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vnr XvI MANNING', S. C., W15NESDAY, JULY 2 8 N. EARL ON THE STUMP. THE JUDGE PITCHES HIS CAMPAIGN ON A HIGH PL^ANE . The State Campaiga Meeting Resumed at Sumter-LItdEZt or No Enthusiisi Main feted by the Crowt -Sou di al of the Cat did atea A beent. SuTMR, July 15.-Tne State cain pagn meetings were resumed here last Monday. At 10:10 County Ciair man R. O. Purdy called the meeting to order. Tne Rev. N. W. Edmuuds invoked divine blessing. askiOg that all things might be dune dece-ntiy and in order hert' today. Cbairmaa Pur dy announced that Mr. T. W. Stan land had authorized him to state that he had withdrawn from the congress ional rt, % leaving Air. Stokes and Mr. Moses to tighL it out. Messrs. Stokes and Moses, candidates for Con gress, spoke tirst. These gentlemen were followed by Judge Earle. After being introduced the Judge Luade au interesting speech: "Istand here today,"be said, "where I have stood many times before, fac ing a people I have known since child hood. I see here men who I knew as boys over there in the academy. I see here friends of the past; friends who were with me in '76, in '7; friends who stood at my back in 1890. I can say that I am standing among friends. - 3omne of you differ with me today. . 2lere and there some po litical friends of the past are perhaps .now iny enemies. But this I say: Friend or foe, you have always know n where to find me; you always knew where I stood. No man can say that I ever threw a rock and hid my nand. No man need.ever say he had to hit mein the back ; he had only to 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 meen honored by the people who elect ed me to. a responsible office. Tnere were whisperings, charges that there was something wrong in. the offices of the- administration of which I formed a part. I could not meet those charges except by being a candidate. I had a right to stand as a candidate for gov ernor and speak to my people. .What 1 said on the stump won applause from my opponents. I conducted the campaign on a high plain, and my opponent,-who was electea, so stated. -On his election my position was that the people had spoken; that the DmOcrats had rendered their verdict; that I would accept it, and would not oppose him. When one of the most prominent newspapers in South Caro lina wrot to me as well as others, asking what I was going to do or ad ve doig in the lace of the result, I answered: Stop abuse, cease vitupera tion, treat all men with ;airness and do what can be done to bring the peo pie together. I have no apologies to make to anyone for anything I said then - I said what: I telL, wnat 1 be lieved iu.zny heart. We are gue peo ple; we are tne Democratic. party. Thesonstitutonal convention buried ,pfi te- and now, fellow-citizens, bring a message-from the Piedmn.L top strife; stop discord; be united." (:en. Earle alluded toan anonymous card w~hch hsd appeared in a sumter pper, as-ing why he withdrew from a ace for a county offhee in 187t. -You all kuow the author," he said, "but I am ready to answer it. If any man in the crovrd wil stand sponsor for those quiestions let him appear and I1 will answer. ' Let him stand up." There was no siensor. ."Y- ou .all know where I stand on State politics. I air. a Democrat; I have not joined -in vituperation; I have given credit for what was dune. - -'There have been rumors and charges of dishonest transactions in tis state. Now, I say here to friends and opponents that I do'not believe B. R. TjIman is a disnonest man. I opposed him and have no ap~logies to mae for it. I have nor~agreca iven im in all things. I do not agree wiuti nim inall things; butlIbeieVe he is Joiest and I dun t. beLieve Tillman e-ver ar'ole a dollar of dispensary mon y or bond deal money. If t-ere has been any stolen, let t-ose who got it answer !or themselves." --1 has been said that ajudge shouild not go upon the stump. 'Taat is an aristocratic .idea which does not now hold goodi. IT going upon the stump mtee-terred with his duues he shouki not do so, and for that reason I have een prevented from appearing before he people of the State as soon as i wished. But when it does not confhect with his anty hie should have the privilege oft doing so in these days when United 3tates senators, gover nors and other men holding nmgh of .ices go on the stump. No orfice is too igh to aLLow the ntan who flids it to eet the people face to Iace." - Judge Earie then boldly sailed out zapon glittering tinancial sea, speaking San Iliteresug.manner upOuL a sut et that is almdset tod. thrieadbar'e to us handled in p.Ubiie Dy any but mas rs of it:. The people knew there was some thing wrong, and they could espect itle or no rebet f rou. any State ad ministration. Candidates b r congress who had spoken had declared fur 16 to 1, but had neglected to state why tree coinage at that ratio was right and would Ce beneticial. The speaner proceeded to give a historical sketch of ine use of silver and gold as money or purhaing medium from the time Abraham prrchased a burying place for Sarah with silver to the present ime. Silver was the money metal unit boin gcld and silver were used oy tiuo Romans 4t00 years before Christ. For 500 years before 1873, he s~dd, the ratio of silver and gold had ranged romltoto lt' to1. The history of the demnonetization of silver by the Laatin union was gone over step by step-and iL had been done in eacni case at the demand of the wealthy, the money power. Judge Eary declared that the de monetization of silver in 18'73 was rightly termed the crime of 73, be cause silver was a money of the con stitution. Mr. Webster, the greatest constitutional lawyer, had said tha~t congress had no power to demonetize either silver or gold. But while the people were working in the shops and eld,their representatives mn congress had, criminally or ignorantly or both, demonetized silver. - In England the history of demuonet ization of silver had beenit that after a period of 20 ye art the land owuers had neen reduced to only S per ceut. of the tree holders in 1819. Silver bullion, said J udge Earle, would buy as much now as in ever old;- it falls in value as other com odies lall, aud will coutiuue to do SIP SO long as it is a commodity. The speaker predicte-d that if the !!id poliey wa-s succesful in 10 years the farners iI thIN Sectiio would not own their laud., whose value had al ready been deterioiated one half. Therefore he had said, and he said il again, that he approved of what Till Wan was tryime to do in cougrels, be cause he was tihting, for the m:0;ses. Many people said there would be a pauie if the poiey of the silver meu was carri--d out. He belieqed there would b-- Tht-re would be a devil of a tiue for a while, but was it not bet ter to iighten the c-rd about their nevks by a sudden je.rk, suayi it and set the free with but a bruised ,Lin, thau toallow it to be slowly tightened autil they wertv choked to death. They maust stand for silver and gold stand for Brysau of Nebraska and Se wall of Maine. They were not de manding anything new. They simply -Ased to be put btck where they were frow 1.37 to 1zsr:: -a period of Lros perity. Dethrone the money kings. take their hands from the throats vf the people and enact la ws, not that the rich man may become richer, not that the poor man may get what does not belou to hitw, but that braiu and brawn may get that which it honestly earns. Gea. Earle advocated the income tsx. Uf the 7u,000,0Uu people in the United States 30,000 own more than one half of the property in the coun try. This was gotten by unjust laws; laws fostering trusts and monopolies. Let these 30,O pay a tax in propor tion to the protection they receive. It is a menace when a half dozen men in New York can tuake cottou go up and down. Laws' should be passed to give the greatest good to the greatest numx ber. That was the desigu of tie founders of the government. The judge said he did not charge dishonesty of purpose against Fresi dent Cleveland, and be he great as may be, his administration had been the worst of any President, so far as the effects of his policies on. SoL; h Carolina was concerned. Under his administration property values had been steadily decreasing. At the conclusion of Gen. Earle's speech there was a liberal amount of cheering, considering the undemon strative character of the crowd. Judge Earle was followed by Dan can, Whitman, Harrison, Richbourg, W ts, May tield and Robinson. Gov. EV ns, Maj. McSweeney and sotne other candidates were absent. The campaign meeting at Camden yesterday was lit as a flaunder. Messrs. D. E. Finley and T. J. Strait, canaidates for Congress were the first speakers They were followed by the candidates for State otfices as follows: Richboarg, Robinsou. Mayfield and McSweeney. Gov. Evans was una voidably-absent. A.TORNEY UENERAL BARBER. . Attorney General Barber made his second appearance in the campaign and caught tae crowd from the start by stating that he had no opposition, and he was glad of it, and telling some apropos jokes. This has been oue of tre tairest races ever held in South Carolina, although there has been some whining and wheezing about shutting out czandidates. Fur nimself 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 de nied that there was any ring so far as he is concerned. He was here to sy that he stood ready to meet the slan ders and slurs cast against the Reform movement. He was prepared to prove they. were false. (Cheers.) As to tue Dispensary law he held that it was the best whiskey la w ever placed on the statute boors. It was tending towards what prohibitionists wanted. -If a law had not been prop erly enforced in some respects that was no reason why the law itself should be condemned. According to statis tics drunkenness had decreased in Soudi Carolina 57 per cent.; cases of dru.alkenness before mayori' courts na-I decreased 66 per cent., and ine consnowption of liquor 47 per cent. He denied nai, the Dispensary. was a monopoly. It w'as simply the State taking up the business in trust for the people. He held tnat considering the treatment the constables had received, they were the most considerate set of otlicers ever seen on earth. Tney avoided difficulties, but enforced the law. Otherwim they would have been unworthy of their ,:ommissions. lie closed by askingthe people of Ker shaw t'o endorse his record in his light against Federal judicial usurpation of authority in trying to prevent the holding of the Constitutional Conven tion DU:;CAiNiOLLOWS.a Mr. Dancan opened his speech ty wading ino national issues. He eu logzed Tillmau, saying that since that vvondertul speech of his in the senate, the people of the United States ad resolved tnemselves into twej fac tons -Tillman and anti-Tillman. Pla pers in this State were criticisingr Till man for his course in the Cniicagc convenuon. ie'- was no politician; ne had gone straight on and smoothea out the rough places, while others had sailed in smnoothly. Triliman kne w there was nio chance for a President to be nominated from any State South of Mason and Dixon's line. Mr. Duncan said that he trusted he would hereafter not be handicapped by the absence oh candidates, whom be could not strike in their absence. There were ques tons in the minds of many which he wanted answered, but he could not bring them out till the man came here to reply. As to General Earle, he said tne man who stands between two factions would not get the support of one nor the respect of the otaer. 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 de serve success at tue hands of parties. It was not fair for a man to join the race at the quarter hole and ran outat the w ire. General Earle said he was a main of peace. So, was he, but ,Jhe spurned tuai. pe-ace- which would pre vent a man who seeing a wrong would not at once try to correr-t it At the conclusion of Mr. D~uncan'.s sneech a half dL/.en mimez c-alled- Itur "Evaus. EAR~I JoC~L.. General Earle was greeted with. quite a hearty cheer. lie told a jokt which produced a laughl at Mr. lieu ca's ex pense. General Earle said the appearance of Mr. Barber here today reminded hitu of the position he had een in. lie had been attorney gen eral of Soutn Carolina and the honesti of otlicials serving in the administra tion with him had been impugned. He had taken the stump six years agc to defend that administration. It was his right to do so, and he used his bes1 eneries As he went through thez 3LSt-t the as-rt one cry roustautly groww louder and louder The cry was2 "lurrah for Tillwan I" Tilimuau hbd treeen uutuinated and he paid hiwu a handsotae compli:niut. He -tid of W: "fie is aU houi0tt.r. LtaU and I wish he w"a ou tuy ticket fvo attorney gen eral. T luan Ltd treated him fairly anl he-. treated hiaw TairlV. Tilliiau had said he had the right to oppue bii ror governor and tiat he had cou ducted his caaipaigu ou a high plane 1u answrr .tu a question frota The News aud (ourier at tu whIt te ad vi-,ed, le had told them to stop abu-w, lay aside Uitteruess, and give TimLau credit for the gcood he had done. de urged now that bitterie:: would Cease and thAt the whole people wurk for tWe welfare uf Lte Ltate. 1T44.letter t Ine Ne swi &aad Courier, said General Eacie, lad t4oPsL niuL the district attorneyship Of Soutb Caroli ua. Ulieeland had promised him the ottice, but Conservative::, who had becu his frieuds, tad goue behind and undoue himu. Anottxer mau had been appointed, a Worthy, honest, eapable *u, but the loss 0t the Ufice was his puiishtueut by those who vere uarrow and bitter. G eueral Erie then Went iu0 . the fl uauvial questiou, aud, iu the lituited Limhe allowed. uade a c7ear statemieut of the ease. fie said he knew he had friends in the crowd aud would get inwr votes. (Cheers ) OTHER CaNDWATES Mr. Whtuttaan said that it the people expeted to hnU A better Reformer thau himsell thiey would have t.) burn the Woods and sifL.the asties. Bur. tie pro ceeded to arraigu tWe so called R, -forUere who had gotten control uf .Lie mioveuent. He nad beenL prodding these 1ellows witb his pitchiurk. try Iug Lu get thul to keep tneir promises but tUey would not. Wnen Whitman criticised Tilman there were cries of -:Liurrah for TiLlniau.. Col. ReSweeney, for lieutenant gov eruor, was liberally applauded. tie said tie riform party was nut pursu ing a Leariu dowu policy. Its princi pIe was to b ild up and improve. They did nob wisn to pul drwn any educa Lional institutions. in the constitu tiopal convention Mr. Julian. Mitenell of Cuariestou had cowmended Senator 'illtwan for hut work for educAitio4 in this State.:. bryaujoiug to Ohio. TotrD3, Onio,- July 16.- The Bee says todayt if Williat J. Bryaa rias Lis way Qhiu will be the storm center og the ensuang~c~gnpaigr. Th- Demo cra~iti e-adidate promises to stuLp .tais! state anId to deliver at least one addreas in Toledo. Mr. Bryan is de sirous'of having a joint debate on the currency queston with ex-Gov. Me Kinley and he will 4et Mr. McKinley -select. te ime.and place. Among the callers upon the distiungished nomi uen justaf tfer the nomnuation was Pe ter U. DdgnAu, of this city, alternate at large. -Can. We hope to see you in OnIo during the camps.igu, Mr. Bryan " he asked. 'Tou certaiuly can," was the prouIpt .Xeply. "I expect to twake a iuwL~re t speeches in Unio beLween uow and electiot.." --WL.uinvade the home of Mclu ley C"' --, know Mr. McKinley very well," reiurned Mr. Bryan, "and esteem him very highly as a man. We were to getuer in Congreis and worked togeth er in the Ways and Means CotniMittee. tie is an exce lent gen~tlemau and thorouguly honest in all lie says and does." ''lf you come to Ohio you may hap pea to meet him," was suggesteal. '- would .not ask anytning better than to meet Mr. Mc~inley in joint debate," said Mr. Bryan, his eyes gtn dling, "rignt in his own State and at lrs nome." The conversation was continued ii. an informal way for some time and Mr. Bryan seve:raI times referred to nie desire to meet Mr. M'eKtaley, lnhumnan MEother Jlanga.. LoUIsvILLE, July 16.-A special to the Courier-JournaL from Pikeville, Ky., says that 'news reached there yes terday irom Cobuirn, Va., to the effect that. Aary Snodgrass was hanged at that place last a riday for the murder of her child. . Tne hnodgrase womanr was a disrep utable character and was compelled to leave Pigeville on. unat account. due went to Cooura where her child was cared :or by niegr'oes unti it was about a month old. Then it was turned over to its mother. One did not want it and tried to gel rid of tne-hild in va rious ways. Tne county judge told her thatesne wonid have to provide for it and stie took it to her home. . One night about midnight some peo ple-living close by hetrdl the little one screcdmiiog. Black smoke 'was seen issuing from tthe elniney and the door was burst in to ascertain the trouble. Tu cnild nlad been placed ta. the flre and tne mottner was nolding it in place iu ttie tlaines witn a long iron poKer. It was bur'ned alinou to asnes.-. The in.iumiani uotther was arrested aend p).gced iue jatii. i''e infuiriated people e' aneted to ?ynch nei', but tne pronmise ofl speedy justice ca used them to allo w 'i iae to tage its course. Unle was tried and couvicted uf murder in the Ers degree. Lue parents ot the wo matn hve.e in this counly. Onhe was muarned, to a worthiless man waeni sne was about 16 y ears old and soondsepa rated l.auus nun. duec was about 2N years oid. ' Fiorida Lieumocrats. J A CISoN ytiL:h, J uly 14 -The State Letuocratic !i~ccutive Conimittee met here today ansd organized for the cam paign. Resolutions were passed en dorsing the Chicago platform and Bryan. A majority of the committee la been supposed to favor the gold standard, 'but since the party has spoken they have fallen into line. The nominatiou 'of Bryan and the platform adopted have caused great enthusiasta .thruughout the State. Rousing ratitication nieetings have been held at Lake City, Williston, Leesburg and other points. A big rat itication meeting will soon be held at Jacksonville. Their Praiyer. Answerud. BaL1'IMoRE,July 15. -Mrs. Elizabeth Sietnaker and Mrs. Lucretia W oolford, sisters, aged 65 and 6;3 years, respect ively, who had lived together alt their liseand who last Sunday prayed that they migwht die together, were burned to depth last neight. Their husbands died y eis ago. LosiDds. July 15. The Atlantic Transportation Co~mpany's stdiflsh ip Mobile, Capt. Liylana,for New Y ork, collided with the British steamer Storm King, bound for Baltimore, at Giravesend today. Both vessels are amaged. A SPICY MEETIN(. A LIVELY LI f TLE WAR OF WORDS; BE TWEEN fHE CANDIDATFS. Judge Earie Azoki Same Questions. Which are Anwored by Governur Eiau-- Both et % i.ittie Warm Though A ppArenLly Coul -uunsh. .A.,A-re., . ., Ju ly 16. - For the tirst time since the campaign opeued there was some life in the debate- here today, and the indications are that other things besides the dry free silver issue, upon which nearly all agree, will be made prominent in the speech es. Mr. Duncan made his usual bond sipeech, adding one or two ue w points, and it was noticeable that he is mi proving in debate very much. How ever, there was very little :pirit in the crowd during his speech. The chief incide. of the day was a series of questions provounided by J udge Earle to Governor EvaeN, as to how many meetings the State Board of Control had in 1895. Governor Evans admitted practic.dly that none had been, though he said thele was little use for them as all iuembers were agreed as to policy. Judge Earlo interrogated him about cancelling dispensary insurance and giving it to his brother at a higher rate Governor Evans most positively and indignant ly denied that he had ever done such a tuing or knew that it had been done. te retorted on Judge Eire that he knew he (Governor Evaus did not know it and Judge Earle 3aid he did not, but while not responsible Ior the questions which were given to him he was certain that Governor Evaus's an swers would te replied to. Governor Evans replied that he would hold Judge Earle responsible for both qies tions and answers, and the latter re plied very forcibly that he was re sponsible for anything he said now or any where. Governor Evans said he was too, and during this colloquy the crowd pressed close around the stand to hear every word. Judge Earle had a good many friends in the audience who cheeied him, but unquestionably the larger part of them were with Uover nor Evans as was shown by their Vol uminous yells for him. Judge karle said privately that the questions he propounded was te loundation for some future reuiaras he would make. There were about 400 people present. The caudidates and representatives of the press were most hospitably entertained by the citizens and the Lancaster meeting will long be a red letter day in their memories. Judge Earle was the firsa speaker introduced, there being several (alls for him. After giving his reasons -for stumping the State in 1890, which are the same as he stated at the Camden meeting. Judge Earle then toon up the tinancial question. As to the cry of overproduction, he said it was nou sense. So long as there was one rag ged woman in the world tuere was de mand for more cotton, so long as there was one hungry man there was need of more wheat. If all the wheat uiade was divided thei'e would not be a hal barrel to each inhabitant; nor if all the cotton was made into cloth there would no, be enough to go around. It was not overproduction, but under consutaption, - and ther-e wa-s under consumption because there was not enough money to pay for thle pro ducts. He dwelt upoa the history of coin age and theh showed how the weight or the sdlver dollar had been maintain ed a 446 grains, while the amount of goldi in a dollar had been reduced. Was it right and just, after the United States had incurred a debt based on the gold and silver standard to have to pay that debt on a basis of a gold standard; was it just to make that dis crimination against the debtor: The United States has the right to tix the sy stem of weignts and measures. Sup pose a man was to give his note today ror 150 bushels of corn to be paid next year, and in the meantime congress should change the measure of a bushel to one-third more, and that when he went to pay his note the creditor de manded one-tird more corn.. Would that be honesti And yet thie govern ment had done that identical tning as to silver. G-en. Earle strongly lavor ed the income tax, and spoke at length upon the iniquities of the tar iff, if lre( silver carried the day we wotuld hav~e a hard time ofeit for a while, but it was better to endure that for a short time and so get free from the halter that was about our necks. Let us lay aside dissensions amony' purselvea; let us stand together as one people for the good of South Carolina, worging together and with one pu pose. We are all Democrats and should sted togetner as one people. (Cheers ) Mr. J. T. Dunean said the rejoiced to see tne two great patrties arrayed openly in the light on great issue. Heretolore it had been a cowardly contest. dle maintained that Tillman had done more for silver than any other m.1an in the United s'tates. Mr. Duncan referred to the history of tne Reform movement: how 1'ulman had led it on to success wnen in other States tne movement went to pieces. Now, T1illman had made the isnue in congress, he had stirred the people and made all men take sides. Mr. Duncan claimed, with modesty for for the great leader, by saying Lie was greater than a President; he made Presidents. Tue national committee nad given him the honor of blazing the way to victory. tie had done so and those who had dotne so had sailed into victory. As to Judge Earle, lie had no quarrel with him, but a man who was not. a par-ty man need not expect suppiort Irom any par-ty. lie had him to defeat and he could do it like a gentleman. As to his oilier competitor he would speak without prejudice or passion. Lie would speak to honest men and would stand by them. He had see-n Ben Tillnuan who had declared he was hands-off in this race; when he convinced the Reforui ers of that fact then Evans' chance-s in this race would indeed be slim. He repeated his question as to whether, when Evans had gotten Rhind the appointment of agent to refund the debt, he, Evans, espected toimake any thingout of it.. He want ed him to say wuether or not he had expected to inake anything out of the ond transaction.- Evans would get up and cry, "Prove it,prove it," when he would not even deny it. lie ob jeted to being misquoted on the stand in order that the crowd might be made to laugh and turned from the point. If Evans did deny having an agree ment with Rhind, he would nave somthing more to sav. Goverior Evaus, who wa- seated be hind the speakers' staud, was heard to say, soLto voce, that some minu were "natural born liars." This samused, some of the wooihat boys about him, who by quiet laughing ex pre ;sed apwproval of his ewvelleneyls wit. EvNau had done some boastug, said Daun an. about this bond business. and now ht- was probably sorry he had talhed so much, but he would not dare deny that in the very receut past he had tried to per::uade a friend be was mLitaLe-u a% to an icpression he had about a Atatermernt Evans. made to him an regarid to his coinnection with the bond: of Rhind. Evans 'Who i the man Lluncan--Larry Gantt. .:VaUn -That i's a lie. I never said any su- thing to him. L-me.sat- That is his only defense. "-Tha : he," is all he can say. I say no bra % man would take advantage of a nIIa'z on the stand like that, par ticulailv when he is protected by paid meo, here to do hi:: bidding. Menu hired t Mio around with hiui to pro tect Ii 'wardly Donies. (.hout s and cheers.) This reference to paid neu was di reeted to the preseuce of lDetective Newbold, who has followed the cam paign fruin the begiuning. There have been one or two other hangers on, but they are not known to have the job of protecting UGovernor Evans. Tne truth, said Duncan, was hard to take souetimes, and when he told it, Evans tried to. blow ink over him. "See hiLa come with the !ie again," said he. In COarleston, inL 184, But ler had charged Erans and TIulan with having a taiger in the b )ad pie. At Walterboro, the next day, rillman swore no Lau in Iouth Carolina had gotten one cent. Evans had not told him of h caunection with Rhind Ile dont dare deny that. Evas -I do deuy it; Tilbnaii will, too. Duncan- -Do you dare charge Sena ator Tiliman with knowing your guilt and trying to bide it. Evans-No, I doi.'t say I was guilty; you do. - Duncan -You don't. dare say Till Man would try to hide any man's guilt. As to the dispensary the l:av was all right --- A \o.ee -1The whiskey is not, though. Duneain -No, but don'. hold the law responsible for the bad management. That's what f want to talk to you about. After the Darlington riot, said Duncan,'all the insurance on dispen sari!s were cancelled. Mr. Seibels, an insurance agent. went to Governor Tillman -2ad offered to insure all the dispensaries. iovernor Tillman told him to do so. Seibehl went to. New York, made arrangements with all his companies and placedall the iusurance. "Tnis man," pointing to Governor Evans, "took it a gay from him when ne got to be governor and gave it all to his brother." GovernorEvans will tell you L am a clerk in the State houe and that I havea brother in the. S'tate's employ. 1,. I. Tillman appointed hinm. Evaus- -Did you not ask me to ap point him. Duncan-No, for I advised him not to take the jub. - Evans- You- have a short memory about some things. Evaus, said Duncan, had singled out three railroads in South Carolina to attack in his annual. message. He shook the Southern i'oad severely to please the boys. Just after that his brother, George, a lawyer in Edgefield came through Columbia on his way to Wasnington to get emplofd by the Southern road-. He returned from W'ashington in the private car of the genera counsel of the road. Evans says he' was watching some one in the dispensary closely, yet he only called one meeting of the board of control in 12 months. Tnat was a fine way to keep watch. As to the bonding of dispensers, he reasserted that atter the new -board had taken charge, blank forms of the company represented by the governor's brother. had been enclp' diiofficial commru nications. Tiae premiums from this amounted to~ about $,000. GOVERNOR EVA2S. G avernor'Evans was received witbh a few hand claps. He was glad, he said,to see General Earle here. He was a dignified gentleman, a judge who had but just laid aside tn~e ermine. Governor Evans was tired of going around this State shooting at carrion crows and sparrows. He had- been endor sed at Hampton. They said he was not guilty of any wrong. He could noL put brains in numpskull's head so he could understand. He had not made Duncan and was nat respon. sible for him. God. Almighty made him and he sometimes wondered why he had. -He had decided to pay no further-attention to him and unless he was asked questions he would make no answer L~O the cnarges. He--had letters from friends all over the Sitate tmling him to pay no attention toDn can. It was not possiole to sausfy his enenies, and Duncan was his enemy. He had slept in his room at Manning. and he now reabma~d that he might have had a cold dagger plunged in nis heart. Why did tni~s man keep on in this way. Duncan --I have a-.edqg untions and you have not answered them. Did you have an understanding with Rlhind to get a fee before you recommended him to Governor T'illman for appoint menti Evans -I can't give you brains to understand. You must take niy an swers as I give themi. (Uhcers .r You can't preach yourself ini the United States senate oy abusing me to these boys. You must show you have abil ity and not only say "This man is not worthy and lien Tillmain is the great est man that ever lived." tie was not his brothers' keeper, said the governor. One was, a lawyer in Edgefield and had a righlt to cuoose his clients, and the other was an insurance agent in columbia who had the right to get in surance whert. he could. lyuncan-Did you not give him the insurance on the dispensary intCol m bia? Evans -No; if lie got it, Minon gave it to him. Giovernor Evans then made refer enee to the tamous dispensary bill, about the drawing of which there has been so much discussion. Duncan said: "Gov'ernor, I propose to face you with (Gen. Barber to prove there was a bill aigreed upon by you, but which was not dratwn." E vans --liar oer won't say it. Here J udge Earle as ked leave to propound a lew questions. "As chairman of the ;.tate board of control, how many nieetingsi did you call in 1895 ! Governor Evans could not remem ber. He did not know. Earle- -Was it not your duty to eall meetings? Evans--No. not unless there was something to do. Governor Evans did not know any thing about cancelling of insurance of State buildings lie had not done it, nor giien the insaranee to his broth er. He did not know how ruany agents had insurance ou state proper ty when he Weut in, nor how nmany had it now. Eirle-What purpose did you have in asking the preseut eterk of the state board of control for the prvies the board was paying for whiskey Evans-Because I heard they were paying too much and I wanted to lind out about it. Earle--Did you not cancel the in surance at 1 3-4 percent. on the Au derson dispensary and give it to your brother at 2 per cent? Evas-1 did not. Governor Evans said he had not calle-d the board together in 1-95, be cause Ncrton, Tompkins and himself had agreed on a policy aud he was left to carry it out. Voices in the crowd called on Evans to give them a chance to vote on tae dispensary next fall. "All right," he said "I'll do it." Governor Evans felt contident of beating both these fellows. It Was two to one, and he almost wished it was iG to 1. Why had Judge E irle asked him these questions, Wnat was the object of them? Earle-Because, if It was true that you had done these thinvs, you were not tit to be governor. (C3heersi Evan:: -But you kno w they are not true. Earle'-I know nothing nf the kind, sir; I know nothing about you. I asked the questions; they are not uine. but were handed to me. I am respon sible for asking them. The person who handed them to me assures ine he can prove what.they itup[y. 1Ie wili be responsible for their auswer. (Cries of Earle! Earle!) Evans-I will hold you respasible for the questions and the answer! Earle-i am always responsible, sir, for anything I do. (Cheers.) Gov. Evans was on the platform shaking his finger and gesticulating vehemently, while Gen. Earle was on the ground, gesturing with lii.- uplift ed arm. It was by odds the most iii terestin moment of the campaign. Gov. Eans said he brought the peo ple tidings, but he did not take time to tell them, coming back to the case in point and saying he knew this.peo ple were not going to put men in chargll now who had been against them in 1990. Judge Eirle was a good man, and, he believed, a good judge. He had been made one by Re. formers, but he had not been witu the people in their demands six years ago. He says he is not Conservative or Re former. He stands between, then he must be half alligator, half horsem:'. Eaile- say I am a Democrat and an honest man. Evans- -Yes, there are Deiourats and Democrats. Earle And there are Reformers and Reformers. Gov. Evans-said Judge Earle was swinging on Tillman's coattails. Judge Earle arose quickly and ad vanced to the stand, addressing Uav. Evans, who kept on talking, turning his back to-Earle. "I can't let that pass," said tne Judge, in a, low tone. He again called to tae governor, who asked the judge not to interrupt him so of te ni, be could speak after wards. (Cries of "Earle.") Judge Earle-Y'ou know, sir, I nev er swung to Gov. Tillman or any oth er man. Wben you 'say oth~erwise you do yourself an injustice. Gov. Evans went on to say the peo pie were not going to put men in office who had been fighting the alliance. They were not going to t-.rn out the old veteran and wounded soldier at this stage of the fighting. "You a're not going to repudiate men who have been fighting for you." He wasgoing to beat both these men, he said, as badly as Titiman had beat Earle in 1890. (Cheers.) THE OTH1ER SPEAKERS. The Senatorial aspirants were fol lowed by Whitman and Harrison, can didates for Governor, who put in their pleas. .These gentlemen werd followed ty Major Mc~3weeney, who seems to have a walk oveg for Lueitenant Gover nor. Attorney, General Barber fol lowed Major Mc0-weeney, and was fol lowed in turn by Messes. Watts and Richbourg, candi dates for Adjutant and In spector General, Watts spoke of the militia with pride, referring to the im provement be had made init in draft ing the enlistment law. He went'-on to say he was making this campaign on merit. He had a right'to criticise his opponent as to his poli;:ical autions but would never stoop so low as to go into personalities, and no Confederate soldier or gentleman would stoop to the la w plane liis opponent had. He referred tu Gen. Earie as bow ing to the will ci the majority when dereated by Tillman, but Gen. Rlich bourg had run against Gen.- Farley, the nominee of tt.e Democratic party. He did not mean toecriticise any man's politic-al opinion, so - long as he was honest, but he has changed his poli ties three times in the last six years, and God only knew what step he would take next, but according' to a gentleman in S3uiter- he would " go to the Lily Whites next." As to hi-s next step, however, be would have nothing to say. Glen. Richbou-rg made his usual speech, at the conculsion of whichl he said that as Glen. Watts had gone into the miire lie would have to follow him. He would ask Glen. Watts to say whe ther or not he had not at the Grand Central hotel, during fair- week, gam bled and lost all his monef ; whether he had not demanded that the winner return it to him, and on the man's re fusal, gone into the street, got a police man and force-d the nun to give up the money. Gen. Watts replied that the ans wer required strong -language. lHe would say tbat any muan who made such a statement was an infernal liar, and the truth was not in him. -- Gen. R-ichbourg said he did not make the charges, but he would prove them true. Glen. Rich bourg went on to say he regarded the otfice of adjutant general asa high one-one thatshould be filled. with dignity and sobriety. That of11 cer' is at the head of the South Carolina soldiery--a soldiery that has al ways won glory in war and should not be disgraced in peace by a drunkein and incomnpeten~t head. "My young competitor wants oflice, of course he does. lHe is the hardest - to wean from the public crib I ever saw, but his public acts on more thant LCOONTINUED ON P-AGE 5'oUE1 M ISS TlI!AIAN S 1EATiI. LIGH TNIN' FEARFUL WOJRK RE MOVi. A WOM.ANLY WOMAN The Ii est Chil Id of Sewittor Tillmau-n. WhVnIle Out Hor-1ebarui Ithlig -it itrev-i 't N. C., - is Iustantly hillet Vilh Her Ewvo-rt. %' I, ,S. ( , JlIyv 17.-- -Svin pathy d'eep and :sincere of (All I( !olumbia was; felt fto the btreaved family of .enator Tillmiau yeterdav, when the few brief Line e were read tellino-of the tragie death of hi. elde.t diughter, the pride of his hoisehold. Inquiries were heard on all sides from t hose anyious to know more of the details. but noth ing could b learned until the train bearing the body re'hed this ity last - 0pie time before t: e train wa., due nULfbers of frieun bev'Lu to arrive at the uaion depA. auion, wiion were .A::.Laut Attor.-iy Geuneral Tow useud, CoL. W. V. Bruce. Col. Mixson, Frank Tompkins, Chris Atkinsou, Fitz Norton, (leneral Watts, Gover nor v ,ai and scores of others, who cane Out despite the pouring rain to pay their list tribute to this popular and well knowa young- womn-n, who was a shining example of all that is etecel lent. Accomnpatnying the bAoy were Mr. "P. C. McNeely, genetral agent of the Headersonville aud iBrevard railroad. aud Messes U.. G+iunter, private se. retary to Gavernor E qaus, and T. W. BiAuch. a uncle of Nfiss Tilluan, the LLtLer two having gone to meet the body at -pa-tauburg. Mr. McNeely was in ttleparty when Miss Tillman was Iiled and was the only eye witness of the sad atfair. Mr. Ii. F. A-ldicks, Jr., MI-s; Nettie Addicks, %Iiss Addie Til!mviu, Miss Mae O'Bryan of Allendale, S. C.. Miss Li.:-ie Binghau of Salisbury, N. C., Miss Annie Warren of Iftadrsonville, the Rev. Robert A. Lee of Yorkrille, Mr. M. D. Cooper of Brevard, with Mr. McNeely, composed the party from which death was to snatche- twav m'nbers. Mr. McNeely said: "It was 10 a. m. on Wednesday when we left Hen dersonville for Brevard, which place Was reached at 11::j o'clock. By 1'):3u all of the persons I have named were mounted and on the way to ascend Rich mountain, which is six miles from Brevard. When three-quarters Of a mile from the top of the mutntaia we were overtaken 4y a thunderstorm. The Trescout house was a fe w hundred yards-away and all harried there to grt out of the rain." "Miss Tillman, Mr. Lee and I stop ped, however, in order for Miss Till man and myself to change horses, as her.s was afraid of the thunder. By the time the change was made, the rain began to fall and all three of us took shelter under .ome chestnut bushes, but about -10 feet away was a large oak tree. .'Miss Tillman and Mr. L-e still re mained on horseback, the former with an upraised umbrella, while 1, 20 feet away, was standing on the ground. It was whIile ti, wai.i.g .hat a otf lightning struck the tree and continu ing, instantly killed Miss Tillman, M,. Lee and their horses. The shock was so severe that my horse was knocked down, but I only had my finger burn ed slightly. This was at 3::30 o'clock. "In a few seconds I was by the side of the two fallen people. Not a ius cle of either moved, their death was instantaneous. There was no mark left, by the lightning to show its fear ful work. - " wagon from Mr. Mc Creery, a farmer living near by, was procured and the bodies tenderly moved to the Trescott house, where Mr. Carroll and the Misses PlIeasants, another hoirseback party, gave all the aid possible. "The home going was sa-i indeed. T wo of our party were still in death, and we that remained rodo silently along. ''lr. was about 11:30 that night before Brevard was reached. From here a telegram was sent to Senator Tillmnan." This is the story as related by Mr. McNeely, who was the only one to wianess the double tragedy. At 1 o'clock' yesterday the body of Miss Tillman reached Hendersonville and was sent on to Columbia. Only a very plain wooden coffin cotuld be procured there, but when Columbia was reached, Mr. Berry had a handsome metallic cask-et, covered with white cloth, in readiness in the ladies' waiting room of the depot. Across it was a silver plate beautifully engraved with the name of the young lady, and after it the words, "Died July 15, 1896." Ct'rtains were put over the windows to ..h out the gaze of the curious, and the body, by several ladies and gentlemen,.was moved from one cof fin to the other. The several hundred persons, gathered aroand the outside door and dither kept silent or convers ed in 1ow tones. When all was in readiness, i~ne door was opened and the casket, enclosed in a box, -was put abjard the s;pecial train which stood in waiting. Quiite a number of lovely floral tribums had either been sent or brought downi, and but for the territic rain storm there would have been many more. In the pa:;-.uger coach of the special were Giovernor' Evans, his mother. Miss Mary Evans, 13. 1R. Tillman, Jr., Miss Lon Tuiman, bota-of whom had been away fromi~ home, the former at Olemson college and the latter at Ab beville; Mr. J1. W. Bunch and wife, U. X. Guunter, Gen. John Gary W\attsi and a few other.. The trai'n left soon after 10 o'clock. Tis morning many of the State olli :ials will go over to Trenton to attend the funeral. Tne inter ment ' will be made in 11igh View, the Tiiman fami ly ourying-ground, at noon today. Miss Tilinman was just 20 years old. EIer lire diff'ered not from that of ;cor'es of other young ladies. She had ~raduated a:. Winthrop college and Ifollins institute and was ready t~o go ato society. It was the initenition of ier famil y that she should make her lebut into Washmugton society neCxL damter where, by her brightness and Jeauty, she would have wvon manny rientis. It is a severe blow to her amily and expressions of s.ympathy tre heard fromi eve'ryone. 'There is rather a strik ing coQincid mece in connectioni with the death of il-iss Tillmna i. She was the daughter of t United States Senator and was carried 2omie ina spe-cial tr'ain over the Char . .Otte, '.'lumibia and Augusta railroad. l'iie Iar-t funeral train which was run >ver' this road was when M1iss Elise' duthe ', the daughter of Senator M. C. du ,was taken home. 'These two ,oung ladits were both daughters of nite.t States senators, ooth died in he mnountains, and both were carried o thy-:'homes in Edgelield coanty we the :ameranini'd.-State THF REV. MR. LEE. Tue following special was received by The State from Yorkville about the Ht. Robert A. Lee: dtmmuL July 1.-The Mr. Lee referred to in The State today as being killed yesterday at Brevard, N. C., is kw-Zv. I. A. Le. rector of the Epis copal ebur(er in York-ville. The news of his sudden death has cast a gloom over the whole town. He was a very promising young man, and had strengthened the church here. He was almost idolized by his congrega tion and was popular with other de nominations, as he was a Christian first and an Episcopalian afterwards. His parents live at Dae West, S. C. His remains will be buried tomorrow at the family burying ground in Ab beville. Mr. G. W. S. Hart, Mr. W. F. Marshail, Dr. R. A. Bratton and Mr. aud Mrs. W. B. Moore, members of his'congregation, left here tonight for Abbeville. The St. Agnes Guild and Ladies' Auviliary sent beautiful tloral offerings. Much sympathy is e':pressed also for Senator Tillman in hI-.affiliction. BRYAN AND MONOPOLIES. Refused to Be Counsel for a Corparation at S10,000 a Vear-His Partner Talks. LiNCoLN, Ne5., July 16.-W. J. Bryan's law partner and personal friend, A. R". Talbot, one of the pro minent Republicans of the State and a candidate for the State senate, enter tains a high opinion of Bryan person ally, but he does not hesitate to con demn his political views. He said: "Bryan is to be admired for every thing except his politics, and I know he is honest in his politics. He and I were classmates in the Union law col lege in Chicago. We entered the col lege the same day, in 1881. and we were graduated in June, 1883. Will went to Jacksonville to engage in the practice of law and I came to Lincoln immediately. I didn't see him again till 1887. "All the time he was in the law college Will gave a great deal of con sideration and z:udy to gjestions of government. he.read up thoroughly on coustitutional law, and was early impressed with the idea that the people were being unduly burdened by mo nopolies. fle maintain even then that the menace of the country was the encroachment of wealth on the rights of the common people, and he thought there was serious trouble ahead for the country. I can recall one debate in which he participated in his college days. The subject was the duty of a representative in the legisla ture or congress--whether he should be guided by his own views or by those of his constituents. "Bryan isan upright, conscientious, Christian man. I have never knowa a finer character. I am positive that he went into politics with no selfish motives. He is thoroughly convinced that the country is beset with condi tions that call for the highest patriot ism, and he regards it his duty to help right what he says are the wrongs of the people. I could give you many instances of his disinterestedness. Two years ago a man frim New York sat in Bryan's office trying to &et him to deli Ier 5; lectures at $06 a lecture. Bryan was poor then, as he is poor now, and I urged him to ascept the ofler, but he would hardly listen to the man. He said he would not speak for money. He was not in politics for himself, but for the people, and he did not expect t -.nake anything himself. ie didn't sign the contract. When he was in d!rgress he was of fered $t0,000 a year to become the counsel of a large corporation, but he told the officers he would not act as their attorney for the entire profits of the concern. He has been repeatedly urged to make his home in a Demo cratic State, with the assurance that he would be elected to the United States senate and kept there the rest of nis life, but he said he preferred to remain in Lincoln, and he will con tinue to keep his residence in this city. 'Phe Peabody scholarship. South Carolina has three vacant scholarships at the Peabody Normal college at Nashville, Tenn. The sup erintendent of edlucation has received notice that the examinations to fill them must be held July21 and 22. In the senate chamber of the State house all applicants will be examined on these two days: A Peabody scholarship ie worth $100 a year and the student's railroad fare from his home to Nashville and return by the most direct route, and is good for t wo years. The college year con sists of eight months, beginning on the first Wednesday in October and elosing on the last Wednesday in May, and scholarship students receive from the president of the college $25 on the last days of October, December. Feb ruary and April. .The qualifications for becoming a 3ompetitor for a scholarship are as fol lows: The applicant must not be less than 17 years of age, nor more than 30; :?f irreproachable moral character; in good health ; with no physical defects, eccentricities,- or habits which would ni erfere with success in teaching; and.. nust make a pledge of intent to teach ~or at least t wo years af ter graduation. When a choice must be made be ween a young man and a young wo sian whose examination papers are of equal merit, the young man should be >referred. Thh. is not intended to dis :riminiate against young women as unch, but it is thought that young men. dill be rpore likely to continue the ocation of teaching. The minimum literary qualifications -equired of all students matriculating or a degree are as follows: English studies-English grammar, anghsh composition. The books pre crioed for examinatioh in 1896; are shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, smerson's American Scholar. .For 897 those prescribed are Ir vings Tales >f a Traveler, G3eorge Eliot's Silas Ma 1er, Scott's Woodstock. United States history, geography w, comiplrte; 3. Elementary Algebra, o)mplete; :3. Geometry, two nooks Wenitwortlh's). Latin- Beginner's Latin book; Col ar's Gate to (desar, or equivalents. This State now has 12 scholarships n trie Normal college,' but after July, 897, the number will be increased to All applicants are asked to call at he otlice of the superintendent of edu ion at 9 :a. mn. the first day of the ex nuination. A Prophecy Half Fulilled. R ALEla H, N. C., July 15.-T wo 'ears ago William J. Bryan delivered commencement address at the S1 - ormal and Industrial Schools .or irls here. Mis-s Ger'trude M. Bagby mas class prophet and said Bryan mould be the next Democratic nominee or Preident and would be elected.