Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-25

political daddy of Evans, Colonel lrb!
said: Evans hasn't inherited his po
litical .daddy's Democracy, though HI
did get up here and make good tariff
speech. Last year when there was
biz plum to be had he was not such 6
good Democrat then. He was "bus
or bolt" man, but he has gotten back
in the fold this year.
Colonel Irby spoke for about half an
hour only. There was considerable
wit and humor in his speech, and he
got fair share of applause.
AT CONWAY.
The report of the Conway meeting
on Monday, as published in the asso
ciated dailies of yesterday, is as fol-
lows:
About 400 of the independent voters
of Horny filled the county courthouse
today to hear the senatorial candi
dates. They listened quietly and
showed neither their approval or dis
approval of what was said.
Colonel John L. M. Irby, the first
speaker, said it had been lifelong de-
sire of his to visit the "Independent Re
public" of Horny. He had often won
dered why this county should be call
ed the "Independent Republic" but
since driving from Marion here he
knew why it is thus called. In front
of every house he saw hogs, cows and
more goats than be had ever seen in
his life. People who raised their own
supplies, as these did, could well be
called independent. He was here to
solicit the votes of the independent
men of Horny. They had never seen
him before; but his record was known
to them all, for it was part of the re-
cent history of South Carolina. His
record, good, bad or Indifferent, as the
people might think it, was his own
and he was not ashamed of it.
While Mr.. McLaurin was absent he
would not speak on his record. This
was one of the most remarkable cam
paigns, in some respects, in the history
of the state. He had been threatened
by the governor Of the state that if ne
made this race the power of the admin
istration would be used against him
The only reason this threat had Leen
made was because he had spoken and
written to his friends in the legislature
against the metropolitan police.
"But for me, Mr.. Ellerbe and the
men who are bounding me would
never have been heard of and would
be living in obscurity today; and this
was their gratitude"
He felt that he was entitled to an
endorsement last year. 81 could have
been elected. 1 could have beaten
Evans out of his boots" The reason
he didn't do it was because had he ran
McLaurin would have entered, and this
would have complicated matters SO
much that he would have been defeat
ed. He told that his opposition to the
proposed bolt of the South Carolina
delegation necessitated his withdrawal
from the race. He opposed the "bolt
or bust" policy for the reason that the
scheme was to capture the national
convention for Teller, rank protec-
ZIONIST, and nominate him for presl-
dent. A part of the South Carolina
delegation went to that convention and
worked for Teller. They were under
taking to commit the south and west
to protection and silver. The conver-
tion met; but the south said : "No, Mr..
Teller, we can't vote for protection"
In a caucus before the convention met,
the South Carolina delegation voted
for Teller, and though all did not favor
Teller, they were bound to vote for
him under the unit rule. He knew OF
this scheme and opposed it, because
he was opposed to making the south
pay tribute to the north on their
clothes and other articles. Because he
opposed the South Carolina delegation
being committed to Teller he had to 60
down.
An effort was made in '92 and '94 to
lead the Democratic party of this state
into the Populist party, but he said to
the leaders if they did, he would read
them out of the party.
Colonel Irby, in speaking of the suf.
frage clause, declared it was disgrace
to the people of South Carolina. He
spoke with his usual vigor against the
suffrage clause and was applauded
when he concluded.
Mr.. John Gary Evans took issue
with Colonel Irby on his suffrage talk
and declared that not a single white
man would be DISTINGUISHED.
Getting to his tariff speech, Mr.
Evans said Mr.. McLaurin was pro
tectionist and had voted for protection
with the Republicans. He had charg'
ed McLaurin with this and he didn't
deny it. ,,.,
A Voice-Didn't McLaurin and Till
man vote together on the Dlngley
bill?
Evans-I'll explain that later; but
don't you people try to. tie Mclaurin
to Tillman's coattail.
Same We're not. We tie
Tillman to McLaurin's coattail ur
here.
Mr.. Evans then explained that the
difference between Tillman and Nc
Laurin was that one voted for protec'
ton to make it odious and the other
from principle.
Mr.. Evans said he was not going to
discuss the rice and lumber schedules
because they didn't amount to much
although they were wrong in princl'
lple.
He then took up in turn the sugar
leather and woolen schedules. Mr.
Euans ,uent into the details of the