The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-06-27
the STATE CAMP AIeN.
OUR DAY.
What. They Had to Say.

What. They Had to Say.
The crowd vas variously estimated
.-a.~fson 6se- to fifteen hundred, two
ffths OF whom we're negroes. The for.
mer figures are anti -Tiliman estimate
mine IS LOCO.
Against the wall Of the court house q
substantial platform had been erected.
It faced smali quadrangle, inclosed
by the walls of low brick aud wooden
buildings. The plot Of ground is green
With grass and splendidly shaded by
noble elms. It Is really lovely spot in
the very centre Of the city aud yet sc.
eluded and private.
When the meeting opened six hun.
drsd people collected about the plat.
form.
Rev. T. W. seruggs Of Bibopville
opened the meeting with prayer and
County Chairman D. E. Keels asked
that the meeting be orderly as Vas that
in the last campaign.
The chairman announced J. A. Sigh
and j. Walter Gray as candidates for
railroad commissioner. boeh Of whom
we're absent.
Railroad Commissioners FL r. Thom-
m then annonnced his candidacy. and
rs this was bis home county yielded
to his competitors as q matter OF cour-
sesy.'
J. C. Wilborn, candidate for the
same Office, announced himself and de
clared in flavor of equal rights to all
and special privileges, etc.
W. H. Yeldeil Who wants to have q
hand in controlling the railroads, took
the platform and proceeded to dissect
the history Of the State into colonial,
oliearchio and reform periods. He ex-
patiased considerably about the latter
period and gave s rather handsome
endersemsDt, yenturiog the assertion
thss:bat for vSfi ious Ifs taxes would be
reduced next yesr to two and half
mills. Re made a good speech of its
kind. but did not lookpretty. He also
quosea Lahn j. saeivox populi,' which
he inissrpresed With nneion.
There weresabeut nines cheers when
he stopped.
Gary Watts was introduced and said
thas the administration Of the Adju-
tant Generals Office had been salts
factory. He had been criticised and
abused BY ..some ofpur so-calied Con-
servasive friends for bis course IN the
Darlibston riot" he had obeyed
every ofdersof his superior officers. he
w.s nos running on his war record, bat
shought that it Was q good one. He
did not couatssascesor endorse. stbaud-
box so.diers; aud uss glsd that We
are getting rid Of them. BE remarked
that young as he was he commenced
as private IN the ranks oioe years ago.
He spoke briefly aud was literally ap-
splauded When he sat down.
G.. Walt Whitman. Of Uoion, who
is running for Superintendent of Edu-
cation, ckiqed sbig slice Of credit for
the ..incpieecy'N Of Reform which he
explained hesnF F"wben itsbegan,'' aud
snorted out Comparison between the
blowiog up Of He'll Gate in New York
-hsrbcr aud the explosion aristocracy
and ring rule. The, political hell gate
was basedup the sSoath Carolina Cox
1ege; &c Was the only one left tosrain
dynamite into it and don't you think,
be shrieked, THAT there is mighty
poor chance for blowing it up (Cheers,
enthusiastic and derisive.
6. Walt continued 10 eruption for
several minutes ending with ''do for
the Lords sake, elect me Superiutend-
ent of Education He got his share
of cheering and his effort evidently en-
tertained the audience.
May6eld, who does not wish to rotate
from the Office of Superintendent of
Education. defended the progress which
the school system has made during the
last few years.
John Gary Evans was the next
speaker aud began by expressing his
pleasure 10 addressing game cocks aud
thorougbbreds. We are not all dung
hills 90 our side We have gone into
this fight with our gafs on and the
opposition will have trouble if they
attempt to take them of. He had been
in several counties during the cam
paign and if the voice Of the people in
the meetings means anything. it means
that be was going to win this fight for
Governor, because the people appre-
ciatea his efforts in their hehalf. We
represent the honest and integrity of
the State and the yeomaury Of the
country redeemed the State and placed
as in power Nearly all the thieves
and f.kirs and scoundrels live 10 the
towns. He volleyed the three blind