The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-07-21

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The Gov rnor made n sta,emen, in
regard to the Evans- Eilerbe scuffle
for first place cn his coat tails He
said he was In The p ASHTON Of the man
who declared he coulI he happy with
either were 'tother dear charmer awav
Said he;
SAME OLD sTRADDLER.
lam E an Aavo,w, such good
friends anh | am | lad the State has
two such glod candidates tor Cover
nor. Either one will make n 90 d
executive, but | don't wa 1t either one
to say he is my can iidate. Yu poc>
pie know whom you want, aud You
will elect him and il i, none of nv
business
THE TERRIBLE 'ANTIs.'
La regard To tho matter ola early
convention Gen Ellerbe is mistaken.
l said | favored u Reform Convention
some time or other in order to keep
the Autis frcm coming in and holding
the balance of pow.r.
PRESERVE THE MuD.PIE.
think 1t wise To keep solid the
structure wf have bull, by taking
one man fIS Sm the Reform candidates
and puttluHh against the csnd,>
date nf theAntIs.
AS INNOCENT AS A LAMB.
did not have ANYTHING to do with
the caucus that called this convention. .
An Effort was made t" call il of.
Why, / don't know. You can guess.
The executise committe, declined to
resciud the call. Tney said they were
pot geiog y give the A ntis the opp,r,
tuhNV 10 get lnro powHr.
leXnnerste Gen Ellerbe from bay-
ing been in any caucus in Colum bia
as far a. know.
AS for my bringing Gen Ellerbe
out for Governor | have this to say:
There had been a good deal of talk
by some people about wanting n far
me1 for Governor and l had heen CIV
Ing the lawyers the devil now and then
and when EIleroe mentioned The su b.
ject t" me asked him where was the
farmer to lead the move ment. lie
namsd over several, and said | did
not believe he people would elect auy
OF them then asked hin why he
didn't run himself, and he said he had
not thought Of it. whereupon | told
him if he dId would hands of.
Voice--Evans will get my vote
The GO7ern"r-AiI right, vote for
him 1t you want To, but don'k do 60
because he is my c,ndidste. tyr Til>
man will be equally satisfied with
either.
Voice-Tiilman is the head of the
whole id business. (Lsughier.)
THE SAME STYLE sLANDER.
Discussing Judge Simontnu. he re
hearsed his usual arguments against
hlm aud said that when Bond died
Cbsmberlair wrote ~ letter Ia New
| Yor sayiog. Here's buDy fellow,
he will u aur dirty work every time
Voice: How about The Cbicapo
strike2
The Governor: That's too far off
to h" her us. There Is Iots deviI,oent
among thos, judges up there, too.
They u,urpeG pp~er in forbiddinc
men to quit woyk.'
BRICK>PRooF BUTLER
The last spes ker was Gen Boiler
and when he began il wa. raining in
torrents He said bo was not uufeel-
ing as to subject The crowd 10 IL
dren ahing
Geo Buiies re.narked iDst Governor
! Tillmsn had let up ihr ,wioe bricks at
him, and that he now had his hands
fuli throwing than st bis friends.
THE GREAT ELECTRIC EEL.
Governor 1iiiman said he did not
waoi unity. He lives in muddy WI,
ter and he cahmt fight when 1t 10
clear. He bas asssiIed Judge Sim.
onion here today. but he would not
dare to do i, in Charleston The other
night. lam afraid the Governor 10 a
very prndent man.
Governor Tillm.n: The ,mmittee
pulled me down or / would have said
it ifit to;k me all night
Ii began raioinc go hard that for
ther attempts at speaking we're seIess
aud Gen Bu,ler closed hy Stating that
he was " Jog hack 10 the Senate. after
which the cu w'i scaft,red.
JWG.