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ppriod nf 2O W ars the land owners had
| been reduced to only per cent. of the
; free holders in 1919.
Silver bullion, said Judge Earle,
would buv as much now es it ever
| would: it falls in value es other COM
moditiss fs'I, ard will continue to do
! =, So long as it is commodity.
The SPEAKER predicted that if the
gold policy was successful in 10 years
the farmers in this section would not
own their lands, whose value had al
ready been deteriorated one half.
Therefore he had said, and he said it
again, that he approved of what Tilt
man was trying to do in congress, be
cause he was fighting for the masses.
Many people said there would be q
panic if the policy of the silver men
was carried out. He believed there
would be. There would be devil OF
a time for while, but was 1t not Dot
ter 10 tighten the cord about their
necks by sudden jerk, suap 1t snd
set them free with but a bruised skin,
than to allow it to be slowly tightened
until they were choked To death.
Tbey must stand for silver and gold :;
stand for Bryan of Nebraska and Sc
wall of Maine. They were not de-
manding anything new. They simply
asked to be put back where they were
from 1887 to 1874 period of pros
perity. Dethrone the money kIngr: !:
lake their hands from the tnroats OF
the people and enact laws, not that the
rich man may become richer, not that
the poor man may get what does not
belong to him, but that braia and
Drawn may get that which it honestly
earns.
Gen. Earle advocated the income
tax, Of the 10000, 900 people III the
United States 10000 own more than
one half of the prop erty in the coun-
try. This was gotten by unjust laws; !;
laws fostering trusts and monopolies.
Let these 30, 900 pay tax in proper
ton to the protection they receive. 1t
is menace when a half dozen men In
New York can make cotton 20 up and
down. Laws should be passed TO give
the greatest good to the greatest num-
Der. That was the design OF the
founders of the government.
The Judge said he did not charge
dishonesty of purpose against Presi
dent Cleveland, and be he great as
may be, his administration had been
the worst of any President, SO far as
the effects of his policies on South
Carolina was concerned. Under his
administration property values had
been steadily decreasing.
At the conclusion of Gen. Earle's
speech there was liberal amount OF
cheering, considering the undemon-
strative character of the crowd.
Judge Earle was followed by Dan
can, Whitman, Harrison, Richbourg,
Watts, Maytield and Robinson. Gov.
Evans, Maj. McSweeuey and some
other candidates were absent.
The campaign meeting at Camden
yesterday was flat as a hAunder.
Messrs. D. E. Finley and 7. j. Strait,
candidates for Congress were the first
speakers They were followed by the
candidates for State Offices as follows:
Richbourg, Robinson. May field and
McSweeney. Gov. Evans was una
voidably absent.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BARBER.
Attorney General Barber made his
second appearance in the campaign and
caught the crowd from the start by
stating that he had no opposition, and
he was glad of it, and telling some
apropos Jokes. This has been one of
the fairest races ever held in South
Carolina, although there has been
some whining and wheeling about
shutting out candidates. For himself
he didn't mind if some of these fellows
did come out against him, but their
object was to make still hunt and
come in at the last moment. he de-.
MED that there was any ring so far as
he is concerned. He was here to say
that he stood ready to meet the SLAM
ders and slurs cast against the Reform
movement. He was prepared to prove
they were false. (Cheers)
As to the Dispensary law he held
that it was the best whiskey law ever
placed on the statute books. 1t was
lending towards what prohibitionists
wanted. If a law had not been prop
erly enforced in some respects that was
no reason why the law itself should
be condemned. According to Stats
tics drunkenness had decreased in
South Carolina 57 per cent. cases of
drunkenness before mayors courts
had decreased 66 per cent, and the
consumption of liquor AZ per cent.
He denied that the Dispensary was a
monopoly. 1t was simply the State
taking up the business in trust tor the
people. He held that considering the
treatment the constable had received,
| they were the most considerate set of
officers ever seen 90 earth. They
avoided difficulties, but enforced the
law. Otherwise they would have
been unworthy of their commissions.
lie closed by asking the people of Ker.
shaw to endorse his record in his fight
against Federal judicial usurpation of
authority in trying to prevent the
holding of the Constitutional Conven-
ton
| DUNCAN FOLLOWS.
Mr.. Duncan opened his speech by
wading into national issues. He eu-
logizea Tillman, saying that since
that wonderful speech of his in the
senate, the people of the United States
had resolved themselves into two fac.
tions -Tillman and anti-Tillman. Pa,
pers in this State were criticising Till.
man for his course in the Chicago
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