The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-07-22
Evans in the Sweat Box.
He has to Answer Questions
That -e Does not Relish.
DUNCAN AND EARLE BOTH
AFTER HIM.

LANCASTER, July 15.-The cam
paign meeting at Lancaster o-day
was the iiveliest of the series it
was something altogether out of the
usual run. While there has been
considerable crimiDation and recrimi-
nation at previous meeting it was a
decidedly more personal meeting
than any that has yet occurred. Two
years ago at this place there was a
sensational and bitter meeting. and
to-day there was another such meet
ing, but whatever animosity there
was was exhibited by the candidates
themselves instead of among the
auditors. 1t was here two years ago
that the celebrated "Pass No II
came into evidence, or was at least
alleged to have been shown, and it
was here to-day that the three Sena-
torial candidates first met and, in
popular parlance. made the fur fly
1t was anything but what these
meeting are alleged to be 'educa-
tional meetings " 1t was anything
but meeting that will leave favor
able impression. aud when the good
people Of Lancaster go home they
will begin to ask themselves whether
it would not have been better to
have remained at home instead O:
hearing insiuations and innuendoes,
with brief smattering Of national
questions
Governor Evans, by the questions
of his two opponents, was placed on
the defensive, and although he tried
very hard to avoid making any show
of recognizing these questions and
intimations therein contained most OF
his speech was an effort to eradicate
the bad impressions that the question:
and insinuations wele likely to make.
Judge Earle had the opening argu-
ment, and devoted himself entirely to
discussion of national issues, which
he presented in a forcible manner,
and he reserved what inquiries he
had to make until Governor Evans
got up to speak, and between the
questions of Judge Earle and the in.
terruptions by MIR. Duncan the forty.
FIVE minutes talk of Governor Evans
was made quite lively. Judge Earle
is evidently paving the way for some
thing to come, but his present ques-
t1ons we're: "Whether there has
been any meeting of the State board
of control during the past year %
"Whether the policies on the insu-
rance property had not been cancell'
ed and the most of it placed in the
agency of the Governors brother %
and whether the renewal in Ander-
son was not al higher premium than
the original policy that had been can.
celled ?"
Judge Earle also asked other ques-
tons incidental to these. Then MIR
Duncan extended the idea that Gov
ernor Evans had used his position to
help his family by intimatIng that
after Governor Evanss message,
which was specially directed against
the Southern Railway, his brother,
George Evans, went on to Washing
ton with view to employment as
counsel. and that he returned to
Columbia with the position CT coun
sci of that system
When Governor Evans stated that
some insinuation in reference to the
bond matter was lie MIR. Duncan re-
piled that no brave men made use of
such expressions. especially since he
had paid men going around protecting
his cowardly bones This reference
was supposed to have been meant for
Special Officer Newbold, who has
been accompanying the party to all
the meetings. There was lively
time between Judge Earle and Gov
ernor Evans, in which both insisted
that they were men enough to stand
by whatever they said and assumed
full responsibility for whatever they
undertook to be responsible for
From what occnred to-day it appenrs
that from now on Governor Evans
will be forced to answer or ignore
in,imations about his administration
as we'll as that of the dispensary.
AS to the bond matter there was the
customary difference of opinion
Mr.. Duncan insisted that the
questions that he had asked had
not been satisfactorily answered
Col. Larry CAN'T was brought
into the discussion, and may
figure later on in the con-
tention Anyway, the fiatness and
insipidity of campaign seems 20
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