The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-06-27

spanked his (Evans) baby, he would
put mustard plaster under Buffers
Shirt. naughter) Senator Evans
brought down the audience by saying
he was glad to see all the anti Tillman-
ties of the State present. Every coun.
ty was represented and good deal of
North Carolina was on hand. Touch.
ing on National affairs. Evans said
| Cleveland was q prostitution of Demo
cracy, and if being a follower of Cleve-
land was Democrat, he (EVans) could
be called anything else.
Didn't you vote for Hill?" man
asked.
'No, did not" was the quick reply,
land the only ones l know who did are
men now supporting Butler for Sena-
tor. Ben Perry, for instance"
Evans made a good many pointed
jabs at Butler, tickling his friends lm-
meDselv. He continued his attack on
Cleveland and defended the Democracy
of the Reformers ofthe State. Senator
Evans said 1t was the old men who had
been kicked out Of Office who were keep
ing the political ball open; 1t was not
theYo ung men.
Evans parried in quick and neat man
ner number of questions asked him.
He got in a blow on Butler whenever
he could and was asked bv a young
man named Gus Aiken if he was run
ming for Senator or Governor. A col
lCquy ensued between them.
Evans attacked Butler for his state.
ment that State taxes have not been
reduced and showed this was erroneous,
He said il the Senator was as ignorant
on national affairs as on State, he was
in bad fix.
Again defending the State admins.
tration, he upheld the DiSpensary law.
His declaration that it was the best law
for control of Whiskey was Kissed by
several young men.
81 can tell that you fellows are from
North Carolina by the color OF your
noses" the speaker said to them. EV-
ans told how the Dispensary law had
been adopted and said 1t had reduced
crime and drunkenness to the minimum
In his own town only one arrest had
been made for drunkenness during the
Dispensary regime. The first night the
law was declared unconstitutional, thir-
teen arrests were made. He gave fig
ures in favor of the Dispensary and
strongly defended it. He said be will
advocate the Dispensary from every
stump in the State and if elected Gov
ernor will enforce the law to the letter.
"What about the Darlington affair ?"
was asked.
81 am glad you mentioned that" he
said. "It was premeditated affair,
brought on by the Whiskey element"
He then told of the refusal of the
troops to 90 to Darlington and the Of
| fer of thousands of wool hat boys to
fight with shot guns and hickory sticks.
South Carolina will never bow to the
whiskey element. The people will not
surrender to the little Whiskey sellers
and grog shop keepers. .
"Why did you turn down HamptonT'
was asked.
because he didn't represent US and
we will turn down anybody else who
does not"
"Why haven't you got Governor
who knows the ]aw?"
"We have a Governor who knows
more law than all your little gang put
together"
Evans concluded by saying that he
would continue his discourse at I ork-
vile, where he would be glad to see all
North Carolinians and revenue off.
GERS" (Applause.)
MEssRs. POPE AND TINDAL SPEAKS.
DR.. Sampson Pope was introduced
and announced himself as candidate
for Governor and said he would define
his principles, and declared that he
had always been a Reformer and
would continue one. The Reform
movement had done more good than
any administration. Taxes had not
been greatly reduced. because the State
had been forced into litigation at great
expense. CoosaW had been throttled
and the railroads had been made to
come under the law. He showed that
the railroads had not been paying an
equal proportion of taxation. DR.. Pope
recited all things done by the admins
tratiop. BE also defended the Dlspen-
sary law and said 1t was the best law
ever put on the statute books. LIZ ne
could not get the Dispensary he was
for high license. DR.. Pope favored all
the Alliance demands within the Dem
ocratic rarty and said the sub-treasury
was the best of all these demands. He
showed the great benefits Of that plan.
He also attacked Cleveland and said
he stood in with Wall street. He said
he despised Hill. He believed Tlllm2n
would be the next Democratic nominee
for President. DR.. Pope expressed the
views on national politics enumerated
by him before.
| Secretary of State TindaI, the last
candidate for Governor introduced.
commended thu Rock Hill people for
their peaceable conduct. He told what
good the Reform movement had &C
complished. Things in the State be-
fore the movement was successful |,
wera stagnant. Governor Tillman was
not responsible for the strife IN the
State. Turmoil was inevitable and
would have resulted had any man been
elected Governor. Tindal spoke for
peace and unity. Both the minority
and the majority must use tolerstlon.
He wanted his Conservative friends TO
remember that the Reform movement
would never go backward. Tindal had
no good words for Cleveland. lie spoke
some on national affairs. When ne
concluded he was applauded.
w. D. Mayfield was announced as a
candidate for Superintendent OF educn.
, tiou; J. Gary Watts for AdJutant and
Inspector General; o. W. buchanan, tor
Attorney General and James Norton
for Comptroller General. They made
] no speeches.
At the close Col. Iredell Jones, pre-
siding instead of MIR. White, who had
been forced to leave on account of sick.
| ness, dismissed the crowd which had
already thinned to few hundred, rap
idly dispersed.
Killed efore the Family.
! JACKSONVILLE, Fla, June l8.-A
special to the Times Union from Tampa
Fla, says: Tiljett Whidden killed Tom
Swain Yesterday at the dinner Table.
: Swain was an escaped convict who had
been sentenced for life for murder. and
: for whom q large reward was offered.