The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-08-05

! NstS StESuSC tuSL LuOSe VA liiCui wiz
knew him best in the State house held
bis record up to inspection. This race
he would run to the eud. (Cheers
and counter cheers) He criticised
Judge Earle for entering the race after
ten meetings were over. Evans OF
himself would beat tlm
| oice-Pretty we'll put in: Evans
will beat him.
Many men 10 the clubs at the last
primary, Mr.. Duncan stated, had said
they did not want Evans. That feel.
ing was we'll grounded now. If Till.
man had not come 10 Evans rescue he
would De beaten already. Cheers for
Duncan. There were a few counter
cheers for Evaus.) he had always
been farmer, and stood in his faith
er's shoes. lie would show them that
in 1890 he had helped to show Tillman
around over the State. He had intro.
duced Tillman iu New berry county.
In the house journal they would find
the nomination Of Tillman, Norris,
Bates and Sigh-our mentor mem
bers of the board OF agriculture. Ev'
ans did not vote for Il single one of
them.
Voice-You tried to hold your seat
in the house, didn't you2
! Duncan-Yes, it was long after that,
and he said it was damnaole outrage.
He read the record showing Evans
voting against the bill to accept
the Clemson bequest and to postpone
the whole matter. He also referred
to Evans leading issue il the first
campaign for the legislature. Evans
mad failed to carry out his promises.
Evans had promised 20 use his inf1u-
ence for separate coach bill, but ne
never did anything in that line; he
may have used his influence TO have
it Withdrawn.
Voice-Old Ben's gone, and Evans
is going too.
He said that Evans would have them
ali believe that no good man could
give testimony against him.
He then took up Colouel Haskell 5
card and said Evans would jump the
track on these charges made by the
man who had him appointed an attor-
ney of the road. Yet he voted with
Haskell on all these things when he
first went to the Legislature. Evans
went out in Aiken and looked 1t the
Reform procession to see if the move
ment was large enough for him to
join. Yet he tells you about recent
converts on the mourner's bench.
Voice-Tell US about the commits,
sions.
f! Duncan-Tnat is what we are com
ing to.
He went on and started to read from
Evans statement published in ali the
papers, when some one asked him what
paper he had. He answered that it
was The State.
Voics-Tne State2 II can't even
print his speech correctly, can it2
Mr.. Duncan-Why, my friend, are
you gong to make such an argument
as that to try and put the paragon OF
excellence into the United States SEN
ate2
Ii Earle was not in the race, he said, /,
they would find one Of the cleanest
sweeps of this young man (EVans)
they had ever seen. If Earle was moi
il the race Tillman would scarcely
have written that letter. He started
TO quote from Tlllman's letter.
Evans-Read all the letter.
Mr.. Duncan said there were plenty
of men in the State who could testify
on this bond and dispensary business
if they were at all certain as to what
the outcome of this race would be.
a spectator asked him to tell them
how Evans got the money. The ques,
toner said he knew how Duncan gol
his money.
He repeated his oft made remarks
| about Evans trying TO get control OF
all the dispensary business.
| When he told Of Governor Evans
earnest desire toget on the board there
were good many cheers for Duncan.
| Mr.. Duncan then caused sensation.
AS he proceeded the men gathered
closer around the st&Gd Col. Mixson,
who was concerned IN what he was
| saying, sat near by but said nothing
| neither did Governor Evans. Mr.,
| duncan, after referring to the facts that
=. Commissioner Mixson had given about
the dlspensary insurance, said thai
Col. Mixson was present. He regrett.
ed to pull these fellows out q little
but did not waste the opportunity
when he had them on the stump. He
then made the point blank assertion
mat Mr.. Hubbell, the representative
of the Mill Greek Distilling company
had offered Col. Mixson rebate Of
S562.50 3 carload on 100 carloads o.
rye, which would be snug total o
$56, $50. Col. Mixson had refused it
and had told Governor Evans OF 1t
The governor had said You were
right Mick" Shortly afterwards tht
governor had sent for Col. Mlxson anc
ordered him TO buy whlSkey from MT
HubbelI'S concern. Col. MlXson hat
said 10 Governor Evans: You may
have the right to drop my head IN TN
waste basket, but I'll be damned If
Will ever buy gallon of this man:
whlskey." C'Hurrah for Mixson. ,
Voice Maybe Mixson got the re
bates.
Mr.. Duncan said this cry OF rebate
was the old cry of stop thief. lie salf
that when Col. Mixson had refused t
take the rebates offered, and Governo
Evans was visited by that official, tn
governor had said: BY God, Mick,
| know you are not getting dolla
of tnis money, but you know that Bel
Yllman filled his pockets out OF 1t
r (Cheers.)
} Just here, Mr.. Duncan was notihe'
5 that his time was nearly up. The state
ments he had just made had created
considerable stir. One or two crle
} out, Give him more time.
: Mr.. Duncan then asked them not
E let their prejudices make them blind
l He hoped that the hurrah of tooa
/ would give way to sober reflection tc