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> > ' . ' V " ?i ^ j ' / > s . 1 V 4 I ( t t / ^ v v ' . ',' _ -? rr^VT-r- .._ . ,,., m? v~, THDRLOW 8. OARTEB, | i Fotmily Netotpopar : For th? Fromoti<m of tt< Political, Soc ial, Agriete+^rra) atsg <3bmsuerrinl intm**ti, { A Horrors jua> >Uioqml ) * ? J Pmmm m Mm?* m' .-SK ?l UW EKKLY L A .V o A 8 T E U. > ,0, .1 IJ N E 21, 1 9 0 2 " ** p?ta wt ?mvn I?ro THE CANDIDATES I1 MAKE THEIR BOW-.1. State Campaign Opens at Colombia and Sumter. Starts j On High Plane. | . ,?;?? r Thirty-two Entries State ()f-j fices Made Th&tr Dehnt at Sum- ! ter: While the CompurtiveVy Little Bund <>f Federal Of tice Seekers Opened the Bull at Columbia. i v Special to Greenville News. L2 t 1 * - " tjMiui ivi , u. v/., o una i(.? 1 lie t first meeting in the campaign for State officers was held in the opera f house today. The meeting was ? called to order ut 11:15 with only v *198 persons present The crowd ( increased in size gradually until j there was a few-more than 900. s When all the candidates for gov- v ernor bad finished speaking save c Dr. Timmerman, fully one-half c the ardieoce left to get dinner and the remaining candidates spoke on |, to a weavv hut. path nt handful. t The gubcrnatoi ial candidates s opened the hall, speaking in al - (| phabetical order, each one being [ allotted 30 minutes. Capt. D. C Hey ward war tho only caodidute 0 greeted with any enthusiasm and v I m * * ua was imiiriilV appiatuieu lit ii intervals throughout his apecch, p which was a strong and clear out- j lino of his position on ull issues. f, Lieutenant Governor Tillman, % who seeks promotion, is evidently ? out to take the'scalp of Taihert. a Speaking immediately after him, e he said that Colonel Tulbert was n evidently a candidate for United ft States senator, judging troin the tt way he went on about the trusts, t< but he would like to know and so would the people, why Colonel ii l'albert left the halls of Congross p where be might do some good p and came down here seeking the e office he expects. The greater q part of his speech he devoted to |, explanations of his notorious nil- c ing in theSenateon the Kibler bill tl and bis subsequent exposure by p The State newspaper. lie eharg- u ed Editor Gonzales with putting u words in his mouth he never used c and uppealed to the Senate journal as the only record of the matter h fey his entire vindication. He 0 denied bwving ever said that Speak- n er Henderson and Sonator Frye t< had sustained bis ruling. M All of the candidates forgovs?- tt ^nor favor good roads a..<l the lib 8 end support of corteges, liboral a pensions for veterans, improve-,^.1 ment of public scheols, the child tl labor law and the maintenance of h the dispensary. They condemn b trusts and all agreed on ull tho f< points of well-defined Domocratic t< doctrines. . t< Colonel Talbert f>it*erly de- .?| nouncel Commercial Democrats, |, comparing them to midnight us- p sassius, though disclaiming any \V intention to speak of our, junior senater, who he said, * as 8o dead n there was no use boating the 0] corpse. ir None of the other candidates' xv put much ginger into their speech !0 ce, except Hon. VV F.' Stevenson'p of Chestoi field, candidate for at- 0 toinev general, who took full nd-\ vantage of the vulnerable places in j( the xp< Ov-h of u 14 opponent, A*- t| bi?tunt Attorney General IJ X. ^ Gun'n- and litem)I made ft moil- m key of liini to the nmuaoinonet of y thd audience. All t ?ld, thoro are 8) thirty-tivo candidate** in the race n y * ^ '1 for ?tlite oflioes and thirty-two I tvere present and performed to-J lay in this divisLn of South Carolina's political two-ring eir jiis. H.G.O. Federal Office See'-crs riie Senatorial und Congressional Aspirants Express Their Political Vievs Before an Audience Composed Largely of Ladies. i Special to Greenville News. Columbia, S. C., June 17.? ["he opening meeting of the souitonal campaign here today was i thoroughly quiet and orderly >not devoid of personalities and puts and about the only speech vitli ginger in it was that of John iary Evans, who was tho last of .he senatorial speakers. The triking feature of the meetiug vas tho presence of so many ladies riHny of them social leaders in the apitul city. The speeches nil dealt with the ' eading national issues following j he lino of those delivered hist I i uminer, onTttting, however, all liiect reference.to John L. Mcjanrin. \ JolinGary Evans' speech touch** d upon McLaurin, however, and ras the real feature of the meettig. He referred to his own poitical record, tossed stones in the irection of Mr. Latimer and went or Cuba and tho Cubans. On the stage at this opening leeting were noted a governor, I n ex-governor, three present ongresstnen and two ex congrosslen. Tho crowd at one time was toout 600, and there was nearly s many ladies a& men in thethoaor. Congressman Latimer was the rat f^eaker. Mr. Latimer began y remarking'that evidently the eople of Wolumbia were interestd in something besides politics, 'he city had awakened from its othargy and was destined to beomo one of the greatest cities of tie country. H.e hoped its prosLVAIlWl Ka II? I ~ -j <iuuiti uu UUIII1HICU. Ill; rgod the continuance of the; innnfacture of law material by the ities of the State. Lust Hummer thero seemed to ave been an issue in South Carlina politics, but now there was one in the senatorial race, beivecn Lim and his opponents it ras simply a question of person1 choice and not measures. Ho tood entirely on his record and sked to he measured entirely hereby. The best mun should have bo office. Ho held that the admin?tratioi> of the Philippine affairs ad been cruel and iihwis?v Every :>reign couutry had a right to ea?r these islands on the same arms a- we do and yet we havo pent five hundred millions of dolirs, destroyed thousands of these coplo and of our own troops hen the whole trade of the county does not amount to over thirty killion dollars, of which wo get nly about ono-fourth. It isentaillg curses upon our people that ill lust forever, and there in not ne feature in it that is of valuo > us. We have a hard task upon in* hands. Not ft line of scripture uthorizes the spread of Christiany hy the sword. If wo hold to 10 Philippines the next step will e to conquer China nn I then Asia nd then will come our downfall. Vo, no taking identically the mio,step thai itome took and wc lay look for the same result if % Have Bargains i_ All the Time In E very Line Here Are a Few THAT ARf "HUMMERS." 1000 yards striped and checked Dimities, worth 12 1-2 cts now 8 cts. 1000 yards Ginghams, worth (? cts, now 4 cts. 8 or 10 pieces Grenadette, newest thing for ladies uulined skirts, former price 25 cts, now / 15 cts. 10 pieces Point de Bruxelles, former price 30 cts, now 23. * \ 30 pieces Scotch Lawns, fast / colors, cheap at 5 cts, now 3 1 -2 cents. I Iflfa. skF* SHOES! %i4|jV SHOES ! I We also have a lot of shoes that we have thrown on our bargain counter and are selling at a sacrifice. % i ifisliT Srriiii (jo * wo continue this policy, i favor e expansion. It is absolutely nee- * essnry that wo look after our com- ' uiercc, l)Ut it is not necessary for j I I1U >11 "4 ' * ???j i\? uiiiica uiuvr countries. I lie ownership of tern*ory will give I us no advantage over other conn* ' I tries, as, under itie f vored nation clause, other nations can coino in 1 on the same terms. I am oppos- 6 ed to the ship subsidy scheme. It ( v: one of the worst species of Ue- ^ publican protection ever attempt- * ed. Jpredict that the greatest trust ' this country 1ms ever seen is the transportation trust. It can make ' or una ako cities. The men who 1 advocato tho subsidy scheme are ' generally ship owners. 1 The whole trend now is toward ' building ruilroads and steamships. " Soventv-five per cent of our com- 1 I merco is carried today to other countries bv American cnnitnl Tl.?. that had come to the city. Daiiy I ovet 100 trains enter and leave the c cilv, .but tho chief interest of the t people now lies in the Conferee < river, which must bo developed in order to control tradio. c If the I-tIonian canal bo linishe 1 e the future of the South isassur.j \ Kvery port on the South Atlantic t wnuld roup the trade now enjoyed ' t>y Boston, Now York and Philadelphia. Kveiv railway would t then have to #ot an outlet to some Southern port. Tho future scat o \ f remedy lies m the repeal of the 1 merchant murine law. :1 1 am in favor of a revision of the 1 tariff, taking oil the duties that are building up trusts. Let the | ^ Democratic party wipe out this 1 protective system and insist on a 5 tarifT for revenue only. 1 am in , favor of strict legislation for eon.-. J 1 trolling commercial monopolies, , such . legislation as will require!* them to give the government no-1f cess to their books and affairs soil that they may be rightly super- * vised. y ( The canal question is still an c issne'ih Congress. |t h important ^ just now to decide jusi which route is the bast lie favored an i ' act authorizing the President to,* negotiate for the building of the 11 best route. ! * He favored everything of inter- s est to the Southland. He was no lawyer and hail npt consumed time 1 in the study of constitutional ques-; * lions, but had always loeked af- \ M ter matters of general interest to' the people. j u Ho wanted to deepen and widen | c the Congareo river at Columbia and would do all be could to stet ' appropriations therefor. The peo- > plo would never have occasion to s deqounce his vote. Ho stuck to ? the platform and consulted the v wishes of the people. Whenever; a man was not in harmony with!* the people he should not ask their 11 votes. Ho was no time server or ! ^ current floater. He would not v denounce or pull ilown his op 10 s nents who were good tind hon '* orablc men < applauseb Js Mr. Henderson followed with a I speech complimentary to Colum?|h bia and its business development' i and then going on to deal with the c ship subsidy, the Philippine poli- 0 cy and other matters as he did i last summer. t Colonel George Johustono re- t called the time when he, as the' b tirst messenger, entered Columbia, I after Sherman's vandal hordes j v had burned the city, and gazed! * upon its desolation. From that boyhood tune until new ho had t always been Columbia's friend. 1 Ho rejoiced over the new 'igbt c ?a L/L/il UiUL/ unpire lies in tlio South. The uiildiug ?f that canal will make lio South controller of the Asiatic ratlin. Ho considered this matter of jceuliar interest to Columbia. There was nothing that otfered )etter returns. The building of hat canal would bring us thousands of miles nearer to the traffic if the east. Build that canal and foil will not have solicit North;rn capital, which you will then invent your mercy. The oponing of the eonguree, le said, was a necessity. It inter* ?su'd every citizen of South Caroina. As Governor Hammond expressed it,the question of the next jest thing "for the people ?f South Carolina to turn their at* oution to was the building of the Isthmian canal." S ) far us the South is concerned lie subsidizing of ships would keep is in the same tinuueial subserveuey that now controls us. lie pictured the Filipinos as laving the same aspirations and the same God as wo have. We diould make them friends, not unwilling subjects. If we pinion Lhcm to the ground with bayouets ,vo will inevitably drive them into he ranks of the opposition and nil protestation of liberty and luacowill not avail. In the near iutnro Columbia can easily tie a ;ity of 100,000 inhabitants. He :outiseled the people to build wisely. Congressman Elliott deult with ii< political record and .spoke of he opening of the Congaree to lavigation. Then ho touched on he ship subsidy, declaring him.elf against the scheme. Mr Hemphill made practically he sumo speech on nutioial issues hat he did at Union last sutmner ind made a good impression John Gary Eyans was glad that n old reformer could he well revived in a city like Columbia. Ho claimed credit for having 'omellcd out*' McLaurin four ears ago and if his nostrils could niff Republicanism in the air he ught to have a place on the fitch tower of Democracy. The United Statcjs Senate, fixed ho policy ef this country' A lan to represent his State should avo some legal education and .hen a man comes distributsng eed and asking for the ottice, why hades of JohnCalhoun preervo us. < Laugter). The subsidy bill was dead, dyag when Johnny McLaurin died, t was timo for tho young men to 4 :-f,' ome to the front. The war was ' *r iver. lie had been in the Span* sh war and while ho had onconnere I no bullets vet the mosquioes down tlioro made his face ook like a popper box. lie hoped the day would came trhen Cuba would bo a State of his 1 nion. Ho advocated the welfare of ho cotton farm"!'. He was sur risod at some of our Southern otton mill owners running after hi" Will <>' the Wi?p Republiinisui. t in* interests of the cot 011 farmer and tho cotton manifa turer sh mid be i lsntieul. I'll - South could make good A A 1 I. il ouon ^ ion* cnc:iper m:iu nuv onntrv in the world. Our de? rclopment wiil never l>o complete mtil we manfnctnre into (jood*? vorv lule of cotton we prod nee. It iv.h th i io'tpiito ts p >licv of he Hep lhlica \ |?irtv tint inilitM| Concluded on I th I'ii^o j