The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-15

VOL. X.
THE ANDERSON MEETING
ONE OF The LARGEST HELD DURING
TIE CAMPAIGN.
Evans srd ElleIbe Go fer Each Oth'l
snd ,hei- Partxars App'soc Thsm-
The Senatorial Csndtdstss sro Yer,
Mild.
ANDERSON, S. C.. August. Two
thousand five hundred people sat on az
old cotton platform, with contingent
perched in .he trees near by, to teal
snd whoop up the days performance
Ellerbe gave Evans sheolic drubblng
and the slight but manifest prepon6er
ance OF the crowd was apparently IL
sympathy with him. The two elements
were not altogether friendly with each
other, aud they howled mutually and
all in a tumble in entertaining antago
nism. Governor Tillman spoke last
The candidates, without exception, had
departed, leaving the field to him, the
reporters and the unanimous, yoluble
and jolly Tillman boys. About 800
however, of the audience had left. The
Governor and the remainder had a roy.
al old time together which they enjoy.
ed immensely. Josh Ashley composed
large portion of the audience and
was heard voluminously.
CANDIDATES FOR THE STATE OFFICES
Gen. Richbourg spoke first, and was
willing to admit that "he was wrong
in permitting his name to remain on
he,Haskell ticket in $780,
Four or five cheers hailed Gary
Watts, who stated that che had been
criticised and even black-balled fol
doing his duty and being a Tillman
ite."
Next ca ne Jones, Whitman, kettt
Yeldell, Wilborn and Gray,in the order
named, with scintillatioDs interpoiated
from Joshua Ashley. Gray stated that
his own county convention had endocs
ed his candidacy.
TIE GUBERNATORIAI. CANDIDATES.
IL
premely happy by long continued
cheers when be was introduced. Evans
read an anonymous note lnquirlng II
he had not ssid or intimated that he
would oppose W. A. Neal for re-elec.
tion to his present office. Evans as
serted that Neal had come to him and
asked him to lead his fight for superin-
tendent of the penitentiary and he had
done 1t. Now he had heard that Neal
was fighting him, and (rassionately) Il
will fight any man that fights me-
This raised the ire of one Joshua
Ashley, standing twenty feet in front
of the stand, who insisted loudly that
Evans should return good for evil"
Evans: aJoSh and are together"
The crowd howled and counter.hoWi
ed. Josh appeared inflamed and blared
sonorously.
A citizen near the stand: ou shut
up, JOSH" A remark which he repeat
ed several times with gaudy red trim.
mings.
Finally the chairman begged for
quiet, and Evans explained that Neal
had sent him word by his (E7an's)
brother that he was not fighting him,
and that he would support Neal, as he
had always supported him, so long as
he was true to the Reform movement.
Evans referred to the fact that Eller-
be owned plantation and store, and
shouted, "All Of you who have paid a
lawyer $50 hold up your hands" Two
hands were raised "a symptom that
law is cheap in Anderson.) Now"
said Evans, "all of you who have paid
a merchant $50 or 500, hold up yours"
and good sized forest of them rose
and the shriekers shrieked.
Mr.. Evans ended with the usual hand
primary on the opening of the dispen-
sary, with the same old result. The
entire audience did not vote; it never
does. Mr.. Evans closed, and an enor-
nous bouquet hurled from the crowd
narrowly missed crushing him.
DR.. Pope declared that he did not
want to be elected If he had to appeal
to passion and prejudice. This" he fol-
lowed with hard blows in advocacy OF
the constitutional convention, emphs-
sizing the necessity of solution of
the negro question by the passage of a
limited suffrage provision. He defend
ed the sub.treasury valorously. My
friend Evans, said DR.. Pope, makes fun
of what | have said. He talks like he
could grease mans ears aud sH allow
him whole. I'm lot this sort of a man.
Here Josh AsLley's hands clapped to
gether.
Mr.. Tindai, after going in the his
tory and theory of the Reform move
nent and lmpressiDg the Importance
of education, asserted that he had come
into "the race TO cringe and crawl be-
fore no man." He had fought In the
ranks for Reform in the days when its
friends were minority, and now that
all its objects have been accomplished,
they talk about turning US old horses
ont. u don't believe you are going to
do it." he said, with confident air.
Touching the dispensary he saic, that
it should not be a partisan question,
because thousands of Conservatives
favored the law and many RefoImers
opposed it. It was lot originally a
Reform demand. 1t was moral ques-
tion and could not be enforced with
sentiment divided, but the great ma
jority Of the people were behind it.
Phe people came to me two years ago
and told me that l was their choice fer
their next Governor. If l have been
whee died out of the office by trump
cards played by political workers in the
State, can't help it.
Ellerbe was introduced and a cheer
was given rivaliing the Evans demon
stration. There were counter cheers
for Evans. Ellerbe promptly began
the spanking process and the Evans
crowd became restive. They jeered.
Mr.. Ellerbe repeated his usual attack
on Evans, but spoke with unusual pow
er. Ellerbe people on the right yelled
and Evansites on the left Shrieked.
The chairman advanced but EUerbe
repelled him saying: 81 can handle
this crowd" The fuss was kept up for
several minutes, Ellerbe and the crowd
dividing time about equally. Noise
grew louder as Ellerbe's lick became
harder JnshDa Ashley was frantic