Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-06-12

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cycry man owed /, certain amount of his
time and service to tho state FREQ of
charge. This was the leading thought
Of his discourse, around which were
gathered many wholesome truths.
Chsirma,. Perry at this poia. read &
letter from Edward Bacon, Esq, of
Spartanbnrg, announcing himself as O
candidate for Comptroller General, but
expressed his regrets at being unable to
attend tho campaign meetings on account
of official duties rs Auditor of Spartan
burg county requiring his individual
attention.
Chairman Pcrry then introduced Col. l.. B.
Gary, OF Abbcylllc, rs n candidate for Lie,,tci,-
ant Governor on the Tillman ticket lilo spoke
for twenty or thirty minutes, announcing his
candidacy Tor Licutenanc Governor, and giving
In brief some of his Views concerning our state
Constitution, which he arraig,ed as tho product
of the alien and foreigner. Holding aloft In his
right hand bound copy of the Constitution, he
called aloud, "Who made that's ?" a voice I'm
the crowd answered, "'Tilman, hope"
uaughtcr) lie then proceeded to give his idea
concerning the unrest among our people and
expressed tho conviction that VI Tillman had
never bcen bonn, stll this agitation would have
come to pass, and that Tilman now was only
the instrument in the hands of the common peo,
pie FOR working out their desired ends. Then
turning TO the opponents of Tillman, he affirmed
that none OF the present State officers are In
sympathy with the Movement. No sooner was
this said than Comptroller General Werner YYas
on his feet vchemcntly denying tho charge. lie
said that while hc was against TiIlman he was
In favor Of the reforms advocated. Col. Gary
replied that Tillman was the life of the plat
foriI ahd being against Timan he {Vcrncr)
was logically against the platform. (Crics :
"liurral for Tillman," "lIurrah for Gary")
Col. Gary then briefly brought his remarks to n
close
Col. Y. j. Pope, of Nowberry, a candi-
date for Attorney General Oh the Tillman
ticket, was next introduced. He referred
to the fight tho newspapers have been
making against Tillman and said it was
to be expected of the Ne,cs and Courier,
but when A. b. Williams, editor of the
Grccnvillc Ne,cs, had gone against him,
he struck n blow to the heart. He gave
tho history of the Farmers Movement,
which he said started in 1886.
Chairman Perry introduced Hugh S.
Farley, of Spartanburg, candidate for
Adjutant and Inspector General on the
Tillman ticket. lIo touched upon the
March Convention and the failure of the
farmers to get their candidate in 1885,
His short address was soon brought to a
close.
Chairman Perry then read letter from
Adjutant and Inspector General Bonham
saying that he was unavoidably absent
from the meeting, but he would be q
candidate for election.
Secretary of State j. Q. Marshall was
then introduced Cries of els he a Till
man man p' filed the air. Mr.. Marshall,
(rathcr cXcitedly) : ono, am not; am
a Democrat and am glad of it. l am
here as State officer to account to YOU
for my official acts. l am here to an
swcr any charge, and as Democrat
propose to be heard if it takes till sun
down. a spat cnsued between Mr..
Marshall and Captain 'fillman, in the
course of which the latter said he pre-
fcrred no charges against Mr.. Marshall.
llo soon brought his remarks to a close,
as it was growing late.
w. ID. Mayticld, Esq, of Grecnvillc,
came forward and announced himself as
n candidate for Superintendent of Edu-
cation OH the Tillman ticket
Col. }. II. Rice, tho present incum-
bent, spoke briefly announcing himself
rs Il candidate for re- election as Supcr-
intcndcnt of Education.
Chairman Perry then annopnccd the
meeting adjourned, saying that politics
or no politics, the races at Sans Souci
Park would como off all the same and
everybody were invited to attend.
Thus ut ) u. NJ. closed the opening
ball of what promises to bc the most
exciting campaign for fifteen years.
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