The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-28
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Senator John Gary Evans made
good speech which stirred up his audi
ence. He announced that be was a
"Black-Jackn from the sand bills and
was glad to meet the oaksa and hickories
of the mountains. The array of candi-
dates present was an evidence of what
the Reform movement had accom-
plished. It hadI made it necessary for
people wishing to get office togo before
the people face to face and let them
know where they stood. He denounced
conventions. The men who had fought
with his uncle and father were now
fighting with him against even greater
evils than they had fought. General
Ellerbe had said that the best thing
that Cleveland could do was to die or
90 to Wall street, but he thought the
best thing that could be done was to
send him to phosphate mill where he
could be made into guano and put upon
the fields of the South where he might
grow a new sort of cotton. He was
opposed to the doctrine of those who
wanted to place the burden of the fight
upon National issues, for State Issues
were TOO important to be neglected. He
said the present National government
was corrupt as hell itself. Those who
denounced the organization Of farmers
he regarded as poor, pitiful fools.
In conclusion be spoke to a question
of privilege, reading an extract from the
Columbia correspondence of the News
and Courier to the effect that he would
bolt the nomination ofa Reform Con-
vention if he did not happen to be the
nominee. This information purported
to come from an Allianceman, but he
did not believe any Allianceman bad
said any such thing. He did not be-
lieve that the matter originated any
where but in the imagina'ion of tie
| correspondent, but anyway, be wished
to denounce the statement that be
| would bolt as without foundation and
its author as black coward and an in-
| famous liar and scoundrel. If defeated
he would not sulk but would fight tor
the Reform movement as hard as
ever.
Senator W. D. Evans said he would
not speak Of the audience as oaks and
hickories, men of himself as "black-
jack" but they and he were men Of
like passions and ambitions as other
men.
! John Gary Evans: "Gordon called
mea blackjack and am willing to
wear the name"
w. D. Evans: "When you walk
down the street the girls do not call
you blackjack They say there
comes Johnnie. He's a:daisy.
Mr.. Evans then gave his views upon
State and National issues. He said that
| the Reform Movement had tackled the
whiskey question, the biggest question
| in the country, and the Dispensary law
was good solution, though it was yet
in a crude shape, susceptible Of inn
provemeDt. He was in for revenue. He
thought the profits feature ought to be
knocked out especially on the common
grades of liquor, which the poor pur-
chaser, otherwise the taxes would be
transferred from property and the rich
TO the pockets of the poor, for the rich
could get their liquor from outside the
State. Mr.. Evans paid particular atten-
ton to the demands Of the Farmers
Alliance.
DR.. Sampson Pope read his speech,
something that he had never done in
his life before, in order that there
could be no doubt as to his position.
BE came out in favor of protection,
which be said had been favored by
such Democrats as Jackson, Calhoun
and Randall. He denounced the boss
ism which he said was going on in
the Reform party, and said that all be
asked for was fair show. If he was
beaten by the people, he would sub
NIT, but he would hate to submit to be
beaten by the bosses.
Col. D. P. Duncan was the first Con-
gressional candidate to speek. Most
of his time was taken up in the discus
sion of the methods of the Alliance
Exchange with which he is connected
and which had been attacked by the
Headlight. He and Editor CAN'T had
sharp colloquy, CAN'T attempting
to prove that the exchange was of no
benefit to the farmers and Duncan in
timating that Gantt's entire fight upon
him was made with q reckless disre-
gard of the good of the Alliance and
solely for the purpose of helping the
Congressional candidate whom he fav-
ored.
general H. L. Farley made speech
] in which he took the ground, contend
I ing that there was no sense iHsthresh-
ing over old straw; thatthe State is
sues had all been settled except twos
the Constitutional convention and the
DispenssFy question. He was opposed
oafftting a man when he was down
| and thought it unmanly to abuse the
ants when none were present to defend
themselves. There was no opposition
to the Constitutional convention and
the Dispensary was good law, which
could be improved by knocking out
the profit feature which made
the poor man pay thettaxes and
put unjust burdens upon them.
{ He thought if the poor man was going
to have his liquor he ought have it as
cheap as possible. What was the sense
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