The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-24
Irby'S Sensational Speech
J0LLN CAMPAIGN MEETING AT OAR.
IIEGTON. ,r.sssa54
Irby Deuounces as I,ies'a":.S stories that
La lis R;4,atnE Evans for tho Senate
Ephcr Desperation or Parcgo,ic
s1 "hIak.a Him Ctaim Evcrything-
He "IIntchcd' rillnnn, "PicI<-
Cd Up Evans ana Nnda
Him Governor"

withstandlng Il steady rain about 400
Democrats Of Darlington lillod tho
Court House to hear tho Senatorial
candidates speak. Senator McLau-
rim was absent.
Col. Irby began by expressing his
regret at having to say what he had
to, but it was necessary for him to
disabuse tho minds Of the people Of
: Darlington and Of South Carolina Of
a lie which was being promlscuously
circulated against him.
This slandor in reference to my
runuing to elect Governor Evans is
an infamous lie, said he, and I am
responsible for saying that it is. It
has been circulated 'hore iu Darling
ton County against me, but am |
such fool as that? Am l such Il
miserable dog that | would prosti-
tuto my manhood, when Governor
Evans forced mo to retire from tho
race last year.
Am /, L repeat, such a miserable
cur that l would go crawling to him
on my belly to lick his h. nd and ask
for his forgivoness9 I hope tho pco-
plo will tell those that aro not hero
- that such talk is lie.
| say that but for mo going to
Sumter and picking up the fallen
colors Of Reform that thoro would
have been no raco.
INSIDE HISTORY, ACCORDING TO lRBY.
L didn't want to run. 1t didn't
suit my business. / won't to Cover.
nor Evans and told him to mako tho
race, and that if he would ] would
not. Ho was afraid to ontcr He
waited until after the Sumtcr meet
ing before coming in it. But ] say
the time to mako raco is at the bo.
ginning of it. / feared that South
Carolina would be committed to pro-
lection ideas I havo said before,
and | say now, that Donaldson and
Evans woro afraid to tacklo. McLau-
rim, and I mado up my mind to make
this race if didn't got but ono vote,
that of my brother, DR.. lrby, of Lau-
rens.
Gov. Evans didn't speak at Sum
ter, or Monck's Corner or at Charles
ton. It's false, it's untrue, for any
man to say that I am running to
eject Governor Evans.
os-rs-,l ~ ran because tho people Of tho
Piedmont section, COnse rvativos and
Reformcrs alike, asked mo to run. 1t
was understood when tho last COM
mittco loft mo that 1 would run if
no ono elso would.
| have nothing to hide. l defy
tho world to find so much as a fly
speck on my record. I defy any man
to say whore Ivo deserted a single
principle on which / was elected.
Why, whom all othor records are
boing attacked in this campaign, is
it that mino in unassailed2 Govorn-
or Evans, Senator McLaurin and
Mr. Mayiiold, before he hoppcd out
Of tho pit, all said my record is un-
blemished.
I'll tell yo" why didn't run last
year. Earlo said if didn't run he
would. If I had run McLaurin
would have run. The Conservatives
would have voted for him. The Re-
formors, under tho. lash of Tillman,
would lnavo voted for Evans, and
whcT e my vote would have come from
tho h0rd only knows.
TILLMAN's FINE ITALIAN HAND.
Pm not bothoring Tillman. He
says his hands arc off. God grant
it. (Applause.) My hands aro off
him. Pve no godfather in this race
If l can't run this rare as a Reform
or and Democrat, then TIL so homo
and live in obscurity until tho end Of
my days. ......
Tho Conservatives last year when
Earle boat Evans said: ooh, John,
you've dropped your candy" Tt was
too late thon. Tho people did not
go back on mo. 1t was tho polite
inns They won't back on mo, and
circulated lies against me- Some
OF thoso vory politicians wore men ]
helped to make.
~ AN UNGRATEFUI. BIRD.
| Matched Tillman, if you want to