The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-07-31

debt and had done little, Senator Evan!
said he had never claimed all the
: credit, but he had done his share. 81
: am not claiming false glory. 1t is ba6
grace to be trying to pull me down by
lies. You know they are lies. Zap
plause) / have done moro for the Re
form movement and gotten less out Of
1T than any man in South Carolina. y
(Applause.)
Senator Evans next began sluggipg
General Ellerbe and hit right and left
going over ALI the charges Ellerbe
has made against him and defending
himself.
| Senator Evans ended his speech by a
discussion of the Dispensary law. His
remarks were we'll received.
/ Tindal followed Evans and was well
receieved.
Then came Ellerbe. The audience
expected hot stuff from him when he
i got up and they got some warm ma
terial. General Ellerbe said that he
and'Evans had been sparring. So far
they had not hit below the belt, but
the newspapers friendly to Evans had
hit him (Ellerbe) below the belt in a
most foul manney. Larry Can't was
one of these men. CAN'T had deliber-
ately' slandered and misrepresented
him and had scattered the Headlight
broadcast to injure him. In Wow of all
the false charges against him he
thought that Gilman ought to say to
that he (Ellerbe) is no traitor.
| General Ellerbe then won't on to say
that he did not desire to bring out GER
tain things but was forced to it. He
repeated most positively that Governor
Tillman had solicited him (Ellerbe) to
make the race for Governor and had
told him (Ellerbe) that he would not
tn hi f1,, fh.
Col. w. A. Feal was present when
Governor Tillman told him that and
he would prove it by Neal. The peo-
pie, General Ellerbo said, want u far
mer and not q lawyer for Governor.
Furthermore, Ellerbe said, after Gov
ernor Tillman had told him (Ellerbe)
/ what he did, the Governor telegraphed
to Evans to come to Columbia and
advised Evans to get out of the race.
The Governor and others knew that he
(Ellerbe) had not wanted the Office of
Governor and had been solicited to
make the race.
| General Ellerbe said that it was re-
ported everywhere that orders have
gone out from headquarters that Evans
must be Governor. He (Ellerbe) pro-
posed to show that no such orders havc
| gone out.
Governor Tillman, I" General Ellerbe
declared, is an honorable man and
would not induce me in this race and
then go back on me. He has fought the
lawyers all his life and why should he
be supporting one now?"
| Senator Butler was in q humorous
strain to-day and kept his audience
laughing from beginning to end. He
said that the sports of the day remind-
ed him or a line of poetry, "Oh, liber-
ty, how many crimes are committed in
thy name 2" a little transposition
would make it road ooh, Reform,
how much humbuggery is committed
in thy name ?"
General Butler defended the Demo-
cratic party and asked why the whole
party should be condemned and spit
upon and villihed because one man has
as they are the Democrats are simply
paving the way to the success of the
Republican party.
General Butler said the Reform
movement is getting sick and the best
thing it can do is to keep Marse Ben in
this State to get it we'll and return him
| (Butler) to the Senate.
| General Butler advised the Conserva-
tives to elect delegates from their
clubs to the Reform County Convention
and in that way offer to take part in
the primaries. They ought to want to
| take part as good citizens. He did not
believe. however, that the Roformers
! would let them in.
| General Butler received some solid
cheers. He was not once interrupted.
His discussion of national issdcs was
brief and was on the same line with
what has been published before in my
correspondence.
There is q complete change in Gen
cral Buffers tactics since the Edgeteld
meeting. He jokes and makes humor-
Gus personal remarks to men he knows
| in The audiences.
There was great deal more applause
for Tillman than for Butler, an indica-
tion that Fairfield is no longer a close
county.
Governor Tillman began by saying
that he felt like spanking the Reform
ers who are quarreling among them
selves, He believed he would Just
spank the "whole billing of them"
Instead of their telling what they in
tend to do if elected Governor they go
around quarreling with each other.
Evans, he said, claims all the credit
for refunding the State debt. Evans
did nothing but bring sham suit in
court. He (Tillman) and Bates did the
work. Ellerbe talked he had done all
the fighting against the railroads and
the banks when it has since been found
out that another man originated the
plan against the banks and roads.
Tindal, he said, is going around get
ting off some double-twisted. back ac-
tion schemes for primary instead of
the plan now adopted by the Reform
ers. The Governor acknowledged that
itwould be better to have a direct vote,
but that would bring up tho old ques-
tion between the up-country and the
low country negro. If the equilibrium
between the low country and the up
country Is to be preserved the system
as adopted must stand.
The Conservatives, he said, want to
come in and pick out and elect a man
who will surrender all we have fought
for.
Just here there was one shout for
! Ellerbe and one for Evans. Tillmar
told the shOuters to shut up and then
went on to say:
Now, | will touch on the coat tail
business. People are trying to make
. out that am trying to play double
} You who know me know that / never
: played double in my life and that
never will" .(Applause.)
"The sum and substance Of this
whole thing" he said, sis that in Jan
; nary Ellerbe and Neal came into my
office. There was great cry for
: farmer for Governor. Ellerbe was
: talking about the matter and asked
l him who he thought would be GOOD
} man. He named several and L tolt
, him the people wouldn't have them
Then / asked him why he didn't run
. He said he didn't want the place, ant
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