The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 02, 1910, Image 3
FIRS! WEEK OF CiMAIGN.
ISS, Ks \ M?KK MSCl'SSISX AND
I ?EVEIX)1?MKNT8J
Prohibition. NhuI Option sad High
License Chief Topic Hin? Far?
Compulsory Education?,'Foethcr
stoar and Richard* ? tjron and
K v hum ? Summary of CliargCM
Agalast Attorney (ieoerS ? The
Orators.
Bennettsvllle, June 2?.?:'our meet?
ings of the State campaign have been
held; four cities of the 9tate have
heard the candidates tor Itate office,
why they should be elects! and upon
what grounds they base I ?dr claims
for ppubllc honors. Today/ 1 the office
seekers are scattered oW the State
restlag from the strenuOL* efforts of
the past week and recu?'atlng their
mengt*, for ih? Ighsfs oKhe six days
of the coming week. TdWiorrow they
speak at Chesterfield. Tuesday at
Caan den. Wednesday * Lancaster,
Thursday at Chester. Fiday at Tork
vllle. and Saturady at ffinnaboro.
Campalgalng is strenuous work,
particularly when the weather Is as
hot as during the four lays just pass?
ed. Caadldates as a rale are very
earnest both In their speaking and in
sidewalk electioneering Up at break
of day. moat of them, on the streets
aad in the stores they to. meeting the
pseple and presenting their claims.
Thus far. however, tip majority of
the members of the party have stood
the strata very well Mahon. of
Oreeavlile. Is the onr? one who has
suffered any considerable degree of
discomfort: this Is fron hoarseness,
contracted the very nga day at Sum
ter. This gentleman gits so emphatic
aad speaks wt'h surra force that 'tis
no wonder sis voice has failed. How?
ever, he declares thatfafonday morn?
ing will see him rlghtithere with the
goods. Messrs. Pochards and
Featherstone also put
strength behind their
to have suffered no
thus far. Mr. Lyon]
a great deal of
4a Ices, but seem
11 coasequem es
in manner of
f>ted to dl'.turb
he to speak
?peaking Is not calcu
his vocal chords wer?
tweaty-four hours. 1 r. McLeod has
a distinct advantage o rer all the can?
didates, for he speaki so rapidly and
without apparent effort that he can
put more In a twenty-minutes' talk
than any of them c^n possibly say
la a half hour or more.
The fesajs.
whiskey ques
[I others in the
ssrs Richards,
[yatt say that
c boosing, and
to discuss it;
les that the
|>se who choose
ople who do It.
uestion which
a people, and
certainly does.
As stated before. V
tloa la paramount to
race for Oovemor.
McLeod. Btease and
the Issue Is not of th
Uiey would wish no;"
Mr. Featherstone in
caadldatea are not t
issues, but It is the
He says that any ai
affects the morals <
the whiskey quest lo^
la of importance ana the people will
insist on Its discus* on and settle?
ment. Mr. Hyatt tsi a prohibitionist,
has always been and will always be;
he assisted In the irr.?algn In Rich
land County, tent his efforts years
ago against the old State dispensary.
Mr. Richards, while in days gone by
advocated the dispensary, and bit* r
local option, declares It was but a
means to an end and that the time
Is now ripe for a State-wide law. Mr.
Featherstone has fought for prohibi?
tion for twelve years, in season and
out of season Mr. McLeod would
not disturb the present good cond'.t
Ions: he Is a local optionist as between
dispensary and prohibition. Mr.
Blesse advocates a three-cornered op?
tion as between dispensary, prohibit?
ing and high llcensv Mr. Duncan
says any bill the General Assembly
paaaes he will sign and enforce.
Compulsory education la a mild is?
sue so far. Some of the candidates
appear disinclined to consider this
subject an of particular important ??.
or to regard it as a roal issue. Mr.
Hleaee !? the only one of the six who
has come out strong against the sys?
tem; he la unqualifiedly against it.
Mr. Mcl^eod says that under present
conditions he does not favor the law,
but that the time may come, after the
State ?hall have built schools in e\? ry
?ectlon. when such a law will be fSOOOa*
sary Mr. Hyatt does not see the
SjOceaalty of dim uaslng the matter at
all; he thinks there Is no necessity for
the law now. but does not know what
a few years may bring forth, and he
Is not Justified In saying what he will
do or advocate In the future under
changed conditions Mr. Richards
touched on the subject for the first
time y.sterday, saying that It Is Up
to the State to build the school house*
then the cblldren will att. nd. thus im?
plying hn opposition to rnenpolslun
Mr. Featherstone has not stated his
stand on ihe question.
On < taxation the candidates are
agreed that the expenses of the Gov?
ernment aro hli(h enough, some de?
claring them to be too high. Mr
Rleas?> . specially is emphatic in his
declarations on the subject, saying
that extravagance in the appropria?
tions is costing the people entirely
t4>o much. Mr Foath? rot one says that
tAxes are high enough, mavhe tog
H<h sag thit be favors sufllelenl ap
feroprlatlons IS SOSWIact the Jtffalrs of
g > ? --rnrnent In | I SfBcteS
Messrs. Richards and McLeod du not
emphasize the subject. Mr. Hyatt ll
alarmed over the financial situation
and would, hy huslness methods, save |
the credit of the State and reduce
the costs of the Government. He and
Mr. ttlease devote more time to dis?
cussing financial matters than any of
the other aspirants for the Governor?
ship.
Practically the only definite state?
ments regarding good roads is the op
position to a highway commission and
the voting of State bonds for the pur?
pose of building good roads. The
plan of letting each county handle the
proposition for Itself is advocated by
those who mention it. and no one of
them has taken issue. !
PesUhcrsCone aad Richard*, j
It Is conceded on all sides that
there will be something doing be- I
tween Messrs Richards and Feather- I
stone on ths prohibition question. Not
that they differ as to the policies ad-1
rocated or that differing brands of
prohibition are offered. Ths fight is I
over consistency. Mr. Richards on I
Friday accused Mr. Featherstone of I
climbing on to his platform, citing the
fact that two or three years ago, in I
a newspaper interview, Mr. Feather- I
stone did not urge 8tate-wlde prohibit- I
Ion, but conceded that at that particu-1
lar time he advised local option, just I
the thing Mr. Richards has argued I
and ths plan he has pursued. Teeter-1
day Mr. Featherstone jumped on his
accuser good and strong for advo?
cating the old 8tate dispensary a few
days ago, even campaigning Kershaw
County in Its defence. The question
as to who is the logical cai. lldate of
the Prohibitionists is the iMue be?
tween these gentlemen. although Mr.
Featherstone declaros Ibers is abso
lately no friction, and that |f the Pro?
hibitionists choose Mr. F bards in?
stead of himself, he v i'i c< .tinue to
give his services In behalf of the I
cause as he has done In the past. i
Practically every candidate for j
Governor, by Implication, "has It In" I
for Mr. Featherstone for insisting on I
discussion of the whiskey question.
Every day they remark that they
would wish it out of the campaign,
hut?every day they discuss the Issue. J
Ricas,? and McLeod. i
Just what Mr. Rlease has up his
sleeve for Mr. McLeod Is impossible
to say, but something is going to hap- I
pen If indications are to be counted I
on. In his Darlington speech the
gentleman from Newberry stated that I
he had Intended referring to some I
matters of record in the State Senate, I
but that certain persons had left the
hall, and he would bide his time. It
Is thought by some that the question
of compulsory education is involved,
and that Mr Rlease will attack some
vote or stand that Mr. McLeod has
taken on the matter. It Is intimated
also that Mr. Blease will have some?
thing to say as to Mr. Rlchards's rec?
ord in the House.
John T. Duncan.
John T. Duncan, of Columbia,
seems to have nothing against any
of those in the race for Governor, at
least he has made no attack thus far.
His principal occupation is "exposing'"
the "System" (with a big S) in Col?
umbia and advertising his newspaper.
Lyon und Kvans. |
The Hon. J. Fr?ser Lyon. Attorney
General of the State, says that he
does not propose to attend all the
meetings of the campaign answering
what he terms as ridiculous accusa?
tions which printed records will prove
as false and which all newspaper
readers know to be untrue. He is
going next week to Chester to prose?
cute the alleged dispensary graft
cases, and to attend any other busi?
ness of Importance that may require
his time. On Friday he was in Flor?
ence attending a meeting of the hoard
of trustees of the State Reformatory,
and he will attend several other meet?
ing of various nature during the cam?
paign.
Mr Lyon says that the accusations I
brought by Mr. fcvans are either wil?
ful and malicious misrepresentations
or the grossest Ignorance. He has de
fled his accuser to prove his assert
b'iis. Just what course Mr. Lyon will
pursue in the future is not known;
he may continue to discuss the work
of his office as he did here, declin?
ing to notlc?? the charges, or he may
reply as he did at Blshopvllle. citing
Some of the f.K |ay ai they appear in
the reoofda.
Om fact Ih very evident thus far,
and that Is that the people who hear
the epeechei are with Mr. Lyon. While
Mr Bvans has roootved some ap?
plause, Mr. Lyon has received sub?
stantially an o\atlon In every town
visited thus far it wai .1 noticeable
fa t thai Mr Bvana* Darlington
?pes< h was received in silence,
The ( harm *
Bummed up, it may be said that the
iharges preferr? against Mr. Lyon
are (i) Inefficiency; (2) thriftless:
I :> extravagance; (4> unfaithfulness.
? Mi the first. Mr. Lvans Claims thai
the Attorney Oerierai Is not much of
a lawyer, a nable to cop,- with those
Whom he meets and unable to ap?
pear before the Court with sufficient
strength to win the State's cam s. ih
ceasxHatlng the employing of other at?
torneys to assist him.
The second charge is that Mr. Lyon
has not carried on the work his office
requires with proper dispatch; he has
delayed eases, he has not pushed cer?
tain litigation that is imperative, cit?
ing the Southern merger uit and the
rase against the Virginia, Carolina :
Chemical Company, and that he has
allowed men under indictment for ?
graft to go untried for such a length
of time.
As to extravagance, Mr. Evans
quotes from the Acts of the General
Assembly the amounts appropriated
for the use of the Attorney General,
which have been expended in hiring
lawyers to do the work that Mr. Lyon
himself should have done. Mr. Evans
criticises the Attorney General for
paying such exorbitant fees to the
lawyers who have assisted him in the
dispensary casea, naming Messrs Ab
ney, Stevenson and Felder.
Unfaithfulness to his trust is charg?
ed in that the Attorney General has
allowed certain persons indicted for
graft to go free upon turning State\
evidence. Mr. Evans says that such
compromising with crime as the nol
prosslng of the case against Moton A.
Goodman was a betrayal of trust,
likewise the Farn urn case; that such
actions were an insult to the great
State of South Carolina.
Features of Cam pa Igt?.
Without doubt the fight on the
whiskey question and the fight against
Attorney General Lyon are the inter?
esting features of the campaign. What
else of importance and Interest will
develop remains to be seen; it Is not
apparent at this time.
Some Fine Oratory.
The people who listen to the cam?
paigners this year are hearing better
oratorical efforts than in any cam?
paign in South Carolina In many a
day. Five of the candidates for Gov?
ernor make excellent speeches, each
having a pleasing delivery. Comment
on this fact has been very general,
the people declaring that all the
speakers are interesting. Indeed, the
fact that the crowds have been so
easily held during the four hours that
have been required for most of the
meetings argues the excellence of the
speeches and the quality of the ora?
tory.
Mr. McLeod may be likened to the
polished orator of today, say possibly
Henry Cabot Lodge. His style Is
free snd easy, the words flowing with
rapidity and musical intonations; no
halts or bobbles, sentence following
sentence in easy sequence with pleas?
ing effect.
Mr. Featherstone is of the Webston
ian type. He is a large, heavy-set
man, with a big head and a massive
Jaw; as he utters his ringing denun?
ciations of the whiskey traffic the
mighty thunders of his voice peal
forth and he shakes?not his gory
locks, for in the matter of hirsute
adornment he is somewhat deficient,
but his great big head, lending em?
phasis and force to his words.
Mr. Richards is the Demosthenes
of the crowd. There he stands, tall,
stalwart, erect, his long arm extend- |
ed at an angle of ninety degrees, the j
initial linger working overtime, but
with marked effect, keeping well in
time with his articulation. Mr. Rich
ards's voice rises and falls with vary?
ing tonality, and the listener must
listen.
Mr. Hyatt is not what may be call- 1
ed an eloquent speaker, unless plain?
ness and directness of expression be
eloquence. He is more like a learned
college professor, thoroughly acquaint?
ed with his subject and capable of
impressing his knowledge upon his
audience.
Mr. Blease has the appearance of
a legislator, one accustomed to speak?
ing on any occasion and at any time,
always prepared. His long hair and
the manner in which he carries his
head indicate that he is thoroughly
at home in legislative halls. One
might say that he Is eloquent without
fear of challenge.
Without reference to the nature of
his speeches, Mr. John T. Duncan
Is the prophet, sounding a note of
warning to a people standing on the
verge of destruction and ruin. He
may be likened unto Jeremiah or any
of the others whose voices were lift?
ed in the wilderness of Israel's de?
pravity, calling them back to the old
paths of rectitude.
Nor is all the eloquence confined to
the Gubernational candidates, many
of the others possessing that envied
ability to entertain and instruct. One
is compelled to admire Mr. Lyon's
style; one is forced by the rapidity of
his speech to hearken unto Mr Evans;
Messrs Smith. Mahon, Duvall and
Scarborough wax eloquent at times
to the delectation of their hearers,
while the others make no pretentious
to oratorical accomplishments, satis?
fying themselves and the audience
with straightforward presentations of
their claims.
The people are interested in the
campaign. While there is nothing
sensational and nothing going on In
the "scrapping" line, which, of course,
would attract more people, there Is
much substantial concern In the mat?
ters discussed and without fear of
error one might say that It is more
nearly an educational campaign than
South Carolina has had in several
years.
S. E. Boney.
NOTICE.
On Tuesday, the lvth day of July,
1910, the Supervisors of Registration
will open their Books of Registration
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. at Mayesville,
S. C, for the purpose of Registering,
transferring and renewing lost certifi?
cates.
T. D. DuBOSE,
S. J. WHITE,
W. S. DINKINS,
Board Sup'v's Registration.
6-11-ltaw?5t
VISITED MANY ASYLUM3.
South Carolina Commission Obtained
Much Valuable Information.
Columbia, June 26.?Dr. Babcock
said today that over 40 offers had
been made for sites. These offers
will be considered at the next meeting
of the Asylum commission.
By appointment, the members of
the commission were to meet Dr.
Wilson in St Louis, on June 10. Dr.
Wilson was in St. Louia attending the
annual meeting of the American
Medical Association. He is first vice j
president of the Association. Dr. Wil?
son was met by Dr. Babcock and
Judge Purdy.
The first asylum to be inspected j
was the St Louis Sanitarium. The
place was thoroughly Inspected.
There were 746 patients. The grounds
covered SO acres. The asylum was
constructed to accommodlate only
860 patients. They found a veiy
much overcrowded condition. A
night ride brought the party to Peo
ria, 111. Here they met Dr. George
A. Zeller, the authority on pellagra,
who attended the conference in Co?
lumbia last winter. He has a large
number of pellagra patients at his
hospital. The Peorla Asylum has 3,
107 patients. There are 500 acres
In the grounds.
The next day the members of the
commission arrived In Chicago. The
Cook County Asylum was inspected.
There were 2,165 patients there. The
capacity of this asylum Is only 2,000.
There were 226 acres of land In the
grounds. Another asylum to he In?
spected in Illinois was the State In?
stitution at Kankakee. Here wers
found 2,616 patients. The capacity
was 2,200.
After a trip of over ten days, which
carried them to more than a score of
States, sleeping on the cars at night
and Inspecting hospitals for the in?
sane during the day, three members
of the commission, appointed to take
charge of the enlargement of the
South Carolina Hospital for the In?
sane, have returned to the State. The
members of the commission to take
the trip were: Dr. J. W. Babcock, su?
perintendent of the State Hospital for
the Insane; Dr. Robert Wilson, Jr.,
chairman of the State Board of
Health, Charleston and Judge Robt.
O. Purdy, of Sumter. The other two
members of the commission, Col. Le
Roy Springs, of Lancaster, and Dr.
George B. Cromer, of Newberry, were
unable to take the trip, on account
of business reasons. The trip was
made for the purpose of making in?
spections of the asylums of the Mid?
dle West and East before announcing
a plan for the improvement of condi?
tions at the South Carolina Hospital
J for the Insane.
It was announced today by Dr.
Babcock that a meeting of the com
I mission would very likely be called
early In July, and that the commis?
sion would very probably sit with the
members of the board of regents of
the Asylum, at their regular monthly
meeting, which is to be held on July
14.
Among the places visited by the
members of the commission were St.
Louis, Peoria, 111., Chicago, Buffalo,
New York city and several towns in
New England. No statement was
made by Dr. Babcock as to what con?
clusions had been reached by the
commission. The result of the work
will be discussed at the meeting
which is to be called In July. Much
data was secured by the members of
the party.
Several institutions were inspected
in New York and Massachusetts. It
was found by the commission that all
asylums inspected were congested
and that the buildings could not be
erected fast enough to accommodate
all patients. This was especially so
with the St. Louis Asylum. A build?
ing was erected at a cost of $70,000
to accommodate sixty patients. When
the building was completed there
were one hundred patients to be re?
ceived. . i
COLUMBIA CLUBS ENJOINED.
Temporary Injunction Against Three
Obtained Yesterday.
Columbia, June 28.?Judge DeVore
yesterday In the circuit court grant?
ed three orders, on motion of Attor?
ney Oeneral Lyon, requiring three so?
cial clubs In the city to show cause
before him on July 1, why they
should not be perpetually restrained
from the sale of spirituous liquors.
The orders were granted upon affida?
vits made that liquors had been pur
i chased at the three places in viola
I tlon of the dispensary law.
Those against whom the orders are
directed are the Savoy Club, situated
at 1219 1-2 Taylor street, of which P.
W. Besslnger and Heyward B. Smith
are named as In charge, and J. L.
Shull as the property owner; the
Jackson Club, as 914 Gervais street,
L. E. Levin and Everland being nam?
ed as in charge, and 8. L. Sweeney
as the property owner; and the third
order being directed against G. H.
Geiger, Harry Lehman and William
T. Thompson for violation of the dis?
pensary law at 912 Gervais street, G.
H. Geiger being also the owner of the
premises.
Unless an adequate defense is made
on July 1 to the orders granted yes?
terday, a perpetual injunction re?
straining the use of the premises for
the Illegal purposes charged will be
passed by the court.
For a fence-mending and baby-kiss?
ing campaign on the scale the situa?
tion calls for, the business suit is ob?
viously more dependable than a full
dress outfit.?Washington Post.
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