The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-07-21
EARLE AND EZANS.
A LiEely Encounter at
Lancaster.
JUDGEl EARLE ASKS QUESTIONS.
The EpiIod Exciting and Dramatic
at TiiI iIes-Paving the Way for Hot
Cam,fign Work.

WAS tneI llVeNest yet seen, ana tht
candidaRs for u. S. Senator caused
the chanEe from dullness to exciting
interest
Judge Earle was the first speaker in
troducedl there being several calls fol
him. Hj appeared here asking for one
OF the highest Offices in the land ant
he had 10 apologies to make. He haG
looked tie people OF Lancaster in the
face bePre. He came then because
there woe charges against his admin
istratio1 he came because be deemed
it his privilege and duty to face any
man or Ieople who said he was corrupt
or that Ills Office had not been economi
cally administered. He knew there
was nolhope of his election, but he
could o4y answer the charges or In.
sinuatiobs by being a.candidate. When.
ever tb9re is any insinuation against q
public han, ne has no right to say,
MakePnt your bill Of Indictment and
prove i'll before l will answer" It ia
his pla@ to go before the people and
prove the insinuations false. When
Tillmai was nominated, he ceased to
opposed him. Tillman declared he
thought him pure. He did him Justice
and hehad done Tillman justice
He hid been admired by the people
and had been elevated to the Office of
circuit Judge, and he came here to-day
asking Election to the United States
Senatel
So fat as State affairs were concern
eo, he Would leave them to other can
didates The honorable and handsome
Governbr aud the honorable and hand
some Nh. Duncan could discuss them
but he hoped that as the result of this
election, he would be permitted to deal
with national issues in Congress-.
Judge Earle then took up the finan-
cial question. AS to the cry of over
production, he said 1t was nonsense.
So long as there was one ragged woman
in the world there was demand for
more cotton, so long as there was one
hungry man there was need of more
wheat. If all the wheat was divided
there would not be half barrel to
each inhabitant; nor If all the cotton
was made into cloth there be enough
to go around. 1t was not overproduc-
tion, but under-consumption, and there
was under consumption because there
was not enough money to pay for the
products.
He dwelt upon the history of coinage
and then showed how the weight of
the silver dollar had been maintained
at 4l2A grains, while the amount of gold
in II dollar had been reduced.
Was 1t right and just, after the
United States had incurred debt
based on the gold and silver standard
to have to pay that debt on the basis
OF gold standard was 1t just to make
that discrimination against the debtor?
The United States has the right to fix
the system of weights and measures.
Suppose man was to give his note to-
day for $50 bushels of corn to be paid
next year, and in the meantime Con-
gress should change the measure of
q bushel to one third more, and that
when he went to pay his note the cred
itor demanded one-third more corn.
Would that be honest? And yet the
government had done that identical
thing as to silver.
Generate Earle strongly favored the
income tax, and spoke at length upon
the iniquites of the tariff If free
silver carried the day we would have q
hard time Of it for q while, but it was
better to endure that for short time
and so get free from the halter that
was about our necks.
Let us lay aside dissensions among
ourselves; let us stand together as one
people for the good Of South Carolina,
working together and with one pur-
pose. We are all Democrats and should
stand together as one people.
Mr.. Duncan rejoiced to see the two
great parties arrayed openly n the
fight on great issue. Hereto ore it
had been u cowardly contest. He
maintained that Tillman had done
more for silver thar any other man in
the United States. Mr.. Duncan refer
red to the history OF the Reform move
ment; how Tillman led 1T on to success
when in other States it went to pieces.
Now, Tillman had made the issue in
Congress, he had stirred the people
and made all men take sides.
Mr.. Duncan claimed, with modesty
for the great leader" by saying he
was greater than President he
made Presidents. The national com
mittee had,given him the honor OF blaz-
ing the way to victory. He had done
SO and those who done so sailed into
victory.
AS to Judge Earle, he had no quarrel
with him, but man who was not a
party man need not expect support
from any party. He had him to defeat
and he could do it like gentleman.
AS to his other competitor he would
speak without prejudice or passion.
He would speak to honest men and
would stand by them. He had seen
Ben Tillman who had declared he was
hands-of in this race; when he con-
vinced the Reformers OF that fact then
Evans chances In this race would in
QeeQ De Slim.
He repeated his question as to wheth-
er, when Evans had gotten Rhind the
appointment of agent to refund the
debt. he, Evans expected to make any
thing out of 1t. He wanted him to say
whether or not he had expected to
make anything out of the bond tran
saction. Evans would get up and cry,
"Prove 1t, prove it," when he would
not even deny it. He objected to being
misquoted on the stand in order that
the crowd might be made to laugh and
turned from the point.
If EvanB did deny having an agree
ment with Rhind, he would have
something more to say
Governor Evans, who was seated be.
hind the speakers stand, was heard tC
say, sotto voce, that some men we're
natural born liars" This amused
some OF the woolhat boys about him
who by quiet laughing, expressed ap
proval OF his excellency's wit.
Evans has done some boasting, said
Duncan, about this bond businesses, ant
now he was probably sorry he had
talked 80 much, but he would not dare
deny that In the very recent past ht
had tried to persuade friend he wa
mistaken as to an impression he ha(
about statement Evans made to hin
In regard to his connection with tn,
bonds or Rhind.
4 Eyans--Who is the man?