The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-07-22
EARL ON THE STUMP.
THE JUDGE PITCHES HIS CAMPAIGN
ONAHlGH PLANt.


ONA HIGH PLANE.
Sumtsr-Litrle or No Enthusiasm Mani
tested by the Crowd So. e, al OF The Cau
didates Absent.
SUMTER, July 15.-The State cam.
paign meetings were resumed here
lasI Monday. At 1910 County Chair.
man r. o. Purdy called the meeting
TO order. The Rev. n. w Edmunds
invoked divine blessing, asking That
all things might be done tecentiy and
in order here today Chairman Pur
6y announced that MIR. t. W. Stan
land had authorized him To state that
ne had Withdrawn from the congress,
ional race, leaving Mr.. Stokes and
MIR. Moses to fight it out. Messrs.
Stokes and Moses, candidates for Con
eress, spoke first. These gentlemen
were followed by Judge Earle. After
being introduced the Judge made an
interesting speech:
.'Istand here today, be said, where
I have stood many times before, lac
ing people [ have known since child
hood. ! see here men who | knew
SIS boys over there IL the academy. /
see here friends Of the past; friends
who were with me in '76, IN 7S;
friends who stood al my back In 1890.
I can say that ] am standing among
friends, Some o; you differ with NE
today. Here ana there some po-
liticA friends of the past are perhaps
now nay enemies. But this l say:
Friend or foe, you have always known
where to find me; you always knew
where I stood. No man can say thai
ever threw rock and bid my hand.
No man need ever say he had TO hit
me in the back; he had only To stand
to the front.
s.Some years ago had the honor to
run for Governor Of South Carolina.
1 knew could not be elected / knew
was doomed to defeat, but 1 had
been honored by the people who elect,
ed me to responsible Office. There
were whisperings, charges that there
was something wrong IN the offices OF
the administration of which formed
y part. could not meet those charges
except by being candidate. l had
right to stand as candidate for gov,
ernor and speak to my people. What
Z said on the stump won applause
from nay opponents. l conducted the
campaign on high plain, and my
opponent, who was elected, SO ssaLeo.
"On his election my position was
that the people had spoken; that the
Democrats had rendered their verdict;
that I would accept it, and would moi
oppose MIN. When one of the most
prominent newspapers In South Caro-
INA wrote TO me as we'll as others,
asking what | WAS going to DO or sd:
wise doing IN the tace of the result, l
answered: Stop abuse, cease VltuPera
lion, treat all men with fairness and
do what can be done to bring the peo
pie together. | have no apologies to
make 70 anyone for anything l sald
then { SAID what. telL, wnat l be
heyed in-my heart. We are 9ne peo
pie; we are the Democratic party.
The constitutional convention buried
she hatche&, and now, fellow-cltlzens,
1 bring message from the Piedmont.
Stop strife; stop discord; be united.
Gen. Earle alluded to an anonymous
card which had appeared IN Sumter
paper, asking why he withdrew from
= race for q county office IN 1876.
You all kuow the author, he said,
'.but am ready TO answer 1t. Ii any
man In the crowd Will stand sponsor
for those questions let him appear anc
{ will answer. Let him stand up.
There was no s@nsor. ''4on al
know where stand on State politics.
an. Democrat; have not joined
nvituperauon; l have given creoi
for what was done.
There have been rumors anc
charges of dishonest transactions II
THIS State. Now, say here to friend:
and opponents that 1 do not believe
3. r. Yil1man is a dishonest man. !
opposed him and have no apologies t(
make for it. l have not agreed n!Li
nm in all things. DO not agree VIII
MIN in all things; but | believe ne L
honest and I don + believe Illlmar
ever stole dollar of dlspensary mon
sy or bond deal money. II there ma:
been any stolen. let those who got 1
answer tor themselves. :.
lit has been SAID that judge shoulc
not 90 upon the stump. That Is al
aristocrauc idea which does not nov
hold good. Il going upon The stunl
interfere with his duties ne shoult
not do so, and tor that reason 1 have
been prevented from appearing before
Ih- people of the State as soon as
wished. But when it does not contilc
with his duty he should have th'
privilege Of DONG SO III these day
when United States senators, Cover
nors anc other men holding nigh OF
ices go on the stump. No othce Is to'
nigh 70 allow the LIZA who hl!s It u
meet the people face to face.
Judge Earie tnen boldly sailed ou
Upon glitLeriug financial sea, speakln!
IN an interesting mannef upon soo
iect that Is almost too thTeadbafo Il
ue handled IN puolic by any but mss
1srs of it.
The people knew there was some
thing wrong, and they could e2pec
little or no relet from any State ad
ministration. Candidates Ior congres
who had spoken had declared tor L
10 |, but had neglected to slate wh.
tree coinage at that ratio was rlgh
and would De beneficial. The speake
proceeded to give historical sketch o
tne use of silver and gold as money o
purchasing medium from the TIM
Abraham purchased q burylng plac
for Sarah with silver tc the preSen
tlme. Silver was the money Meta
amt botn geld and silver were uset
by tbs Romans 400 years beior
Christ.
For 500 years before 1878, he said
the ratio of silver and gold had ranget