The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-22
A RED HOT TIME IN OLD EDGEFIELD.
LARGEST MEETING OF THE SEN
ATORIAL CAMPAIGN.
MCIiaurin and Irby IIavc Il Lively
Timc--Evans Says There's Lie
Out-NIayfield Declares That Ell
lcrbC Wants u New Party.

lcrbC Wants Il New Party.
The largest and liveliest meeting OF
the campaign was held at Edgeiield
Between 400 and 500 people were pres
ont. The usual routine was broken
when Senator McLaurin,, following
CoLJnel Irby, went for tho latter's
career In the Senate. McLaurin, arm,
ed with the Congressional Records OF
the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Con
crosses, frequently brought Jrby to his
feet to make explanations.
Colonel Irby, the iirst speaker, was
greeted with some applause. lIo was
in Edgciield for the first time since
the peoples great tribune, Ben. Till
man. He was here then lighting com
biuations and was here now fighting
tho state House gang which was at
tempting to parcel out the Offices Of
this State from Senator down to coro-
ner. ~ am running as asDemocrat,"
declared lrhy. 81 am the only origi-
nal package in the lot" McLaurin had
patented his speech. At Beaufort he
ton on rice and long staple cotton, and
so Tor eve"y county, but he didn't think
he had patented protection speech
for Edgeii. Id. McLaurin had the pco-
pie fooled. He is not on the same plat
form as Uillman. Tillman had declared
he wasn't.
Proceeding on nov tack, he de-
clared that McLaurin had gotten Con
ZaleS for his political daddy and the
world can't beat him. H. then declared
that he and Tillmaa were political
daddies Of all of the candidates, but
thought they were treating him with
disrespect by opposing him.
He had been politically assassinated
and thrown out for dead because he re
sisted the great conspiracy last year
against the Democratic party. He was
a Democrat, always had been and could
be nothing else, because he was for the
interest OF the people.
Colonel Irby theh attacked McLau-
rims tariff views, declaring that Till
man bad said they were iniquitous,
and 81 know will believe him If you
won't me. You people here love him
and believe what he says"
Colonel lrby attacked the ncwspa-
pers. He declared that Mr.. Gonzales
had prevented a Conservative from en-
tering this race. Mr.. Gonzales had
called him liar in today's paper,
which was parliamentary no one
usually called him that when close to
him, how ever. He attacked the Forty
movement. He believed that every
white man should be allowed to vote
and therefore disapprOved OF tho con-
stitutional suffrage clause.
Colonel Irby made the assertion that
he and not Tillman had made Evans
Governor. He, with Tillman, he de-
clared, had had Saluda made into
county and left Edgetield Conservative
with Sheppard to run it.
Reviewing past political history, Irby
asserted that last year he could have
delegate. CAN'T, said he, came to him
at o'clock q. m. and said that the
State convention had left a place open
for him. He sent word back that he
would not accept because he was unal-
terably opposed to the declared boiling
policy Of the party.
Editor Ball next came in for praise
for coming out against the newspaper
combination at Columbia. The Ellerbe
Watts episode was repeated, but clici-
ted no applause. He declared that he
could prove that tho Estate House
clique" wcre going to turn out McIvcr
anu that Tiltman knew they were plot
ting against him.
He concluded by reviewing his re-
cord and declaring That he had always
been with the people. Gel. lrby was
wildly applaudcd when he took his seat
He kept the crowd in q good humOr and
they listened attentively.
Senator McLaurin began by review
ing his record us Reformer. The Re-
form movement, he declared, did not
depend on the life of any man, not even
on that of Tillman. He jumped on Irby
for saying that he made Tillman sup
port Evans for Governor. He thought
it time for a Relormcr to step in when
q man lik Jrby boasted that he made
the Governor. "Who ought to make
white voters or John Irby -
Trhv from his Soat-' The white VO-
ters.'
"But you said just now that you
made Evans Governor"
Irby "Wcn, helped" OLaughtcr.)
McLaurin attacked him for devising
the Colleton plan in order to foist
Evans on the people when they didn't
want him. Senator McLaurin caused
Henry ", substituting Irby for Fal
statf, Evans for Prince Hal and Larry
CAN'T for Pistol in tho scene whcrc
Prince Hal becomes king and ignores
Fastaf.
He had no political daddy, he de-
clarcd, but he did not know before that
Editor Ball was acting in that capacity
for Col lrby
Mr.. Ball hotly interrupted, saying
man and was opposed to lrby.
Well, you are not for me-
"That's true, too," ,rcjoincd Mr..
Ball,
Senator McLaurln then proceeded
to severely attack Irby's record while
in tho Senate. Before beginning he
explained the terms "paired' and vote
Called
Irby's record for tho first session of
the Nifty-sccond Congress was as fol-
lows: Votes taken, 80, Irby voted Is
times, paired 10 times, not paired G6.
The first session OF the Fifty third
Congress, he said, was cal cd to re-
peal the purchasing clause Of the Shcr'
man act. Senator Irby's love for silver
should be seen In his record during
this session. There were 10 votes
taken Irby voted 10 times and did not
vote 30; was not paired 30 times ; di:
not answer to call OF Senate II calls
Col. 1rby'as record for this Congress
was gone Into further.