The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-07-22

ready been deteriofated one hall.
Therefore he had said, and he said 1t
again, that he approved OF what Ill,
man was trying 10 do IN congress, be
cause he was lighting for the masses
Many people said there would be i
panic if the policy of the silver men
Was carried out. He believed there
would b. There. would be devil OF
a time for w;ile, but was It not bet
ter 10 tighten the cord about their
uecks by sudden jerk, snap IL and
sci them free with but bruised skin,
than to allow it to be slowly tlghtened
until they were choked to death
They must stand for silver and gold !,
stand for Bryan of Nebraska and Sc
wall of Maine They were not de-
mandine anything new. They simply
asked to be put back where they were
from 1887 TO 1879 a period Of pros
perity. Dethrone the money kings
take their hands from the throats OF
the people and enact laws, not that the
rich man may become richer, not that
the poor man may get what does not
belong to hin, but that brain and
brawn may get that which 1t honestly
earns.
Gen. Earle advocated the income
tax. Of the 20, ,0UO, 900 people Ia the
United States 30,00 own more than
one half of the property in the coun-
try This was gotten by unjust laws
laws fostering trusts and monopolles.
Let these 80, 900 pay a tax in propor-
tion to the protection they receive. 1t
is 8 menace when half dozen men IN
New York can make cotton go up and
down. Laws should be passed TO give
the greatest good to the greatest mum
Der. That was the design OF the
founders Of the government.
The judge said he did not charge
dishonesty of purpose against Presl
dent Cleveland, and be he great SIS
may be-, his administration had been
the worst of any President; so far as
the effects of his policies on. Sou4a
Carolina was concerned. Under MS
administration property values had
been steadily decreasing.
At the conclusion Of Gen. Earle's
speech there was liberal amount of
cheering, considering the undenion-
strative character of the crowd.
Judge Earle was followed by Dun.
can, Whitman, Harrison, Richbourg,
VISITS, May6eld and Robinson. Gov.
Evans, Maj McSweeney and some
other candidates were absent.
The campaign meeting at Camden
Yesterday was fat as haunder
Messrs. D. E. Finley and L. J. Strait,
candidates for Congress were the hrst
speakers They were followed by the
candidates for State Offices as follows:
Richbours, Robiason, Mayheld and
McSweeney. Gov. Evans was una
voldably absent.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BARBER.
Attorney General Barber made als
second appearance in the campaign and
caught the crowd from the start by
stating that he had no opposition, and
he was glad of it, and telling some
apropos Jokes. This has been one of
tue faireSt races ever held III South
Carolina, although there has been
some whining and wheeling about
shutting out candidates. For himself
he didn't mind if some OF these fellows
did come out against him, but their
object was to make still hunt and
come in at the last moment. lie de-
MED that there was any ring so far as
he is concerned. He was here to say
that he stood ready to meet the slan-
ders aad slurs cast against the Reform
movement. He was prepared to prove
they were false. (Cheers,)
AS to the DispenSary law he held
that it was the best whlskey law ever
placed on the statute BOOKS. 1t was
tending towards what prohibitionists
wanted. If q law mad not been prop
erly enforced in some respects that was
no reason why the law itself should
be condemned. According to statis-
tics drunkenness had decreased IN
South Carolina 81 per cent. cases OF
| dru uakenness before mayors courts
naa decreased 66 per cent, and the
| consumption of liquor Al per cent.
| He denied lnaL the Dispensary was a
| monopoly, 1t was simply the State
| taking up the business in trust tor the
people. He held that considering the
treatment the consta bles had received,
they were the most considerate set OF
officers ever seen ou earth, They
avoided difficulties, but enforced the
law Otherwise they would have
been unworthy of their commissions.
He closed by asking, the people Of ker'
shaw to endorse bis record in his fight
against Federal judicial usurpation OF
authority in trying to prevent the
holding of the Constitutional Con7en-
ton
DUNCAN. FOLLOWS.
Mr.. Dancan opened his speech by
wadlng into national issues. He eu
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