Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-04
THE STATE CAMPAIGNERs.

THE STATE GAMPAlGNERS.
what Little Interest There Is Centers In
Duncan and Evans.
The state campaigners have visited
ten counties-Clarendon, Williams.
burg, Georgetown, Horny, Marion,
Berkely, Charleston, Walterboro, Beau:
fort and Hampton-and according to
the daily papers from which, of course
we get our information. their speeches
have not, so far, been heard by as many
as {, 600 people. But from the reports
in the papers, the people are not losing
anything in the way of information or
instruction. The main interest con-
tinues to center in the disputes be-
tween Evans and Duncan, and these
are mostly of a personal nature and on
q very low level.
In reply to Duncan's persistent de-
mands for an explanation as to Evans's
connection with the bond deal, Evans
has confessed that he received one fee
of $50 from the state for services be-
fore the supreme court, another fee OF
800 from the syndicate for drawing
up some papers, and that Rhind owes
him fee, the amount of which has
not been fixed, for services as his at.
torney.> At Marion, Duncan said
that at Manning, Evans had claimed
that he had had nothing to do with the
bond deal until 1898; but at Conway,
he admitted that he had been Rhind's
counsel from the first. The point was
made from the reports in the newspa-
pers, and Governor Evans said these
reports were lies.
Mr.. B. B. Evans, brother of Gov
ernor Evans, is going around with the
campaigners and listening to Duncan
closely. Duncan charged that the re-
cent circular by which dispensers were
instructed TO make new bonds in sure
ty companies, was issued at the in
stance of Governor Evans in the in
terest of Mr.. B. B. Evans, who was
the agent of the company who was to
get the business. Mr.. B. B. Evans de-
nounced' this statement as lie, but
Duncan paid no attention to him, say.
ing that he would talk only to the
governor.
Governor Evans has several times
said that Duncan was not only a state
house clerk, but he had brother in
the same Office and another brother on
the dispensary force. Under these
circumstances, he said that Duncan
had no right to criticise the admins
tration. Duncan admits that he has
brothers in the employ of the state as
the governor charges but one of them,
he claims, he pays out of his own sal
ary and the other does his duty. :
The issues between Jno. r. Harri-
son and w. H. Ellerbe are in regard to
Clemson college and the dispensary.
Harrison thinks that Clemson is too
expensive and Ellerbe defends it as il
stands. Harrison wants the dispense
nv law so amended as to do away with
the central depot in Columbia and
leave the whole thing to the counties
to manageas they see fit. He is also
in favor of giving the counties local
option in regard to the matter. He
also wants to abolish the Office, of dis:
pensary constable and devolve the
duties upon trial justice constables.
Mr.. Ellerbe wants the dispensary sys-
TEN preserved as it is.
w. D. Evans entered the congress
ional race against MeLaurin at Man
ming, but at Marion he announced his
withdrawal.
G. Walt Whitman is throwing mud
right and left, He says he is splitting
out facts like throwing corn to hogs.
Generals Richbourg and Watts are
having lively fight of it. The prin:
cipal issue between them is personal
fitness for the job. Richbourg points
to his war record and half dozen
wounds, and Watts points to his rec
ord in the Office. A few days ago
Watts threw it up to Richbourg that
he had run on the Haskell ticket, and
in reply Richbourg convicted Watts Of
having voted for Bratton against Till
man in $780,.
In Berkely, Richbourg charged that
on the occasion of Cleveland's inaugu-
ration, Watts was drunk and fell off
his horse. Watts denounced the
charge as a lie, and appealed to Gov
ernor Evans, who said that the whole
party was drunk. At Charleston,
Watts admitted that he was drunk,
but continued to deny that he had
fallen off his horse. Richbourg thinks
that having been convicted of lying
in regard to the matter and forced to
confess it, Watts should withdraw
from the race.
At Walterboro, on Wednesday, Soil
citor Bellinger, candidate for re.elec-
ton, was beset by mob who tried to
howl him down on account of his ac-
tivity in fighting the Broxton Bridge
lynchers. Men in the crowd called
Mr.. Bellinger liar and scoundrel and
charged that he had been hired by
northern south-haters to prosecute the
lyuchers. Solicitor Bellinger stood his
ground like a man, and although not
allowed to speak on account of the
continued turmoil, he remained on the
stand until his time expired. At Beau
fort, on Thursday, the crowd was the