The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-08-05

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cause the East wants to make q
d, ar as dear as possible.
Mr.. Seay wanted to know what
was going to prevent people from
going out Of the country, buying up
silver, bringing it here, coming it
and getting richer than ever.
Governor Evans said that silver
was now exported from this country
to other countries. This was the
silver-producing country Of the
world, and they only buy what they
need. But with free coinage the
expectation would cease. 1t would
not be brought back because it
would be commodity like peas or
any othes product, and tariff would
be laid on it.
Mr.. Seay said he had asked Mr..
Efrd about it. Mr.. f. arose and said
toat certainly silver could come back
in the country, but as soon as silver
was made money it would go up and
it would soon adjust itself to proper
conditions.
Governor Evans said that was true,
b 1t that would be more money in
this country and it is what we wanted.
Bat as a matter of fact as soon as
silver was remonetizedit it's price would
g up and people owing it would not
dispose of it for its present reduced
value.
The latter part Of the Governors
speech was taken up mostly in
colloquy between him and Mr.. Seay
on several phases of the silver ques-
ton.
AFTER RECESS.
When the &c ,ple bad re-assembled,
Mr.. Harrison, of Greenville, candi-
date for Governor, was introduced.
He ably discussed the issues in prac-
tical and business like manner, show
ing that he had clear cut ideas on
political economy aud the courage OF
conviction to carry them out if an
opportunity for so doing were given
him. He touched on the issues OF
the campaign. He thought that
Clemson College could be run with
the appropriations made by the
United States government without
impairing its usefulness and efficiency;
as now managed, he thought it too
expensive. Most of his time was
taken up in explaining his idea OF
controlling the dispensary system;
be would abolish the bcttling estab-
lishment at Columbia, thereby saving
the large amount required to main
tain the costly machinery of that
place in salaries. etc; he would have
the liquors shipped direct to the
county dispensers, thus saving the
difference in freight between the
long and short haul clause; he would
make county dispensers do their own
bottling; had been informed that the
necessary machinery could be pur-
chased for $40 and a boy could bot
tie in two hours all the liquor II Q
dispenser could sell in two hours, tr
he would have the whisky bottled ly
the distillers; be believed that the
price of liquor could be reduced one
third by the adoption of his plan.
Mr.. Walt Whitman, candidate for
Governor, opened his remarks by
telling a joke about a negro. He
claimed to be the only original and
genuine Reformer; that the balance
were only pap suckers; that he was
a candidate only to save the Reform
party. All he wanted was true re-
form; he did not oppose Clemson, but
wanted it to confne itself to its legiti
mate work-that of agricultural, in
dustrial and mechanical training;
be claimed that taxes were higher,
and quoted from the Comptroller
Generals report to prove this claim.
He said that the people had been
promised relief but no relief had
been given Those who said relief
had come were either ignoramuses,
fools or liars, and in either case were
unfit to serve the people in any ca.
pacity. He was free silver man,
but he believed that silver would OF
bring all the relief needed; be said
that by it the national debt would
decrease one half, the State debt one
half, the county debt one half, and
so on; they were not going to get
what they expected and he would
tell them so. At the conclusion of
his speech he distributed lot of
printed circulars.
General W. H. Ellerbe, also can
dida,e for Governor, was next intro