The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-08
ind so the tension was kent up.


The detailed report Of the meeting will
indicate exactly what was said, and there IS
no need to repeat it here.
All morning, long before the meeting
was formally opened, there were spcculn-
tions and prognOStCatiOnS ns to who would
enter the field. BY breakfast time it was
announced and generally known that there
certainly would be three candidates in the |
| field, Senator Mclmurin, State Senator S. |
G.. Mayiicld and En- United States Senator
| !. l. NJ. lrhy. Further than this no one |
| knew. Thclc were some one who thought |
that John Gary Evans would enter; Others
who thought that Mr. Mower or Mr. George
.JohnSlonr or Col NJ. j.. Donaldson, or any
one OF half II dozen others might enter
| Time went ON. but there were no additions
to the list When the meeting was about
10 start the onc question was, who WAS the
| entries: No one knew of any other than
the three already named ,and it was not I'M
til Il "cl"c& tonight that John II. Duncan
filed his pledge, and not until 1880 that
John Gary Evans followed suit.
| SO when The meeting began there were
only three candidates, but in some way the
expectation sct med to bc that there would
| be Others alld before the audience left the
| hulloiirG that opinion seemed 10 he stronger
than>rvct great many said that if there
was ever promise of Il campaign resulting
in success fer some good straight, clean,
| candidate, who would absolutely cschcw
personalities, that this was the time and this
the race. Whether this plugnoSiication be
correct or not, ii is nevertheless fact that
The expectation 0f another candidate seem
cd to bc greater than ever This feeling
was no doubt very largely induced by the
success of the candidacy OF General Enrlc.
| 1t is no unusal thing for The opening cam.
paign mcctin to be the Mecca Of the SC whu
arc interested in the ups and downs OF pol
| l,,f ,,r
friends. To-day there were quite number
OF strangers II the city who augmented The
audience considerably, and they came her,
i, To be at the opening meeting and to watch
| the success OF ,Ecr personal friends
: Among those who come here were: Chair
, man Tomptins, Superintendent MayIicld
! Sheriff BraAhlm, Mr.. Norton, Mr.. W. -
i Julien Yates. Col. NJ. l.. Donadson Mr. r
Z g. Robinson, Con. ID. u. Duncan, C"l. W
n. Neal, Mr. l.. +. Farley, Mr.. l.. J. vii
c linms, Col. w. ID. Evans. Mr.. Louis ApIr
l. Mr.. Brcrdcn, Mr. Emanuel, and Hrrn
l. many others. Altogether the visiting dele
, u cations from C"!mbia Man .ing. Ernnrtls
IL vile and other points; in the State nlimhcrc,
about one hundred and fifty.
Is Two of Tie central Iin,rcS among tn,
= visitors, who did not eater th" race. hii
30 who were expected 10 do 50, were tn Gov
1t crnor John Gary Evans and Go" NJ. J..
'c Donaldson. Col. Duual,ts"n duru. the
n progrrsS OF the day did all hr could lp have
" the campaGH rpSlpuucl ultli Il cooler SEA
VI son, but liir tight was begun, AMI the ca
VI di'la,rS wrr" ready to- test their strength
u The good lruI''r oi Sumter are to hr
u most heartily lh,ul>cd fer havin" arri.lgrt
IL to ho'd the initial campaign meeting in i
IL building especially in such II comfortable
H. spacious ann elegant hul,lin% as the Dprr,
a, House OF The %"-ah"al civ Of Sumter
al Lessee Itytl,nhuig lrnd all the Wims, tniuWi,
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&C. ''Slanl in With the hr,rIrN thal were blow
~ inG through tn, huili ~. :
'S There WAS not very iAr"c, %,,,WI in ihr
~ orrr" ii""r; 'n'ii;iti.i II very Inr~r a,r,cucc
,, WAS '' rAlr,iC". Hwl II lhrl" ar" very
ttiir"r nu,lirnc''S durin" lr cnmparu il Will
as hr something of II Surlri~,'.
II. The Opera house holds nhnul ih',lsau'
- people rnmtnllnhy, nmd there WAS iuSt
w. about hat ui that number prr>"nr. In a,i
n diiion to thig there were some twenty five
d III thirty on t,r Nintr, niii"u% that urtrnt"
IL hrin": Chairman I'urhy, state t'hairntal
|" TompknS, Mayor ii,1Salrh. Coz. liayn"
y. worth, Sheriff, Biadlnm, Mr.. Il. |. Man
- ming, EN Governor Evans Mr. Louis .tp
lr. rcli. Cumptrc!lr", General Norton, Col. VI
Is l.. Dunni>ul' t"UuniS. iUn"r ". -. Evans
/. Mr. &. l.. Euauurt, Candidates Mcl.alIfji
u AMI irhv ;,nl the newspaper men.
M Chairman nnrdN in "p"nimS the mrr'in.
nj s.,!,,:
;d Fellow Citizens: lndcr the dSin'"S.
nj iinn of Providence "" have been called ~
iS ON To eject II successor /. ihV bate j Srph ii
II. Earle.
hN need not SAY lu those Il""rni that J.:
- liir liz WAS De rNrnrlar OF truth aMd hon
y, or: iliS, that IN his death and from hi
rS ashes ilirrr will = 'nr and opling up II srnti
NJ mrnl ol good feeling which will once nGnil
'S unite our prnplc and Meal our iacIiunAl tit
III iurrn,rS
"l For tEr pr"li" "i Sumter and ! Zee
re sure that they vnic" IN this rrSprc, the sen
limrni$ OF the pc"ilr of the State nSI
m that The r:m,ii'!a'rs who Shall aspire to tin
n ni"nilicd "tl"c shall discuss issues and No
IL men; that they Will comjU"! this mrrlin.
II" and The whole campaign ON plane in Keep
aI' ing with the dignity ui the office and u,ak,
~ il Il campaign oi education aMd rnliGhIrn
n mrnt.
ne Mr.. purdv jh,n intr"ducrd Senator Me
MS l.a'nm rs he first speaker. AS Mr.. McInu
IL rim stepped forward he WAS erected witt
an y