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r The Press and Banner. EY uuGiiViLSOxT AltllEVIIJj:. N. V. > (TaWAIGN MEETINGS E NTHUSIASM LACKING AT TH EM ON THE PART OF THE PEOPLE. SyixipoiM of the Meeting* Held up to Saturday?The I'eople Don't Saeiu to l>e Much 1 nterfhtfd and Few of Thorn Attend. Kinostrkk, June 23?The cautlifr\t? v* ** Qioto sooke li?r6 UCik^/O IV/i b 11V/ k'wtvv vuivvw ? to-day to a crowd of not more than 250 people. The first speaker of the day was MR JAMES R. HARRISON, of (Jrefuville. a candidate for Governor. Mr. Harrison alluded to the great privilege that was secured to all candidates in the fact that everybody votes on every question. J lo deplored the fact that he was not personally known to the people of this section, but he hoped to know them well after this. Mr. Harrison talked for half an hour and his remarks were chielly to show bis ability to handle the wheel of the of the ship of State. He spoke of his service in the General Assembly and said that he was sure that he had had more experience than either of his opponents in the race. He was run ning for the office, not because he had been requested to ruu by so many people, but because be believed be would make South Carclii* an efficient executive officer. Mr Harrison said be was not opposed to education, higher, lower or middle. But some of the institutions were costing more than they should. He then made a talk about Clemson and said he wanted it made a strictly . technological school. He did not see the wisdom in continuing the prepar atory school in the South Carolina ? College or any other institution of ? higher education. He said if elected ? he would endeavor to give them a I business administration. Prosperity B was increasing in the State. He saw H no reason why South Carolina should ?j not go forward in the line of prosperi ty, and if elected lie would Miape tne administration to tbat end. In regard to the dispensary he would say he voted for it. It was an expiriment then. We are leaping in the dark, and it was still imperfect, but its success has been gratifying. If elected he would endeavor to perfect the system, so that it will receive the entire support of the State. A step in the right direction was taken when the board of control was taken out of the State department. The divorce of the law from politics wa$ soon to fol low. (JEN. W. H. ELLKRHKK, f a candidate for Grovei nor, was the next speaker. He said tbat he liked to fight, but be couldn't think of jumping on the venerable gentlemen who opposed him. Anyway he didn't need to. He believed the boys were with him. A little joking was indulged in between Gen. Ellerbea and Mr. McLaurin and the good natured badi Iiage urougut oui me ursi ueimmairation of the day in shape of a hearty laugh. He paid a pretty compliment to "Curly-headed Johnnie,1' and was heartily applauded. Gen. Ellerbee then launched into Col. Harison on account of his attack on Clemson. Col. Harrison had unintentionally, he was sure, stated that the running expenses of Clemson had been about $85,000 for the past jear. He then read the statement of the board of trustess, which showed that |50,250 of that amount had been put into permanent improvements, enlarging the mechanical department, putting in new machinery, new out totting lor ttoe dairy, repairing ana newly equipping the recitation rooms, etc. Had his hearers been to Clemson? It was a tine institution a big thing. A voice: ' Nobody but the rich can j?et in there." "ho, sir. It is for the poor man's sons." Gen. Ellerbee went on to tell how that to abolish one institution might mean to abolish all and it might even destroy the public school system. There was no telling where a "pulling down" policy might ei)d. p]uucation was to be desired above many things. The colored people now seem to be making greater efforts to educate their children than the whiles. The educated mind must control and unles the poor men's sons are educated where will we be? Gen. Ellerbee talked a little about the dispensary law and give his views on the silver question. The salvation of the coux *ry was the free and uulimited coin.. -?e of silver. He said he was a Jtfi'ersonian Democrat, but had never been a Cleveland Democrat. The next speaker was thepituresque Reformer of Reformers, G. WALT WH1TTMAN. He came to the line at a canter and curvetted, pranced and danced before the audience. He shouted himself noarse, wuttu ms couar ana amuseu the crowd considerably. Mr. Whitman said: I am in this race for you peoDle's good. It was said about me once that 1 was worth $50,000. I tell you I am paying my expenses with money tbat 1 borrowed, and which is secured by a mortgage on my home. If I am nominated I shall have to get somebody to pay for my tickets. 1 want to put these papers against what has been said. (Here Mr. Whitman distributed a number of his circulars, signed "Thrue Reformers.") He said that Ellerbee had spoken of ringstors. When they got up into Union County he would show that Ellerbe was the biggest of all ringsters. Mr. Whitman then waltzed into Tillman, and a voice in the audience suggested that Tillman would bePres ident. "I hope he will be President, and I hoptf if he is made President he will be so filled with the grace-of God that he will be mor? able to ;st the wiles of the gold bugs thr e the l pap suckers of South Carolina. ^ "Elleibee has said that he can stay V at home and be elected. How is that? V Who has told him this? Is he swinging tight on B. It. Tillman's coat tail? Or is he hanging to John Gary Evans's coat tail, and is John Gary swinging tight on to Till man's coat tail(Laughter.) Mr. Whitman said that the promises of Tillman have not been carried out. He mid that taxes had been raised and^^tif the higher instituin two years the MffHtetfnrBnfffnPBHV" endorsed gmRnHM|HannHnayvouna up in Divine wrath upon his good rightarre j when it should not strike out foi j South Carolina. DUNCAN SCORES EVANS Mr. J. T. Duncan, of Newberry, a candidate for United States Senator was introduced and made a few intro ductory remarks. He said he bad en tered the race from a sense of duty Tuo years ago he wasagain>t Ellerbe He went to the Legislature a John Gary Evans man. To-dav he had changed views. Governor Evans has said that he would not refer again tc tV>? matter hroucht ud vesterdnv un being the same as given by nim inthf campaign of 1894 as to his relation tc the matter. He leaves you to do, il you can, just what he has done ic showing his innocence. Let us asb you this question, Mr. Kvaus: Is il not fair for us to presume from youi admission on yesterday that you asked or Governor Tillman pay for conduct ing an agreed case, that you would ask Mr. lihind when securing for him this undertaking a proportionate fee tc the size of the undertaking? Tillman said 10 you you owed these services to the State and were entitled to no pay, but that he paid you t5C for expenses. Has your expense ac count been presented to Mr. Kaind.' Governor Evans: Who is joui authority for that? Mr. Duncan: Governor Tillman is my authority. All your explanation about the re funding of the debt and the benefit re eeived thereby for the State is inter esting, but irrelevant to the point at band. Now, 1 reiterate my statement thai Mr. Evans's management of affairs has been a failure. The bickerings and strife engendered thereby can only be undone by his passing from the scene of action as a politician in this State. v In my inadvertant statement of yesterday that you did not have the friendship, confidence or support of the othei members of the Administration, I maj have created a wrong impression. J do not mean to say that the other members of the Administration art fighting you; indeed, I am assured they are not; but each man is conduct ing his own campaign as he sees proper and will not interfere or take sides in the issue between ourselves. Thai your Administration has been a tei ri Die failure I shall prove. Mr. Duncan alluded to the circular letter to State dispensers requiring them to give surety bonds, and thai the Governor's brother was the agent of the surety company. ' 'A voice: ' 'That's a lie." Mr. Duncan: "Is the dispensei here* Is that not a fact ,'" Lispenser Stutts: "Yes, I got the circular." Mr. Duncan also alluded to the re quirement of the dispensers to insure with companies represented by Barnej Evans. GOV. EVANS SPEAKS. -rt /-M "in # _ 1 u-overnor jonn uary ii.vans ioi lowed Mr. Duncan. He said that this was the first time that the people hac ever had a right to select by their in dividual votes their United Statej Senator. He said that Mr. Duncan had not put forth one reason why he should be Senator, but had only said that he should not be. It seems as though I was running on my good character, and that Mr. Duncan was running on my bad character. Foi God's sake, let me take my good charac ter iu the Senate with me. Governoi Evans said he knew he had tread on some toes during his Administration, but it was only for the good of the people in general. Tillman, he said, had never seen his statement in reeard iL. I .1 IT.. AlA iu lilt; uuuu umiicr, xicuiu uut &uuw that Mr. Duncan was a candidate for the Senate until yesterdiy. lie de nied llatly that Tillman had eversaid any such thing as that "he should do that much for the State." The News and Courier and all of the Anti papers had slandered his Administration, bul he did not hope to please them. When I was first elected I went tc Charleston, und they made the dead est set you ever saw against me. If 1 had chosen to be untrue to you I could now have the vote of Charleston in my pocket. .But I did not so choose, and I have carried firmly and pure the Ifinnoi. nloooil in m tr Vinnfl hv R 1{. V?tlU^I ?" '"J -J Tillman. Mr. Duncan has said that my Ad ministration his been a failure. It it a dirty bird that will foul its own nesl --and yet I must tell you that Mr. Duncan and two of his brothers are drawing their living from the Adminstratioa. I don't understand why he should be so sore about the dispen sary. Mr. Duncan said I went on my knees to J udge Goti'. The facta are that I wrote to Goti1 the most scathing letter. If there is any one man we ^ddo up it was Judge Goff. less assailed. His remarks were thee substantially as follows: Tillman has answered in a previous campaign. He answers again foi himself, admitting that he and Dr. Bates failed in the attempt to refunc and, of course, nad no opportunity to divide the six months' interest. Mr Khind, on the recommendation ol Governor Evans, then a member o( the Legislature, was employed as broker in the refunding, not with standing the fact that other brokers were previously engaged in the busi uess. l'Yora Mr. Kairid's testimony we see that "he (Evans) has been working with rae from the start oe this thing." Now, the question foi Governor Kvans lo answer is: 1^this trueDid you have a contract, agree ment or understanding with Rbind from the beginning, and what part ol the spoils were you to receive. The admission on your part (that iu 1803, while Senator, you were engaged by Mr. lihind to conduct this case in a Maryland Court, for the division, it stems of a small remainuer, amount ingr, I believe, to fifteen or seventeen thousand dollars,) was clearly given yesterday. Will you ttll us what part of this amount you are to receive' - * i ll U _ t Furthermore, can you leu us wum became of the main sum, amounting, in round numbers, to a little more than seventy-five thousand dollars? This being the 1? per cent which Rhind was to receive. What part of this amount, if any, have you received ?j Governor Evans, this beiug a ques tion in which every South Caroliuiac is interested, would it not be possiblt for you to procure a full account, 01 the check book or original memoran dum from your friend and client, Mr. Rhind? This would settle the ques tion, and do you not owe as much tc your people? That you occupy an entirely different position to either Senator Tillman or Dr. Bates is evident to all. This is evidenced by Senator Tillman's state mpnt in the newsnaners of yesterday, i Governor Evans said that the r chances recommended in the dispensary law, change in the boird, were in the best of his judgment, i G wernor Evans then asked Mr. L. R. Cooper to read the recommendations in these matters to the last Leg. islature. In the matter of the circulars tothp dispensaries Governor Evans denied anv knowledge of them. It was true tbat ms oromer was ugum iur au m, surnce company. Why not? He was ) free to carry on what business he . chose. But he (Evans) had nothing , to do with the matter. The Administration has been at; talked by Duncan and called a failure. . I have convicted violators of the dispensary law in Charleston, and put I them under a metropolitan police sys, tem, and I will keep them there until they leran to enforce the dispensary '< law. I have given them honest juries, and seven blind tigers pleaded guilty i yesterday. TDe dispensary jaw is cer. tainly not a failure. j The statement read at the Manning . meeting was read, with explanations and interpolations. He spoke or read ; for over two hours, and had the closi est attention. His remarks were often . very personal, calling Mr. Duncan i "Johhnie" and making great sport of . the side remarks made by several enthusiastic and possibly not too sober f listeners. His remarks were often punctuated with applause and laughi ter. I After Governor Evans sat down Mr. k Duncan was allowed a few minutos for , reply to a new matter brought out. . He said that there was much in reserve i but that 1 here were many other meett ings, and they should be told yet. The t Governor had hedged and avoided the j questions propounded and had accred; ited all the good that had been done to his own personal efforts. There [ was not time now to answer the Govj ernor and show wherein he avoided I the issues brought up?but at another time he would say more. Mr. Duncan ntaa nnlxr ollnora^ tan minilfPS and llftd hardly gotten started when time was . called uDon him. i The Hon. John L. McLiurin, a canj didate for Congress from the6thdis trict was introduced and mide a short and humorous talk. OTHER SPEECHES. Following Mr. McL*urin were ? Comptroller General Norton, Lieuten ant Governor Timmerman, Superintendent of Education Mayfield, Mr. T C. Robinson, Mr. M. R. Cooper and i the Hon. M. B. McSweeney, made five-minute talks. The time allowed , gave only a chance for a few pleasant i words. Comptroller General Norton ? is a candidate for re election. The f Hon. W. H. Timmerman is a candi i date for State Treasurer. Superintend : entof Education Mayfield is candidate , for re-eleclion. Mr. Robinson is a candidate for Superintendent of Edu1 cation. Mr. Cooper i* a candidate for Lieutenant Governor. P.nl M. B. McSweenev. candidate i for Lieutenant Governor, made a > pointed and well connected talk, * hich was carefully and attentively listened i to. He said that South Carolina's I condition today was greatly in ad vanes I of tbe past in both commercial and ed ucational advantages, and that proeress was to be seen on every hand. fle believea in presenting tbese facts, and not insinuating as to the failures i of the Administration, and said that if he was elected to the office of Lieutenant Governor he would impartially discharge the duties devolving upon him. He hoped when the primary ; was ended and the ticket nominated that the white people of South Caroli, na would be united, aud that good i feeling would exist. > Adt. Gen. Watts, a candidate for reelection, said that he desired to I thank the people for the handsome t vote given in the last election. The militia of South Carolina was second to none in the country. He had taken charge of tbe militia when seriously disordered, just after the Darlington war, but he had brought it up to its I present high standard and meant to keep it so if the people will let him There had been some signs of mud slincinc. but he had no idea of doing any of that kind of work. He had been charged with being "young." ? He was proud of it, and he would recall to the youths present that their . fathers were no older than he when they went in the war for Southern . rights. p Gen. R. N. Richbourg', also acandi date for Adjutant and Inspector Genii eral, spoke next. He said he had been long in service, in war and peace. His remarks were about identical with. those made at Manning yesterday. Question by Gen. Watts: "Didn't . you in 1890 run on the Haskellite ticket?" Gen- Richbourg: "Yes, but didn't 5 you vote for Bratton?" - Gen. Watts: "No, sir; I did not." Gen. Richbourg said that he had heard Gen Watts say so. Gen Watts denied this in toto. Gen. Richbourg returned to the aui dience and said it was very hard to be I interrupted by a boy. Gen. Watts, he said, had received his education at i the hands of the taxpayers. He had obligated himself to teach two years ' in the public schools and had not done I soi Gen. Watts produced a document I with a red seal and asked Gen. Rich1 V\|? ^ 4 Uin /J aaI i na/4 j uuurjf lu rcau it, uui iun 11c ucuiucu ' to do. He coatiaued saying that he was annoyed by the impertinence of this youth. He had sons as old as l Gen. Watts. Gen. Watts: (aside) A.nd the pity is ) that they are not Reformers. After Gen. Richbourg sat down Gen. 1 Watts asked to be allowed to say something, but the chairman announced that the meeting was adjourned. Gen. Watts then read for the beneI fit of the newspaper men the paper he ? had offered Gen. Richbourg. It was ! a certificate from Superintendent of i Education Rice, releasing him from t. service in the public schools. It was dated 1890 and sealed officially. > The crowd then dispersed. It was ; 4.30 o'clock and everybody was quite ( [ ready for dinner. The campaign par[ ty will go to Georgetown tonight, i In the opening of the meeting the , absence of Messrs. Tompkins, Barber, > and Wellborn were noted, the former on account of illness and the last two nomarl An on/>Aiint rvf Uiicinaco anrvarra. uaui^u uu auuuuub ui k/uaiuuN uugagu j ments. i THE GEORGETOWN MEETING. Georgetown, June21.?AsatKiagstree the crowd was small. The meet- ; i ingr was called to order at 12:21) o'clock. The first speaker was Col. M. B. McSweeney, for lieutenant governor, who made a short speech. The v./> ulllou 11 o ouu^ui yvaa uut uug ict^uuiug much speechiag making, but he would ; i promise to serve as a business man and perform his duties faithfully. Mr. i Cooper was absent, and Mr. McSwee- ' t ney magnanimously announced his , candidacv for him. Gen. Richbourg for Adjutant General followed. He gave his experience and said he felt that entitled him to as much claim to this office as a fnw years' course at a military school. He was 52 years old, his opponent 27. He had never h^ld a public office for profit; while Mr Watfs had ten years of public pap. He thought he could wait awhile now. Gen. Watts, for Adjutant General, was confident of his friends here. His record was known, and what he had done for the unorganized militia which he found on coming into ofiice was known. Mr. T. C. Robinson, for Superintendent of Education, thought Mr. Mayfield made too many claims and was too greed v. Mr. Maytieia ciaimeu credit for everything done by the Reform party, from the building of Clemson College down. He was the only State officer elected in 1890 who had not retired and given place for others. If he was modest he would retire and not ask a fourth time for reelection. Mr. May field being absent, Dr. Timmerman, the only candidate for Treasurer, was introduced. He was not going to abuse the other fellow, he said, because he was absent. But, exclaimed the Doctor, if there was another fellow, I would be the last man in the State to ride into office by pulling down others. I stand on my owngood name and not in tainting ochers. Mr. Norton, unopposed for -ompt" i i-i? - 1 I roller general, ioiu a story, auu spujte of the hospitality of Georgetown, a hospitality which, by the way, cannot be told of too often nor be too gratefully acknowledged. Chairman Ward, in reference to Mr. Norton's jok-i, made a pleasant hit on the dispensary, and then introduc ed Governor E?an? as the next speaker. Governor Evans excusjd himself for making a short speech, saying his throat was sore. He spoke in a conversational tone, going at once into the bond matter, and in condensed form giving his bond statement He had asked at each meeting, said the governor, for an honest man who believed him guilty after hearing his statement to hold up bis hand. Not one had been held up. Just then a young man standing 15 feet in front of the governor, held aloft his right hand. "Do you believe me guilty?" asked the governor. The citizen nodded his head. Governor Evans-Why, you have wa? ^Aow/1 mo naoQ anrl aril liner tn convict before the evidence. Well, I am satisfied with you,r verdict aad vote. I cannot convince my enemies that I did not steal $40,000 if I gave the evidence on a stack of Bibles. After further continuing in the bond matter, the governor turned to the citizen and asked if his explanation was not plain. The citizen replied that it was. He had understood the governor to ask any man believing him guilty to hold up his hind, and, said the citizen, that being my belief at that time, I popped it up Governor Evans begged his pardon for what he had said, statiag that the AYnlanfitinn had be^u Derfectlv satis factory. Governor Evans said "B.mch" McBee had gone to Baltimore to look iuto this thing. "Bunch" was a pretty slick fellow and he was likely to find out anything. He had come back, so he was informed, and advised Butler not to take up the bond matter. The testimony of Mr. Rtrind showed that he had stated no one had any interest in his commission except himself. There were three fees?Bates, Evans' and Venable's, that had not. Mr. Duncan was then introduced. He was sorry the governor was not able to do his best; three days more like yesterday?his best?would have defeated him. What the people wanted was a straight, unequivocal statement. The governor should have again referred to him as that "little fellow," that "little clerk," wno dared to come here and criticise the governor. He comes here today saying he will pitch his campaign on a high, honorable plane, when he has used sneers and abuse for me on the stand. (Cheers.) In reference to his beiog "kicked Aiif nf fKa lortiolofimo fnn hnl/linap tarn offices," Mr. Duncan said there were 25 men ia the legislature under the same circumstances as himself, and 23 had hell on. Tnis had been a, very significant matter. Mr. Duncan explained that when he accepted the clerkship in the secretary of state's office, he had been told he need not resign from the house. In answer to a question, the governor stated that there was about $18,000 undivided in the Baltimore court. "Then," said Duncan, "there must have already been a division." He wanted an answer to this question, asked already and not answered: "Did you have any agreement, understanding or contract from the beginning to divide the spoils?" We want to know it. Mr. Duncan said that the governor, as a member of a very important board borrowed money to increase the capacity of the asylum, borrowed money at not less than 6 per cent., and loaned sinking fund money at less interest, simply borrowed back the State's money at interest. In reference to that dispensary bill, Mr. Duncan said Barber had told him the governor had drawn it. Governor Evans?Mr. Barber told me he had not Raid so. Mr. Duncan?He told me at Manning it was so and I can get a statemont f?nm Vlim Governor Evans-Get the proof; I say it's untrue. Mr. Duncan? I have as much right to be believed as you. Barber told me it was true; he was on his way to your room, and I believe as an hoaest man that lie told you the same thing. Governor Evans, in reply, called on Mr Duncan for an explanation of the statement made by him that he (Duncan) had told him something to make him tremble. Mr. Duncan said it was in relation to the last race for judge in the legislature. That after he had told the governor his course in opposing certain men was making enemies, he had gone and made his peace with them. The governor said lie had done no such. It was a lie. The candidates for Governor then cnnL'? and the meeting adiourned. *r o u A Crooked Cusliier. CUARLOTrK, N. 0., June23. -Archibald Brady, cashier of the (Jharloltee Loan and Savings Bank, has a shortage on his books of about $ 1,500. It has been made good by Mr. Brady's relatives. lie has been removed as cashier and the solvency of the bank is not affected in the least. t THE CAMPAIGN ATCONWAY. FE.W PRESENT AND BUT SLIGHT IN- < TERES f WAS MANIFESTED. ) The Governor'* Brother Creates Quite a j Hippie iu a Prosaic Meeting by Derouno- 1 lug Certain Statesmanta as Lies. ( Conway, S. Cm June 25.?The campaign meeting here today was held in i the court house and there were not < more than 200 citizens of the "Inde- J pendent Republic" present. The day ] was fearfully hot and the court house 1 being crowded it was anything but ? pleasant to the speakers or audience. ^ The gubernatorial candidates had the call today. Mr. John R. Harri- < son was the first introduced. He was i gratified at "visiting the capital of the 1 independent republic of Horry. Mr. t Harrison made reference to an alleg- t ed political combine in South Caroli- ? na. He did not say there was such a i combine nor that it was not. He t would only say that such a combine t could not be successful if the people i did not permit it. Mr. Harrison ? maintained that taxes had not been reduced and said that while the levy l might be the same as 10 years ago 1 $20,000,000 had been added to the tax- 1 able property on the books. J Mr. Ellerbee began by saying there . were insinuations made about a ring. He wanted to say, once for all, that 1 he had never made any combination < with any one, nor proinised^ftajnuch ' as a clerkship. If he had to barter 1 and trade to get the great office of governor of South Carolina he would < go back to his plantation in the sand < hills of Marion before he would accept 1 it. In reference to abolishing the col- < leges, Mr. Kllerbee asked the people ' not to listen to the arguments of the ] demagogue who came before them < promising to reduce their taxes by so ; doing. If the higher institutions of > learning were not doing efficient work ; tear tbem down, but do not attack 1 them on tbe ground of economy. It 1 would reduce taxes but a few cents ] percipitato tear down the South Carolina col lege and the citadel. Mr. G. Walt Whitman was the i third and last candidate for governor, 1 and he made the Ci-owd iaugh by his i peculiar style. He had asked yester- ? day that this campaign be conducted , on a decent basis; now was it decent for a man to get up here and call him a demagogue? He felt more at home bere; Georgetown had been too much like an iceberg. It was made up of aristocrats and niggers, and, with all due respect, be didn't like either of them. Returning to Mr. Ellerbe's speech, he said "That calf calls me a demagogue. Now let me tell you about him. He susked pap four years ago, has been out of it for two years now and wants to get a suck again." Col. M. B. McSweeney, candidate for lieutenant governor, referred to the absence of his competitor and friend, Mr. Cooper, who had been called home on important business. He said that it was a source of great pleasure for him to meet the good people of Horry county, whose history for white supremacy and home riilft was irnr>wn throughout the State. Even during the dark clays of Radical I misrule this proud little county was ' controlled by her own sons, and the i negro and carpetbagger were kept in the rear. The office to which I aspire, 1 said Col. McSweeney, is one of honor and dignity. There is no profit in it; 1 in fact, the expense of the campaign < will amount to more than the entire J pay during tha session of the legislature, but any man in the State might i feel proud to be lieutenant governor of this grand old State. If elected, he promised to impartially discnarge < every trust and do his duty. Col. I McSweeney believed in giving every t poor boy and girl in the State an opportunity to procure an education. He wants better school houses, com- < Detent teachers and greater opportuni ty for educational advantages given to children living outside of incorpo i rated towns. Let the institutions of higher learning alone. Let us build 1 up, and not pull down. He hoped the i day was not far distant when the peo- < pie would be united, all bitter feeling i pass away, and character and competency be the first* consideration for I official position. Mr. Duncan, for the Senate, made his first appearance before the people 1 of Horry. He would, he said, as his f record had been attacked at Kingstree, ( giving a brief sketch of his career? I saying hi? public and private life was J I open to the world from the cradle to i | the present time. Was sorry he could c not go into national issues, the most vital of which was the issue of bonds, c an issue which must be stopped. c As to State bonds, he referred to & their refunding, and said he had no I proof, nor had the people, of crooked 1 transactions, but the people of the 1 State had the right to have the proof i that there was no crookedness. Only the governor and Colden Rhind knew these things. He had asked the governor again and again to answer t whether or not he had an agreement ^ with Rhind to divide the com missions, i The governor had not answered; he t might do so satisfactorily at some fu- i ture day. There was a plain question, t and when it was answered he would have more to say. i The governor be held responsible t for the cancelling of insurance on all c stock in the State and county dispen- ^ saries, which stocks were immediately ? reinsured by his brother in the com- t panies for which he had the agency. * Mr. B. B. Evans, the brother of the ^ governor referred to, who was in the ? audience, exclaimed, "That's a lie." I "Do you say you hold me responsi- * ble for that action of the board, Mr. tj Duncan ,'" quired the governor. Mr. Duncan replied in the aflirma- t tive. 1 Continuing, Mr. Duncan said that c furthermore the new board, of which Col. VVilie Jones was chairman, had sent to the dispensers notice that they ehrtuiH orivA hond in securitv comoan ies, and that in each envelope in J which these orders were sent was en- ^ closed a blank form of insurance in the company represented by Mr. Barney Efans, with the request to j "till in and return;" that when the dispensary board heard of the improper use made of their action they immediately recalled the circular requiring the dispensers to insure. Mr. B. B. Evans called to Mr. Dun can. Mr. Duncan said lio would taiK to the governor. Mr. B. B. Evans: "Then, before k this audience, I pronounce that state- \ ment a damn lie, and he can see nie i outside this hall." c ,48it. down, Barney," said the go ver- f nor, "1 will answer him." 1 Governor Evans began his speech a .? . n V. . ' .. ... by saying that he bad not known of any enmity of Mr. Duncan to him till he appears on the stump. Mr. Duncan had been to his house, acting in the capacity of a sort of courier, bringing up the boys to see Ben Tiilman and himself. Mr. Duncan made insinuations against him and told them to their teeth that he had no proof. By that he admits that he is a slander 3r. "But the milk in the cocoanut," laid Governor Evans, "was about the iispensary. Somehow and for some i reason there had been opposition to < putting the dispensary on an honest < plane. Another matter that troubled J lome people was that he had been |; matching too close. i It was an infernal lie that he had 1 sver cancelled one dollar's worth of < nsurance on any dispensary. There ] lad been some complaint about his 1 jrother having some insurance, and i hey said they were going to take it i iway from him. He had asked them \ vhy, and I he reply was that he had 1 )een talking about them so much. He i old them that his brother had as much < ight to talk of them as aayone else, 1 ind that it was healthy. I As to that circular requiring dis- i aensers to give bonds, it was sent out i jy the new board three months after i ais connection with the dispensary < had ceased. He knew knothing of it t rhe circular and the recall to which i Mr. Duncan referred were read. They 1 svere signed by Col. Wilie Jones, ? shairman; and the recall stated that t iispensers would not be required to f give bonds until July. - < Referring to the bond matter. Gov- i srnor Evans said he had been Rhind's < counselor from first to last, aud never i bad there been mentioned a fixed fee 1 >r commission. All that Duncan had i x> say against him was that he should 1 aot have taken a fee i$ the casi be- < jause he was a State senator. If law- 1 pers in the legislature did not take mch cases they would starve. "Do i 70u think Mr. Duncan would have < ;aken it if he had had the chance? He ; would have grabbed it like a redbelly 1 perch takes a wasp." Governor Evans then read from the i 3tate, where, when Mr. Duncan was < n the legislature, he had. in a debate with Col. Haskell, said the commis- ; lions proposed to be allowed for bonds 1 should not be hampered. Mr. Duncan, said Governor Evans, < [aid stress on bis asking Governor Till- 1 nan for a. fee. Now, if he expected jO get a commission from Hhind or myone would he have asked Tillman for a fee, or even for his expenses? Mr. Duncan had asked where the )ther part of the commission had gone. He had read the papers the last weak and must hare seen that a New York broker got $25,000, another broker had gotten $5,000, and Mr. Elhind himself $5,000 three years ago. Referring to the candidacy of Judge Earle, Governor Erans said it was not fair for him to ask them to vote for aim and not come here, meet him md talk to them. He should resign tiis judgeship, or let him appoint some jne to sit in his stead while he was on the stump. Mr. Duncan, in reply, said that in round numbers the commissions allowed for refunding the bonds were 5118,000; of this amount $35,000 had seen accounted for as disposed of. ? t j l ia r\r\r\ 1 1 f , mere was saia 10 De fao.uuu iockcu up i in court; where was the difference? Governor Evans?Don't you know i .he syndicate got the balance? Mr. Duncan replied that he was glad i ;o know that much had been accountid for. Turning to Mr. B. B. Evans, i Sir. Duncan said: < "Mr. Evans, you have heretofore < nsured the dispensaries?" Mr. Evans?I have. I Mr. Duncan?Did you enclose appli- I :atton blanks of your companies in ] ;hose letters containing that circular j o the dispensers? < Mr. Evans?I did not. ] Mr. Duncan?Did you have them < inclosed? j Mr. Evans?I did not. Mr. Duncan- Mr. Dispenser; is hfr , n the hall? Mr. Evans?The blanks were sent 3y the dispensary. The clerk asked 1 ne for them, as I am repsenting the )nly surety company doing business n the State. Mr. Duncan?Who was it asked you por them? Mr. Erans?The clerk, Mr. Scruggs. Mr. Duncan said he would prove by ilr. Efird that Governor Evans want>d to get back on the board of control >f the dispensary. Gen. Watts, the next speaker, said le was willing to leave his fortunes n the hands of old Confederate solliers. Gen. Watts was followed by the iandidates for superintendent of education?Mr. Mayfield and Mr. Robinion. They both appealed to the inlabitants of the "Independent Repubic" for their votes. Congressman Mcjaurin next spoke and the meeting idjourned. Teller's Boom Launched. Denver, Colo., June 25.- -The Na- ? ional Silver party state convention ! 1 1 J - ? fVkia vas iieiu lu luc x^ruauwajr w?ki kuu , norning. Delegates from every coun- , y in the State, to the number of 500, j vere present. The meeting was called o order by I. N. Stevens, and ex Unit- , id States Senator H. A. W- Tabor vaschosen temporary chairman. Af- , er the appointment of committees on j jredentials, resolutions, etc , the con- j mention adjourned until this afternoon < hen delegates to the national conven- ' ion to be held at St. Louis, July 22, | vill be chosen. Today's convention j vas larger and created more enthusi ? Lsm than either the Republican or the )emocratic State conventions already | leld. The resolutions to be presented j his afternoon will declare for Henry ( ll. Teller for President, and instruct j Ko tn Sf T.onis t.r> subordi- 4 late every interest and all issues to the ?ne question of free silver coinage. Slaughter in the East. Constantinople, June 24.?Advices eceived here from Van, Asia Minor, ay that in the outbreak which occured there on Monday 400 Armenians vere killed, and that the trouble was enewed yesterday. A large number >f persons have taken refuge in the British consulate. The massacre is iscribed to agents of the porte who vere paid to provoke a demonstration >n the part of the Armenians, which night serve as a pretext for a general laughter of Christians. Fute of Twelve Tramps. Sfokank, Washington, June 23.? ^ freight train on the Great Northern vas derailed yesterday near Kootenaia ""alls by a landslide. Twelve cars were carried down into the river over the alls and were dashed to pieces. + nr>tv?ncj *nown i ti ono r\( tViP Pfl ISJ _ VY CI V O biauips TT \J 1U wuv KM" v"-~ I ind not one escaped. 1' / f ' . * v? Z======I==Z=ZZII==IZIZZZ^=IZZ THE BOND MATTER. Senator Tillman Makes a Statement About The Blatter. Columbia, 8. C., June 24.?The following letter was published a few day a ago: To the Public: I have been absent frnm flifl fifnto Hnrina' must, of ill8 kit two weeks, making silver speeches in the west, and have been ignorant of the furor created by the signed articles in the New York Times, charging crookedness in the bond matter. I read it, as copied in the State papers just before leaving South Carolina, and immediately decided that the au- J ihor was my political and personal 3 memy and a South Carolinian. I did aot feel that the anonymous attack * ivas worthy of notice and so stated to i lunnntan On rmr wkfnvn T find that "? L X Williams' is known to be the ^ writer, and this statement of itself, will be sufficient to most men as to the ;ij notive of the attack and truth of the iharges. I learned further that Dr. | Bates had written a card explaining ^ -he receipt by him of a commission ^ amounting to about $2,000 for extra 5 ind unofficial work, but apparently ihunning or ignoring the graver iharees directly or indirectly nude of *5 1 collusion with Bhind and the com- M nission. On arriving at Columbia, I 3m found Dr. Bates had prepared a full Jjj statement of the whole bond transac- % ion, but under bad advice had con- -39. ined his statement as published to an explanation of the i nufmMnii jnii lim, which was not at all ;ven to his friends, and thereby hmL Ml! , wnflinw iU avi ilirin?lrfllaiii'Y* n uviuouiabuci mau mwiruwp wyiw?pw, He submitted this statement to me amd ao w gives it to the press at my sugge<8!f ion. I have read it carefully ana can corroborate as true everything in con- :1| tains as to the facts of the case. But for the fact that there are others involved in the so called "bond scanial," I would adhere to my original % purpose of treating it with silent con- ,-'5n tempt, because Gen. Butler made .JSj practically tne same charges at Wal* terboro in 1894, and I made a full and .. complete answer to them then. I recognized, however, that the shafts of slander and malace which 'M have fallen harmless from me may wound others who are not tan worthy :,$m Df public confidence. I take occasion, therefore, to repeat what I said at ^ Walterboro two years ago. I have . Jj never received one dollar of Rhind's commission and never made anv ;|a agreement, directly or indirectly with ~J| Rhind or any one else that would give me compensation for making the con* ?$ tract upon the terms agreed upon. I | worked in the State's interest and for .^5 her benefit wholly, and it is simply aamnaDie tnac tne papers 01 ine oiaie . should give currency and quasi eniorsement to these repeated slanders : m and lies. J I take occasion to say that the work 4 lone by Dr. Bates was entirely outsid a V*a| and apart from his official dutieu, . .-.tg ind that every criticism of him for i? : in my judgment, unreasonable and -flS in just. He consulted me as to the Ja propriety of doing it, and I did not then and do not now see why he nEM should have refused to do the work that in no wise conflicted with hit official duties, and which did not cost ,-wg the State one cent On two occaai(Hia , M Dr. Bates, in the plentitude of caution for what he supposed to be for the /'|| best interests of the State, refused to sign the modification of the contract J| which the exigencies of the situa^ua^ ^ iemanded, and I overruled ^abelause I saw it ourJast- and only cnance. The agreement to do the work for -'M the syndicate was made two weeks afber the last compact was signed, and 4, he signed that under my persuation. .'M [ was associated with him four yean jj 3n the terms of the closest intimacy. m [f he is not an honest, honorable, con- '-30 scientious and high-toned gentleman, V?1 then we have none in South Carolina. M B. K. Tillman. 1N0THER STATEMENT BY TREASURER ' Vj BATES. The statement of Dr. Bates referred >3 n Kir ftonnfnr Tillman wnuld mftlr* "Jjfl ibout four columns'in this paper, so S ;hat its publication in this issue is out 4s the question. It contains nothing -il lew however?is but an elaborate re- fl lital of facts and incidents connected -M with the bond negotiations and con- dS ;racts. beginning with the original re- v| funding Act of '89, with which the J public are already familiar. Thediffi- 1 julties encountered in placing the . sew bonds are fully set forth. I As to the commission paid the brok- I ir, Rhind, Dr. Bates says: . jjl "The act of 1892under which the re- M funding took place appropriated the .-J noney in the sinking fund for the pay- W nent of a commission. Not a dollar ^ ){ this money was used, and strictly ' "| speaking, no commission was paid by ;J .he State to anybody. The interest :M from January to July, 1893, .as requir- I jd by the contract was paid (?very fl :eat of it) to the Baltimore TrustKbd. . m Guarantee company, or to the sub- A icribers of the syndicate upon their H arder. How the syndicate settled B with Mr. Rhind was his and their own fl iff air and one with which the State JH aad nothing to do." Again, the Doctor says upon this fl subject: ,-jfl "As for Mr. Rhind's commission it ?a<! a matter that concerned him and ;he syndicate. Every banker and cap- Hj talist in the State knows that the State debt was refunded to great advantage and as economically as could je expected under the circumstances n the face of such strong opposition it home and abroad. The charges or insinuation that I ^Hl lave shared in the commissions al- HH owed by the State are false and with- ^HH| )ut a foundation. After earnest soicitation to do work, and, when I sp.W hat it would not conflict witL my duies as State treasurer, I did render the indicate much responsible and valuible service, for which I accepted comjensation, not a dollar of which came )ut of the State. These services were H iome extra otlicial and others unoifi- H rial, and were services I could not H lave been expected or required to ren- B ler as State Treasurer." Dr. Bates concludes his statement as ollows:"The successful refunding of the^^H State debt during; one of the wori^^^H )anics this country has ever known^^HH mtitles Gov. Tillman and myself, )ersons charged with this responsible^^^M iitlicult and delicate duty, to some^^H lonor and credit, and I conhdentl^^^H relieve these will be fully accorded )y an exacting but just people, thoug^^^H .here be those who would not on^^^^R ob us of that credit, but would robl^HEH )f character, as well, if they had the^^H "In faithful service for the State I lave done what 1 could. 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