The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-01
Fox was told that he wasn't in it, anc
that Evans was the man.

HeW asked how he stood with the
Alliance. He said the resolutions
passed by the Alliance of bis country a
few days ago endorsing him were sulll
cient evidence of how he STANDS WITH
the Alliance.
General EIlerbe rehashed and refuted
the ISLANDERS which have been circulat
ed against him. He pledged himself tc
abide the result of the Reform conven
ton.
The farmers, General ElleTOe said. are
for him and the politicians for Evans.
If the farmers Will turn out and vote
be (Ellerbe) is sure to be elected.
Voice: "Oh, come off
General E,]erDe emphatlcally advised
members Of the Alliance not to vote fol
any candidate who does not stand
squarely on the Alliance platform. Al.
the evils now affecting the people must
be corrected. by the Alliance or they
never will be corrected. For this reason
the Alliance must stick and stick close
ly and not be turned from its objects
and aims by anybody. Rain shut Gen
eral Ellerbe off before his time was up
Senator John Gary Evans was enthu
stastically greeted by the audience
Evans said he had been truer to The
Alliance than EllerDe and had made
more speeches for it than the Marion
man. The Senator made red hot
speech on farm and Alliance questions
and was often applauded.
Senator Evans sGid the Reformers OF
South Carolina showed their wisdom
two years agoln condemnlng Cleveland
as a tool Of Wall street. That wisdom
has been acknowledged by the very men
who saia We were fools. (Great ap'
plause)
Senator Evans declared that South
Carolina will have the next Vice PresI
dent of this country in Ben Tillman.
Tremendous applause) The South and
the West must unite in 1895. 1t WILL
be necessary to nominate a Western man
for President -, With q Western man
at the head Of the ticket and Tillman
for the second place the people will
sweep the country.
Senator Evans charged that E!lerbe
had not been in favor of the DlspeGsary
until he said popular sentiment was
that way. Ellerbe, he saw, had criti-
cised Governor Tillman in his Celum'
bia speech for issuing the proclamation
reopening the dispensaries the lst OF
August, Tiliman was right and he
would prove it. He then took hand
primary, asking all who were against
reopening On August lst to hold up
their hands. Very few hands were
raised.
Then Senator Evans put the question
"All who favor opening the dlspensa,
sizes August 1st, hold up your hands. y
Hundreds Of hands were quickly shot
into the air and there was deafening
applause.
"Vindicated," shouted Senator Evans
and there was thunderous applause.
Senator Evans said Ellerbe thought
the Dispensary not perfect. II Eileroe
is made Governor he will tinker With
that law until he ruins it.
Voice: "Well, he VIII never be Gov:
ernor."
Senator Evans made g magnificent
speech in behalf of the Dispensary and
appeared to be unanimously backed by
the audience.
Drzsampson Pope was the third
Would3e Governor to talk. He talked
on national issues and the importance
of mCse morsE. He favored every Ge'
mand Of the Alliance.
DR.. Pope reiterated his opinion that
Governor Tillman had made mistake
in ordering reopening Of the dispsn'
saries on August 1st, and again pre-.
dicted bloodshed. The Governor should
not undertake to adopt this course
without putting the matter before the
State Board of Control which is the se'
gal body to take action.
Dr.. Pope produced a stir in the croWo
oy declaring that he is candidate toI
Governor before the regular Demo.
cratic primary and not b9fore the Il e
form convention. Some men shouted
to him to sit down; that they had heard
enough from him, but he declined tt
sit down until he got ready. He said he
always expressed his opinion fearlessly
and openly and was doing so now Wher
he said the Colleton plan convention
was not fair and right.
lhe crowd showed its disapproval Of
Ur. POpe's utterances in several ways
Secretary of State Tindals quiet
speech excited no opposition and he
was not interrupted. He talked on tht
moral side Of the Dispensary question
Mr.. Tindal said ne had never had
selfish thought in politics and he was
not standing here electioneerlng.
THEY YELLED WHOA.
Senator Butler was introduced as al
old war horse. Some of the crowd
velied: whoa but some applaus
was given him.
Senator Butler made a capital speecl
full of good humor and bright sayings
Tillman. Senator Butler said, wants t.
be President. 1t was historical fac
that no Senator had ever been elected
| President. If Tillman goes to the Sen
ate. therefore, he won't get to be 'fesl
dent.
Senator Butler was once slightly in
terrupted by cheers for Tillman and IN
timated that bowling down had startet
This stopped the cheering and the Sen
ator proceeded, discussing natlona
matters.
THE HERCULES or REFORM.
| Chairman LoWman put GoVerno
TilIman forward as the Herrules OF he
form. Orangeburg. said the GoVerno
Is one of the banner counties OF Reforn
T.llman said the question Of beln:
President had never entered his head
The only chance of any Senator to eve
be President, however, was IN nm
| i(Tillman) as he was a record smashsT
| |lGreat laughter and applause)
There we're only two things OF In
portance in Governor Tillman's speecf
his answer to the resolution OF tn
Marion County Alliance and his ans~e
to the criticism Of General EIlerbe 0!
the recpenlng of the dispensaries.
The Governor said thaS there was NJ
rse to be Guarrelipg over the snbtreas
ury question, and that to inject 1t int
national politics simply amounted t
trying to cook rabbit before 1t i
caught. The subtreasury is nothing
but plan for distributing the money
of the country, but the money must E'