The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-07-29
SQUELCHERS SQUELCHED.

lSQUELCHERS SQUELCHED'
JUDGE EARLE ANSW ERS CERTAIN
QUESTIONS PRoPouNDEO HIM.
and Colonel Dargau, Ex-Editor of the
Sumter Freeman, Completely Demolish'
ed to the Amusement OF tho Crowd.
OATS Cross ROADS, S. c., July %.
The largest meeting of the campaign
| was held for Darlington County al
this place today. The speaking of the
different candidates was about as US
ual, until Judge Earle's turn came. 1t
seems that Editor Kollock, of the Oar
lington News, q Conservative paper,
and Col Dargan one of the worst Till:
man haters in the State, had conspired
| to trap Judge Earle by asking him GER
tain questions. AS to how they sue
ceed will be seen from the following
At this point, Mr.. Kollock, editor OF
the Darlington News, handed up a
series of questions, which had been
propounded to Judge Earle in his paper
the Darlington News.
Judge Earle: "What are these2"
Mr.. Kollock: "Some questions we
would like you to answer"
Judge Earle: "Who inspired them2'
Mr.. Kollock: l am responsible for
them they appeared as an editorial in
my paper"
Judge Earle: "Who gave you the
information2"
Mr.. Kollock: "The gentleman is ov
or here" pointing in the direction OF s
buggy on which Col. j. j. Dargan
was standing.
Judge Earle (with indescribable
scorn) "Ohl I thought so.",
Judge Earle stated, however, that he
would answer any question, and pro
ceeded to read and answer them seri
atm, as follows:
"Why did you, Joseph H. Earle
withdraw from the Democratic legisla
tive ticket in Sumter, in 1876, at the
darkest hour of the Hampton cam
paign~
That recalls matter of which I am
proud. In those dark days wher
man stood together, helped to free
Sumter from Radical rule.
A convention was held in Sumter
and Mr.. Epperson came out as an indie
pendent candidate. addressed let
ter to the people and asked them tc
take my name QS,the ticket and put
Mr.. Epperson's s 0H fer the sake of har'
mony. After that a worked fol
Hampton as hard as any man in the
State"
"Did you believe then as now in
what you call the rule of the majority !
"Yes, I have always believed in the
rule of the majority"
Ibid you not, in the gallery OF the
House of Representatives, when the
Sumter Earle delegation was turned
out of the convention. advocate, in
speech to those around you, a bolt and
ticket in opposition to Tillman"
"[ say when the Sumter delegation
was turned out of the convention saw
it was wrong. said, however, it will
come back on you. l was provoked
and said many things. The Tillman
movement had large majority, and
Sumter should have had her delega
ton seated. When asked to run a!
an Independent the next day I refused
l did not support the Haskell move
ment."
| Mr.. Dargan, still standing on th'
buggy, kept trying 10 ask Judge Earle
certain questions, but the latter ex
claimed:
II have no questions to answer, ex
cept these. I know you"
| MIR. Dargan I know you, too, Judge
| Earle: ANY man who attempts to
stir up the negroes of the State agains
the white people, I'll have nothing tc
do with" Cheers, loud and long,
Mr.. Dargan was standing on q bug
gy and tried to say something, bu
Judge Earle paid no attention to hin
and went on with his speech, referring
to his endorsement of Tillman afte
his nomination as Governor.
"Why did you consent to rul
against Richardson in 1888 as Till
!. mans man, after you had denounce'
Tillman in Sumter for false charge
AGAINST the administration Of whicl
you were partT"
81 am glad the question has beel
asked. That period is part OF my his
tory, of which | am proud. Richard
? son had canvassed the State. Tw
weeks before the convention he sale
to me he had letter, and from tn
: reading of the contents, he said to me
= "You are the man l have to fear.
, II told him to dismiss the idea.
, would not run. I was Attorney Ger
, eral and had no reason to expect t.
T run for Governor. ] wanted an er
dorsement as Attorney General, bu
declined to 60 to Columbia to wor
: for it. That night 1 received a tell
gram from Mr.. Wannamaker, OF Oh
angeburg, leader of the farmers move
, ment, asking me to become a cand
date for Governor. I replied that vi
der the circumstances could not az
!, eept. l saw DR.. Bates in ColumbI
- next day, and he congratulated mt
r saying: "We are going to run 20