The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
The Misunderstanding.

The WilliamsburgiMeeting.
The meeting today, after that OF
yesterday, was like calm after a
storm. The two speakers exhausted
their supply of invectives at George
town, but had on hand a few new ones
for todsy's meeting. They were lis
tened to by about 200 men, who were
quite undemonstrative. Both speakers
were mildly applauded when they con-
cluded.
Col. ]. L. NJ. Irby began:
''This campaign is unparalleled IN
the history of the State for taking un-
derhanded advantage and for dirty
tricks of dirty henchmen. l cannot
speak Of Mr.. McLaurin's record while
he is on bed of sickness, for fear OF
doing him an injustice, but can speak
of the infamous fight that is being made
against me. ,
Col. rby here vehemently denied
t1oose horse" to elect Evans.
"They have established q lying bu-
reau over there in Columbia. They
are sending circulars all over the State
and they are flying about as thick as
snowHakes. And to add to the infamy
of the act, the circulars are not signed
by anyone. They are anonymous, and
there is no one whom lean hold respon-
sible. In addition to being lies, the
circulars are written by pack o. cow
ards. The men at the head of that bu-
reau in Columbia are liars and towards.
Here's one of the little darlings." And
Col. Irby took from his pocket circu-
lar containing remarks he and Governor
Evans were said to have made about
each other last year. After reading IT.,
Col. Irby tore It up aud denied that he
ever said any of the things attributed to
him.
He then went over much Of his speech
of yesterday concerning the Murphy
loan, but failed to bring out anything
new.
His record as Democrat and his op.
position to bolts were repeated. He told
how he made Evans Governor and muz-
Zled Tillman to carry out the scheme.
Bill Neal, over here in Columbia, came
on to Washington with Tillman to helr
muzzle him. Bill Neal, who hasn't ten
cents worth of sense, was trying to dab
BILE in politics then, as he is now.
Col. Irby concluded by warning the
voters of the dangers of the suffrage
clause.
Mr.. John Gary Evans opened his
speech with some pleasantries about
Col. Irby being his political daddy, and
then passed on to q defense OF the sui.
frage clause.
'sBpt," said be, 81 do join him in
one thing, and that is the way this
campaign is being run. Fellow citi-
zens, you know the low campaign
that was waged against me last sum.
mer. But the newspapers have held
up in their abuse this year, and in
stead have put two guttersnipes in
charge of bureau in Columbia. And
I say here that unless Mr.. McLaurin
openly and publicly denounces this
bureau I will hold him personally re-
spoasible. Irby has shown you one Of
these circulars, and this morning got
one giving my supposed record and
putting words in my mouth that never
said.
AAu the papers of the State are sup
porting Mr.. McLaurin, but, not salts
fed with that, some of his friends have
resorted to this guttersnipe practice OF
sending out circulars to stab Irby and
myself in the back. "
After this denunciation OF the bureau,
Mr.. Evans took up the tariff, and said
all farmers should be free traders, for
the reason that they sold their products
in free trade markets but could only
buy their goods in protection markets.
Farmers should also favor free raw
materials because the manufacturer
could make his goods cheaper and the
farmers could. therefore buy them
cheaper.
Mr.. Evans concluded with his argu-
ment on the tariff. He was applauded