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TH* -——- ,J ■ izi&r? oAMPAiuiirl The Candidate* Said Their Piece* For the Laat Time Brf.Hr* Election S D»r ' The State, Aug. 23rd. * • - The State campaign has closed. The - last meeting was held In this city yes terday. fhero were about 600 people gathered around (be stand at Hyatt Paris. The plaoe was well wooded and oomparhtlrely 6001 • There waa a con stant deptand on the spring la the hoi- loiy—the dispensaries In towif were closed. • The candidates were all In good •, form, aotirUhstandlDg the terrible Weather which, has attended them the last fortbightjand notwithstanding the •train upon the man physical, the man mental and the man moral. For It re quires some self-control for a candi date to know his limit and to say •* no” to his many friends who want to stand . treat. Senator Tillman was the first speak er. His child -is quite sick and he wanted to get to Trenton on the morn ing train. He made about the same speech c* elsewhere lately. In answer to an article in The State yesterday, he said he would not accept the office of United States senator If a maj >rlty _ in the State scratched his name tff the ticket. u If they don’t want to vote for me LET Til KM SCRATCH.” He felt sure, however, that he would be upheld by the people. He sailed into the Hev. W. It. Richardson yester day. He held a band primary and about half of the 350 then present showed down for the dispensary. The others didn’t vole. A few held up for prohibition.^ * There ' were few incidents. The Hsapses had tllllle fiare up; Whitman took offense at Cot. Hoyt calling hfln an ax-preacher; Col. Uoyl and Me ^ Sweeney bad » misunderstanding about which should speak first : Mc- Sweenep talked a good deal about the Batesburg incident and de.voted a lot of time to Gary ; and the latter passed off the Batesburg incident as a matter of little consequence, after showing that be did uui charge McSweeney With “ sending" constables out to work for him ; Col. Patterson went for all his opponents with gloves off. Hoyt and McSweeney seemed the favorites for governor, and Mr. Gary changed many votes to his column, while not a few expressed sympathy for Patter son. Senator Tillman was the first speak er, being lo.roduced out of order so that he might catch the train to leave for home. Hu got right down to lb* discussion of the .iquor question, saying thaS aotwUhataaU mg criticism be bad a perfect right to appear, because he had Skid that he wsuld resign from the senate In order to come back bore and run for governor In defense of the dispensary. Some men who are most blatant and editors who are reviving bitterness In ^regard to him are the very ones who charge him with doing it, and that is not true. Take the card in The State today signed Juab Kiwards. He wants me to sign a pledge that 1 will not stand for sena lor If i don’t receive a majority. 1 Lave made this statement in broau daylight and to ask me to sign a pledge Is an insult, for -it says practi cally that l am a liar This is the poorest sort of a preacher because he hasn't got any churches.- He lookup his remarks about preachers. He said ' that he had teen unintentionally mis quoted by reporters. He had said he would not swap bis chances with some C ireachers, and.be wouldn't, but they eft out the word “ some.’’ Referring - to the book of Habakkuk, It was more or less an .obsolete book, and some of the preachers don’t know that there is ihfMilr ttftiMMUii piause ) He then jumped on prohibition, say ing that under it people would have to get whiskey by swearing, that they wanted It for medicinal or sacramental, urposes. Now, will you swear that ? hen you will swear to a lie. (Laugh ter and applause). Prohibttiuu could not be enforced. He referred to the free sale of liquor when the dispensary law was declared unconstitutional. Prohibitionists want to bring back the same conditions. Prohibition will make liars and hypocrites out of you. You will swear that you have the belly-ache or some other ache iu order to get whiskey. (Great laughter). Where Is the doctrine gotten from that it -is sinful to drink liquor ? He defied any blshopor preacher to show that any such idea existed before 1846. The sacred wrlttlngs are full of warn ings against Its abuse. He had said there was an unholy alliance between preachers and barkeepers to break up the dispensary. He stuck to that statement because he believed it cor rect and the devil himself couldn’t make him take it back. He then took up Mr. Richardson’s sermon. In reply he tald that he did not need the dis pensary as a machine. He had already been elected by 22,000 majority and what was the use of having another machine. If he had been a demagogue would he have thrown aside the sup port i f Gonzales and his little clique of orvhcbers. There is ,no pnimibllion in this case. It is simply the old barroom system or the dispensary. He said that there were blind tigers throughout the State, yet the preachers never fulminate against them. He then took up the text upon which wee is called down upon him wbo givetta his neighbor drink. They say I have no right to in terpret a text. I have as much right to do that as. any preacher. I haven’t got to take my interpretation from theili. They wouldn’t help me when I get in a hot place In the next world. He reads and studies the Bible and will not give up bis • ideas abodt it at the dictation of any preacher. ' ^ He couldn't see how high and imma culate ministers could go to the poll# arm in arm with barkeepers In a holy alliance. He said it, lie meant it, he wonidn’t take it back, and the devil couldn’t make him change his mind. He Mas not attacking the preach*!**. They &rtt had attacked him by #ame. He bad called Dp Gardner down for saying something that wse untrue in regard to him (Tillman ] Dr. Gardner slandered him in direct terms. He _Msd go o u t “Tsfe slanderous charges.' 1 ’‘ A Voice—He’s allatflK’t be. Tillman—I will not say that, but he has slandered me, and tf he doesn't re tact, you can make your own infer ences. . - - • When Tillman concluded he said . . , COL. JAJS. A, HOYT. Col. Hoyt waOv ealii ed next, HeprOr- tested that it waajaot his turn, that ha succeeded Gay. 'IcSweeasy. , . - ObalNQanjtiibbos stated that -z . - i - ^- -w» Whitman and'Gov, McSweeney that if they wanted to soratoq his opme exchanged places in' the routine and off the ticket let them do It, although jie bad so announoed before Mr. Wbitv ^ jun gpoite and Col.- Hoyt should Jiave ft' T he, of oooree, would be pleased wlthd unanimous support. He -wae quitting the stand when he had Us hand pri mary. About half the crowd showed down for the dispensary. “Prptty good sprinkling for Rich land,’' Tillman exclaimed. Somebody told him that a lady in the 4m>wd voted for the dispensary. Tillman was delighted at this. The candidates for RAILROAD COMMISSIONER were then trotted out. W., D. Mayfield being at home, did not speak, but in troduced the others. W. D. Evans spoke of his record as a representative of Marlboro. He de- fenued his administration on the board of commissioners. Would compare his record with that of B. B. Evans. He touched up the latter’s insurance busi ness in Columbia. He and. Barney, jewed and sessed cached other a little nit to the amusement of the crowd. It was nothing serious. J. G. Etberedge, of Lexington, made a very manly speech, ile had been sick the first part of the campaign. He has been a successful Insuraeoe man and Is fitted for the offioe. J. H.,Wharton, of Laurens, said that on the campaign he had not used any harsh language nor bad he made any charges sgalnst bis opponents. He then spoke of existing irregularities In the railroad rates, tariffs, etc. . B. B. Evans of |<ligefield saM that the commiasloD, in the language of Jas. L. Orr, of Greenville, D Ignorant or subsidized. He cited the lease of the' South Carolina and Georgia to the Southern and said that it was a viola tion of the constitution. W. D. Evans says the rates have not been increased. When W. D. did this he knew be was falsifying the records and is deceiving the people. Columbia, Instead of being the diitrlbuting point, is the point dis criminated against. This man Garris, "Old Beckroge trunk Garris," had assailed him In Tne State. He, Barney, had sent bis reply to The State hut that paper had de clined to take the article, as it had »ome tables of rates la U. He would | condense these tables and ask The State to print it then. After he concluded, W. D. asked to reply to Barney's statement as to the rates to Aiken. He said Barney Is an adept in falsifying the record. Barney—These are your figures ; not mine. W. IX—If l have been subsidized, the same consideration would buy a whole cow pen full Ilk* him. Barney-That's the wail of a dy^ng calf. Mr. T.N. Berry, of,Darlington, spoke next. He Is a prohibitionist. He spofce of his business qualifications for the office. He has been a successful insurance mac. Mr. J. E. Pettigrew, of Florence, re ferred to his war services under Maxcy Gregg and others. The railroads are not to be mistreated, but they have lawyers to represent them, and the giaieaeedsa board of commissioners. He delivered a valedictory, referring feelingly to the separation. . ^ KxcL of tha candidates was applaud ed. UONLKLSSTMAN WILSON. - The candidates for congress were then given an opportunity to speak. Mr. Jos. T. Johnson was absent ness under the pretence of con the traffic and gfviog to consu commodity that was ‘chemically pu at a prioa that would not admit of pro fit. This was coupled wljkh the decl*r j in that the system thus inaoguratad without the consent of the people wse * a step towards prohibition,' and many acquiesced In the legislation with the belief that the State would replty un- u£iUke to misi'nize theyaonsumptiou ef liquor. It was a law npe= the statute books, and many of the l(tw abiding and peace-loving citizen*, though honeeily opposed to liqupt selling In any shape, threw the weight of their influence in then protested. The colonel he J. fhvor of the execution of the law hadn’t understood tin announcement “'Pk. a-— — that way. / Mr. McSweeney stated with spirit that he didn’t care in what order they spoke; he wasn’t trying any snap judg' meat. "He"Started to speak, but Col. Hoyt, telling him not to lose his tem per, advanced and delivered the fol lowing address : “ In the closing meeting of the cam paign, and as the representative of the prohibition Democrats of South Caro lina, I desire to place on record a full statement of my position upon the par amount issue of the campaigu, with brief reference to other topics. In do ing so- I wish to preface my remarks with an acknowledgment of the kind ness and courtesy received by me at the hands of the candidates for all the offices throughout the pilgrimage over the State, and to express my apprecia tion of their friendly and social atten- tioas on all occasions. It has been a source of great pleasure to be associat ed with them, and whatever may be the result of the primary election I Hill always cherish the recollections of their gentlemanly behavior and exem- _ The dispensary law was jar from satlstaeto^y to a majority, of th‘a people and it is no wonder t^at its progress was contested at every step. The courts were Invoked Jto ooffipaas its de struction, with the^esult that the Xtaiu features oj the system were sustained by the courts, and tha statute was un impeded to its progress towards prohi bition. Dispensers have neglected to observe some of the most salutary fea tures of the law and themselves have become violators when they were ex pected to be Its guardians; minors and drunkards have found it easy enough to procure liquor with or without the connivance of the dispenser; ‘chemic ally pure’ baa become.* byword and to mean the vilest of the vile: the agents of the Slate have defrauded and defe cated in large numbers and few have been made to feel the penalties for their misdemeanor*; the State board of control has more than once become an exhibition of exceeding offence In the nostrils of the good people of the commonwealth, so that time and again It has been necessary to make changes and bring about reformftions; scandals plary conduct, which have beea a /almost without number have tracked rrpreeextatfvw, was weiTreceived by the crowd. Ho spoke of national Issues, and cited bis record to congress, especially his speech against Imperia lism. He jumped on the trusts. He was proud of his district, a magnifi cent stretch of country from the moun- latoi of North Carolina to the Con- garoe. Two years ago he promised that the Congaree would be opened. He didn’t know that anybody would have the hardihood to deny that toe effect of his work would be accom plished. But his opponent had done so in his (Wilson’s) absence at Davis’ the other day. Wilshn said that he had not done it all, but without bis work, Senator Till man could never have gotten the ap- E roprlatlon. He told how he (Wilson) ad worked for the bill before the house committee. The amendment in troduced in the senate by Tillman had been written by Wilson himself. It was the only araendm&nt which went through over the protest of the en gineer. He said Johnson is too heavy, too. slow for this district, a man of but one idea. He had not the time to discuss all questions fully, but would do so at the night meeting. WALT WHITMAN. The first speaker for governor was Mr. G. Walt Whitman. Hewas eneof the first (,n the State to advocate pop ular government. He then made fun of his,, competitors. McSweeney and Patterson come from Abe swanfps where they raise nothing but candi dates, alligators, mosquitoes and nig gers. Gary is from Abbeville, where they have established a Garyocracy. He likened the can lidates to railroad trainsjPatter-on is trying to drive railroad spikes with a tack hammer. Gary is a big fine-looking engine, puf fing up grade with a load of empties. McSweeney carries a load of red liquor and corn liquor and beer, and Col. Hoyt is a big mogul, with mighty little steam, carrying two Pullmans,one load ed with bishops, guarded by angels, the other filled with the world, the flesh and thy devil. .. The prohibitionists distort scripture He didn’t know II Col. Hoyt was lead ing liquor men or prohibitionists, If Gol. Hoyt were elected, he didn’t know whether it would be a victory lor pro hibition or liquor menc^ Ile then tackled’McSweeney. If the dispensary la* were enforced there credit to the Slate.-Few instances of' any unpleasant naive have occurred, end the campaigners will pert from dach other with sincere regret, what ever mey be the result of their hopes and expectations. v - “There is no disagreement among the candidates for governor except upon the liquor question, and there has been no issue raised in this campaign on any other line. The educational policy of the State has been regarded oo-all sides-as settled and fixed, mnd whatever differences may have been prevalent heretofore, the friends of higher education may feel secure to obtaining just and liberal appropria tions for the respective institutions which are fostered and sustained by State aid. Tne common schools are unanimously regarded as the basis for the Instruction of the people, and there is only generous rivalry in pointing out methods by wnich the children of'the State may obtain better facilities in u-ese schools, which are the sole reli ance of nine-tenths of the school popula tion to secure the bene < <ts of education There will always be .dlfferenoes of opinion as to modes and methods of se curing the best results from the public schools, but the frequuul discussion ol these methods among the masses them-! I selves will inevitably tend towards the improvement and advancement of the schools, which should year by year grow more in favor with the patrons and receive thcli earnest and hearty support. Much of the desired efficiency lo She common schools can be obtain* U by zealous, hearty cooperation among their friends in every locality and the day will never come again when the public men of South Carolina will be come indifferent or ftrkewarm in the support of these Helpers to the pro gress and advancement of all the people. “The principal issue In this cam- | paign has been the liquor traffic, and tbe prohibition Democrats of Bouth Ca rolina have chosen to make this con test at the Democratic primary because we are members of the political organ ization which is in virtual control of all the affairs of the State. We had the would not be this fight today. The law is violated in the 'dispensaries. He •aid he bad no backbone and let the blind tigers run riot. If McSweeney sis IfthfeatMasei party lines because the machinery of tne State government has been used to construct and operate a system of li quor selling, which has for its chief object the constant increase of the con sumption of liquors by the citizens of the State, mainl? with the view of making money out of the ^business to hich the State U engaged. “ The State Is encouraging the use of liquor on the part of its citizens ben it should by every means discour age that which wastes the resources, paralyzes the energies and destroys the manliness of those who should be the shield and protection of our homes. The State is engaged for profit in a business that strips the home of com forts with as much certainty as a cy clone mows down the mighty forest; a business that opens the gates of perdi tion to lost souls ; a business than that the genius of hell has never fashioned a more complete method of recruiting its ranks ; a business that has borne from time immemorial the badge of disgrace in civilized and Christian communities, and that is now exalted in the sover eign and enlightened commonwealth of South Carolina to the dignify of gov ernment service and government pro tection, so that our youth are taught by the example of the government it self that the manufacture and sale of liquor is an honorable and. desirable occupation. “ Eight years ago the prohibitionists ol Simla Carolina asked the privilege of testing public opinion as to whether licensed saloons should be permitted within Its borders. This request was made of the managers of the Demo cratic election machinery, who con sented that a separate and unofficial box might be placed at each poll where every voter could cast a ballot for or against prohibition. The opponents of the license system were without effi cient organization, but the voters vol untarily went to the onlis and rolled una majority of 10,000 against the sa- toooa, The House of Representatives by a majority of f#tq42 passed. a pro hibitory law in" accoriittiice with the verdict afthe spoils, but enough mem bers were afterwards found to reject the law which they bad aided iiTJram- fng and a substitute was discovered in the present dispensary law. Prohibl tion Democrats were then placed in an awkward position and many of them its pathway; charges of /R'honesiy have been constant, and the public w»« made familiar with rebates and the sample room: in a word the entire sye- tem has been permeated with suspic ion. distrust and causes of offonce to in striking contrast with the honorable record of South Carolina's glorious past. “ Has the system proved ‘ a step to wards prohibition y* Not in the sense that originated this phrase, hut in an other and truer sense the demand for actual and honest prohibition of the liquor traffic has been largely increas ed by the failures and shortcomings of the dispensary system, which has been ‘weighed in the balances and found wanting.’ That is the indictment we bring against it to-day, and to the Democratic voters we turn for a ver dict. lo Its stead we would offer them •till further restriction of the liquor traffic, destroying the profit and bever age features of tne present system, and limiting the sale of liquor to strictly necessary purposes, suen as medicinal, mechanics and sacramental uses. This substitution would take away the odium of the Stale's being engaged in n business that Is prostituting the youth of tbo country, wasting tne re sources of the poorer classes, bringing disgrace and degradation upon fam ilies, Impoverishing the homes of our citizens, and witholding bread from the women and children who are cursed with the blight of the drink demon Prohibition offers an opportunity to work for the elevation of the entire people, the better instruction and training to the young, the creatiofa of incentives of Industry, and the moral advancement of the State to keep pace with itsWnaterial prosperity. * “We deny that it is a projter func tion of the governmeut to ewgage in Ibis business for the money there is in it, and we utterly repudiate any re sponsibility for the baneful conse quences that Inevitably dow from the uislributlon of the great curse of man kind among tne people by sworn offi cials of the State. If the government can engage itPlhe sale of liquor for the - .whic&insud*ulfittt«aufe ultima l knew not what to do. The saloon had been abolished, and this was one of the objectsJor which Chey had struggled in the jMUt, yet liquor selling wss hot •topped. Oa the contrary, the State had been made to eogaga in the busi ed it Is Legitimate for the govern meat to build cotton mills, buy and sell general merchandise, or do anything else that will likely raise money so that the taxes will be reduced and expenses of the public service will be curtailed. The principle of selling liquor for a profit is identical with selling any other commodity for gain, and the au- vocatos of-the dispensary have never claimed that is right to e*g«ge in other lines of trade. “In the inception of the business there was heard a great deal about the State taking control of the liquor trsffl j under the police powers designated by the constitution, hut this is now an ob solete argument, and the chief reliance (or support of the dispensary la the profit feature, which is held up to the people as a means for relieving the burden of taxation and promoting the efiioiency of the public schools. Take away the profit feature and the mighty octopus will dwindle In the eyes of those who are looking to it for assist ance in defraying the expenses of gov ernment. Take away the prodt feature and the defenders of the system will grow fewer every year. Tnis is the basis upon which it rests, and the en tire structure will fall for lack of sup port. Behind the profit lies the strength of the dispensary in this pres- jent camplgn, with its d.istributton of th^gain among the town and county govern met) “No man harf yet been found to argue that the morals of the people, are in trinsically benefited by the sale of liquor. It was never argued in- the days of the saloons that they Improved the morals or promoted the righteous ness of any community, and the mere change of method in the sale Uoos not and cannot alter the situation in this respect. The State engaging in this unholy traffic does not transmute the X brand of chemically pure into an agency for the promotion of virtue and morality among the sons of South Car olina. The elevation and improvement of society are not involved in the in creased coneumption at liquor by the citizens of the State, nor d >es it tend to bring peace and happiness, to the homes of the humble or the rich. The sale ol liquor is-adipltted on a'l sides to be an evil and only an evil, and it is not diminished in any respect because the sovereignty of thq Stole is thrown around the traffic. 'The State nqy prohibits all of its citizens (rom engaging in the traffic, and arrogates to itself the right to dis pense liquor for a valuable conctdera- tlon, creating a monopoly under the guise of assuming control of an evil, . : I. campaign avowedly to d*scuss the Un any unkind sense. lag the evlUtwlf by a oon- Targement of the monopoly, e advocates of the dlspenaaty sys tem have steadily refused the pessage of any law which would afford an op* portuoity for any community to •press their pplhtan on this subject, and the .only method of reaching * verdict hes been to put forth Candidates who rrrvteent the prohibition septl meat or the JStete. This brings the' question fairly before the people who are in control of the government, and arraigns the dispensary, for trial Upon its merits as a solution of the liquor problem. “Sebttor Tillman has entered this _ wed It liquor question, and while I have net questional his right to do sp, there was no apparent need for ills odulng to the rescuAof the candidjBes who were ad- vocatiog the dispensary system, and be has not added aoyshing.to the discus sion dot already'prosen ted. ,*e- “Twe lawyers, have bees -engaged from the outset in setthtff forth the benefits and advantages of the dlsuen- sary system and also in derldln^he cause of prohibition. Were tbty. not equal to the occasion ? Were the signs of the times pointing to a' dissolution of the ‘great moral Institution ?’ Had any one become alarmed for the safety of the dispensary, so that it was neces sary for the father to rush into the imminent deadly Breach and rescue his child from destruction ‘i* | Ten years ago the senator was clamoring against Wade Hampton' taking any part In the memorable cam paign of IK), and said vehemently that the Democrats of South Carolina were having a family quarrel which Hamp ton ought not to Interfere with. Is not the condition today almost identi cal ? Hampton was the recognized leader of the Democracy of that time, and Tillman is the recognised leader to-day. True, Hampton was not than • candidate for re election, but It was ooly a short time until he was de feated, and hie defeat was compassed because he did Interfere with the family qusrrel. Such a‘result cannot befall Senator Tillman, as there is no chance for opposition to him in this campaign, anl there was bo desire to block his way to re-electioa on the part of any considerable element In the freely lbs node on my part, •et, I oee declare *t the contest has beea wage highest plaoe of which I for which there tv no blush among my supporters.” There wee no interruption during Col. Hoyt’s speech except when Walt Wtitmau objected to the character Isa wiki* him ex-preacher. JffeM •eld this wee Ou 'r-iisi »ufr It tlmnted that Walt did n the ministry properl*. * Col. Hoyt apologized manfully wounding Mr. Whitman’• feelings, •aid. that'he had not Intended the term this campaign does not comport wlto the generous treatment he has re ceived at the bands of hie fellow Dumo crate, it wee a mistake on his part to act contrary to the requirement laid down by him for the proper conduct of United Slates senator under slmlla'* hi* record on thulr steVtomat tigers i|i Charie*- He was tacf liberally applauded. GOV. m’swkenky. Go*. McSweeney WM receired with applause. In 1878 be bed wbrked with the Demporeov-of Rich lend. His op ponents wouldattack ‘ .what ^ Merely* on that there acs bund ton. . . When he went Into office be reaped the constabulary after consul tatlo^with the Intcndants of towns, who promised their help in enforcing the law,* Any insinuation that be Is In sympathy with bUnd tiger* or that- be has glren hi* constable* orders not to enforce th* law is absolutely without, foundation. He bed tried to enforce the law ear nestly, without frlotlhn, so that it would bring about no bad feeliag. No con* stable under his administration bads’ entered a home or insulted & woman. He had not interfered with oth*r de partments of the administration and not been dictated to bv anybody. Th* trouble in Charleston is that when war rant* ar* sworn out, the grand jnry in every Instance baa thrown out the in dictments. He had a hatter force la .Columbia, they bad deported them selves honestly and no complaint had aver come to him of their actions. The statement that be has constables work ing for him is absolutely unfounded. ‘To- the contrary, ha had told them to vote for whomsoever they pleated. At Ma rlon, Mr. Gary had laid something about Constable Bateman Interfering with bis speech. Bateman says that he was there on official buslneae end his record was attacked by Mr. Gary. Gary (sou* voce)—Why, I never party. He was freely accorded the . . ... . , right of way by men of every phase of th -* Democracy, and hence bis course In SSOSweeney continuing said that Mr. Gary was misinformed or mlaun derstood what wee told him when he made ttMtt charge at Batesburg. He then read a letter from Mr. W. W. Harris, clerk- at dispensary, shoeing that constables have not quit their work ia Columbia, sad said that they circumstances, and unless he bad tha I 10 •* 0 » lh * lr h “ d ,]“ purpose in view to declare a preference ; ^ * w ? u d , * ot t * <50 f among the dispensary «»odldates for ^ n *** l b toralaehell. governor, whlcn fie has disclaimed In 4®^^ 004 J 1 ***®*®** 0 °® rC0B emphatic terms, there was no reason- 'T 0,n ® n, w ... able excuse for his Interference In a . family quarrel. Us had already ex- )® .J 4 *^ th* bjg- pressed nls views In regard to Jhel t ® nl ^ Hf* la- all the people of the l,4 ^ d °* . where I H ® WM - •PpLwdad when As a s*e qi liquor issue, and Stole knew just has not added anything to their con ception of his position in regard to the dispensary system. , • His talents ought to have been in requisition elsewhere in the discussion of national Issues before the people of pivotal States, where he could render valuable service in the open field to the cause of Democracy, and aid in the election of Bryan and Stevenson, our uattonal standard bearers. He has phosen to disregard this opportunity, and has thrown himself into the local contest, declaring that the people will elect no man governor this year who Is not in sympathy with film, which la equivalent to saying that the people are going to tamely submit to fils boS- •ism. ” He has become Intoxicated with political power and distended with political conceit. His extraordinary with the idea that they are ready to obey his dictates at all times, and will yield readily to his appeals bn account of prejudice or former associations. Factional lines are not to be restored upon the mere assertion of any man, for the thinking people on both sides have reached the conclusion long ago that the penalty of alienation and dis trust Is entirely too costly In*compari son to the benefit flowing from such a condition among them.' They realize that political reforms can be secured without resoit to hate and rancor, and they are unwilling to degrade their manhood by submitting the decision of public Issues to Abe arbitrary will of any man, however able acd persistent he may be. The primary system is thoroughly entreuched in the hearts of the people, and the lesoons they have been taught are not to be thrown away at the instigation of any leader. Senator Tillman is confronting his own work when he attempts to use his political’ prestige in this campaign. The voters will not acquiesce in his officious intermeddling, and the pre text that he is only defending his ad ministration of the dispensary law is quite too thin and-transparent foreven tne most credulous to accept. He--has seen the hand writing on the wall, and the kingdom over which he has run riot is no longer undqy bis domination. He is not now the monarch of all he surveys, but is forced to take bis place as a servant of the people, yrho are willing that he shall lord it over the heritage into which he aa* come. 11 may be humiliating and exasperating, but the Vanity of kings and princes has been pricked indtber times, and our modehn Belshazzar is no exception to the downin'! that must follow the inordinate and excessive indulgence in self laudation and self aggrandize- ^• •> Jn conclusion, allow mo to say that the struggle made in this contest for E rohibitlon and against the dispensary as been a labor of love, from which I have derived much satisfaction in the assurances of support from the citizens of South Carolina who ere in agree- meat with me on this Issue, endl will return to my home with the Oon-clous- ness that the duty aesigped to me has been rendered with aa eye single to the honor ned ?lory of oar State, al though the cause might have prosper ed more in other and abir r bands. The work has been cempieted. however, and the reault is left with the voter* in the coming urimary, In whoa* de cision 1 shall bow with chi and from whose verdict were ia no ap- PeraouaUy 1 have no ragreta for ha Concluded 8PKAMKR GARY. Mr. Fraak B. Gary said that he had beea coming to Columbia for 12 years, and be was proud to see that her pro gress for tha peat two was greater than for th* preceding tea. He had always taken a deep interest la Colum bia, and in th* laat General Assembly bad stood shoulder to shoulder with the lamented Patton la getting for Co lumbia what she demanded. H* waa cheered when ha said h* would not go down In th* mud to pull hlmealf into office. He then attacked prohibition. He has the highest respect for thameo of God wbo are doing so much for human ity and wbo are honestly in favor of prohibition. But such a law would bn a failure, aa sboaed bv prohibition in other State*. His local option Is tnere- I ■ ikrnmmm u. ey don't want It. The law now pro vides that a dispensary cannot be es tablished exoapt with tha majority vote of the cltlsens and freeholders. He does not go any further. He doea not favor a local option for high li cense. H* ia in favorof the dispensary, but not loosely enforced aa It is today. Gov. McSweeney enforces the law in Abbeville where it is popular and to tbe police in Charleston is delegated the power of enforcing the law there, when it is well -known that they are pilots for bftnd tigers. As to the Batesburg incident con cerning which eo much has been said, he stated that wbai had happened was merely thla : He had innocently said, he had heard that the constables bad left Columbia and were working (or their favorite. He did* not sag that they bad been sent. McSweeney got into a terrible rage and is yet in a rage over it. Gary repeated that these gen- tlemeq,.Gaston and Shelton, had made these statements to him. They were on the ground now and would prove it. As to the old soldiers, he said that he had always supported every measure looking to their advancement. Col. Patterson has said that it is wrong to take too many birds out of the same nest. Gary said if they be songsters, let them sing. He is going it alone, has no papers boosting him, has no ism or faction back of him. * He poxed-fun at Patterson as a “peace colonel!” wbo bas a good job now and has a brother who is ia office, and it comes with bad grace (rom him to spunk of a Gary ocracy. Gary was warmly applauded. COL. A. H. PATTERSON. was the last speaker for governor. He devoted moat of his time to Gary. He had held ia Una for .the Garys and Evanses, and his poaltlon on the dis pensary was well known. He had con sistently favored U. He then read from Gary’s Charleston speech and said that the papers down there bed under stood him to be for local option in fa- vbr'of high" license. Gary’s plan, will starve out the dispensary. No one had done more to enforce the law than he had. He bad the greatest respect for Col. Hoyt but claimed that he was not consistent In his position. He d*~ dared that the dispensary law in Char leston and Columbia Waa a farce and a humbug in tha way It was enforced. “ Go and see for yourselves sad do take my word for Jamped McSweeney for appointing news men to office and thee subsided. ■lead mam g guard at ekus la the interest to The expected themselves Bat thara ia to beaoi any plea for exteadlag j Chine. When RreelieM, nounoed thaO this govaTBI be much gratified to i mend of Count von Ws combined military open American troop* leka pert arrival of that officer ia Ohlaa,jM pointed out that this mast bn lo eMlta tbe purposes declared by this goopfia-, ment ia the circular note of Jaly S. With regard to the poHey to oe par- sued should there be such joist action the American ■ •iderabie time Count von Waldi and conditions are rapidly it would seem desirable to U tloaa of methods to b* view of tha eonditloaa whteh exist.’' It is understood that th* Gee. Chaffee provide very that ualees American Uvea end later- *sU demand It, th* Uaitad Stelae Muss are not to go beyoed Pakta. Tbeae instructions, it Is nadrratisd, contain n strong dealarattoa ef the American policy of opposition to tho dismemberment of Cniaa nod clearly set forth the right of to have e say so as to Chlao'a fat It ia *onouncod at tha war < that, vhtl* th* troooe sow oe the way to Chine will be leaded for the | of tho restoretton of no further details will be present. Among tbe matter* daUrmlaed i is the retantion of o stro tha Americas legetloo in P« future end the raooestrnotloa of tho legation building so as to admit of lor* \ tifioatioe in the futara. New Orleans ia to iota th* Ubangbei lends additional tha sltualloa at that point, arnment have received ao formation of tbe lead lag of Shanghai, but th* feeling hare la' that tha criticisms of Great Brltlaa’a aotioe are unwarranted. It la axpialaad that tha purpose of sand log the New Or isons I* to hev* oe* of our vaaaela m hand to act with the vessels of other navies la watehlng the Chlaaaa Yeog ■Tea fleet lastaadp'Oi hoataw thlo-daooy as hwrbeen done heretofore^ by the British navy alone. It is believed here with regard to the general situation that there will be no occasion for farther fighting. This may be too optimistic a view, es pecially whan tha fact la eoaalderad that thousands ef foreign soldiers ogs cupy thp Cbinaaa capital, hat tho l lety which th* Chin*** baa manifested for a ment of ail questions la th* America* officials to 1 through negotiations ful handling of the troops now as the ground, farther onthrenka oah 1m fra* vented. •& M. L. -The New York Pr light bathing at Na girls in Brant Rdfck, the poatoffioe la Larcbmont wome trousers, Chicago church without “hot corn’' where tho hatter la pat oi with a point brush, oil thaa* one can believe, but think of ‘Bookless’ Jerry Simpson yelling hlmnalf rod ia tho face for shirt waists for men!’* —The attorney goaeral is busily pro* paring .his oppool to the ~ court In tbo several legel points whloh brought up oy Judge Banet’s decision, and later by Judge Klngh’s, whloh waa diametrically opposite. Thera are still other points to be brought oat and it mey be that Col. Neal may again bn brought to trial should tha anpr court decide la favor of the i general, ■ —The water system of Atlanta, Gn., has failed twice within two weeks, be ing out of use for nearly twenty-four houra Mad causing much Inconveni ence. Foe 20 years Dr. J. Nswton Hathaway bassoaaobaasfully treated ohraniedlaaar r cautery cures in »e#re« ricrroua