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r Peaceable and Quiet
McLaarm and Irby the Only
Candidates Present.
Monk's Corner. S C , July 6-The
second of the Senatorial campaign
meetings was pitched-oo a very diff?rent
plane from the first gatberiog at Sum?
ter/ To-day, as yesterday, there were
only two speakers. Senator McLaurio
and former Senator Irby. The three
other candidates, former Governor
y Evans, State Senator Mayfield and Mr.
John T. Dan cao, ?ere not present.
Gol. Irby was qui ie indisposed, on ac
coaot of the heat yesterday, and speke
HpbTiefiy. Mr McLaurin spoke for over
an boar, with the approval of *he au?
dience. Tbere.were absolutely no of?
fensive personalities between the two
candidates* What there was of criti?
cism wes political and acceptable.
Col. Irby said that there had been
no change in his political sentiments
since 1886, and that now, as then, he
was a **troe blue Reforme?." He waot
, ed it understood that he proposed con?
ducting his campaign as he saw best.
He spoke at length of his service to the
. Reform movement, and urged that be
has always been the friend or the poor
and toiliog masses. He had taken the
position that no man with a white face
should be disfranchised by the constitu?
tional convention of which he was a
member. . His views wer<^ antagonized
by pthers and brooght him opposition
Later on he was opposed because he re?
fused to go as a possible "bolter" to
'ry the National Democratic convention.
; Although offered a position, be refused
to consent to act as a national independ?
ent by placing himself in position to
bolt under any circumstances. ; He
did not ruo for re election to the Senate
for fear of it disorganizing and ruining
the structure he had helped to build,
but thought it best to fold his arms and
wait until he would be understood.
He said that in the Earle-Evans race he
die not vote in either primary.
. He went bu to expiicity explain why
be entered the Senatorial race, which,
when analyzed, is that he bas been
invited to make the fight as a true. Re?
former and Democrat, and that as no
one else was apparently going & makf
such a fight, he felt it his duty, io
response to a general appeal, to make
such a race. He never favored strife,
although always a Reformer, aod did
not now do so, but ba was opposed to
aoy combinations. He felt that such
a danger now threatened thc people,
aod he was geing to show the dangers
ahead. He said he would not have en?
tered the race bot for solicitation, and
when at Sumter be looked io vaio for
Talbert, Latimer, Wilson or Strait, all j
. of whom he regarded as tr ne exponents
of reform and the people's interests
Without disrespect to any one, and
none to his opponent, he said it was un?
safe to trott politicians long They
should be frequently tested, and he
would trust only about twenty per cent,
of the best politicians, and the people
shoald watch these. He looked to the
people, aod not the politicians, for
vo'es This elicited much applause.
He said that he did not believe the
Conservatives were going to back up
Editor Gonzales io strangling the will
of the people by fixing things before
the primary. The Reformers have a
right to suspicioo aoy Reformer whom
Mr. G-ooziles chaperones, and he said
? that Mr. Gonzales had never seen aoy
good io Reform, and fought Tillman
and himself, and would continue so to
do. Mr. McLaurio was regarded by
this editor as an "available oaodidit?."
and be argued at length that the Dem?
ocrats had had enough of supporting
Republicans as available candidates."
He called upon McLaurio to repudiate
support as ao "available candidate."
He 3gaio referred to what he regards
as the weak policy of Governor Ellerbe.
His speech was several times ap?
plauded
Wheo Senator McLaurio got up to
speak Col. Irby asked to be excused,
bat Mr. McLaurio asked him to re?
main a moment, and then Mr. McLau?
rio said he was delighted to meet Col
Irby oo the plane of to day's speejh,
and if they could keep it up (and be
would do bis part), there would be in?
terest aod beoefit in the campaign.
He said he would be the last man to
rob Col. Irby of what he had done for
reform or the people, but that the fight
was now on other and national issues,
and he was right on these, and Col
fe
Irby thought be was right io his opio
ioos. He bad aiso done his share of the
work for reform wheo it took fighting.
He was to day as staunch a Reformer
as ever, but this did not prevent bim
'seeiog good things about others or in
associating w^th honest and true men
His work in Coogress had throwc him
oat of touch with the loci} politicians,
and he knew nothing of combines. He
vowed he knew oothiog of and never
suggested a combine with Mr Gon
zaies*or aoy one else, and that as Mr
Gonzales was an honest man be wonid
?ave relented any sush proposition.
He said Mr. Gonzales bad lauded
the speech of Tillman on the armor
plate fraud aod gave credit where de?
served The Greenville News favored
Col. irby more than any other candi*
date ?nd it was time for Col Irby to
repudiate the assistaoceof Gold
bug Editor Ball. Mr McLaurin
said he would repudiate Editor
BaH'3 support aod called bim a ball of
vanity aod vitriol. When Tillman ran
he would have to go before the
people as he ' did. It seemed
strange to hear people talk of his fight
iog Tillman when the defeat of his
tariff views meant that of Tillman,
who agreed with him.
- The rea? aod striking merit of Mc
Lauriu's speech was in his exposition
of his tariff views, and he took it up
in a pocketbook manner, so as to meet
his audience, which was deeply
interested in His fight for a daty on
yellow pine, crossties and rice. Mr.
McLaurio made a magnificent logical
presentation of his views, which he
urged were in the interest of the pock?
etbook aod resources of South.
He said he was so closely in touch
with the people of his district that be
would not lose twenty-five votes in
some counties, and said his appoint?
ment to the Senate was unsolicited, and
while E'lerbe may make mistakes, there
was no cobler or more incorruptible
mao in South Carolina than Gov. El
lerbe (Applause ) .
Mr McLturin was especially ex?
haustive in bis discussion cf the duty
on ectton and the classification on rice,
and said that Egyptian cotton was used
in bis home cotton mill. What was wan'
ed to properly protect the rice interests
was two classifications, and be exposed
the tricks used in getting io ground
rice for beer making. His eyes on this
were opened by a Carolinian writing
him that he} thought that those who
drank rice ought to pay as mach a?
those who ate rice. His tariff fight
was for equality and non sectional
lines.
Mr. McLaariii's tariff views as ex
poaodsd took well and brought him
much applause and personal congratula?
tion. The audience did not number
quite a hundred^ but were quite repre?
san tali ve.
A telegram was read by Chairman
Morrison expressing the regrets of
Mr. John T. Duncan at not being able
to attend the meeting. ?
There was absolutely no reference to
tbe Sumter matter.
My Dear Appelt In it.
Irby Accuses Mr. Appelt of
Prejudicing Charlestonians
Against Him.
Charleston, July 7-But for the
digression of Senator Irby, to night's
meeting in Charleston would have
been absolutely featureless. Mr.
McLaurio spoke first and confined
himself absolutely and entirely to a
discussion of the t&riff question.
Mr. Mayfield took up the tariff issue,
but spoke more especially on the
dispensary issue in a general way
Co!. Irby, although devoting more
time to the tariff than heretofore,
jumped on Editor Appelt, newspa?
pers in general and used ridicule in
a mild form as to McLaurin The
audience (about 500) did not appear
to appreciate all this, although Col i
Irby had his audience much amused
and quite; frequently applauding his
remarks ?nd sentiments Mr. John
Gary Evans was not on hand ; why, j
no one knew He sent no regrets or
explanations and his appearance
would no doubt have added zest to
the generally tame meeting. Mr.
John T. Duncan wrote Chairman
Barnwell that he could not attend
the meeting, and this announcement
was formally made at the conclusion
of the speeches.
The meeting was called for 6
o'clock in Hibernian hall, but it was
some time after this before the speak?
ing started The audience was seat?
ed and was made up of all classes,
with a fair sprinkling of what few
Reformers are in Charleston Sena?
tor McLaurin was received with em- j
phatic applause, evidencing that he
already had friends here Ile said i
that he was feeling very unwell and
did not feel able to make such a
speech as he expected or wished to,
but he would do the best he could,
lie-spoke for half an hour, devoting
practically al! the time to the thrift"
question and explaining in detail the
rice, crosstie, lumber and long cotton
schedules His audience followed
him closely, evidently being very
! much interested in the ups an
j downs of the schedules. He wa
j frequently applauded wheu he show
j ed how he had gotten changes tbs
! were for the benefit of southern an
I especially ?outh Carolina industrie;
j He-said he found there was no us
j to iorget the pocketbook, when :
could as weli be taken care of with
out loss of principle It reminde
him of the sanctimonious army chap
lain who would not partake of th
stolen pig, bnt who saw no -harm i
taking some of the gravy. He wa
willing to take some gravy of the pi<
for his people
He said that unlike some candi
dates, he was not unwilling: to accep
! the vote of Charleston. He wantet
it, and would gladly accept it H
[ wanted the votes of the people, h
said. He had the highest regard fo
people here, and he never regarde*
Charleston as a foreign principality.
McLaurin said that no matter wha
was done about the tariff question, i
would not restore prosperity, am
that the only real solution was th)
j money question.
He said he had no use for pol?tica
i double dealing Some senators sai<
j they did not favor protection, an<
i still went io the committees and ask
ed for protection here and there fo
their pet schemes
Senator Irby was received witl
applause, and he immediately 6tarte(
on the aggressive style by piling
into Editor Appelt Col. Irby san
he had always made it a rule in ?if<
whenever hit to hit back. He ha(
been gratuitously insulted, and pro
posed to hit He did not accus*
Mr. McLaurin of the wrong, and die
not believe him guilty of such things
He said the insult appeared in an af
ternoon paper, and was an interview
from Mr. Appelt, who was McLau
rin's great friend
He said he bad no one following
him about and did not want any one
going around with him, as he coule
take care of himself, ne needed nc
striker. He said he noted in an af
ternoou paper an interview with th h
friend, for he must be a friend as he
was called "My Darling Appelt '
(Much laughter.) Now, Mr. Appelt
had without cause or occasion offeree
him a gratuitous insult He was
among almost strangers and he has
said and preached that "I would nol
carry Laurens county." Now, thal
was said to injure me, and when il
is indecently and cowardly said that
I cannot and will not carry my own
county, it is too much of a good
thing.
Mr. Appelt was in the audience,
and addressing Mr Irby, asked to be
allawed to make a statement
"If he will deny it I"1J stop," said
Col. Irby.
Mr. Appelt went on to say that be
bad been talking, with a newspaper
friend abcTut th? situation and had
jokingly said, "I'll bet you Col.
Irby does not carry Laurens county "
Mr. Appelt said what he had said was
a joke, and was without malice or
intention of hurting him or showing
any disrespect.
Col Irby wanted to know if he
denied the interview.
The audience broke out into ap
plau8e, many crying "Irby " Chair
man Barnwell said : "That's enough
he has explained he meant no disre?
spect "
Col. Irby, amid the applause, then
cried out : "Then that is tantamount
to saying the report was a lie " That
was all on the report, and there the
incident closed.
Col. Irby then went on to say that
all he wanted was fair play and that
he expected to have it or die in the
attempt. This provoked tpntu ap?
plause.
Col. Irby bogged pardon for this
personal allusion and then went on
to tell how certain he was of win
nig. He did not own or control any
papers ; first, because he had not the
money to buy a paper or with which
to subsidize papers all over the Stale
and the south He did not want to
buy puffiing. He said he did not ex?
pect to get justice at the hands of the
papers, aud that he never
did, and that no man who
stood for the poor people got
justice. Applause. ) Three-fourths
of the papers, he charged, were sub?
sidized and could not be depended
upon. He said he could agree with
Mr. McLaurin at least one thing, and
that was the kind things lie had said
about Charleston ne was to-day
the friend of Charleston; not, however,
for votes, but was Charleston's friend
because of her record. Ile now and
always opposed sectionalism and
I never maligned the people of Charles?
ton. The people of Laurens and the
j Piedmont were proud of ?ric history
: of Charleston. When Charleston
adopted a mistaken policy and favored
an "available" man up to 187G, the j
Piedmont people followed Charleston [
but made the break in 187G anci took j
the 3'oke promptly from thc* neck of
the p"op!e.
If the railroad facilities were better I
the Piedmont would deal here more j
than at present Ile had many j
friends in Charleston and was proud I
of them. He had been Charleston's j
friend and felt that this was known ;
he had shown it when he was chair?
man of the Democratic executive
committee
Co!. Irby said that it was very good
to talk aboat a duty OG rice aod lumber
aod Sea Island cotton in this country,
but that the people ia the up-country
who ate the rice wouldn't rejoice tbat
they were being made to pay tribute to
the few rice growers ?L this State.
He said that 99 per cent, of the people
outside of the. coast tier received no
beoefit from the duty on rice and did
not favor it, and it was so with other
duties Mr. McLaurin advocated.
He said the audience ought to have
seen and heard McLaurin at Moncks
Corner At that place he was a Till
manite of the Tillmanites aod could
ne^er get close eoough to Tillman, bat
in Charleston it was different. As for
himself, he was a Reformer, but one
who was always liberal.to Charleston.
To-night Irby for the first time mild?
ly ridiculed McLaurin. He said that
when McLaario went to congress he
started his record with a speech round?
ly abusing the aristocracy of South
Carolina. Io beiog elected to congress
he defeated bis best friend. He said
that when McLaurin was elected attor?
ney general it was said he bad never
had a case ic the supreme court He
said that McLaurin could blow h is own
trumpet bette/ than.any man bc ever
saw. He said that McLaurin woald
bettsr have remained in tbe houae on
the committee and that his light contd
have sbone better there.
Co!. IrDy e^'d that nc one ever knew
how McLaario bad gotton on the ways
aud meacs committee, but it was ? not
through his merit. Reed, McLaurin
aod the Almighty alone knew aod no
one was telling how it was done.
He suggested that if McLaurin were
elected that Charleston would softer as
never before from sectional prejndice,
but he did not state how the prejadice
was to so resalt, but reserved that for a
later time. He said he did not expect
many votes here, as he bad been too
close to Tillman in his fight for the
poor mao. He woald, he said, carry
Laarens connty and the State generally,
and time would show it. Col. Irby
spoke for about an hour and hoped that
Charleston woald stand by its old Demo?
cracy and that of Calhonn. He said
Charleston knew what sort of a friend
he was and that he woald continue to
see that it received fair play. There
were a good many of Irby's friends in
the aadience.
State Senator Mayfield had the dis?
advantage of being the last speaker,
and as the aadience soon saw that he
did not propose making a sensational
speech, tbere was not mach interest
Mr. Mayfield made a good, clear
speech on the tariff and dispen?
sary. Ile looked upon McLau
rin's views as beiog breezy nothings
and hoped South Carolina would fol?
low the doctrioe of Calhoun and what
it had always held and not run off to
any false gods or newfangled protec?
tion ideas. He stood for the masses,
and therefore opposed any protection
doctrine.
He believed the dispensary has dooe
much good io securing constitutional
restrictions for liquor business. He
was opposed to the present system, and
wanted a plan like the bill be offered
io the last senate. He was not io
j favor of free liquor, but wanted prohi?
bition. Under his plan those who
wanted license could have it with re?
strictions in the sale of liqaor. He
held that the dispsosary as now ran
was a dismal failure. He explained
why, in deference to Governor Ellerbe
and prominent members, he did not
press his local option bill at the last
session.
His dispensary views were heartily
applaaded.
Senator McLaurin was tonight at?
tacked with indigestion, and will not
be able te attend the Walterboro meet?
ing to-morrow.-The State.
John Gary Evans Speaks
The Ex-Governor Joins the
Senatorial Campaign Party.
Walterboro, S. C , Joly 8.-The
campaign meeting here to-day was an
execediogly dainty affair. The au?
dience, the surroundings and the
speeches were just about enough to
make things pleasant. Three of the
would-be Senators were on hand to tell
why the good peo pie should vote for
them. The aadience did not seem to
enthuse worth a cent. The political
appeals wore accepted with aboat the
same stolid faces as a lecture on geology
m ii'hr. be heard The humor of Col.
Irby took well and be furnished a relish
to the substantial talks nf tho two first
ppeakers, ex-Governor Evans and Mr.
Mayfield Business kept Mr. Duncan
away, and Senator McLaurin telegraph?
ed that he was too unwell to bo pres?
ent
With HO entirely sober and good
natured audience of about one hundred
there was no occasion for thc speakers
to get mad. They made speeches with
pith and point, and. really, Mr. P>ans
made a capital talk against the tariff
views of Senator McLaurin. If- came j
as near avoiding the political harangue J
as is ever heard. He had prepared
himself and stuck to his trrifr test ex?
cept to say that be had to meet a politi?
cal combination to get the candidate**'
views before the people. This he said
wa* all the more severe on account of
the small attendance at the meetiog
Mr. Evans appeared /io a crash suit
which he said be wore as ao object
lesson to f-how the use of Peruvian
cotton, and his remark that next year
such a suit would cost more, thanks to
the junior United States Senator, Mc?
Laurin, provoked applause.
Mr. Mayfield talked on the curreocy
and Dispeosa/y issues, and Gol. Irby,
who was hoarse, mixed humor with
Reform, and told how he stood for the
poor and laboring classes.
Senator Harris Dead.
Peaceful Ending of a Long!
and Honored Life.
Washington, July 8 -Senator
Isham G. Harris of Tennessee died
at his residence here a few minutes
before 5 o'clock this afternoon. The
Senator had been growing constantly
weaker for several days past, the
intense summer heat which has pre?
vailed greatly debilitating him and
no doubt hastening his end. There
were times when he would rally
slightly, which gave his family hopes
that he would be able to regain
strength sufficient to be removed
from the city, but his vitality had
become too much exhausted to with?
stand the sprain This morning the
Senator revived somewhat, but only
temporarily. During the afternoon
he sank rapidly and passed away
peacefully.
Probably no man in public life had
been identified with more of the his?
tory of this,, country than had Senator
Harris. He had almost complete*
his 79th year, having been born in
February, 1818, and first became a
member of Congress in. 1849. His
Congressional career thus began., ear?
lier than that of any member of
either house, anledating Senators
Morrill and Sherman by 6even years
and Hon Galusha A. Grow, now a
member of the House from Pennsyl?
vania, by one year
Mr. Harris represented the Ninth
Tennessee District in Congress for
the two terms ending in 1853, when
he declined a renomination, ile
then moved to Memphis where he
has since resided. ' He was engaged
in the practice of law until 185V,
with the interruption necessary to
allow him to become a Presidential
elector in 1856. He was three times
in succession before the war, begin?
ning in 1857, elected Governor of
his State, and was serving in that
capacity when the war broke out.
New President of Furruan.
DR. EDWIN C. DARGAN HAS
BEEN ELECTED
Greenville, July 8.-Dr. Edwin C.
Dargan of the Southern Baptist The?
ological seminary at Lous vi Ile was
late last night elected by the board
of trustees to succeed Dr. Chas
Manly as president of Furman uni?
versity. Dr. Manly resigned several
days ago. It is not known that Dr.
Dargan will accept. The board will
meet in Columbia on July 20 to elect
another president if he declines.
Dr. Dargan was born in Darling?
ton, S C . and was graduted ?o the
class of 1873 He is 44 years old.
He took a degree at the Theological
seminary in 1877, and was pastor of
churches successively at Hollins in?
stitute and Petersburg in Virginia,
and Dickson, California, then of the
Citadel Square Baptist church in
Charleston From there he went to
the seminary as assistant professor,
and is now full professor of homiletics
and eclesiology.
Fire Department in Ken?
tucky.
Hussel?ville Herald. '
Our fire department is to be com?
mended for its exceleot discipline, j
This was observed by a lady who lives ;
in the East Ead last week, when the i
old Long station burned. She was j
awakened by the alarm, -end seeing a j
great light io the sky, dressed, al- !
though more than a mile distant, and j
struck our. for the scece of the fire, j
After walking about threc-quaters of j
the distance, she reached the engine
house, and seeing that the engine had
not been taken out yet, she stopped j
i to inquire what, was thc matter. The !
j chief replied that they were waiting to i
'call the ro!!, and some of the mern- :
' hers had nor arrived, that they never j
went to :\ fire without first calling the j
roli. This, he explained, was done to ;
preven' fraud br^ng practised upon !
the city, which p^-vs each member of
the company who responds to thc
alarm $1. Wo venture to say that
there is nor another fire company in the
United States run as systematically as
ours,
IS TIRED OF THEM.
Governor Would Like to Get
Rid of State Board.
From a statement made by Gover?
nor Elierbe yesterday no more doubt
can remain that he, heartily as any
one else, disapproves of the dissen?
tions in the State board of control.
The governor's utterances are intend?
ed to show the people of the State
that be has washed his hands
of the whole muddle into which the
State bcardjhae fallen.
Yebterday he said : "I have been
getting letters from friends of the
dispensary residing all 07er the. State
concerning the actions of the State
board of control. Some have asked
for the removal of the members of
his board While I disapprove of
the bickerings and dissentions of the
board and of their bad management
of the dispensary, I just want to say
that I am powerless to remove."
Governor Ellerbe than went on to
say that the legislature which elected
the members of the board was the
only power which could re*" ove them.
This being true, the on' thing: left
that the governor could do would be
to accept the resignations of the
members. And when Governor El?
ierbe said this he spoke as thoogb he
wished the resignations of all five
members were lying on his desk at
that instant so that he could begin
then and there to accept them.
The governor then went on to say
that be would not have made such a
statement as this had he not felt it,
obligatory upon him. When he be?
came governor, he said, he promised
io give a fair and impartial adminis?
tration of the dispensary law. He
had tried to do so*, but his efforts bad
been thwarted by the never ending
wrangle of the State board. He
? could not remove the members and
I so was powerless to fulfill that prom?
ise. Their contentions, he continued,
was causing the people to lose faith
in the dispensary law, in his promise
of a fair and equitable management
of the dispensary, and finally in his
administration
In conclusion he said that while he
.could not stop the members of the
board from quarreling, yet he could
le: the people of the State know who
are lo blame.-Sta?e, July 6.
"Original Package" Stories.
Greenville, July 9 -The Vaoder
cook Company, of California, appears
to,be on the aggressive, and proposes
to push its business into every part of
the State. R R. Turner, representing
the compaoy, is here arraying to do
business for his principal He says the
company will establish agencies at
every important poiot io the State, and
will have ware houses from which
liquors will be sold io unbroken pack?
ages from one pint up to the legal
limit With' Governor and the board
of control at outs, with the State dis?
pensaries $12,000 short, the Vander
cooks will have a rich harvest in the
up country.
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price 25 cents t er box. Fer ?a!c by Dr J. F
\V. D? Lorne. *
AbsofuteZy Pure.
Celebrated for its great leavening strength
and healthfulness. Assures the food against
alura and ali forms cf adulteration coccraon
to the cbeao br&ods. Royal Bikicg Powder
Co-, New York.