The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-01
A DAY OF SENSATIONS.
CANDIDATES MAKE CHARGES AND
COUNTER CHARGES.

Lively Crowd at winnsboro-The Mos
Eyentful Campaign Meeting O! III
Series -Reformers shake Each O;he
Up.
W1NNsRoRo, S. c., July 24.-Thj
most eventful meeting of the campaign
was held here today. From the poin
Of view of peace and good order it wa!
a model gathering; politically it wa
not model. The simple and blunt truth
is that the Reformers participated II
an all-around sluggiug match in which
nearly all of them became Involved be
fore 1t was over.
Col. D. 2. Duncan started the ball by
denouncing Larry Can't, his traducer
as a ssbuZZard." Senator StanyaTne
Wilson jumped on Colonel Duncan ano
partially defended CAN'T. Evans nex'
went for EllerEe and Ellerbe went fol
Evans. Governor Tillman undertoos
to spank the whole crowd, including
Tindal, and got into sharp and salty
spat with General Ellerbe. l will not
now undertake to give my opinion OF
the outcome of this spat. / have given
it verbatim and the public can form It's
own conclusion. The question between
the Governor and the Swamp Eox Is
probably settled, as each man succeed
ed in getting before the public what he
wanted. The speaking was commenced
BY Yelldell, who was followed by
Thomas, both Of whom are candidates
for Railroad Commissioner They were
followed by Whitman, Mayfeld and
keitt. candidates for Superintendent
of Education. This is Mr.. keitt's FIRST
appearance. Gen. Richbourg was the
only candidate on hand for AdJutant
and Inspector. General, and he went 10
alone. .Winnsboro is the first place IN
the Fourth Congressional District that
the campaigners have yet touched and
there were three Congressional aspl'
rants present to talk to the people
Wtlsen, Duncan and Farley. johnson
the Conservative, of Lsurens. was not
on hand. These gentlemen had quite
sparring match. They were followed
by the candidates for Governor. the
Hon. John Gary Evans being the first
introduced.
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
Senator Evans charged Ellerbe with
conducting his campaign on narrow
minded basis. trying to array farmers
against lawyers. This was not right
and he condemned it. He said Enerbe
takes offence at all that is said about
him in some of the Reform papers. He
GYsns) had not been paying any atten:
ton to articles against him, but would
answer raeemmunication which sppear.
ed in the Register this morning. The
article was signed by ''Senex." The
word means old. IF "SeneX" is as old
in years as he Is in iniquity be is as old
as Methusalah.
Senator Evans then denounced as lies
insiuations made by s'Seuex." One OF
these was that he had forged Governor
Tillman's name in sending telegram
to Darlington during the riot there
He had written the telegram on Gov
ernor Tillman's order and the Cover.
nor knew it. The insinuation of "Se'
nex," was basely false. That was hit
ting below the belt. Another inslnua,
tion was that he is drawing salaries
from corporations. THAT is another
lie. / never drew a dollar from corpo'
rations in my life" Loud applause
and cheers.
To the insinuation that he claimed
all the credit for refunding the State
debt and had done little, Senator EY'
ans said he had never claimed all the
credit, bat he had done his share: y
am not claiming false glory. 1t Is bae
grace to be trying to pull me down by
lies. You know they are lies. Gap
plause.) Ihave done more for the Re
form movement and gotten less out o!
it than any man in South Carolina.
{Applause.)
Senator Evans next began sluggine
General Ellerbe and hit right and left
going over all the charges Eilerbe ha!
made against him and defending him
self. Senator Evans ended his speech
by a discussion of the Dispensary law
His remarks were well received.
Secretary of State Tindal followed,
shower coming up as lie Was intro
duced. He said:
Why does the Alliance require you K
admit Republicans and Populists ast
Democrats to the same table? To teact
toleration and remove prejudices
Why? In order that farmers nigh
consider measures and vote for thei
interest instead of for their prejudices
This was basic principle and th'
whole ritual was founded upon It
Why was it necessary? Because tn
prejunices epgendered by the war ena
bled the Republican party to rule ant
rob the farmers of the United States
How? The northern farDer-the back
bone of the Republican party-wor
shipped his heroes and voted only tt
keep down the "rebels." The Southern
farmer worshipped his heroes ant
voted to keep down the RADICALS Whil
the government was run in the inter
est of corporations and manufacturer
and trusts and the money power. Th
first thing necessary ~as to remov
this prejudice in order that the farme
might be led by bis reason instead 0
his prejudices.
What is our plain duty as Reform
ers? Evidently TO coaduct this Reform
election for Governor so as to let ever
Reformer feel that he has justice. a
ready the people in almost every couu
" have said that they are afraid tn
D~AN
say they will not 60 to the polls, be
cause unless he happened to be wit
one who has the plurality his vote Wi
not be counted. Suspicion aud Jealous
les are already taking root. Now,
care more for the success of true Il
form principles and for the peace an
progress of the State than to be Goyei
nor. The fate and future Of the Heforr
party depends upon the satlsfyin
the rank and file that the election wi
be fair.
Now, how are We to have a fair e2
preston of the will of Reformers
Suppose Fairfield cast l,6OO Reforr
votes and three of the cannldates &C
1880 votes and the other get 40. WI
YOU give the whole delegation to th
candidate who gets only 4lO votes an
leave 1880 Reformers without voice
Would that be the will of the majority
On the contrary one-fourth Of the vo
ers would dominate three-feurths.
have fsir proposition which l belleY