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< ; oil unit ? > tt r !S (i ( \r()LlJMK. VII. CAMDEN. S. FHIDAV. A rut ST J 1, ISiKI, WVANS, DUNCAN AND UARLK CAN 1)1 DAT ICy KO^ TIkIC SICNAT1C. i # THE STATE tOKD COKHISSIOHS, Th? Minor Lights. ? What tt? N?t<t hihI Done by Tnem 13. ly t>y Day HIS LfcXIXOTOX MKETINO. The attendance at this point num bered about iiOO, and wore perhaps the l?oat humored of any yot. Tho exor? Vusea woro oponed with a prayer by Ifluv. Mr. Denton. Chairman Eflrd lu ll oduoed as tho first speaker Dr. 'Stoke s, a Candida t# for Congress. He told of tht> circumstance*! of his sent being vacated in Congross and naid it was mi ontvugo beyond enduranco. He .'poke of iho measures he had wor&ed in (/ungrtsK to get through. The first whs the Jreo and unlimited coinage ol fcilvt-r. That, in hia opinion, was the xiost. important qms'-ion before th?? Auidrjtau people. It was education by *.he Alliance that mado tho people solid "'a tkia subject as fur as the Demo* rtratio party is concerned . When the ^'resident gavo up tho right to pay ?bonds in coin ? gold and Bilver- ho wa? unpatriotic and untrue to tho people. Air. Moses, the other candidate, wroto a letter statiug that it would bo impossible for him to be present. Mr. T. ('. Hobinson, caudidate for Superintendent of Education, ami Mr. 'Mayfu'hhtdso candidate for the same po sition, had it pretty hot for awhilo in discussing the competency of each other, etc., for the oflicc. Get). Watts being introduced, he opened by alluding to the disorgan* ized condition of the militia immedi* utely after tlio Darlington war, sttying that ho had reorganized it and that .all in em be is of tho militia now had to take an oath tosuppoit the laws. He concluded by talking abcut the achieveiuouts of reform and said that texes hud not been raised, like some who claimed to tie Reformers had said. Gen. Richbourg spoke next, and he referred to his military record of ? hi i ty-eix years, four of which were in active service. He said his opponent had beeu educated four years by the State; had been Assistant Adjutant General for four years find Adjutant General two years and with ten j ears in the pay of the State he thought modesty would make him retire and fulfill his contract to teach school. He said his opponent was trying to 6tir up factionalism, while nothing could be brought against him (Riehbourg) ex cept, perhaps, tho mistake he made in 1890 of running for Ad jutant General ?jD the Haskell ticket. Mr. Duncan, tho first Senatorial caiulidute being introduced, sui<l as to j tho low plane of tho campaign, ho had a right to crili"i?e public officials. As to h e quulifieatioi s to icpres<nt the people 111 the national council, he yielded to noil her of his competitors in point of ediicntion and manly advo cacy of tho right. He naid he had \ been a farmer up to two years, but had rtndied hnv to koop iij> with tho law yers. Tho remainder of his romarke w cro. devoted nn>t-tly to Governor Evans and Judge Eurle, which is not of much interest to the general reader. When .Judgo EarlonroBu a follow cried out: "1 soo your eye i? all right again. Judge. " (Laughter.) The Judge looked in the direction of the interrnptor with much scorn and was permitted to begin his speech without further interruption. After some in troductory remarks ho said that he ft as a candidate for tho United States Senate,' The question for the pcoplo to decide is who can represent them. They must first decide is he houtat, Upright, honorable and a Democrat. Hi said that, ho was a Democrat and with that and other qualifications all elso should he laid aside. H& reviewed tho reasons which lod him to run for Governor xgainst Tillman in 1890. Ho naid then that tho pcnplo wero not suf fering from the evils of State legisla tion. They had a right to chan'go ofli oers, but tho roniody for commercial evils must come from Congress. Ho epoku of tha evils of tho protective taiifl'. lie said he wnt not a freo tra- ? der, because such a pohoy would be ruinous. Thero should be a tariff on luxuries,* but none on the ueccssaries of life. He was in favor -of incidental protection or in othor words a tariff for revonue only. H^lipoko next on the Monroe doctrine, explaining that it meant simply that European nations must stay on their side of the Atlantic. Wo insitrted on ? tho doctrine being oarried out in every re?pect except financially. If wo had enforced such a financial dootrine we wonld be better off today. Judge Earl e then went into a ^historical sketch of the monetary situation. With a return to free silver he said we would return to Jefferson's ideal ? when no man would be abjectly poor nor any ono enormously rich. " *?*.. . Governor Evans was received With He ?aid tho Sh?li mani festo was a declaration of independence! Xbcy had .won at home and were, now ift tb* ftgbt thronghoat the country. ? .Thfc relief that we want most come from Congress and he was glad to aay iba light in tha Eeftaad Weet is grow-' ifcg brighter. He said a man couldn't ?imply (a; be is a Democrat. Ha/keli alarmed to bo* better Demosrat than yillffian. D. B. HUlaleo elaima to be a one, but be Ua'i auppoftCag Bryan, fjp'tbe ftonth we are afri??lUirMe, Wa ire ail dependent on cotton lor omr mrn1* 1* *' *o rw Intifwi w _ . ......... . ..r _ ] get uh much an posMblo. Tho i^aat is ' I ho monoy centro ami it is to t hoi r in ' teront to iuako their dollar buy uh much i 1 cotton us possible, und lion oo thoy waut ( 1 tho price kept down. But thu Wost j I lilio us in agricultural. Thoy m o that i tho East him owned thorn for yours, but j thoy have run tho money ehuugorsout j of tho couutry. (Chocr*). I Mr. Harrison spuko first unn?ug Gu? , : bornatorial candidates. first tulked j j on tho amount of mouoy Clowtjon Qui- , I logo got and argued that it had autfl- ? ! oient to run it with the government ap- j ! propriations. Ho tlioroforo advocated ! J that if any more than that wa*> neoes- ! ' barv that it bo appropriated from tho | privilege tax. lie argued his Dispen : i ai.ry plan, holding that it would bo j better and cheaper for the counties to j run thorn. When Mr. Whitman was introduced the crowd called out ; "Stop to the front, Walt." He said he couldn't make a ppcooh in twenty minutes, but ho could make ft few remark. A vo\qo ? "Trot 'em out." iXau^h- j tor.) Ho said he wanted Reform to mean j something more than papsuckiug. ? Wo have simply changed one sot of j pap-suckers for auother. Ho said ho j would prove that taxes had been . raised, although aornu hellish xofer- i *noes had boon made about him by a j man who was suffering with mania a nuto. He said one simply had to examine j tho tax roceipt to show that taxeB had ' not been roduoed. Ho said ho was ; ant to save the movement and if he didn't it would go to . Ho Conoluded by Raying that if he got to bo Governor ho would reduce expenditures and turn ovor tho South Carolina Collogo and Citadel to tho ! alumni. Mr,. Ellorhe wan received with cheer- j iug, and spoke at somo length upon i tho subject oi taxation, and said that all Stu to institutions of the old party are better supported now, and in ad dition to that we bavo established Clomnon and Winthrop, aud have fuudod tho Stato debt. But all this won /1at? a i ??* /\ ytrit* t>y i ? r* I o v e ? i / ? ??> " UVMW ?? ivuw??k umwuuu. The Stake levy is less, but in tho coun ties there are often extra levies for special purposes, and he couldn't say whether taxation hn<J l>eon roducod as far --Ha particular counties aro con cerned. Ho went on to fay that ho favored supporting all Stato institu tions and building up as far as tho money o.J the people would permit. He did not favor pulliug#down. Ho said thai ho hoped that the moral peo ple of th > Stato would not join with the whiskey :meu in fighting the Dispensary law, but that thoy would co-operate with the administration in enforcing the law |,nd 6ee that its rules and reg ulations .vo/o carried out and thus de crease drunkenness and lawlessness. Sir. Ellorhe made a splendid impres sion by bis speech as was shown by the very liberal and spirited cheering giv en him M'hou he finished. f Messrs. J. W. Thurmond and J. O, Wilborn, candidates for solicitor, dosed the meeting in a few brief re | markg in behalf of their oandidacy. AT WINN8BOKO. ?jss ~.?-'ting at this point was ono of /owuj'ihrn. Tho crowd numbered about 100. The court houfco could not hold them, ro the candidates *pok? from an improviRod platform. It was opened by prayer by Be v. Mi.t Forria and Chairman Lyles introduced Gov ernor Evans as the first speaker, and bo devoted tho first part of bis spoeoh ^o tho whiskey rebates and defied any may to s[ o\v that ho over got ono cent from the Dispensary or any otbor do piirtmentof tho government that was not justly due him as an olBcer and hon est man. In conclusion ho spoko of hu fit less tfl' repreeeut the people in tho national government, and explained what fre<,silvor meant. .Tiidpio E^rle was next introduced and said lie had never apologized for anything lie had waid that was right, lie said in 1890 that tho Shell mani festo was false as far as corruption in the government was concerned. He said ho now. IIo went on to show what had been done during his in oumbenoy of tho Attorney G-euerai'e oflice. No matter what tho Reform j party h|? done, he bad as much pride | in it as any South Carolinian, but the r medj must come from the tistional legislation. fn the first plaoo tbero should l?e an income tax. so that men owing anormous fortunes shouhl pay taxea i a accordance with Iheir wealth. Another evil from which we Miller is the protective tariff". He thou went into a discussion of the monetary ques tion, K'hich he dismissed at some >ngtb, Mr. JD unoan, the third candidato for Senatorial honors, addressed the meet ing in his usual style, paying re spee4<i to Senator Tillman and saying j that ibo lawyers got all the good olli ! ooi. He said Evans was responsible for ths ?ow plane tho campaign w:u? being conducted on. He also alluded to the Goveruor'a body-guard tvicb followed hi,m around tho Stato. At this point there camo near being a riot and Mr. Duncan continued Jy try to j speak but in so m ich hubbub and d?a-. i order it was impossible to make any conneoted remarks. Mr. Duncan said that ho conld tell a great many things, if Governor Evans would just lot the crowd listen. A voico; "Put it to 'em; they don't want t/> hear the truth." Mr. Dnncin continuing was heard to say above the roar of yelli that ho ooola tell enough to bury Governor Evans forever. Voices: "No jon can't" I The crowd waa not listening at all at Mr, ? Duncan. They were yelling or Mating remarks or laughing at each other 'a alleged Joke*. Two young men from the atari of I fee maeUng had been ffifotboieferoua inlbelf demobftiiatlons and frequently interrupted tha speak er*. 'fbey made themselves obnoxious to all o t thoef who wfated t& hear aa Won as to the upeakers. Chuii man Lyles lul l f i <?? j u on t I.V asked thcin t>> keep < ] ii ii- 1 , luii h i k efforts amounted to nothing. riioy croatod so much disor der that Chief of T'olico Gilbert tried to iituku them btoo, llo eo uhl.it anything with them and he attempted! ; to finest thorn. Dispenser Stevenson, who was stand ing by the two men, told tho chief that , thu was a public moiling and that no ono should he arrested. The chief , naturally resented sueh interference } wtli his duties and started to tftko ttie men oil". .Mr Stevenson attempted to i prevent him and then the crowd rushed ; iu to keep the two men from being car ried oft'. Mr. Stevenson was quite ! excited and several ot his friends stood i by him, swearing that ho should be ? protected. 'I he policeman iu tho mean time was poshed buck and tho crowd j seemed to grow more desperate. Cartes were hurled ut the policeman : d at the town people, the chairman { solar forgetting himself as to jump on ? the stand and say that "the country j people had been imposed upon long enough by the town people and that hereafter the meetings would be held ' iu tho country." This but added fuel i to the flumes and thecvowd grew more i angry snd seemed to be iti a mood to j tear somebody or anything to pieces, j Governor Evans was sitting in tho j crowd but he got up immediately ] when tho row commenced and did all [ in his powrr to stop it. 11?; dually > mounted the btaud and exiled tip >n j the people to ke?ip quiet- Sheriff ] Ellison and citizens well known to tho i people di 1 the sumo thing ami after a ! few minutes comparative quiet was re i stored. While everybody seemed to , bo mad there was no tight for there was i nobody to fi^ht but Chief of Police j an i5. he had in the meantime been ! ordered not to ati>st the men by the t mayor, it is Miid, w ho did so in ordot I to prevent trouble. There was intense excitement during it all but luckilv nothing serious resulted, became, as has been said, there was nobody to light although it must be admitted that tho whole tiling was one of the most disgraceful events of the campaign hardly excepting the exhibition at Florence. Although no pistols were drawn, many of the crowd skipped in anticipation of shooting daring tho fracas Mr. Duncan continuod Ins speech while great disorder prevailed. Only a word or two or .".sentence or two could bo heard. Mr. Duncan said that he had said to Tillman that if his election moant tho disruption of the Reform movement he would quit. Cries: ? You wouldn't. You are no good." Mr. Duncan went on to try to speak, but it was a futile effort. Ho was con stantly interrupted by howls and yells and nothing ho could say was connect ed Ho said if Evans wasn't afraid of being shown up he would get tho peo plo to listen. Though Mr. Duncan was not listened to he persevered amid cries, "Got dowu," "Time's up," etc. He said all he wanted was the peoplo to listen to him and they would vote for Evans if they wanted. Voices: "We'll do that all right." Mr. Whitman was yelled dowu bet for ho uttered a word. After abou- ; two minutes of ^pandemonium a maqj | in thu audiouoo charged Mr. Whitman I with having been guilty of an aoty tho j details of which ure unfit for pnblica- ! t i < ? n . i Mr. Whitman with grout imlignation i prouonuced the statement an infamous i lie. He e'lid: "You nro tin infamous j liar, fir, and if you woro worth a shuck ; I would make you answer for it in tho j courts. " A voice. "Did you ever live in i Wiuusboro ?" Whitman: "Yes. and T made a vi- J carious saorifico of myself, aud I'm j making it now for you." Mr. Whitman, finally getting half a . hearing, proceeded with -his speeoh. j Ho mado his usual remarks about Till man and papsuokers, which wore met with cheers for Tillman and Ellerbe. Mr. Whitman paid that the orowd was packed with Dispensary constables to howl him down. A. voice: "Boye will you stand that'.'" Oilier voices: "No we won't; that ain't so." Mr. Whitman had very little ohance to say anything, so constantly was he interrupted, but he said he would stny thero until Novembor, but what ho was heard.' He wasn't listened to, how ever, and he said the people above Co j lnmbia were trying to ohoke him off, but that, meant choking tho Reform movement. By their action, he said, they were doing for themselves that which would result in a political Ve suvius. Mr. Whitman ?-aid a great many other things, but few people heard them for the demonstrative part of the crowd kept up their yoliinq. Mr. "Whitman, although he usually keeps up his speeeh notwithstanding howling ! down, had finally to quit and satisfy ! himself with the distribution of his tract* among the crowd. Senator Harrison was introduced, accompanied by cries for Ellerbe and yells: ^'ITe's no good." Mr. Harrison, in opening, said he believed there were those in the audience who wanted to hear and thero wore those who didn't; they ought 'to go off or .keep qni^t. He said he was running on bis own rstpon . sibility, and needed no constable to de fend him. When it came to that, then free Democratic government in South Carolina was at an endis' - Mr. Harrison was much inteirnpted at first but after ho had proceeded awhile he got a respectful hearing. When he went, to talk about the Dis pensary, he was interrupted by voices spying: "We don't ^wasi to hear it." Nevertheless Mr. Harrison went on to discurt his D+spmsary scheme He said he didn't know whether the Dis pensary had anything to do with the ! rocns iiihi jit<w, but It looked very ! lllUch l|k*' it i luftiiiiuii livlt's announced that ' i?l ! wan unavoidably lib Mill, aii. I C.i.<r.i! 11 ,,!:lu>ury was in troduced Hi v\ .is pivcti a , r t*H|u <* t fill hearing it.-* lu- reviewed hib military record, t'ton^h' dt 1 1 iiii'm a fow mou holler ??(! f ??? r W 11 Its. General Rich bourg was, liOiv. -. r, given close at , tention, null hud friends in tho an ? ? di? lice, at, was i vid? need by cheers given him; General W ni1 ? followed, and was ro Ci'tVid with applause Ho said ho had eunviifcsod two-thirds oi the State and had yet to find a man who could say ! that anything In- had ever done was not done f v >r th ? best interests of South I Carolina, lit* spoke of his graduation ! fit tho Citadel, Mr. \\\ P. May field was tin* next speaker. He was given close attention ?s ho reviewed tho achievements of tho ! Reform movement. His reinmkH with on educational and taxation matters, ! pursuing tho same line as previously reportod. Mr. Robinson followed Mr. .May- j field, making some remarks on wd?)oa j tion, tho substance of which has boon i reported heretofore. Congressman Wilson closed the j speaking in a splendid speech confined j to the discussion of national matters, scoring tho record of the Kepnblionn party without gloves. rHK COL I'M III A MKRTJNU. The meeting at this point was a j model one in every respect, and one that other counties ought to imitate The speaking was held out at. Shandon in the suburbs of tho city and thorn were about 1 1 *< ? present. Hov. P. L. Ivirtou made the opening prayer and Mr. S. ('. Robinson, candidate for j Superintendent of Education was in trodneod. He opened by referring to educational mat tin s, saying that ho favorod the South Carolina Collage, but tho public schools should not bo neglected. He also loferred to his op ponont, Mr. May Held, saying that he didn't think ho had n. light to ask tho people for re -election, unless lie could show that he has visited all the conn ties, and said the law allowed him 8300 for such a puipose. Ho closed by saying that ho whs thoroughly famil iar with tho fchool law, etc. Mr. MayQold, candidate for the nbove honors, addressed the meeting ner.i, and his few brief remarks were ?n reply to Mr. Robinson's speech, showing that he had endeavored to conduct the aflf'tirs of hia ollice with honesty nod faithfulness. Mr. Duncan was tho first Senatorial candidate to be introduced. Ho started out to discuss what the Alliance had accomplished, and repeating his story about Judge Earle's tiling his pledgo, saying that with two Reformers in the race he would come out with a pluuie. He said it was his duty to oxpo e evil when ho saw it, and this waB why he had become a candidate. He said Governor Evans' record wao public property, and brought up the bond mattor and talked protty frooly upon that subject, but nothing new was brought out. He referred to Nowbold following tho Gove nor around as ? body-guard. He also repeated hit ?tory about tho whisky rebates, say ing that Tillman had filled his pocketa. He conoluded by talking about his op position to accopting Clemeon'fl be quests nnd repeated tho story abontthe legislation in rofertnee to the now board of control. J0 Gov. Evans being introduced started | out by sarcastically referring to Mr. Duncan's speech, and thou went into ! tint discussion oT Xatioual atl'airs at J Romo length. Ah to the tiond matter he said that every lawyer in Columbia knew that he was it hind's attorney for years, and defied Mr. Dun en to to prove that lie was to get Slii.OOO, and con cluded by reading that Gautt letter ami replying to .^Tr Duncan in refer ence to bis body-guard ? Newbold ? ? saying that he had never ordored any constable to a meeting, but had asked thera to stay away, because he had been charged) by many that he had them employed to protect him. He dismissed National issues at sorae length, and when ho stepped from the stand ho was loudly cheered. Gone. Iiiohbonrg and Watts, candi dates for Adjutant General, addressed the meeting. The former said he wae a candidate on his own merits<and not on the demerits of his opponent or any one else. The lattor confined his re marks to the qualification for tbo ollice which he sought, saying that his train ing had been such us to hardly fit him far any other position. Col, McSweeney, candidate for Comptroller General, joined the cam paigners at thifi meeting and made a short speech, which was well received by his hearers. Senator Harrison made his usual speech on his disponssry scheme, and i talked at nomo length on the priviledge j tax question. Mr. Whitman made his same old stereotyped speech, but he received a respectful hearing nevertheless. Messrs. J. W. Thurmond and J. A. Mullen, candidates for solicitor, made brief speeches in favor t/f their candi dacy. ' The last speaker was Mr. Stanyarne Wilson, candidato for re-election to Congress. Ho delivered o fine speech on national affair*). oBANo^tma'e meeting. The meeting at this point was fairly qoi?t and orderly. About 600 paople were present. In the abeeneo of County Chairman Lowman by reason^ of aioknaea, Congressman Stokes pre Vj elded and Mr. K. H. Honeer made the oj ening prayer. Just oefore the can didates for Adjutant and Inspector General waa introduced the following card wae handed each candidate: ? I. Wret the Democrat* of Orange burg connty, request the candidates for Htate and National ofOfea to refrain - from- any personal allusion*' to the character or. record of^lfcejr pf>po? n?&K~. - - * - V IT. That t h oy bo requested to speak* on tho faftu<s of tho day and their own ^record at public oOUmmIm. Ml, Thafi wo discountenance nil ro orinnnutkm jind vltuperatuM. IV. Tli^t wo ho allowed to ?nppor,t such mvii \fi wo doom boatfyf tli? good ot' UkO Stato without owy ' suggestion from tho candidates. Tho above was given out bv Score tary Funning of tho exoontivo com mittee, although it was not the official action of tho committoe, nevei thelos, it represented the sentiments of the people. Gen. Itiehbourg, candidate for Ail jntant and Inspector General, wan tho first speaker, and ho opened by re viewing his career as a Oonfedovftto soldier, ho having risen to the. position of drill maHter of tho Confederate States with tho rank of lieutenant. Sinoe the war ho had been actively eonoected with the militia of tho State. 1 Fie closed bv saving that the study of military atYairs hail become h sveondj it it t u ro with him. Gen. Waits followed, and he snid that hv defied any man to show thai h?| h*d not done his duty. If ho had not' ho did not ask their votes. Hut if he i had boon faithful ho a?ked for re- j election. lie spoko of hie record a# Adjutant General and roforroil to H\ ? ? : fact that it was at liis anggebtion thai ! the enlistment law imih passod. lie | .'.poke of his military training and ox j porienoA. and said that all h<< had : dona Wfindor the good of the .State and | mi lit in. j Judge .lOarle the first Senatorial | candidat^ to speakNtud he referred to ln? political conduct in 1 AOO when he j had said t lint- tliq "shell manifesto wan j untrue in no far an corruption in his or , any oHice over which ho had any light j t<> administer or advisiV. No man ; tiftild blame him for that. No man | ought to bo afraid of tho truth. Ho j had Haul thou that (ho iniquitous laws I undoi \\ hielj we pnlVered wore not laws . ot South Carolina. Il ban gono oi> | until tin- States ha\e lout most sil of j thoii rights through decisions ol tin- ' courts and tho general govcrnmor.1 is j nil pr erne. The acts of Congress for | y ;ira have been against thi people and ;;ieaf fortunes have been amaased by the lew by reason of tho*e iniquitous iiw=. Judge Karlo then explained the opeialious of a protective tarilV by j ! win di monopolies have lnou built up. : Ho discussed tho issuing oi bonds and j ? td the contraction of the enrrency wlin h naturally led to a discussion of | tho silver question. Concluding hi- j said he appeared simply no a l>cmo-; i era) He wanted the time to come ?when there would bo no such thing as Reformers and Conservatives in nainc! ? when all could unito on a common platform for the good of thy State. Governor 10 /ana opened up by re-', marking that the people had been op pressed by the State government, notwithstanding tho assertion to the contraiy. If his opponent had do-' feated Tillman tho people would not now bo looking their candidates face to, faco. Ho said that the Shell manifesto! was as true or as false now as it over was. You have electfd your State of-f fleers and Congressmen on it, and do; you want to abaudon it and go back to the rule of the ring? fCiies, "No, wo don't.") fTo went on to fcpcok of the Alliance mid its demands, Baying tlint upon the prosperity of tho farmers dopeuded that of overy other olass of people.! t The piriform adopted by South Caro-' r.ns, and which Tillman and himself had written, h vd been adopted in; Chicago. H?) quoted statistics to show that Lhe money circulation had been decreased Over ninety million dollars. Tho gold bugrt have been running tho govern ment ainco the war. Tho silver dollar was worth more than a gold dollur. The Sherman Act was passed and pilver fell to a parity with gold. That metal then wont to a premium and the far mers nuked for relief. lint they didn't get it, and tho farmers had to give twico an much cotton for a dollar an they hail formerly. At this point he jumped on the Judiciary, and na id th.it the power of tho Federal Court shouh' be curtailed snd no one should hold office for life. Ho albO answered borne quofitiona which had been handed him by tho Gospel Temperance Union to the ?atisfftotion of bin hearers. In conolueion he said tho farmers of tuo West and South were marohlng slong to a glorious viotory and tho peonle must help and thon we will go to Washington and form a people's ring and kick ont the monoy ohangora. (Great clearing.) y- Mr. Jjnnoan seeing the tempor of theorQ>fl$ did not go much into hia 'usual charges against Gov. Evans. Tn fact ho said nothing about commis sions, rebates ond several other things ?but talked mostly on national polities and the achievements ?rf the Reform party . Mr. Maylleld conlfned his remarks to giving a detailed statement of the progress made in Syutb Carolina sinoe 1890. He repeated the oharge mado against Mr, Robinson at Columbia that hia report as School Commissioner of Piokens county wag incomplete and de fective in several particulars, whereby the report of the Superintendent of Education was thrown ont of balance; uo report a? to the number of school honsea or their eondition or the enroll ment of scholars; he wu in error in several amounts of money expended; he did not report until the third day of October, when he should have made it on the first. k Mr. Robinson said there was no issue between him and his opponent except the ofllce. Aa to his report, if it wee incorrect, he ahonl^favTe sent it back for cbyiction. Bot be wanted to use it in tmKcampaigo, which was unfair and nnfcind. There ie nothing criminally wrong in that report* , I demanded that he rtad it because in sinuations sbonld not be made. TJo wA# w|lling tg. aUq<t by it. School im'i' tho hardest kind to get iMrilH'l, ? ScllO i COII1 III i.SIlio III I'M llUVO to depend upon t undies ami if thcii reports hi o not correct ami cnuiub m Into t!i< ro mmd nocessuril y ho errors j sin t ho ( 'oiiiniiKnii'iit'iH' report. For their ti*>S\h>ot wo n ro otlfh for*v?l to go j to u tonehera report w hick accompanies j their claims. A great many never ' come in utilil tlo< taxiH u ro eollectcJ and that is why I was forced to ww tlmt my report wan an neai ly ourryft j us possible. / Sir. Cat ..in announced that M/T K1- | lerbo could not la* {iroaent, aeil in trod ii >0(1 Mr. Whitman, wjfn diners .for KUorbee. Hesud thafc'nf waasiok, ami if he was i liter rii nil Mil like tie h?* i j been at oth^r phieoMcny people dri ,ik > k.i. Uisponnarv hqnof't ho would leave ' 'the stand and go t >u and nee if th?r*? ,were not enough (Jjfristian apd sober ao. n in the crowd VBio would libten to JhUn. Hi) suid that Hie wan a Holormcr jtwo ye tun before thfc movement began, [tint whiio lie had] the people of tins j count \ with him, iho candidates com* ! .billed againat him And defeated him ly ' twenty votes j | lie road his latter from Tillman, in i which ho expressed tho belief that M t j Whitman should have igiiicgoit'd place | Mr. Whitman wont on to tnlK i rahout tho papTHiiekiMB, and how I ill .man had not omried out his promises ! by reason of being b('iiml down b\ tin j pap fiucker.x. There wetfe clients t ? i- I Tillman mid Klloibe, when Mi. SN hit iiian Maid he never mid Tilliniin was m liar, a* p.llfcrbo has. He hhi> 1 ho believed the Dispensing th greatest hlimpiig (tod'a kiiii uvei shorn on. He ohmed by talking about taxes not being reduced. [ Mr, Harrison roeeived h respectful hearing w hilu ho explained Ium llispen 8a ry views, andhiw ideatt about llm din position oi tho privilege tax. | Mr. Cooper, oondidato for JLieuton nnt (tovernor, made a abort address, in which ho said that hm opponent, by his abRcnoo, practically conceded Ot ungeburg to him, and hud gono on n m H?ionary work in Spartanburg ' Congressman Stokes and candidate Mo^es spoke on national issues, ?nd the meeting ciosod. TAR MUKTIM4 A1 NKWI<KfUll. J ha meeting at thin point uiin in ?Tory reepeot an ideal one in ho far as irdor in concerned The attendance numbered about <>00. Chairman Chin lingham proBidud, aud in ctdling the neoting to order suid thut the iirKt nau who nttemptud to howl down any ipeaker would bo prominly t.:ilre?? in >liarge. He introduced aR H10 rtr?t ipeaker Qenoral Watte, why eon lined I )ih remarks to a brief history of his i nditary experience and his record ax I in o nicer as evidenceit of hie litneRH to | ill the position a</niu. *>no great J tilth ho uttered was that lie didn't br ieve 500 votes would be changed by ipeeob-niaking. .Tndgo Knrlo wn? noxt introduced, ind he ha id it would bo better for all Democrats to lay ande nil dif-Rens?ioii? mrl nnjiiflt criticimn and work together for tho fc'4.?to and give all othoera duo jrcdit for whatever they did, which .van right. Hpoaking on Htale mat tern ao ftaid mo law had been made which had created ho much bitterness as tho Dippenpary law. It lias nxcellent fea tures in po far aa closing' up thofo places where young mon wero onticod to ruin, But ho said ho was unalter- | jbly opposed to tlie proSit Features. It J is suid the liquor truilic should ho con trolled by tho State because it pro ilu cca poverty and crime. Under general conditions ho it* oppose*.! to sumptuary legislation, ilo doof? not behove that any Legislature can uial;o mon nood. Wo nood inoi'o Mehools nhd ehurohoH for that. Ih it right that our schools should bo built up !>y profits from whisky? Ih it not an idea repulsive to you? Any thing that curtails tho use of intoxi cants is a good law, but aijy South Carolinian will soy it is wrong to build up schools on whisky profits. But again it is a grcot political ma chinc. Wo tee ovoiywhero men use ! licit oilicifil position in tho Dispen sary to onhanco tho political interests of themselves or others. This in mani festly wrong, and Mr, Harrison is advo cating a scliemo to tako it out. of politics. It has boon said that tho law eannot be enforced. But ho had confidence in tho juries of the country. In Charleston juror* opposed to fche law, f.worn to do their duty, convicted ev ery man except one. Tho pooplo throughout tho State will do their du ly. The people have a right to change the law. lhey should abolish, the profit feature, if it was a compromise l?et w-.en prohibition aud license. Not a dollar thou Id bo made over and above tho nocossury expenses of thu conee/n. iij it was wrong for tho in dividual to sell it, it ia equally wrong for tho Stato-'to do so. llut tlu> Statu has a right to regulato tho traffic and it should do so, but it ahould not regu late it to make a profit. Ho had al ways believed in thoruloof the major ity. Flo had novor Attacked any can didate or anybody else's character, and .had never advised tho people to vote for any condidofe "or Titty ticket; lie thon stated briefly hi* reason* lor favoring freo silver. Governor Evans being introdnced said the poeitiou of Un\(,ed States Sen ator was indeed an important one, es pecially at this time, though be did not consider it a greater honor than tho ( lover uorship. Wo arc confronted today by the most seriona 0 glit in the history of tho natiom ; Tho South had to suffer the CdUAO of de(yat. The burdens placed upon her **o greater than heaped on any conquered nation of civilized times. The South has paid $400,000,* 000 in pensions to Yankee soldiers. The debt is not growing less, but the Yankees killed aeemed to fpriff up ' pgain like dragon's teeth. \ Another evil, s debt is put upon as nv the tariff. Now. shall these demand llid. V # ' \ ?? - v ? ; I'.igm you i'm M?;u j i? 'iiff i h i. .ii? Oil 1 eliOl 1 1 1 r i ? 1 1 1 1 {. } . ? ? Miim. i . |?ouhciI tllilt CHUm> !?? ;?!??(? . i.e. .* i a that it VI UK till) only WllV to c la. 11 J t lit I. U is not only for tin- i ? ? i i ; . ! 1 1 < w.in.er, hut ol the lawyer banker n 1 1 ? ! piiiii lii or. All depend* u | en tin | i . i i iity of the farmer. Our oelton ?u t:.? only product with xthteli we e;i i ;?> I mncl| money to eoiuo tn this mi i 1 1 1 1 1 1 ni'.l hen 00 tt 1ft to t h i* mteiibt ot" 111! to have the prico utf hi; h im poh.-uldo. Why iih'or.hl any mnn oppose ttiin movement ? Tho Mib tret Muy hud moro to do with bringing thin movo* mont to nueeeKs than tiny oth< ruyeney, boon u tic it? agitation ihowed that t!io funni es would huvo i> H< ?(. Then s ?mo Attention Wrtu puid to their ili tMrtliiiH, Thifi country hats eontlietmg i;itcr? fi.it a. The South and M'eM are ngneul* * lira I people. .l'hobrt of tin,1 Xoitli and East are the hanker.s and owners of monev. It is to their* intor? at t.i make their dollar* buy aa nltieh ootion na potidi bin and your inter* st to luako them buy ah little us j os^ible. Tn concluding he stud that ho would be olooted by an overwhelming major ? it) an?l that ho would go to Washing* ton and assist in nuinuig tho money ohangorw from tho Capitol, Mr, Duncan opened by alluding to bin Senatorial race. Ilo aiiid he cntcrod tho race I I'd in n Kiinne of duty, because lio saw an impaling condition of uit'uira which nhonl i l>e shown up. lie saw no ono clso oomo out ami hocuuic hiiuBolf. Hin*o lie entered tin caiiv.?6h ho had dealt with p iblie recorda of men, yot Uo had boon fought ?n an underhanded ivay. 1 ?ii 't it human nature to strike Vrtok when attacked? lie. said ha had pohu day by day a little clique organ ir.od. At Winnnburo ho unw au ex-con* stable, but now a DiRponaer, with a low othorn too full of jono X howling down Bpeaker# to keop tho truth from being told. A paid State oftieial ban beoix carried around and bin bjllin now hang ing tiro and it i? doubtful if u will bo paid by tho Bourd of Control. Flo ro aRHertod that Governor livana had run from tho stand ut Kdgetleld, and that. INI r. George livaiiH had aided and abet ted howlers at Kcd Hunk. Ho conclud ed by reading Gautl'a letter and com menting upon it at some length. Ho ropeeted tho charge that Evans votod against Tillman aa a member of tho Hoard of Agriculture in 1888, and against Judge Pope for the Supreme hence. Mr. Cooper, candidate for Lionton ant Govoruor, gave Mr. W. S. Thom HBon, of Spartanburg, oandidato for Solicitor, throe minntCR of hip time in order to allow him to catch ? train for home lie look up hja time in telling jokes and getting oil" witty sayings, which seemed to pleaso the crowd. He Raid ho juat. got up to lot tho peoplo eeo ho wan an good looking as Dr. Tim mormnn said ho was. Senator Harrison opened t" J ball Jor tho Gubernatorial candidates. He cpoke of tho danger of trusts, not the last among which was an cleotion trust or political couibiiuitioiiR. He upoke of Qlemson College and said that it was n< vor anticipated tint <t should bo ft literary institution and it did not need all of tho privilege tax. Ah to his Pis penpary plan ho sAid that what was needed ifi that any central control of it Khali bo done awoy. It must bo taken out of politico if it is made n ruccoss. Mr. Harrison then explained in detail tho feature of his /.county bottling nclienic, holding that thero could not be any cheap liquor an long as tho present cumbersome system existed.* Only by chcapcr liquor could blind ti? g< ih ami moonshiners 4>e killed off, Mr. Whitman being n?-xt introduced read bin credentials from 1?. R Till man and made hi* usual f-peech about papsuckcrs and camp followers, but didn't create much of a laugh ov any evidence# of opposition or approval, except there was some mniiment whoo 1 o said he had nkini cd Kllerbo so badly at Lexington that l.c had gone to Clemson tfc milk a cow in order to show that bo ought to be (Jovcri)or. v Mr. Cooper was the next speakorA Ho confined himself mo/tly to giving/ a Orief to hid political and olliciul career. ( Dr. Timmormau was next intro* dncod, but ho aaid ho uimply came to see the go.jd people of Newberry. His ollico was not n political but a ministo*-' rial one. He said that it was a mis* take to say that tho old fcoldiers could not vote. 'JLho law acquired Hat ho ? should other be a bit; to read <\r write or in lion of that to underdand a e'anso in the Constitution. Mr. \V. D. Miiyflcid, in his speccb# dofended Iho higher institutions o? learning. Ho said we nc ruled them all. Wo hud not one too many. Hi: spoko of tho neccHHity of improvement of tbo pnblio schools. The. prolits of liquor K slcs had gone tho puhiio schools for jcars and years. It in so in other 8tu tea 'and cities. lie could seo noth ing wrong in dcvot.uig. tfiat fund to ^ school purposes. Tf Mr. itobinson announced at the o^t act hia platform on education. Aa many childron cqnld never hope to 0l| ter tho halls of any college, they should have tho best elomenUry education* porarblerand henco frofnvorcd fetvttig" mote thorough. attention to the public-' {schools. Gen. Richbourg made a short, epeeoh, giving a brief account of hia military exptijonoo aa a soldiorand militiaman. . , After tho Stata candidate* htd finished candidates for CongresifspOke.' They were only allowed teiireiaoU? and naturally could not say inuch ixv that time. Congressman Latimer gave - a brief account of his services in Con? *. preen and w as followed' by Mr. W/'Jfc'*" Wfiteman, of A bb?hri H?,r - wh+- .-ialw spereed hia. soriona remarks with MM gix>k jokes which i m mediately ted iho crowd, lie is a splendid aiifV the crowd insisted : OB a not>g a?*i - hA if A ff t trfb a parody on tfc* ?Wi - rJ- ' : ? . " - - ? -=*? ? ? m ' "? . Continued on 1th pog*