The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-10
THE NEWBERRY MEETING
Az CALM AND 0uhET Az A MAY MORN.
mo.
Al III" Candidates preAents and Each Tell,
l'is Taio ~ woc--.An Atont,ss ard
Patient Audience.

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All III" Candidates preaent, and Each Teiia
| I'is raio ~ Hoc--hn A,tont,Ss ard
| Patient Audicnre.
| Nowbcrry, August I. 7.-l.Nowbcrry Ind
a tIrst.HlasB meeting today. IL was ~
different to meetings that have hereto.
fore been held here ~ night is to day.
No one got excited, the audience Tia.
toned with utmost attention, tho pro-
fcsBi0nnl whoopors were absent, the
speakers were polite to each other and
thus Il w0s that MI waa peaceful and
Borcno. There was large audience, n
very large audience Tor Nnwborry, md
IL was 30 agreeable and patient. Tho
| spccchcS today were good and fOrcibly
delivered. About the only feature to.
day w8s tho appearance Of Mr.. John ~.
Duncan, who briefly gave his rcaponp
for entering the race, and who vindi.
Gated hia Hnuso during the last cam.
paiRn, II needed, which he denied.
What he sntd did not raise any rtpplca
on the H0 smooth political sea.
The committee provided vehicles for
tho visttorB to 90 to Fair Ground where
tho sncnking took place. Several OF
Col lrby's fricnds provided four-m.
hand fc' his trip.
| Chair aan Cunningham said no pc.
a0nnlitics wcro wanted.
Mr.. John y. Duncan spokc frat md
said hc felt worry much ut home. l.uat
ycnr hn did not miss II mrcting. This
ycnr ho wns Vt court for tho first thrro
weeks meeting and for the pust two
weeks ho has boon chained down by
domestic dutics He suId that ,uat ycnr
he entered the rnco from tho highost
scnHo OF duty. That rucc wns justified
nnd ho folt he hr done his State n
good service. llo dcricd that any man
had auircrcd misrepresentation ut his
hands, and no candidate had right To
clntm mnrtyrdom. no tho mnn who
claims martyrdom let him specify and
he could and would prove every ullcgu
tlon he over nude, with nrrumulntr,
anything moro about anyone suffering
1T hia hands, because he hnd furts for
everything he hna ever said ON the
stump.
M u MrIaurln's tnrin view hc On
| pcctcd him to Justify II Us Il l., mpOrury
cxpcdtcnt and not ns II principle. The
Stnt0 IL we'll nigh united on the silver
| question. There was somr Indication
OF interference In this race. .nAt yrur
| llllmnn mildr Evans the party rundi-
| date. Some say Tillmun defeated
Evans, but for Tillmun's interference
he would hardly have gotten ovnr 5000
votes. What was wanted was Il denial
from Tillman that he suid what wa.
quoted In the thnrlottc paper. Tho
statement sounded very much like Till
man. II Tillmnn interviewed in this
raco he deserved rctributiun. Ito said
hc has mover brcn Il ho0t-licl and
would not do SO now. Lust ycnr he
told 1illmnn he WAS nfrnid he was Il
politician. Last ycnr Tillmnn camo
down to two called meetings of the
STATIC board Of control and 1t IL snid
there wcro harsh words from one OF
his critics here, and no would like to
have It explained how they wore such
friends now. In reply to Col. Irby he
Bnid ho did not refer to him III the
"crlt'c." Ho said M for himself he
had no apologies to mako for his past
record, and he would now give his best
services to his Stnto. He said as he
was Mt home he would not trcspass
upon tho time OF tho other speakers.
He spoke for about 20 minutes.
Gov. Evans was received with chcors.
1o said last year he spoke tho truth
and this year he was here to toll tho
truth. llc thanked the audience for
standing by him. He was not here
seeking vindicatiOn. Ho waS running
on his record and had 10 regret for any
act OF his ~ Governor. He was not go,
Ing to discuss personal issues. II any
man or candidate had aught against
him, lot him come forward and say 80,
or he know where he could find him,
That was the way to settle personal
differences, and not on tho stump.
There was no justification to say: "Ii
you vote against inc you vote agains,
Tillman. 1t Is the baby act. Tillman
will have to account for himself in
1900, and no man now votes fOra cnndi.
date because Tillman is OF the same
opinion.
He then took up the tariff question
and said he would prove that McI.au,
rim was protcctiOnist In principle
lIc started ont 70 say from the Nullin
cation period and said South Carolina
secured con" "cssions by her fight ant
mover surrendered principle Tor gain
He outlined the difference In the Re
publican and Democratic ideas on the
tariff. He said he would rather be
with Mary Ellen Lease and Simpsor
hghting for the people than fighting
with the Republicans like McIaurln
Said there could not be absolute free
ln,f h.,l In "a a a 4