The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-07-05
A QUIET MEETING.
PEACE REIGNS BETWEEN THE SENA-
7ORIAL CANDIDATES.


7ORIAL CANDIDATES.
The Campaign Gathering AT Bonn etisvlne
Tindall. EileIbs, Evans cDd Oth+r Cam
d'dates Make sp toIles Representing
Their Claims.
BENNErTsvILLE,S S. g., June 27.-The
campaign ls jnst humming along quiet
ly now as q summer sikh. The Cover
nor continues to prod Cleveland's "old
fat ribs" with his pitchf ork and g. w.
Whitman Is still blowing up Hell
Gates by the gross without touching
the S)uth Carolina College, but ali
traces Of blood have disappeared from
the Senatorial moon. A majority Of
the meeting favored Tillman.
Representative Whitman was the
first speaker. He jerked the bell cord
Of the welkin and rung 1t for all it was
worth. He put on his political diving
bell and blew up He'll Gate again. lie
declared that in order to llnd out a
mans politics these days one had to
"revert to genealOgy aud the records"
lie had several other He'll Gates In the
shape Of the corporations and the mon-
ey power to blow up but did not have
time to fix the dynamite. lie thought
It was time to rotate Mayield out of
the State House and rotate him in.
Secretary of State Tlndal spoke next
lie said that one South Carolina had
passed away and that the reform move
ment was making a new one and read
justinB the social lines on new basis.
The agricultural college had been es-
tablished to enable the boys to apply
science to their work. The South was
fifty years ahead of the North except
In one respect-the North has more
skilled artisans. The reform move
ment had taught the railroads and the
corporations that they could not die.
terest on the State debt from 6 to ~
This govesnment has been taken out Of
the hands Of the few, thus preventing
them from rehabilitating it on ante
bellum lines. If the people wanted to
continne to progress and properly ad-
just the affairs Of government they
must watch and not let another ring
be formed. A government Of the whole
people would eventually result In a
government OF the best people. There
was no reason for strife to continue to
mar the peace and progress Of the State.
! 1t could result only from the mere de-
sire of one set of men to dominate over
the other. He hoped Tillmanite and
Conservative would remember this
The conflict between the towns and
the cities was deplorable. This came
from misconception of the Alliance
by the town people who would not oper
their eyes to see the object Of tina
great organization. Mr.. linda
sketched the history oil the Alliance
owing that it was through 1t that the
| of tnto 10G TO To {v.fo
that 1T overturned the Republican par.
to and placed the Democrat in power
and that 1t stopped the sugar bounty
and the giving of land to railroads. In
stead OF saying "damn the Alliance"
every farmer should join 1t. lie
warned the people not to allow the AL.
lance to commit itself to any political
party. If elected Governor he would
endeavor to administer the affairs of
government In equity and justice to all
alike.
Senator John Gary Evans was the
second Gulernatorial batsman. He
paid beautiful tribute to the Con-
federate soldier, especially to the veter-
ans Of the Pee Dee. Discussing national
affairs, he said that the only real Dem
ocrats in the South to. day are those
who stand on the Ocala platform. He
declared that he believed the Sub-Tre-
asury plan, If adopted into law, would
destroy the Yankee nation. L. would
make the South the most prosperous
section Of the United States, and would
transfer the financial fountain head Of
the country to the South. No law, he
said, could be passed which would not
benefit one serction at the expense of
advised the Alliance not to surrender
one Of its demands Or principles. 1t
will win in tho end.
Senator Evans spoke next Of his con-
nectlOn with the Reform movement
and of some of the bills which he had
introduced and seen become law. He
believed his county government bill
one of the creates ever passed and that
1t would make splendid ronds for the
people, 1t had been commented upon
1t every part Of the country. lie said
he introduced q bill to establish separ.
ate public schools for white and color
ed children. 1t had been defeated by
members from Charleston and Colum
bia. lie said the article published in
the Columbia State that he had oppos-
ed tho tWomill tax was false. The
people, he said, should vote for q con-
stitutional convention. This conven.
ton would change the arrangement for
bubble schools.
Teaching on the Dlspensary law
Senator Evans said the Supreme Court
had tried to become tile Legislature
of the State. 10 prove that the law
was constitutional, he said the whiske
mon of Charleston had employed law.
yers to get their advice on the law
and were told that it WAS sound and
constitutional. Every circuit Judge In
the State except one had decided that
it was constitutional. lie quoted decis
ions of the Supreme Court showing tts
inconsistency In whiskey cases. Ter
years ago 1T decided thaC the right tt
sell Whiskey was not inalienable. Thi!
year it had decided just the opposite.
Senator Evans ably defended tn,
Dtspensary law. He showed how much
that decreased drunkness and hov
much good It had done. The people
want the law and are going to have 1t
The speaker attacked prohibition as
farce. lie told a good joke on Bennetts
vile when it had prohibition ant
; showed that liquor had been NOR,
| plentiful then than now Ha yvaa Iib