The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-08-14


own words.
"What paper is thut?" snid voice.
"The State"
eve don't want to hear it, You
claim to be Reformer. Read from
The Register; its Reform paper.
The same old rehashed story about
the bond business was dragged out.
A number of people interrupted and
said that they did not want to hear it,
and asked how much the State had
lost, and Mr.. Duncan said that it
would luso $3.50 the fees he gets
from Ehind.
A voice: "Wssn't that paid by
Dhind ?"
y voice: "Was it right for you ic
receive pny as chief clerk of the Secre-
tury of Stute and as u member of the
| Legislature? Answer Tint"
Mr.. Duncan said he would, but de.
ferred and went on to comment on
Senator Tillmnn's letter, saying that
| Senator Ti!!man did not know the ma
ture of the contract with Rhind else ho
would have repudinted Evans.
He WAS constantly Interrupted by
cries: "ict him to write you one. You
need it. QLauahter.( "Whcn it was
| first read did yoU not feel bad?"
Mr.. Duncan went on to explain his
/ connection with tho Legislature and
TINT he wns turned out because he was
| going to fight that new Dispcnsary law.
Chere were twenty FIVE other members
'ut only two ware turned oat. he
hen dropped the question as to how
10 explained receiving two salaries and
veut on to attack Gov. Evans record
the Legislature in opposing Glenn
Ions bequest.
During the dinner n heavy rainfall
.ame down and it looked rs if the
>thcr candidates would not got
chance to speak, but after raining for
aaif an hour it dwindled into o light
'hower and about hundred pcopla
,ame back to hear the speakers. Cen
.ral Richbourg, General Watts, Mr..
Mayrield, Mr.. Robinson, Congressman
ralbert and Solicitor Nelson spoke in
ihe order named. Colonel Talbert
,roused great deal of enthusiasm
lmong tho people, he being most pop
llar with them. General Watts aroused
ome interest IN the proceedings by
li3 denunciation of Haskellism.
TIE LEXISGTON MEETING
The attendance at this point num-
bcred about 500, and were perhaps the
best humorcd of any yet. The exer-
cises were opened with q prayer by
Rev. Mr.. Deaton. Chairman Efird in
troduced as the first speaker DR..
Stokes, n candidate for Congress. He
told of the circumstances of his seat
being vacated in Congress and said it
was an outrage beyond endurance. He
spoke OF the measures he had worked
III Congress to get through. The first
Was the free and unlimited coinage of
silver. That, in his opinion, was tho
most important question before the
American people. 1t was education by
the Alliance that made the people solid
on this subject as far as the Demo-
cratic party is concerned. When the
President gave up the right to pay
bonds in coin-gold and silvcr.-hc wns
nnpntriotic and untrue to the people.
Mr.. Moses, the other candidate,
wrote letter stating that it would be
impossible for him to be present
Mr.. II. G. Robinson, candidate for
p'PSi VI IbNuNutloh, iHNt Ihls
Maytield, also candidate for the same 20.
sition, had it pretty hot for awhile 10
discussing the competency of each
other, etc, for the office.
Gen. Watts being introduced, he
opened by nlluding to the disorgan-
lied condition Of tho militia immedi-
ately after the Darlington war, saying
that he had re-rrganiZed it and that
all members of the militia now had to
take an oath to support the laws. He
concluded by talking about the
achievements of reform and said the.
taxes had not been raised, like some
who claimed to be Reformers had said.
Gen. Richbourg spoke next. and he
referred to his military record OF
thiIty-six years, four of which were in
active service. He said his opponent
had been educated four years by the
State; had been Assistant Adjutant
General for four years and Adjutant
General two years and with ten years
i'll the pay of tho State he thought
modesty would make him retire and
fulfill his contract to teach school. He
said his opponent was trying to stir up
factionalism, while nothing could be
brought against him (Richbourg) ex-
cept, perhaps, the mistake he made in
1890 of running for Adjutant General
on the Haskell ticket.
Mr.. Duncan, the first Senatorial
candidate being introduced, said as to
the low plane of the campaign, he had
right to criticise public officials. As
to his qunliiicutiops to leprcs, mt the
people in the national council, he
yielded to neither of his competitors
III point OF education md manly advo-