Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-08-18
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The speaking by the Senat atorial
candidates here Friday was at
tended by probably 700 people,
including good contingen ut from
Chester county. There were but
two speeches, Mr Mayheld hav-
ing announced his withdrawal
from the race at Yorkville and
McLaurin being unable to be
here on account OF his physical
canditlon, he having been so over
come by heat while speaking at
lorkyille that he tainted as he
went out of the court house.
lrby and Evans were the only
speakers present. The speaking
took place from a temporary stand
IN the court house yard. The meet.
ing was opened by an appropriate
prayer by Rev. s. n. Watson,
when County chairman Porter
introduced Col. Irby as the first
speaker. Col. lrby made good
impression upon our people, few
of whom had ever heard him be-
fore. Evans had a good many
friends in the crowd, though there
was little enthusiasm manifested
by the crowd for either of the
speakers.
Both used a good deal of pop
Ply cock talk designed to catch
the votes of the unwary. For
Instance, Col. Irby argued that
McLaurln's tariff views were Re-
publican, but he admitted having
voted for tariff on rice in the
Wilson bill. He told the people
that the suit of clothes for which
they had been paying $3.50 or $5
would now cost them $12 or $15
and that that Is result of the
tariff favored by McLaurin, when
in fact the Dingley bill was not
voted for by McLaurin at all, but
is a purely Republican measure,
advocated and passed by the Re.
publicans to supplant the Wilson
Bill. The truth IS that the in
crease In the cost OF clothing is
nothing like as great as this
Statesman out of Job" would
have the people believe. If you
will ask any dealer in clothing
about the increase in the price
he will tell you thatlt is not over
ten per cent, as w. Ganson. j,
M. Heath and T NJ. Fitzpatrick
told lis. That means that the
suit for which you paid $3.50,
would now cost you not over
$4.75 and the suit for which you
paid So under the Wilson bill
will now cost you not over So. 80
instead of $12 or $l5, as stated by
Col. Irby.
MIR. Evans advocated free raw
material at some myth, which
means that the producer of the
raw materials is to have no
protection while the men who
manufacture the raw materials
get all the protection and be-
cause of the duty being placed on
the manufactured products alone,
the protection thus furnished the
manufacturers necessarily very
much greater than if div ided be-
tween the raw material and the
manufactured product. These are
fair specimens OF the arguments
produced by these two speakers.
The following is the reporters
account of the speeches as pub
lished n the daily papers.
Col Irby began by disclaiming
that he was prophet or the
son of a phophet," but a few DAYS
ago he had said this race would
narrow down to Evans and him
self and to-day it looks as if
that prophecy were fnlflled.' y
Mr.. McLaurin had flown the pit
yesterday and Mr.. McLaurin was
not here to-day. With these pref
atorv remarks, Col. Irby, then
briefly reviewed his political
record from his election to the
Legislature in 1855 to his with
drawal from the senatorial race