changes tbs ! were for the benefit of southern an I especially ?outh Carolina industrie; j He-said he found there was no us j to iorget the pocketbook, when : could as weli be taken care of with out loss of principle It reminde him of the sanctimonious army chap lain who would not partake of th stolen pig, bnt who saw no -harm i taking some of the gravy. He wa willing to take some gravy of the pi< for his people He said that unlike some candi dates, he was not unwilling: to accep ! the vote of Charleston. He wantet it, and would gladly accept it H [ wanted the votes of the people, h said. He had the highest regard fo people here, and he never regarde* Charleston as a foreign principality. McLaurin said that no matter wha was done about the tariff question, i would not restore prosperity, am that the only real solution was th) j money question. He said he had no use for pol?tica i double dealing Some senators sai< j they did not favor protection, an< i still went io the committees and ask ed for protection here and there fo their pet schemes Senator Irby was received witl applause, and he immediately 6tarte( on the aggressive style by piling into Editor Appelt Col. Irby san he had always made it a rule in ?if< whenever hit to hit back. He ha( been gratuitously insulted, and pro posed to hit He did not accus* Mr. McLaurin of the wrong, and die not believe him guilty of such things He said the insult appeared in an af ternoon paper, and was an interview from Mr. Appelt, who was McLau rin's great friend He said he bad no one following him about and did not want any one going around with him, as he coule take care of himself, ne needed nc striker. He said he noted in an af ternoou paper an interview with th h friend, for he must be a friend as he was called "My Darling Appelt ' (Much laughter.) Now, Mr. Appelt had without cause or occasion offeree him a gratuitous insult He was among almost strangers and he has said and preached that "I would nol carry Laurens county." Now, thal was said to injure me, and when il is indecently and cowardly said that I cannot and will not carry my own county, it is too much of a good thing. Mr. Appelt was in the audience, and addressing Mr Irby, asked to be allawed to make a statement "If he will deny it I"1J stop," said Col. Irby. Mr. Appelt went on to say that be bad been talking, with a newspaper friend abcTut th? situation and had jokingly said, "I'll bet you Col. Irby does not carry Laurens county " Mr. Appelt said what he had said was a joke, and was without malice or intention of hurting him or showing any disrespect. Col Irby wanted to know if he denied the interview. The audience broke out into ap plau8e, many crying "Irby " Chair man Barnwell said : "That's enough he has explained he meant no disre? spect " Col. Irby, amid the applause, then cried out : "Then that is tantamount to saying the report was a lie " That was all on the report, and there the incident closed. Col. Irby then went on to say that all he wanted was fair play and that he expected to have it or die in the attempt. This provoked tpntu ap? plause. Col. Irby bogged pardon for this personal allusion and then went on to tell how certain he was of win nig. He did not own or control any papers ; first, because he had not the money to buy a paper or with which to subsidize papers all over the Stale and the south He did not want to buy puffiing. He said he did not ex? pect to get justice at the hands of the papers, aud that he never did, and that no man who stood for the poor people got justice. Applause. ) Three-fourths of the papers, he charged, were sub? sidized and could not be depended upon. He said he could agree with Mr. McLaurin at least one thing, and that was the kind things lie had said about Charleston ne was to-day the friend of Charleston; not, however, for votes, but was Charleston's friend because of her record. Ile now and always opposed sectionalism and I never maligned the people of Charles? ton. The people of Laurens and the j Piedmont were proud of ?ric history : of Charleston. When Charleston adopted a mistaken policy and favored an "available" man up to 187G, the j Piedmont people followed Charleston [ but made the break in 187G anci took j the 3'oke promptly from thc* neck of the p"op!e. If the railroad facilities were better I the Piedmont would deal here more j than at present Ile had many j friends in Charleston and was proud I of them. He had been Charleston's j friend and felt that this was known ; he had shown it when he was chair? man of the Democratic executive committee Co!. Irby said that it was very good to talk aboat a duty OG rice aod lumber aod Sea Island cotton in this country, but that the people ia the up-country who ate the rice wouldn't rejoice tbat they were being made to pay tribute to the few rice growers ?L this State. He said that 99 per cent, of the people outside of the. coast tier received no beoefit from the duty on rice and did not favor it, and it was so with other duties Mr. McLaurin advocated. He said the audience ought to have seen and heard McLaurin at Moncks Corner At that place he was a Till manite of the Tillmanites aod could ne^er get close eoough to Tillman, bat in Charleston it was different. As for himself, he was a Reformer, but one who was always liberal.to Charleston. To-night Irby for the first time mild? ly ridiculed McLaurin. He said that when McLaario went to congress he started his record with a speech round? ly abusing the aristocracy of South Carolina. Io beiog elected to congress he defeated bis best friend. He said that when McLaurin was elected attor? ney general it was said he bad never had a case ic the supreme court He said that McLaurin could blow h is own trumpet bette/ than.any man bc ever saw. He said that McLaurin woald bettsr have remained in tbe houae on the committee and that his light contd have sbone better there. Co!. IrDy e^'d that nc one ever knew how McLaario bad gotton on the ways aud meacs committee, but it was ? not through his merit. Reed, McLaurin aod the Almighty alone knew aod no one was telling how it was done. He suggested that if McLaurin were elected that Charleston would softer as never before from sectional prejndice, but he did not state how the prejadice was to so resalt, but reserved that for a later time. He said he did not expect many votes here, as he bad been too close to Tillman in his fight for the poor mao. He woald, he said, carry Laarens connty and the State generally, and time would show it. Col. Irby spoke for about an hour and hoped that Charleston woald stand by its old Demo? cracy and that of Calhonn. He said Charleston knew what sort of a friend he was and that he woald continue to see that it received fair play. There were a good many of Irby's friends in the aadience. State Senator Mayfield had the dis? advantage of being the last speaker, and as the aadience soon saw that he did not propose making a sensational speech, tbere was not mach interest Mr. Mayfield made a good, clear speech on the tariff and dispen? sary. Ile looked upon McLau rin's views as beiog breezy nothings and hoped South Carolina would fol? low the doctrioe of Calhoun and what it had always held and not run off to any false gods or newfangled protec? tion ideas. He stood for the masses, and therefore opposed any protection doctrine. He believed the dispensary has dooe much good io securing constitutional restrictions for liquor business. He was opposed to the present system, and wanted a plan like the bill be offered io the last senate. He was not io j favor of free liquor, but wanted prohi? bition. Under his plan those who wanted license could have it with re? strictions in the sale of liqaor. He held that the dispsosary as now ran was a dismal failure. He explained why, in deference to Governor Ellerbe and prominent members, he did not press his local option bill at the last session. His dispensary views were heartily applaaded. Senator McLaurin was tonight at? tacked with indigestion, and will not be able te attend the Walterboro meet? ing to-morrow.-The State. John Gary Evans Speaks The Ex-Governor Joins the Senatorial Campaign Party. Walterboro, S. C , Joly 8.-The campaign meeting here to-day was an execediogly dainty affair. The au? dience, the surroundings and the speeches were just about enough to make things pleasant. Three of the would-be Senators were on hand to tell why the good peo pie should vote for them. The aadience did not seem to enthuse worth a cent. The political appeals wore accepted with aboat the same stolid faces as a lecture on geology m ii'hr. be heard The humor of Col. Irby took well and be furnished a relish to the substantial talks nf tho two first ppeakers, ex-Governor Evans and Mr. Mayfield Business kept Mr. Duncan away, and Senator McLaurin telegraph? ed that he was too unwell to bo pres? ent With HO entirely sober and good natured audience of about one hundred there was no occasion for thc speakers to get mad. They made speeches with pith and point, and. really, Mr. P>ans made a capital talk against the tariff views of Senator McLaurin. If- came j as near avoiding the political harangue J as is ever heard. He had prepared himself and stuck to his trrifr test ex? cept to say that be had to meet a politi? cal combination to get the candidate**' views before the people. This he said wa* all the more severe on account of the small attendance at the meetiog Mr. Evans appeared /io a crash suit which he said be wore as ao object lesson to f-how the use of Peruvian cotton, and his remark that next year such a suit would cost more, thanks to the junior United States Senator, Mc? Laurin, provoked applause. Mr. Mayfield talked on the curreocy and Dispeosa/y issues, and Gol. Irby, who was hoarse, mixed humor with Reform, and told how he stood for the poor and laboring classes. Senator Harris Dead. Peaceful Ending of a Long! and Honored Life. Washington, July 8 -Senator Isham G. Harris of Tennessee died at his residence here a few minutes before 5 o'clock this afternoon. The Senator had been growing constantly weaker for several days past, the intense summer heat which has pre? vailed greatly debilitating him and no doubt hastening his end. There were times when he would rally slightly, which gave his family hopes that he would be able to regain strength sufficient to be removed from the city, but his vitality had become too much exhausted to with? stand the sprain This morning the Senator revived somewhat, but only temporarily. During the afternoon he sank rapidly and passed away peacefully. Probably no man in public life had been identified with more of the his? tory of this,, country than had Senator Harris. He had almost complete* his 79th year, having been born in February, 1818, and first became a member of Congress in. 1849. His Congressional career thus began., ear? lier than that of any member of either house, anledating Senators Morrill and Sherman by 6even years and Hon Galusha A. Grow, now a member of the House from Pennsyl? vania, by one year Mr. Harris represented the Ninth Tennessee District in Congress for the two terms ending in 1853, when he declined a renomination, ile then moved to Memphis where he has since resided. ' He was engaged in the practice of law until 185V, with the interruption necessary to allow him to become a Presidential elector in 1856. He was three times in succession before the war, begin? ning in 1857, elected Governor of his State, and was serving in that capacity when the war broke out. New President of Furruan. DR. EDWIN C. DARGAN HAS BEEN ELECTED Greenville, July 8.-Dr. Edwin C. Dargan of the Southern Baptist The? ological seminary at Lous vi Ile was late last night elected by the board of trustees to succeed Dr. Chas Manly as president of Furman uni? versity. Dr. Manly resigned several days ago. It is not known that Dr. Dargan will accept. The board will meet in Columbia on July 20 to elect another president if he declines. Dr. Dargan was born in Darling? ton, S C . and was graduted ?o the class of 1873 He is 44 years old. He took a degree at the Theological seminary in 1877, and was pastor of churches successively at Hollins in? stitute and Petersburg in Virginia, and Dickson, California, then of the Citadel Square Baptist church in Charleston From there he went to the seminary as assistant professor, and is now full professor of homiletics and eclesiology. Fire Department in Ken? tucky. Hussel?ville Herald. ' Our fire department is to be com? mended for its exceleot discipline, j This was observed by a lady who lives ; in the East Ead last week, when the i old Long station burned. She was j awakened by the alarm, -end seeing a j great light io the sky, dressed, al- ! though more than a mile distant, and j struck our. for the scece of the fire, j After walking about threc-quaters of j the distance, she reached the engine house, and seeing that the engine had not been taken out yet, she stopped j i to inquire what, was thc matter. The ! j chief replied that they were waiting to i 'call the ro!!, and some of the mern- : ' hers had nor arrived, that they never j went to :\ fire without first calling the j roli. This, he explained, was done to ; preven' fraud br^ng practised upon ! the city, which p^-vs each member of the company who responds to thc alarm $1. Wo venture to say that there is nor another fire company in the United States run as systematically as ours, IS TIRED OF THEM. Governor Would Like to Get Rid of State Board. From a statement made by Gover? nor Elierbe yesterday no more doubt can remain that he, heartily as any one else, disapproves of the dissen? tions in the State board of control. The governor's utterances are intend? ed to show the people of the State that be has washed his hands of the whole muddle into which the State bcardjhae fallen. Yebterday he said : "I have been getting letters from friends of the dispensary residing all 07er the. State concerning the actions of the State board of control. Some have asked for the removal of the members of his board While I disapprove of the bickerings and dissentions of the board and of their bad management of the dispensary, I just want to say that I am powerless to remove." Governor Ellerbe than went on to say that the legislature which elected the members of the board was the only power which could re*" ove them. This being true, the on' thing: left that the governor could do would be to accept the resignations of the members. And when Governor El? ierbe said this he spoke as thoogb he wished the resignations of all five members were lying on his desk at that instant so that he could begin then and there to accept them. The governor then went on to say that be would not have made such a statement as this had he not felt it, obligatory upon him. When he be? came governor, he said, he promised io give a fair and impartial adminis? tration of the dispensary law. He had tried to do so*, but his efforts bad been thwarted by the never ending wrangle of the State board. He ? could not remove the members and I so was powerless to fulfill that prom? ise. Their contentions, he continued, was causing the people to lose faith in the dispensary law, in his promise of a fair and equitable management of the dispensary, and finally in his administration In conclusion he said that while he .could not stop the members of the board from quarreling, yet he could le: the people of the State know who are lo blame.-Sta?e, July 6. 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