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Speakers Still ^Speaking. 300 or 400 Aiken Voters R| Hear the Senatorial Candidates. Aiken, S. C., July 14.-Between 0 three and fear hundred of the tweoty seven hundred voterB in Aiken County ?ame out to day to hear the Senatorial candidate? The court house was cooe fbrtably filled. The old-time enthusi ;y; asm was missing. Messrs. Evans Irby ; and McLaurin each spoke for an hour or more, aod when Mr. Mayfields time .? came the crowd was so weary and had scattered so for dinner that be had the mercy and good sense to speak for only ten mic otes. Governor Evans said he regretted - that there was so small an audience. The issues that are now up have not been publicly discussed for years. Mr. McLaurin, he said, had by act repudi? ated.the true Democratic doctrine and platform and was a Republican under Democratic cloak. McLaurin's policy, he urged, would only enrich the few and make the cost of things higher to the masses. McLaurin should come out like others, he urged, as a protec? tion Republican, for it was wrong to serve as a Republican in Democratic livery, The Republicans never gave the Democrat anything unless they sold out or gave ten for one. Accord? ing to the papers, McLaurin is doing everything in Washington, and it would pay to ask the government to let the State have the $30,000 and bring the others home. He said he would say nothing about GovernorEflerbe'snot tak ing the endorsement of 40,000 voters over the few weasly politicians. He never asked fer the appointment. If McLaurin's policy is carried out it will cost the farmers 20 per" cent, more on necessaries \ A?; to Tillman's position, he cid cot think it the same as MoLaurin's, but if it were, Tillman was wrong and be would tell him so and vote against him. He spoke a long time on the cotton schedule and said it gave the North the very club it wanted with which to rob the South on the compensatory tax on ; bagging and ties. It was like selling ont for a mess of pottage, with the Southern masses getting nothing. Colonel Irby said be first came to Aiken to see how the Reform move? ment would take in ibis section and af? ter his visit told Tillman all was safe. He spoke of taking is new blood aod that Mr; Henderson was the biggest catch since 1890.. (Applause.) Said he wanted to talk as a Reformer, Demo? crat and farmer. Talking cf bis being * the daddy of Evans he said when Till? man wanted Eilerbe for Governor, he had told Evans he should be Governor, he made Tillman quit. Ellerbe and go to Evan s and elect bim. He said he ha? always been opposed by "the clique" io Columbia. Mayfield was the child of Shell, and so an orphan ; Dun? can of the devil, and McLaurin of Gon? zales As to hi? Dispensary views, be said he wanted thc system given a fair chance. It was tar better than opec barrocas He helped make the law and believed the system right yet. If there were any rottenness it should be remedied and if aay dishonesty it should be punished. ? Talking of the R:form movement, be ra'd if it had cot been for him Till? man would still be selling butter in copperas breeches. The movement, he said, started in thc defeat of Geo. Gary in 1880 If Gary had lived be would have been elected in 1882 and and there would have been no occasion for the movement that vindicated Gary's assassination. He found Till mao, proposed to him at Dan Tomp ,klee's house to run for Governor and Tillman readily assented, and l c was elected. He would only barr- road* tbe fight in the Dd mooral ic party. He said be would tell what kind of a Democrat be was aod that be was not j tbe sort as ihe Governor of the State, ? who bas sold out the Reform party to the G?nz ii es party. He then went j for the Governor's coarse in reprimand- j ing and dismissing privates and not reprimanding Gen Watts. A repri maud was to abase and cass on", Et lerbe's course was, be said, ''harsh, un * i democratic and ao warran ted;." (Ap? plause ) If the contract with Gonzales is carried out. fee said, this great friend of tbe people i< to ?un the State and in ten years every iactory would baye negro labor Negro labor was already u*i*d io Charle-ton. and be understood was to be used in Columbia He was opposed to getting negro labor in mills, a? this was getting the girls too near negro labor which was suited to farm labor While io ?he Senate be only made two speeches, as he saw no use for talk? ing He always voted for his people, and when he fought the sugar differ? ential he held the balance of power and could have gotten a fortune fer hie vote. When he voted for the people he got no credit or newspaper pufls. He said he was sometimes afraid to go about the hotels as some one might get in trouble for sayiDg things about bis farmer-like appear? ance. Mr. McLaurin said if he were such a remarkable man as to be a Populist, Republican and Democrat, and could arrange so many deals he would not think of running fox Senator, but would aim higher. This was the first timo be had ever been sassed by a corpse, be told in connection with a joke. The talk about his being in a com? bination was entirely to throw people off of the scent of the corobina'tion against him. Ile complimented Irby's political sprewdness As to there being any combination against Mc? iver, he and Mr. W. D. ?vans did as much as auyoce to elect Mciver, and as to Irby's hurrahing about defeat? ing grand old meu, he would remind him that Irby defeated Wade Hamp? ton, who had done much for the State. He voted for Irby as a party man, and his only regret was that Irby did not use his ability and brain to till the place as be had hoped he would. His every vote he contended was strictly on the party platform, and he bas never been a protectionist. He thought it robbery to get more money than the government wanted There was a Republican House and Senate and President, arfd none of the Democrats made the bill or had much to say ; but should they try to make it as much non sectional as possible, or not ? Should they try to equalize the bill or not ? The bill was going to pass ; nothing could defeat it, and the question was whether to sit down and let it go as it was prepared and presented, or to try and get something out of it for bis people by trying to get justice and equality. He waDted such things equalized. There waa never proposed any increase in the price of eating rice, and the bill .does not j raise the price, but simply changed j !? the classification so as to tax the rice the brewers have been using. . As to the fallacy of the argument used against the cotton tax : Last year short staple cotton was brought to New Orleans from Mexico, and more will come unless there is a duty. Senator Bacon, and not he, proposed this tax on cotton He said he would keep up his fight for all time for free bagging and ties. As to voting for the high tariff on wool, that was in committee, and had nothing to do with the bill. It waa a fight between McMillan and Bailey, and he stood by Bailey, who, he said, some were trying to get in a hole. The committee fixed this, regardless of bis vote, and it was a purely side fight. Evans did not seem to know how to get along without Tillman's coat tail. He thought he was on it, but now Tillman says his views are iden tical with his own, and Evans is still holding on to the coat, but the man inside.of it was gone. Mr Mayfield said as everyone was tired he would speak for only ten minutes He said most emphatically he was in no combination and was running on his own hook He stood for true Democratic doctrines at all times, and consquently did not be? lieve Mr. McLaurn's position correct. Mr. Whitman's Kick. Threatens to Appeal to the Whole Democracy of the State. . G. Walton Whitman wants to appeal to the whole State executive committee from State Chairman Tompkia's deci? sion that his pledge was filed too Ure to permit bim to enter the senatorial race, and failing to bave that decision re? versed be talks of an appeal-to the who?e Democracy of the S'ate. Here is a letter received by State Chairman Tompkins from him yester? day ; Jonesville, S C , July ll Hon. D. A. Tompkins, Cbairmm ? Columbia. S C. Dear Sir-Be so kind as to let me know whether the newspaper report is true that you have ruled me out of the campaign ; that I was too late in filing my pledge ; also, in case you have, is there cot an appeal to the whole b.iard? Very respectfully. G. Walton Whitman* P. S.-Provided you have decided as reported I give notice of an appeal to the full committee, provided such a thing can be had. Anyhow there is an appeal ro the whole Democracy. I hope, however, that you have not de cided as reported Verv truly, * G. W W. Mr. Tompkins promptly replied that the newspapers bad correctly stated his action and remarks in regard lr* tho failure of thc pledge to be ?!ed in time He added that he would bc pleased ?o j lay the whole matter before the State erecutive committee at its next meet? ing. Mr. Tompkins, however, did not j state thar thc next meeting is after tho I primary eleetion unies the committee is j sooner called together by the chairman, j and he bas not intimated that be bas i any idea of calling an extra meeting of j the committee. LIVELY IN EDGEFIELD. The Largest Meeticg of the Senatorial Campaign. j Edgefieid, S C., July 15-The I largest and liveliest meeting of the j campaign was held here to-day Be j tween -400 and 500 people were pres? ent. The usual routine was broken when Senator McLaurin, following Colonel Irby, went for the latter's career in the Senate. McLaurin, j armed with the Congressional Rec i ords of the Fifty-second aud Fifty - I third Congresses, frequently brought j Irby to his feet to make explanations. Colonel Irby, the first speaker, was j g*?g^ed w"1^ 8?D3C applause. He j was in Edgefield for the first j since 1890, said he, to see the r< j lion of the people's great tri I j Ben Tillman. Ile was here j fighting combinations and was j now fighting the "State II I gang,'' which was attempting parcel out the offices of this J from Senator down to coroner am running as a democrat," decl Irby. ' I am the only original p age in the lot " McLaurin patented his speech. At Beau foi wanted protection on rice, at Cha ton on rice and long staple col but he didn't think he had a pate protection speech for Edgef McLaurin had the people fooied is uot on the same platform as man Tillman had declared wasn't. Proceeding on a new tack, he dared that McLaurin had go Gonzales for his political daddy the world can't beat him He 1 declared) that he and Tillman v the political daddies of all of the didates, but thought they were tr ing him with disrespect by oppot him. He had been politically assa nated and thrown out for dead cause he resisted the great cons racy last year against the democr party He was a demociat, aiw had been and could be nothing e because he was for the interest of people. * Colonel Irby then attackd Mci rin^s tariff views, declaring that 1 man had said they were iniquitc and ' I know you will believe hin you won't me You people here h him and believe what he says " Colonel Irby attacked the news pers. He declared that Mr. Gonza had prevented a Conservative fr entering this race Mr Gonzales 1 .called him a liar in to day's pap which was unparliamentary ; no t usually called him that when close him, however. He attacked 1 Forty movement He believed tl every white man should be allow to vote and therefore disapproved the constitutional suffrage clause Colonel Irby made the asserti that he and not Tillman had ma Evans Governor. He, with Tillmi he declared, had bad Saluda ma into a county and left Edgefield Cc servativ? with Sheppard to run it Reviewing past political h is lo J Irby asserted that last year he con have gone to the Chicago conventi as a delegate Gantt, said he, car to him at 2 o'clock a. m and sa that the State convention had left place open for him He sent wo back that he would not accept b cause he was unalterably opposed the declared bolting policy of tl party Editor Ball next came in for prai for coming out against the newspapi combination at Columbia The Elle be Watts episode was repeated bi elicited no applause He declare that he pould prove that the "Sta! House clique" were going to tui out Mciver and that Tillman kne they were plotting against him He concluded by reviewing his n cord and declaring that he had a ways been with the people Co Irby was wildly applauded when h took his seat. He kept the crowd i a good humor and they listened al tentively Senator McLaurin began by re viewing his record as a Reformer The Reform movemt. he declared did not depend on the life of an; man, cot even on that of Tillman He jumped on Irby for saying tha he made Tillman support Evans fo Governor He thought it time for ; a Reformer to step in when a mai like Irby boasted that he made th< Governor "Who" ought to raak) the Governors of South Carolina, th< white votes or ?lohn Irby ?" Irby, from hie ?eat-"The whit* voters " "But you said just now that yoi made Evans Governor " Irby: "Weli, I helped " (Laugh ter ) McLanrn attacked him for devis iug the Colleton plan in order tc foist Evens on the people when they didn't want him- Senator McL2urir caused much merriment by para phrasing Henry IV, substituting Irby for Falstaff, Evans for Prince Hal and Larry Gantt for Pistol in the scene where Prince Hall becomes king and ignores Falstaff Ile had no political daddy, he de? clared, but he did not know before that Editor Ball .ras acting in that capaci?y for Col irby. Mr. Ball hotly interrupted, saying that he was the political daddy of no man and was opposed lo Irby. "Well you are not for me " "Taht'8 true, too," rejoined Mr. Ball, Senator McLaurin then proceeded i to j severely attack Irby's record ! while in the Senate. Before begin 1 uing; he explained tereins ''paired" ? and "voie called " ! Irbb'a record for thc first session of j the Fifty second Congress was as fol 1 low.? : Votes taken, 89. Irby voted Io j times, pairr.d 10 times, not paired 6(5. The first session of the Fifty-third j Congress, he .?aid, was called to repeal the purchasing clause of thc Sherman j act. Senator Irby's io-'o for silver j could be seen in Iiis record during this : session There were 49 votes takeu ; Irby voted 19 times and did not vote 30 ; wan not paired 22 times ; did not answer to call of Senate ll calls Col. J Irby's record for this Congress was I gone into further. i Senator MeLauriot theo declared : "I [am sick looking up such a record. Here was a life and death struggle for j silver rod absolute indifference 3S to ' ifs fate/' As to bis absence from the Fifty I third Congress, Coi" Irby explained by .saying that he and Senator Butler ab ? sented^ themselves to break a quorum : and keep the Senate from repealing ? the Sherman purchasing clause. lr ! was a filibustering measure. He was ; always oe hand to cast his vote As to bis absence from the Fifty-sec j ond Contre.*?, Col Irby said that was j a Presidential election year and he was j at home as State chairman looking af 1 ter the interest of the party. "You ai! ! know the Conservatives didn't know they were whipped, and ?bey were planning to capture the May Conven? tion. Tillman was runniog for re-elec j tion. We wanted the delegates to the j Chicago convention. I was sent there, j and this passing back and forward ac ! counts for much of mv absence.'7 Be j sides, continued Col. Irby, he was j paired on all political questions. On other questions bis "pair" would al? ways ascertain by telegram bow be stood. Senator McLaurin again returned to the Congressional Record After a lit? tle he asked : "Do you want to elect a man to *he Senate to represent the State and then let him absent himself to run all the parties of the State ?" irby-"I have quit that now." "Yes, because the people have quite vou." answered McLaurin. rn* Coi Irby, getting permission to in? terrupt Senator McLaurin. jumped on him for hi3 affiliations with so many parties. He again excused bis absences from fhe Senate on the ground of sick? ness and dea?h ia his famiiy Senator McLaunn continued on this aggressive line for a whiic longer and then procaeded to make his usuai tariff speech. His speech in aril lasted aboui j two hours. It was frequently applaud I ed and the crowd evidentlv favored ic i Before taking bis sear. McLaurin took i . a band primary on his tariff views About, one-half showed their approval by voting. It wan after 2 o'clock when Senator McLaurin had concluded The audience at onoc began to leave the court house fer dioner. Tbeu Mr M-iyfield arose to speak, j Mr. Mayfield made his characteristic anti-dispensary speech, but in addition j said that after iotroduciog bis bill for [ its abolition he bad had conference j with Governor-Ellerbe. The Governor asked bim to withdraw it, which he did. Mr. Mayfield said that inasmuch as McLaurin charged bim with being in a combination that be would say Mc Laurio is the appointee cf the Gov? ernor and Governor Eilerbe declared to bim (Mayfield) that be would back Mc Laurin with the whole force of his ad? ministration. Eilerbe urged bim not to ruc, saying tbey intended fo favor a new party composed of conservative Conservative and conservative Reform? ers By the time Mr. John Gary Evans's tarn to speak came arouod tbe crowd bad returned from dinner. He made bis usual tariff speech and in it'severe J ly attacked McLaurin for bi? views. He read favorable comments from re? publican papers. Evans charged that McLaurin bad never been faithful to his friends Had it not been for Mc Laurio. he assered, Judge Wallace would now be a jusrice on the supreme bench. While be was working for him McLaurin was knifing him for Pope, in order to get Pope's place as Attorney General When he wa9 running fer tbe Senate last year McLaurin knifed bim, he declared McLaurin, who bad just returned f-am dioner, said that he had helped Evans in his race for the Seoate. His defeat was due to Irby having forced him, as Governor, down the people's throat. Evans declared that the lie was out somewhere. Then McLaurin sat si? le t?t A lively spit on McLmric's vote on the tariff bill ensued. Tbe crowd lis? tened attentively. There was decided evidence of vindictiveness, towards Evans, while the crowd cheered Mc? Laurin at every opportunity When Evaos finished at 3 30 p. m. the crowd bsgan to call again for Mc? Laurin. He declined, however, to re? sound. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. The denison trustees have asked Gov. E?letbe to send Dr. Babcock to the college to investigate the sani tary condition. Dr. Babcock has asked to be excused, as the State . 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It creates every pbstoffice I a savings bink, perminiog the opeoing i of accounts on not less than 50 cents ? and ?dlowiog no deposit of less than 10 j con's. j The Senate and House conference j committee is deadlocked on the tarif! j bill, and the House and Senate is ap- : j parently as far apart on the tariff as ! ever i Thc original package store of U. i Levin in Charleston has been closed, i and the stock coo Scated and shipped to j Columbia . i The city council cf Anderson bas ; parsed an ordioaoce regulating ordinal i Daekage stores. Joly IT. j Athens, July 16.-It is ?tated here j on reliable authority that the powers j have fixed the indemnity to be paid ; to Turkey by Greece at $4.000,000 i and have accepted a compromise giv 'ing Turkey a more liberal line of j I frontier. 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