The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-28
Columbia Meeting.
Senatorial Candidates Appeal
to Richlanders.
aaey Ten Khy They Mink They
Should Be Toted For.

qzsy Tel Kay They Tinz They
Should Be Kaed For.
Tae Richland county campaigo meet.
ing Wss held at Shaodon yesterday and
WAS ATTENDED By about $50 people.
Senator McLaurin spoke 6rss aud
ras resolved with enthusiasm.
he called attention to the fact that
the other Candidates we're discussing
state instead Of national issues. which
vas not his fault as be had eodeayored
/ Go stick 10 national issues. There had
been salk Of rings, but he thought
HE andieace would agree thas the only
oom b;uation was of three or four gen
sIemen to defeat him. They may deny
being ID combustion. but they never
attack each other and all pitch into
him.
BE objected to the scheme Of time
limits, which we're being used to choke
him of and prevent his full reply to sbe
attacks upon him aud his record.
He then plugged into discussion Of
the money question. Calculating it
theronghly aud showing the great need
for ! restoration Of bimeeallism.
Then he turned to the tariff question.
upoa xiach his views had been,so open
Il aud persistensly misrepresented It
takes abons $500, ,000.0 GOO to pay the
expenses Of this government. 10 the
Wilson bill, 40 income tax vas relied
npon to furnish part of the revenue of
this country. But the supreme court
declared the income tax demonstrations
ss! so the expenses Of this government
mus. be net With internal taxes and
tariff duties. He believed in tariff
for revenue. He read the tariff plank
OF the platform OF which Bryan ran
aud said be stood npoa il. while Mr.
Evans stood upoa the tariff plaok Of
/ the platfo.m upoo which Cleveland ran
There can be no tariff for revenue only
without aEordiug incidental protection.
This should be distributed without dis
cfininatien against class. section or in-
dus.ry
He called attention to the fact that his
oDpooer,s tried to create tbe impress
sional that he was responsible for the
rates Of the Dingley bill
Voice: Don's jump up against
Evans.
McLsurin No. The people have
jumped up against Mr. Evans aud they
will continue to do 80 (Laugb.er and
applause) Bot | am not here to make
lun bat to talk sense and business.
He taen showed how be had voted
agaiost everything 10 the Diagley bill.
unless it vas something that would
help the South
When he bad spoken 45 minutes, the
chairmaa called tine on him. bu. the
audiencs refused to allow bin stopped,
aud be spoke on.
Hs defended bis position as to the
tariffs Oh rice and cottoo, aud showed
his opponents knew practically less
than nothing Of those questions.
Evans appeared in the campaign 10 a
crash suit and said he was goiog sc
aear it ell through the campaign as 40
object lesson But he had driven him
ssous of the crash snis in ten meetings,
aud to day Les appeared in mourning
blacs
He then discussed the lumber sched
ule aod showed how be had helped the
South, especially the men who cut rail-
road ties he showed how Canada
objected to the lumber duty he aud
Tlilmau favored. quoting extracts from
Canadian papers
Chairman Ray again called time ou
McLaurio.
Col. j. P. Thomas said tie meeting
was 10 charge of the voters ADD moved
McLauria be allowed to speak as loug
as be wanted. le was carried With a
whoop. bat McLausin nevertheless
quickly wound up bis speech.
- He pronounced himself unalserably
aod empaa,icaliy opposed to the Ding
ley bill AID its principle. He would
vote agaiest it first, last and all the
time But if be could do anything to
lessen the sec,ioaalism Of the bill aod
make it fairer to the South, be would
sdo SO regardless Of consequences
There was great applause at the con-
cIosioo Of his speech.
Mr.. May6eld spoke next. He OBJ
sjsc.ed to MeLauriO's speaking SO long,
denying the other candidates we're com-
.bined against him. He told Of having
written to McLaurin before other can