The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, July 22, 1896, Image 10
The Press and Banner.
BY HUGH WILSON.
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KARL ON fill; STlJMpr
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THE JUDGE PITCHES HIS CAMPAIGN
ON A HIGH PLANE.
The State Campaign Meetings Kemi inert at
rtuimrr? i<ui i?5 ur i.iuuunn>r..u
tented by the Crowd -Several of the Can
dldatea Absent.
Sumter, July 15.?'The State campaign
meetings were resumed heie
last Monda.y. At 10:10 County Chairman
R. O. Purdy cnlltd the meeting
lo order. The Rev. N. W. Edmfinds
invoked divine blessing; asking that
all things might be done decently and
in order here today. Chairman Purdy
announced that Mr. T. W. Stanland
had authorised him to state that
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lie imu wiuiurawn irum mc cimijjicr.ional
race, leaving Mr. Stokes and
Mr. Moses to fight it out. Messrs.
Htokes and Moses, cand:dates for Congress,
spoke first. These ffeotlemen
were followed by Judge Karle. After
beiug introduced the Judge made an
iuterestiug speech:
"I stand here today," he said, "where
1 have stood manv times before, fac
ing a people I have known since childhood.
I see here men who I knew
as boys over there in the academy. I
see here friends of the p?st; friends
who were with me in '76, in '78;
friends who stood at my back in 189U.
I can say that 1 am standing among
friends. Some of you differ with me
tcday. Here and theie some political.friend/3
of the past are perhaps
. now my enemies. But this I say:
Friend or foe, you have always known
whereto finu me; you always knew
where I stood. No man can say that
I ever threw a rock and hid my hand.
No man need ever say he had to hit
me in the back; he had only tw stand
to the front.
"Some years ago I had the honor to
run for Governor of South Carolina.
I knew I could not be elected; I knew
I was doomed to defeat, but I had
been honored hv the people who electi
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wi me 10 a responsitne umw. iuwo
were whisperings, charges that there
was something wrong in the offices of
the administration of which I formed
a part. 1 could not meet these charges
except by being a candidate. I had a
right to stand as a candidate for governor
and speak to my people. What
I said on the stump won applfiuse
from my oppDnents. I conduct; J the
campaign on a high plain, and my
opponent, who was elcctea, so slati i.
"On his election my position was
that the people had spoken; that the
^ Democrats had rendered their verdict;
that I would accept it, and would not
oppose him. When one of the most
prominent newspapers in South Carolina
wrote tome as well as others,
asking what I was going 10 oo or auvis9
doing in the face of the result, 1
answered: Stop abuse, cease vitupara
tion, tr^at all men with lairne?s and
do what can be done to bring the j>eople
together. I have no apologies to
make to anyone for anything I said
then. I said what I felt, what I be'
liev?d in my heari. We are one people;
we are the Democratic party.
The constitutional convention buried
the hatchet, and now, fellow-citizens,
I bring a message from the Piedmont.
Stop strife; stop discord; be united."
. Gen. Earle alluded to an aponymous
card which had appeared in a Sumter
paper, asking why he withdrew from
a race for a county ollice in 187G.
"You all kuow the author," he raid,
"but I am ready to answer it. If any
man in the crowd will stand sponcDr
for thoea questions let him appear and
I will answer, i^et nm siinu up.
There was no sponsor. "You all
know where I stand on State politics.
I air. a Democrat; I have not joined
in vituperation; I hare given credit
for what was done.
"There have been rumors and
charges of dishonest transactions in
this State. Now, X say here to friends
and opponents that I do not believe
B. R. Tillman is a dishonest man. I
opposed him and have no apalogies to
make for it. I have not agreed with
him in all things. 1 do not agree wilh
him in all things; but I believe he is
honest and I don't believe Tillman
ever stole a dollar of dispeDsary mon
ey or bond deal money. If there has
been any stolen, let those who got it
answer for themselves."
"It has been said that a judge should
not go upon the slump. That is an
aristocratic idea wincti does not now
hold good. If going upon the stump
luterfeired with his duties he should
not do so, and for that reason I have
been prevented from appearing before
the people of the State as soon as I
wished. But when it does not conflict
with h'S duty he should have the
privilege of doing so in these days
when United States senators, governors
and other men holding high offices
go on the stump. No office is too
high to allow the man who tills it to
meet the people face to face.*'
Judge Earie then boldly sailed out
upon glittering financial sea, speaking
in an interesting manner upon a subject
that is almost tco threadbare to
be handled in public by auy but masters
of it.
The DeoDle knew there was some
thing wrong, and they could expect
little or no i elief from any State administration.
Candidates lor congress
who bad spoken had declar 1 fur 10
to 1, but had neglected to slate why
free coinage at that ratio was right
and would be beneficial. The spp iter
proceeded to give a historical sketch of
the use of silver and gold as money or
purchasing medium fiom the time
Abraham purchased a burying place
for Sarah with silver to the present
time. Silver was the money metal
unit both geld and silver were us:i
by tne nomans 4uu years oeiore
Christ.
For 500 years before 1873, he s^id.
the ratio of sil ter and gold had ranged
from 11 to 1 to 1G to 1. The history of
the demonetization of silver by !he
Latin union was gone over step by
step?and it haa been done in eacb
case at the demand of the wealthy,
the money p^wer.
Judge Earle declared that the demonetization
of silver in 1873 was
rightly termed the crime of '73, because
silver was a money of the constitution.
Mr. Webster, the greatest
constitutional lawyer, had said that
congress had no power to demonetize
either silver or gold. But while the
peoDle were working in the shops and
tielus,their representatives in congress
had, criminally or ignorantly or both,
demonetized silver.
In England the history of demonet-1
ization of silver had been that after a J
twriod of 2<> v? urs the land owners had
i?t ?>ii vtducul to only 8 percent, of the
fn-tt holders in 1S1W
Sih^r bullion, rtid Judge Karle,
would buv as much now as it ever
would: it falls in valuers other com
fjt'l, arid will continue to do
> > <o Ion.? as it is a commodity.
The sp?*akM* predicted that if the
gold puliey was successful in 10 years
the farmers in this section would not
own their land3, whose value had al
ready been deteriorated ouenair.
Therefore he had raid, and he said it
again, that he approved of what Tillman
was trying to do io congress, be
cause he was fighting for the masses.
Many people said there would be a
panic if the policy of the silver men
was carried out. He believed there
would be. There would bo a devil of
a time for a while, but was it not bel
t?T to lighten the eord about their
necks by a sudden jerk, snap it and
set them free with but a brui-ed skin,
than to allow it to be slctwly tightened
until they were choked to death.
They must stand for silver and g-old;
stand for IJryan of Nebraska and Se
wall of Maine. They were not demanding
anything new. They simply
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HSKtJU IU UO put uavu ,? ^
from 1837 to 1873-a period of pros
peiity. l>ethrone the money kiogv;
lake their hands froui the tliroats of
the people and enact laws, not ttiat the
rich man may become richer, not that
the poor man may get what dess not
belong to him, but that braia and
brawn may get that which it honestly
earns.
Gen. Earle advocatfd the income
tax. Of the 70,000,000 people in the
United States 30.000 own more than
one half of the prop3rty in the country.
Th's was gotten by unjust laws;
laws fostering trusts and monopolies.
Let these 30,000 pay u tax in proportion
to the protection they receive. It
is a menace when a half dozen men in
New York can make cotton go up and
down. Laws should be passed to give
the greatest gocd to the greatest number.
That was the design of the
founders of the government.
The judge mid he did not charge
dishonesty of purpose against Presi
J 1 am/1 Vm Ka rvt?aafr Qa
Uttlil Ulovciauu, auu uw
may be, his administratiou had been
the worst of any President, bo far as
the effects of h's policies on South
Carolina was concerncd. Under his
administration property values had
been steadily decreasing. .
At the conclusion of Gen. Earle's
speech there was a liberal amount of
cneering, considering the undemonstrative
character of the crowd.
Judee Earle was followed by Daa
can, Vv'hitman, Harrison, Richbourg,
Watts, May Held and Robinson. Gov.
Evans, Maj. McSweeuey and some
other candidates were absent.
The campaign meeting at Camden
yesterdav was flat as a fliunder.
Messrs. D. E. Finley and T. J. Strait,
candidates for Congress were the fir3t
speakers They were followed by the
candidates for State otiiees as follows:
Richbourg, Robinson. Ma^tield aud
McSweeney. Gov. Evans was una
voidably absent.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BARBKR.
Attorney Gtaneral Barber made his
second appearance in the campaign and
caught the crowd from the start by
staling that he had no opposition, and
he was glad of it, and telling some
apropos jokes. This has been one of
the fairest races ever held in South
Carolina, altbongh there has been
some whining and wheezing about
shutting out candidates. For himself
he didn't mind if some of these fellows
did come out against him, but their
object was to make a still hunt and
come in at the last moment. He denied
that there was any ring so far as
he is concerned. * He was here to say
that he stood ready to meet the slan
ders and slurs cast against the Keform
movement. He was prepared to prove
tbey were false. (Cheers.)
As to the Dispensary law he held
that it was the best whiskey law ever
placed on the statute boons. It was
lending towards what prohibitionists
wanted. If a law had not been properly
enforced insome respects that was
no reason why the law itself should
be condemned. According to statistics
drunkenness had decreased in
South Carolina 57 per cent.; cases of
drunkenness before mayors' courts
had decreased GO par cent., aud the
consumption of liquor 47 per cent
He denied that the Dispensary was a
monopoly. It was simply the State
taking up the business in trust lor the
people. He held that considering the
treatment the constables bad received,
they were the most considerate sat of
officers ever seen on earth. They
avoided difficulties, but enforced the
law. Otherwise they would have
been unworthy of their commissions.
| lie closed by asking the people of Kershaw
to endorse his record in his tight
against Federal judicial usurpation of
authority in trying to prevent the
holding of the Constitutional Convention
.
DUNCAN FOLLOWS.
Mr. Duncan opened his speech by
wading into national issues. He eulogized
Tillman, saying that since
that wonderful speech of his in the
senate, the people of the United States
had resolved taemselves into two factions?Tillman
and anti-Tillman. Papers
in this State were criticising Tillman
for his course in the Chicago
convention. He was no politician;
be had gone straight on and smc )theu
out the rough places, while othei3 had
sailed ia smoothly. Tillman knew
there was no chance for a President to
be nominated from any State South of
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Mason anu uuou s jiuo. iur. l>uuuiu
said that he trusted he would hereafter
not be handicapped by the absence of
candidates, whom bi could not Strike
in their absence. There were questions
in the minds of many which he
wanted answered, but he could not
bring them out till the mau came here
to reply. As to General Earle, he
said the man who stands between two
factions wou'd nok get the suppartof
one nor the respect of the other. If
he was a Conservative, come out and
fight like a man; if a Reformer, say so.
Don't stay on the fence. The man
who is not a party man does not deserve
success at the hands of parties.
It was not fair for a mau to join the
race at the quarter hole and run out at
the wire. General E irle said ne was
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a man 01 pettue. ou, ?aa uc, nut uo
spurned that peace which would prevent
a man who seeing a wrong would
not at once try to correct it.
At the conclusion of Mr. Duucan's
speech a half dozen men called for
"Evans."
EARLR JOCULAR.
General Earle was greeted with
quite a hearty cheer. lie told a joke
winch produced a laugh at Mr. Duncan's
expense. General E&rle said the
appearance of Mr. Barber here today
reminded him of the position he had
been in. He had been attorney gen
eral of South Carolina and the honesty
of officials serving in the administra
tion with him had been impugned,
lie had taken the stump six years a go A
to defend that administration. It was
his right to do so, and he used his best
energies. As he went through the
State there was one cry constantly J
Iaiw1?p ?yiH lnndpr Th? erv
gruwiug IWUMV* ?- ? ^
was "Hurrah for Tillman I" Tilitnan
bad been nominated and he paid him
a handsome comp'iment. He said of
me: "He is an honest man and I wish
he was on my ticket for attorney general."
Tillman had treated him fairly Q
and he treated him fairly. Tillman tl
had said he had the right to oppose t(
him for governor aud that he had con- o
ducted his campaign on a high plane. ij
In answer to a question from The vn
News and Courier as to what head e:
vised, he had told them to stop abuse, sj
lay a.side bitterness, and give Tillman a
credit for the good he had done. He p
urged now that bitterne&s would cease e
and that the whole people work for c
Hie weiiare 01 bue oiaie.
That letter to The News and Courier, s<
said General Earle, bad cost tiim the J
district attorneyship of South Caroli- h
na. Cleveland had promised him the o
otlice, but Conservatives, who had E
been his friends, had gone behind and h
undoue him. Another man had been lj
appointed, a worthy, honest, capable v
man, but the loss ot the office was his ii
punishment by those who were narrow d
and bitter. h
General Eirle then went into the fi* ?
nancial question, and, in the limited 1;
time allowed, made a clear statement ti
of the case. He said he knew he had
friends in the crowd and would get k
their votes. (Cheers) k
OTHER CANDIDATES. D
Mr. Whitman said that if the people q
expecieu 10 una a ueiier xvoiormci- uiau *
himself they would have to burn the s
woods and sift the ashes. But he pro- ?
ceeded to arraign the so called Re- J
formers who had gotten control of the ti
movement. He had been prodding p
these fellews with his pitchfork, try- s
ing to get them to keep their promises a
but they would not. When Whitman
criticised Til (man there were cries of a
"Hurrah for Tillman." p
Col. McSweeney, forlieutenaut gov- e
ernor, was liberally applauded. He n
said ttie Reform party was not pursu- c
ing a tearing down policy. Its princi- li
pie was to build upaud improve. They n
did not wish to pull down any educa- u
tional institutions. In the constitutional
convention Mr. Julian Mitcnell q
of Charleston had commended Senator t<
Tillman for his work for education in b
this State. 4
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Inhnman Mother Hadm. ?
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Louisville, July 16 ?A special to c
the Courier-Journal from Pikeviile, v
Ky., sajs that news reached there yes- D
terday from Cobum, Va., to the effect
that Mary Sncdgrass was hanggd at ii
that place last Friday for the murder f,
of her child. s
The Snodgrass woman was a disrep- ti
utable character and was compelled to n
leave Pikeviile on that account. She tl
went to Ooburn where her child was 0
cared for by negroes until it was about &
a month old. Then it was turned ovt r g
to its mother. She did not want it n
and tried to ge} rid of the child in va- v
rious ways. The county judge told 0
her that she wonld have to provide for vi
it and she took it to her home. b
One night about midnight some peo- tJ
pie living close by heard the little one y
screaming. Black smoke was seen j
issuing from the chimney and the door ?
was burst in to ascertain the trouble. c
The child had been placed in the fire e
and the mother was holding it in place d
in the flames with a long iron poker.
It was burned almost to ashes. Tne
inhuman mother was arrested and _
placed in jail. The infuriated people e
wanted to lynch her, but the promise
of speedy justice caused them to allow ^
the law to take its course. She was g
tried and convicted of murder in the t;
tir3t degree. The parents of the wo- ^
man live in this county. She was g
married to a worthless man when she
was about 16 years old and soon sepa- ^
rated faom him. She was about 28
years old. p
Opinion of a Colorado Judge. f<
Glen wood Springs, Colo., July 15. J
?Judge J. H. Cdldwell, when asked 8
his oninion of the work of the Demo- &
cratic convention, replied: "The wis- v
dom of its action amounts to an inspi- 11
ration. No batter man or sounder
platiorm has been presented to the D
American people by any party in a &
third of a century, it marks an epoch e
in the political history of this country.
If McKinley is the Napoleon of the 11
gold standard force*, Bryan is the v
Wellington of the allied silver forces 7
and the historical parallel will be 11
complete except that this modern Na- tJ
poleon, after his Waterloo, will go to I
the headwaters of Salt Creek iustead 0
of St. Helena.". P
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Free Silver lu dlarylautl. p
Baltimore, July 15.?Congressman a
Harry Rusk, who is also chairman of (
the Democratic executive committee,
has written a letter to Mr. William *
Jennings Bryan, Democratic candidate Q
for President, inviting him to visit j
Baltimore, and promising him a rous- c
ing reception. In speaking of the out- ^
look the chairman of the city committee
said that tbe rapid growth of the jsilver
sentiment in Maryland had j
been a matter of great surprise to him, j(
and that he fully expscted to see the ?
State go for Bryan and Sewall by a J
large majority in November.
Florida Democrats. a
Jacksonville, July 14--The State 1
Democratic Executive Committee met '
nere toaay ana organize lor the cam- *
paign. Resolutions were passed en- *
dorsing the Chicago platform aad c
Bryan. A majority of the committee '
has been supposed to favor the gold a
standard, but since the parly has 1;
spoken they have fallen into line. ^
The nomination of Bryan and the v
platform adopted have caused great e
enthusiasm throughout the State. h
Housing ratification meetings have ^
been held at Lake City, Williston, c
Laesburg and other points. A big rat- P
ideation meeting will soon bj held at &
Jacksonville. 1
L
The Bamberg Fitting School. r
Prof. H. G. Sheridan, Principal of ?
the Holly Hill Graded Sshool, having 1
declined the position of Headmaster of
the Bamberg Fitting School, to which '
position he was elected eometime ago, r
Prof. W. E. Willis has been elected to p
till the vacincy. Prof. Sheridau has ^
a better position at Holly Hill than e
the Bamberg position.
Will Support Bryan. U
Jacksonville, Fla., July 15.?Cap- h
tain J. W. Anderson, the Republican ji
leader of Putnam county, has left bis u
party and will support Bryan. Cap- U
tain Anderson can't stand the gold I
standard plank of the Republican n
, platform. ?
A SPICY MEETING.
LIVELY LI TTLE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN
THE CANDIDATES.
udge Karle Ankn Nome OiieHtlouH, Which
are Answered by Governor Evans? Both
Get a Little Warm Though Apparently
Cool ICnougli.
Lancaster, S. C., July 16.?For the
rst time since the campaign opened
iere was some life in the debates here
>day, and the indications are that
ther things besides the dry free silver
isue. upon which nearly all agree,
rill be made prominent in the speechs.
Mr. Duncan made his usual bond
peecn, auaing oneoriwu uow pumu,
nd it was noticeable that he is imroving
in debate very much. Howver,
tbere was very little spirit in the
rowd during his speech.
The chief incident of the day was a
sries of questions propounded by
udge Earle to Governor Evans as to
ow many meetings the State Board
f Control had in 1895. Governor
Ivans admitted practically that none
ad been, though he said there was
ittle use for them as all members
rere agreed as to policy. Judge Earle
aterrogated him about cancelling
ispensary insurance and giving it to
is brother at a higher rate Governor
Ivans most positively aud indignant'
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y aemeu inai lie uau ever uuue sui-u a
hing or knew that it had been done.
He retorted on Judge Earle that he
new he (Governor Evans) did not
now it and Judge E xrie said he did
iot, but while not responsible for the
ueations which were given to lxim he
ras certain that Governor Evans's anwers
would be replied to. Governor
Ivans replied that he would hold
udge Earle responsible for both qutfs
ions and answers, and the latter relied
very forcibly that he was reponsible
for anything he said now or
ny where.
Governor Evans said he was too,
nd during this colloquy tbe crowd
ressed close around the stand to hear
very word. Judge Earle had a good
aany friends in the audience who
heered him, but unquestionably tbe
ireer part of tnem were with Goverior
Evans as was shown by their volrninous
yells for him.
J udge Earle said privately that the
uestions he propounded was the
oundation for some future remarks
e would make. There were about
00 people present. The candidates
nd representatives of the press were
sost hospitably entertained by the
itizens and tne Lancaster meeting
rill long be a red letter day in their
memories.
Judge Eirle was the first speaker
ntiwu4ii/uirj thaw Koiriif BAI7MP91 rfl.Ha
or him. After giving his reasons for
tumping the State in 1800, which are
tie same as he stated at the Camden
meeting. Judge Earle then took up
be financial question- As to the cry
f overproduction, he said it was nonense.
So long &s there was one raged
woman in the world there was demand
for more cotton, so long as there
7&? one hungry man there was need
f more wheat. If all the wheat made
ras divided there would not be a half
arret to each inhabitant; nor if all
tie cotton was made into cloth there
rould not be enough to go around,
t was not overproduction, but under
onsumDtion, and there was underonsumptiou
because there was not
nough money to pay for the prouots.
He dwelt upon the history of coinge
and then showed how the weight
f the silver dollar had been maintaind
a 44i grains, while the amount of
old in a dollar hud baen reduced.
Vasit right and just, after the United
Itates had incurred a debt based on
tie gold and silver standard to have
o pay that debt on a basis of a gold
tandard; was it just to make that disrimination
against the debtor? The
Jnited States has the right to fix the
ystem of weights and measures. Supos9
a man was to give his nota today
or 150 bushels of corn to be paid next
ear, and in the meantime congress
bould change the measure of a bushel
9 one-third more, and that when he
rent to pay his note the creditor demanded
one-third more corn. Would
hat bahonest? And yet the government
had done that identical thing as
o silver. G&n. Earle strongly favord
the income tax, and spoke at
sngth upon the iniquities of the tarff.
If fret silver carried the day we
rould have a hard time of it for a
rhile, but it was better to endure that
or a short time and so get free from
be halter that was about our necks,
jet us lay aside dissensions among
urselves; let us stand together as one
eople for the good of South Carolina,
ffamlrin/y haw onH txtif W aria nut*.
'"K lUgOfcUOl i"**
os9. We are all Democrats and
hould stand together as one people.
Cheers.)
Mr. J. T. Duncan said he rejoiced
9 see the two great parties arrayed
ipenly in the light on a great issue,
leretofore it had been a cowardly
ontest. He maintained that Tillman
tad done more for silver than any
ither man in the United States. Mr,
)uncan referred to the history of the
leform movement; how Tillman had
ed it on to success wben iu other
Hates the movement went to pie :es.
low, Tillman had made the issue in
ongress, he had stirred the people
,nd made all men take sides. Mr.
)uncan claimed, with moiesty for
or the great leader, by saying he was
reater than a President; he made
'residents. The national coinmittea
lad given him the honor of blazing
be way to victory, ile had done so
,nd those who had done so had sailed
nto victory. As to Judge Earle, he
tad no quarrel with liim, but a man
pho was not a parly man need not
xpect support from any party, lie
tad him to defeat and he could do it
ike a gentleman. As to his other
ompetitor he would speak without
irejudice or parsion. He would speak
o honest men and would stand by <
hem. He had seen Ben Tillman who <
iad declared he was hands-off in this
ace; when he convinced the Reform- j
rs of that fact then Evans1 chances in
bis race would indeed be sJ'm.
He repeated his question as to j
whether, when Evans had gotten
thind the appointment of agent to <
efund the debt, he, Evaus, expected :
o makeanvthincr out of it. He want
d hi in to say whether or not he had
xpected to make anything out of the
ond transaction. Evans would get i
p and cry, "Prove it,prove it," when
e would not even deny it. He obicted
to being misquoted on the stand
a order that the crowd might be made
3 laugh and turned from the point.
f EvaDS did deny having an agree- <
lent with Rhind, he would have <
omething more to say.
Governor Evans, who was seated behind
the speakers' stand, was heard
to say, sotto voce, that some men
were "natural born liars." This
amused some of the woolhat boys
about him, who by quiet laughing expressed
approval of his excellency's
wit.
Evans had done some boasting, said
Duncan, about this bond business, and
now he was probably sorry he had
talked so much, but he -would not dare
deny that in the very recent past he
had tried to persuade a friend he was
mistaken as to an impression he had
about a statement Evans made to him
in regard to his connection with the
bonds of Rhind.
Kvans? Who is the man?
Duncan?Larry Gantt.
i^vans?That is a li<? T aiiH
any such thing to him.
t ?)uncan--That is his only defense.
"That's a lie," is all he can eay. I say
no brave man would take advantage
of a man on the stand like that, particularly
when he is protected by paid
men, here to do his bidding* Men
hired U> go around with him to protect
his cowardly bones. (Shouts and
cheers.)
, This reference to paid men was directed
to the presence of Detective
Newbold, who has followed the cam
paign from the beginning. There
have been one or two other hangers
on, but they are not known to have
the.job of protecting Governor Evan?
The trutn, said Duncan, was hard U
take sometimes, and when he told it
Evans tried to blow ink over him
"See him come with the lie again,1
said he. In Charleston, in 1894, But
ler had charged Evans and Tillmai
with having a finger in theb)ndpie.
At Walterboro, the next day, Tillmai
swore no man m South Carolina hac
gotten one cent. Evans had not tol<
nim of his connection with Rhind
He don't dare deny that.
Evans-I do deny it; Tillman will
too.
Duncan- -Da you dare charge Sena
ator Tillman with knowing yourguil
and trying to hide it.
Evans?No, I don't say [ was guilty
you do.
Duncan?You don't dare say Till
man would try to hide any man1!
guilt.
As to the dispensary the law was al
right?
A Voice?The whiskey is not
though.
Duncan?No, butdon'thold the lav
responsible for the bad management
That's what I want to talk to yoi
about. After the Darlington riot, sai<
nnnwin nil (.Ha inaiii-ariPB nn rlisrwii
sariwere cancelled. Mr. Seibals, ac
iasurance agent, went to Governoi
Tillman ana offered to insure all thi
dispensaries. Governor Tillman tolc
him to do so. Seibels went to New
York, made arrangements with all hi
companies and placedall the insurance
"This man," pointine to Governoi
Evans, "took it away from him when
he got to be governor and gave it all
to his brother." Governor Evans will
tell you I am a clerk in the State hou?<
and that I have a brother in the State's
employ. B. R. Tillman appointee
him.
Evans?Did you not ask me to ap
point him?
Duncan?No, for I advised h?ai no
to take the job.
Evans?You have a short memory
about some things.
Evans, said Duncan, had singlet
out three railroads in South Carolina
to attack in his annual message. H<
1_ A I tl 11 1 1 A. _
snooK me Douiuern roaa severely mj
please the boys. Just after that hi
brother, George, a lawyer in Edgefielt
came through Columbia on his way t<
Washington to get employed by the
Southern road. Ha returned from
Washington in the private cir of the
general counsel of the road.
Evans says he wes watching some
one in the dispensary closely, yet h<
only called one meeting of the baart
of control in 12 months. Tnat was i
fine way to keep watch. As to th<
bonding of dispansers, he reassertec
that after the new board had takei
charge, blank forms of the company
represented by the governor's brother
had been enclosed in official commu
nications. The premiums from thi
amounted to about $4,000.
GOVERNOR EVANS.
Gjvernor Evans was received witl
a few hand claps. He was glad, h<
said,to see General Earle here. He wai
a dignified gentleman, a judge wh(
had but just laid aside tue ermine
Governor Evans was tired of goinj
around this State shooting at carrioi
crows and sparrows. He had beei
endoised at Hampton. Tbey said hi
was not guilty of any wrong. H<
could not put brains in numpskull'i
head so he could understand. He hac
not made Duncan and was not respon
sible for him. God Almighty mad<
him and he sometimes wondered whj
he had. He had decided to pay n(
further attention to him and unless h<
was asked questions he would mak<
no answer 10 the charges. He hac
letters from friends all over the StaU
tailing him to pay no attention to Dun
can. It was not possible to satisfy hie
enemies, and Duncan was his enemy
He had slept in his room at Manning
and he now realized tbat he mighi
have had a cold dagger plunged in ni<
heart. Why did tliis man keep oe
in this way.
Dunoan?I have asked questions ami
vou have not answered them. Did
you have an understanding with Rhind
to get a fee before you recommended
him to Governor Tillman for appoint
ment?
Evans?I can't give you brains tc
understand. You must take my answers
as I give them. (Cheers ) You
can't preach yourself in the United
States senate by abusing me to these
boys. You must show you have abil
ity and not only say "This man is nol
worthy and Ben Tillman is the great
est man that ever lived." He was nol
his brothers' keeper, said the governor.
One was a lawyer in Edgefield and
had a right to choose his clients, and
the other was an insurance agent in
Columbia who had the right to get in
surance where he could.
Duncan?Did you not give him the
insurance on the dispensary in Columbia?
Evans?No; if he got it, Mixson
gave it to him.
Governor E/ans then made reference
to the famous dispensary bill,
about the drawing of which there has
been so much discussion.
jjuucuu saiu: "uovernor, i prupose
to face you with Gen. Barber to prove
there was a bill agreed upon by you,
but which was not drawn."
Evans?Barber won't say it.
llere Judge Earle asked leive to
propound a few questions.
' As chairman of the Stale board of
control, how many meetings did you
call in 1895!"
Governor Evans could not remem
' ber. He did not know.
Earle?Was it not your duty to call
meetings?
i Evans?No; not unless there was
> something to do.
Governor Evans did not know anyi
thing about cancelling of insurance of
State buildings lie had not done it,
nor given the insuranee to his brother.
He did not know how many
agents had insurance on State properi
ty when he went in, nor how many
, had it now.
Earle?What purpose did you have
in asking the present clerk of the State
board of control for the prices the
board was paying for whiskey?
Evans?Because I heard they were
paying too much aud I wanted to tind
out about it.
Earle?Did you not canc9l the insurance
at 1 3 4 per cent, on the Anderson
dispensary and give it to your
brother at 2 per cent?
, Evans?I aid not.
Governor Evans said he had not
called the board together in 1895, because
Ncrton, Tompkins aud himself
had agreed on a policy ana he was
lofr tn cai'TO it. nnt
Voices ia the crowd called on Evans
to give them a chance to vote on trie
dispensary next fail.
A.11 right," he said "I'll do it."
t Governor Evans felt confident of
. beating both these fellows. It was
, two to one, and he almost wished it
was 16 to 1. Why had Judge Eirle
) asked him these questions? What
was the object of them?
' Eirle?Because, if it was true that
> you had done these things, you were
. not fit to be governor. (Ci-eers.)
x Evans?But you know they are not
truie.
i Earle?I know nothing of the kind,
j sic; I know nothing about you. I
j asked the questions; they are not mine
but were handed to me. I am responsible
for asking ihem. The person
who handed them to me assures me
' he can prove what they imply. He
. will be responsible for their answer.
t (Cries of Earle 1 E irle!)
Evans?I will hold you responsible
. for the questions aud the answer I
' Earle? I am always rtsponsible, sir,
. for anything 1 do (Cheers)
s Gov. Evans was on the platform
shaking his finger and gesticulating
I, vehemently, while Gen. Earle was on
the ground, gesturing with his uplifted
arm. lc was by odds the most in'
terestiag moment of the campaign.
j Gov. Evans paid he brought the people
tidings, but he did not take time
! to tell them, coming back to the cuce
j in poiDt and saying he knew this peo.
pie were not going to put men in
L charge now wao had been against
f them in 1890. Judge Earle was a
3 gocd man, and, he believed, a good,
I judge. He had been made one by Ra7
formers, but he had not been with the
3 people in their demands six years ago.
He says be is not Conservative or Hep
former. He stands between, then he
t must be half alligator, half horseman.
[ Earle?I say 1 am a Democrat and
I an honest man.
3 Evans?Yes, there are Democrats
, and Democrats.
I Earle?And there are Reformers and
^formers.
Gov. Evans said Judge Earle was
swinging on Tillman's coat tails.
. .Judge Earle arose quickly and advanced
to the stand, addressing Gov.
Evans, who kept on talking, turning
7 his back to Earle.
, "I can't let that pacs," said tne
Judge, in a low tone. He again called
' to tne governor, who asked the judge
a not to interrupt him so often, he could
' speak after wards. (Cries of "Earle.")
? Judge Earle?You know, sir, I nev:
er swung to Gov. Tillman or any other
maa. Whea you eay otherwise
J you do yours9lf an injustice.
1 Gov. Evans went on to say the peo'
pie were not going to put men in otfice
who had been fighting the alliance.
They were not going to turn out the
l old veteran ana wounded soldier at
this stage of the fighting. "You are
* not going to repudiate men who have
? been fighting for you." He was going
to beat both these men, he said, as
1 badly as Tillman had beat Earle in
7 1890. (Cheers.)
' , THE OTHER SPEAKERS.
The Senatorial aspirants were followed
by Whitman and Harrison, candidates
for Governor, who put in their
pleas. These gentlemen were followed
i by Major McSweeney, who seems to
a ha ve a walk over for Lueitenant Govera
nor. Attorney, General Barber fol>
lowed Major McSweeney, end wps fol.
lowed in turn by Messes,
j Watts and Richbourg, candii
dates for Adjutant and Ini
spector General, Watts spoke ef the
j militia with priae, referring to the im3
provement he had made in it in draft3
iag the enlistment law. He went on
1 to say he was making this campaign
on merit. He had a right to criticise
3 his opponent as to his political actions
r out woaia never stoop soiow as to go
) into personalities, and no Confederate
3 soldier or gentleman would stoop to the
3 law plane his opponent bad.
I He referred to Gen. E ideas bowJ
in? to the will of the majority when
- defeated by Tillman, but Gen. Richi
bourg had run against Gen. Farley,
. the nominee of the Domcsratic party.
\ He did not mean to criticise any man's
I political opinion, so long as ne was
J honest, but he has changed his polii
tics thres times in the last six years,
and God only knew what step he
1 would take next, but according to a
I gentleman in Sumter he would "go
1 to the Lily Wnites next." As to his
I next step, however, he would have
nothing to say.
Gen. Richbourg made his usual
> speech, at the conculsion of which he
said that as Gen. Watfs had gone into
i the mire he would hive to follow him.
I He would ask Gen. Wat's to ray whe>
ther or not he had not at the Grand
rliifinOF f<jin w> cam
V^/U?4Mt U^r?TW?y MMklUg m * ft
t bled and lost all his money; whether
he had not demanded that I lie winner
! return it to him, and on the man's refusal,
gone into the street, got a policeI
man and forced the man to give up
i the money.
i Gen. Watls replied that the answer
required strong language. lie would
say that any man who made such a
statement was an infernal liar, and
the truth was not in him.
Gen. Richbourg said he did not
make the charges, but he would prove
them true.
Gen. Richbourg went on to say he
regarded the otlice of adjutant general
: as a hi?h one?one that should be filled
with dignity and sobriety. That officer
is at the head of the South Carolina
soldiery?a soldiery that has always
won glory in war and should not be
disgraced iu peace by a drunken and
incompstent head.
"My young competitor wants office,
of course he dc^s. He is the hardest
to wean from the public crib I ever
saw, but his public acts on more than
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*
MISS TILLMAN'S DEATH. V|j
LIGHTNING'S FEARFUL WORK RE- /' %
MOVES A WOMANLY WOMAN.
The Eldest Child of Senator Tillman, Willi*
Oat Horseback Biding at Brevard N. CH * la
Instantly Killed With Her Escort.
Columbia, S. C.f July 17.?Sym- - J
path v deep and sincere of all Columbia 14
was felt for the bereaved family of
Senator Tillman yesterday, when the V
few brief lines were read telling of the iH
tragic death of his eldest daughter, the ^
pride of his household. Inquiries wore J
heard on all sides from those anxious
to know more of the details, but noth- 'M
ing could be learned until the train jij
bearing the body reached this city last
Some lime before the train was due M
numbers of friends began to arrive?t
the union deprt, among, whom were H
Assistant Attorney General Townaend,
Col. W. W. Bruce, Col. Mixaon,
Frank Tompkins, Chris AtkinsOQ, '
Fitz Norton, General WattB, Governor
Evans and scores of others, who r
came out despite (he pouring rain to J
pay their last tribute to this popular
and well known young woman, who
was a shining example of all tnat is
excellent j
Accompanying the body were Mr. .-AgM
T. C. McNeely, general agent of the
Henderson vi lie and Brevard railroad,. -aWa
and Messes. U. X. Gunter, private eee-:||jg
retary to Governor Evans, andT. W.
Bunch, an uncle of Miss Tillman^ the J
latter two having gone to meet the bod
at Spartanburg. Mr. McNeely wmm?nx'P&
the party when M?ss Tillman was killed .
tiuu was tuo ouj j eyewnueaa ut w? >JM
sad affair. *
Mr. H. F. Addicks, Jr., M)*s Nettie
Addicks, Mfc3 Addie Tillman, Miss 'M
Mae O'Bryan of Allendale, 8. C., Miss
Lizzie Bingham of Salisbury, N.
Mies Annie Warren of Hendrsonvilla, v.fgM
the Rev. Robert A. Lee of Yorkvillft,
Mr. M. D. Cooper of Brevard, with
Mr. McNeely, composed the party
from which death was to snatched two
membera. ?
Mr. McNeely said: "It was -10a.
m. on Wednesday when we left Hender3onville
for Brevard, which place . f
was reached at 11:30 o'clock. By 13:80 J
all of the persons 1 have named Wan
mounted and on the way to aaeend^^^B
Rich mountain, which is six miles
from Brevard. When three-quarter*
of a mile from the top of the mountain .' ./Jj .
we were overtaken by a thunderstorm; The
Tressott house was a few hundred
yards away and all hurried then to :y?j*a
get out of vhe rain."
"Mies Tillman, Mr. Lee and I stopped,
however, in order for Miss Till- ^
man and myself to change horsea; u
hers was afraid of the thunder. By
the time the phange was made, the
rain began to fall and all three of us '
took shelter under come chestnut
bushes, but about 40 feet away was a :Mffl
1 arge oak tree. i'J {
"Miss Tillman and Mr. Lee still remaincd
on horseback, the former with - 1
an upraised umbrella, while I, 20 feet . $|
away, was standing on the ground. It
was while thus waiting that a bolt of
lightning struck the tree and continuing,
instantly killed Miss Tillman, Mr. ;'1|
Lee and their horses. The shock was
sa severe that my horse was knoclfied -jfM
rlnwn hut T nnlu har3 mvflnMr ham- '' &&
ed slightly. This was at 3:30 o'clock. > ~|S
"la a few asconda I was by the aide ::M
of the two fallen paople. Not a muscle
of either moved, their death was J
instantaneous. There was no mark
left by the lightning to show its fear- - 3
ful wo An. "A wagon from Mr. Mo- . ' 'IS
I Creery, a farmer living near by, was
procured and the bodies tenderly
moved to the Trascott house, where
Mr. Carroll and the Misses Pleaaanta, ,^|
another horseback party, gave all the ;
aid possible.
"The home going was sad indeedr
Two of our party were still in death, :|j
and we that remained rode silently
along. ' 'It was about 11:30 that night ^
before Brevard was reached. From -J
here a telegram was sent to Senator j
Tillman."
This is the story as related by Mr. Ja
McNeely, who was the only one to ^1g8
witness the double tragedy. At 1 . |
o'clock yesterday the body of Miw
Tillman reached Hendersonville and i
was sent on to Columbia. Only a very >J|
?!?! > nnffln /WMllll Via
pmilA YYUUUCU wwu wiuu W in m i ? . , "5l?
there, but when Columbia was reached, . <J
Mr. Berry had a handsome metallic \
casket, covered with white cloth,, In
readiness in the ladies' waiting room J ;
of the depot. Across it was a silver -vM
plate beautifully engraved with the
name of the young lady, and after it 3|<
the words, "Died July 15, 1890." I
Curtains were put over the windows ,J|
to shut out the gaze of the curious. -Jm
and the body, by E9veral ladies and jj&B
gentlemen, was moved from one ooftin
to the other. The several hundred 9
persons gathered around the outside '^|
door and either kept silent or conversed
in low tones. When all was in ja
readiness, the door was opemd and - ^
the casket, enclosed in a box, was put
aboard the special train which stood J
in waiting. Quite a number of lovely '3
floral tributes had either b:en sent or *9
brought down, and but for the terrific A
rain storm tnere would have been jfl
many more.
In the passenger coach of the special
were Governor Evans, his mother. H|
Miss Mary Evans, B. R. TiHman, Jr..
Miss Lona Tillman, botnof whom had
hflfln awav from home, the former at
Clemen college and the latter at Ab- *
beville; Mr. J. W. Bunch and wife, j
U. X. Gunter, Gen. John Gary Watts
and a few others. i
The train left soon after 10.o'clock. 4
This morning many of the State offi- J
cials w.<U go oyer to Trenton to attend J|
the funerai. The interment will be . 9
made in High View, the Tillmanfamily
burying-ground, at noon today.. .-3g
Miss Tillman was just 20 years old. j
Her life differed not from that of j
scores of other young ladies. She had
graduated at Wmthrop college and -Ja
Hollies institute and was ready to go
into society. It was the intention of
her family that she should make her
debut into Washington society next .
winter where, by her brightness |
t'luty, she would have won many
friends. It is a severe blow to her
family and expressions of sympathy
are heard from everyone.
There is rather a striking coincidence
in connection with the death of >.
MissTiMman. She was the daughter of
a United States Senator and was carried
home in a special train over the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta railroad.
The last funeral train which was run ^
?Viio mad whftn Miss T^lina j
Butler, the daughter of Senator M. C. I
Butler, was taken home. These two H
young ladies were both daughters of
United States senators, ooth died in
the mountains, and both were carried H
to their homes in Kdgefield county fl
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