The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-10-27

III tne biggest battle OF
osN.!easf enacted upon the face Of
the earth. The squirming of Tom Wat
son and his painful writings over the
adherence OF his hitherto faithful fol-
lowers Tiiiman and Altgeld to the
p Maine banker, Sewall, gives us but lit
tie pause; conferences of populists and
Democrats OF North Carolina, and popu-
lists of Texas with Republicans; the
many incomprehensfble unions and d.
Visions Of strange and curious bed-fel-
lows all around III have failed to jostle
us, and we are as steady and unexcited
In the midst of the mighty fray as the
double wabler in Iaongstreet's famous
shooting match. Men and women
have stood at 2 o'clock in the morning
by thousands in Ohio and Indiana to
see and hear the triumphant process
sions Of Bryan and Mckinley. Seas
OF badges In white and yellow are fac
ing the champions Of the mighty
causes. There are some exceptions.
We can recall that Tillman, McLaurin
and Joe johnson, have gone out piano.
piled in silver armor to bear the brunt
OF tho battle for Bryan; while Won
Kolnitz, clad in gilt array has been
detailed to the East to give mighty
for Mckinley and protection.
WitSn the 65feddeeFFy 81 the OTHERWISE
peaceful State q sort OF Quixotic war
l fare has been going on, the champions
being the State, the Spartanburg Her.
aid and the Charleston Post. All Of
our readers will recall the bold
charges of that stalwart champion, the
@Knight of the Rueful ~Countenance,'
mounted on Rosinante, upon the inno-
cent wind mills then adjoining the
landscape. Otherwise every body is
easy In the land and waiting with
~equanimity and equilibrium the end
p the mighty struggle our neighbors
sre having; while these stalwarts are
settling the mighty question ofstheir
tonstancy and consistency in the VI
lions phases which socalled democracy
las assumed in South Carolina for the
sst six years. Verify, we trust that
hey may have their reward.
And by the way, 1t is interesting To
Acall the colors under which these
nights OF the quill have aligned
smselves in the recent gliding years
some under the banners of Tillman,
Askell, Sheppard, Pope, Evans and
)rle. These are "air drawn daggers'
these Knights of the quill. "Is this
Aagger which I see before me, the
hdle towards my hand? I'll clutch
3e.n As Bryan carries our lttf5
tie hands down and we vote for him
ground, except the bakers dozens
g have written, altthe fun is or
side. The paper swords, the blood
encounter, &he charge and. re
Age, reS6Ver and come again
S and recrimination viii
Duse the country. Alas, for poor
> Booth, who in. the last scene of thai
wonderful drama OF Macbeth, Tough
1t out in his in%fatuation as q reality
awaking in the morning to the sobel
reflection that he had only slain
poor dummie tyrant.
~.
On thursday last at washington th'
~djspensary cases from South Caroline
were argued, Barber, Attorney Gen
eral for and Bryan, OF Charleston
against the States socialistic monopoly
The constitutionality of the law, a
we'll as the right to import privat
drinks into the State are involved
Barber, the Attorney General is RI
ported as in high spirits and believe
the law will run the gauntlet OF tn
Big Wigs and that the ~bibulously II
Nped will still be at the mercy {
y Jones and the board of contrt
cir tipple. The decision may b
gd at an early day.
#*#
eek to-day and seven million
american sovereigns will selet
h heads of our Governmen
ythe subject theme may gaaf
iere yuess work. 1t ia py0bab
heat and more rIIIessed not To he u