The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-09-01
The Campaign.
sEvans May Hold McLaurln
Responsible.

Kingssree,.Aug. 26.-The meeting
today after that Of yesterday was like
s calm after storm. The TWO speak
5- ers exhausted their supply of invec.
tives ., Georgetown, bnt had on hand
) few pew ones for to-day's meeting.
They uere listened to By aboat. 200
men Who we're quite undemons.rative.
Both speakers we're mildly applauded
when they concluded.
Col. J ). L. ~. Irby began This cam
paien Is anparalled in the history OF
]: she State for taking rnderhanded ad-
vantage and for dirty tricks Of dirty
benohnan. I cannot speak Of Er.
MeLaurin' : record while he is on q bed
sof sickness for fear Of doing hian an In
iustsce. but can speak of the infa-
NOUS fghs that is being made againss
me-
CaloDel Irby here yehenectly de-
MED the report that he vas running as
! loose horse" to elect Evans.
They hare established lying bu-
srean avas there in Columbia. They
are sendiog circuiars all over the State
and they are flying about as thick as
snopaskes Aud 70 add to the lafamy
sof tie acf The circulars are not signed
by anyone. They are anonymcas aud
Ithere IS 40 one whom I can hold re-
sponsibles 10 addition to being lies.
.she circulars are written BY pack Of
cowards. The men at the head Of that
bnreau in Gelumbia are liars aud COW
ards. Hare's one. OF the little dari-
:iBgs. .od Colonel Irby took from his
pocses circular containing remarks
she and Governor Evans we're said TO
have made about each other last year.
After reading i. Colonel Irby tore it up
ana denied that be had ever sgid any
:of the things attributed to him.
He then went over much OF bis
speech Of yester-ay concerning the
Murphy loan, but failed to bring ont
anything new.
His record as Democrat aud his op-
positios TO bolts we're repeated. He
soId how be made Evans governor aud
muxxled TilImaD to carry ont the
schenae. Bill Neal, over there ia CO.
fumbiaa, came on to Washington With
Tfllnsn to help nuzzle hin. Bill
Neal. Who hasn't 10 cents nos.h Of
sense. vas trying to dabble in polasics
then as be is nov:
understand thas Ellerbe has made
another deal With Charleston to remove
metropolitan police if the vote
81 that city is cast for McLaa-
DO. Il has come to . pretty pass when
tie people Of Charleston have 70 sur
rendered their franchise to getsEe right
81 self government hope to God
some one viii make the governor csfry
cut his eoo.rscs this time. Evans
,onphs never to pat the metropolitan
police % tha. grand old city. No law
should Be passed for one part Of the
Ssate unless i WAS nsde TO apply 20 all.
Tie legislature should have madethslaw
for Lauseas OF any other town as we'll
$ for CbarIesson. Some other way for
enforcso9 the dispeosarJ Law 10 Char.
.a.tcns ahnnn have heen devised.
Colooei Irby concluded by warning
the voters Of the dangers OF the snf-
fss9e slsase.
Mr John Gary Evans opened his
speech With some pleasau,ries about
Colopel Irby being his political dsddy
ma then passed on to defense of the
Suffrage clause.
.Bnt, . said he. .sI do join him in
ous thing and that is che way this can-
l,s.i paiao is being run. Fellow oisissDs,
You know the low campaigo that was
u.sed agsinss me last summer Bu. the
have held up 10 their abuse
tais rear aud instead put two gutter
spipes ID charge OF bureau 10 Colum-
bia. And say here unless Mr.. Mo-
Laarin openly and publicly deaoaaoes
this bureau will hold him personally
responsible. IrbY has shown you ope
of these circulars aod this mosoiog |
gos one giving my supposed record aud
Duttiag uerds 10 my mouth that oev-
said. I got . letter from mao in
Greenyille saying Bill Neal had offered
him money TO Distribute these circu-
lara. Wbere did he get the money?
What business did he have to mix no
Ia this igb.7 Instead Of being the
Superintendent of . penisentiary be
should be dressed in stripes and put to
work as = coovict.
Ifbp soto voice): II endorse all
tba..n
Last yesr while I was governor / bad
70 send Neal TO the Kelley institute be-
oaase he bscame Incapable of attending
TO his bnsiness.