The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-14

former list as well as pu. ii on the new.
TIE SENATORIAL CONTEST.
A week Of the Senatorial campaign
has developed nothing that wss not sur
missed before the meeting in this city
] last Monday sod known Immediately
sfser that meeting was concluded 1t 's
McLauriD agaips. the field. lrby and
EY.ps have entered the race primarily
Is defeat NoLaurin. They have no
settled policy 10 advocate aud no political
con xiesious to deiend. They are tight
ING McLanriu aud whatever course
they adopt or vhaseyer issue they make
IS considered 6rss in reference to Its
effect on McLaurin. They stand for
al that Is bitter, partisan and irrecon-
cilable IN faotional politics that have so
cursed aud divided the people of the
State during the past SIX years. Troy
I has no. delivered, SO far as We
{ hav. learned, speech tina.
contained single argument or
single reason Why he should be re-
surned 70 a position that be sigoally
and disgraeefally failed to fllto bis own
sor his States credit daring term OF
gsix years. His speeches have been
tsrades aud harsngnss appealing the
passions and animositiss Of She people.
The burden Of his song IS that be is
Rsformer aud helped make Ben Till
man aud helped get cf6ce for other men
as veil as himself. Ead he done any
thing for the benefit Of the State had
hea single achievement in the Senate
10 HE credit. his ambition to return
would not be such brazen efrotery. But
his record in the Senate has nothing to
recomnend bin. and be himself, nos
dis friends. do not dare defend it. he
ieoores his Senatorial record aOd
would bave others forget it, while
Is fights McLauria and charges oon-
spiracies aud eombina na.ioos on no strong
q ground than that MsLanrio has von
sbe support. if DOT the friendship OF
Conservatives by his decidedly able
course in the House and Senate.
gyans, the running mae Of lrby,
has taken : primary course Of study
ooz The. tariff and is conducting the
febs against McLaurin from that quar-
Ter. BE is posing as an infe1ible asd
deyoted believer 10 Calhoun democracy
he denounces McLaurin's tariff viaws
and declares himself the true exponent
Of democracy He attacks McLaurin
for working for tariff on cotton and
aumber. which benefits the South. but
ssys not one word about free bsggiae
and ties for which McLaurin also
worked. Itis McLaurin they are after,
not the democratic doctrine he holds.
Mr Msy6eld is more difficult to
classify. bu. be wants the Office and is
spaking his fight on the tariff aud dis
pensary issues. aud bis support Of
TiIlmap. Il ia rather strange, how
ever. how be reco1eiles his support
Of Senator Tiilman with bis opposition
to seas,or McLaurin's position on the
s.rs8. vtios is ideotioally the same as
s.oasor TilIman's.
Mr. Duncan has not made bis ap'
pearance on the stump, and the only
iptimation Of Ibis views is obtained
from an Interview which he gave to the
press a few days ago. He is strong
supporter of Senator Tillman. and is
opposed to ao5:hiag like revenue
and protective tariff that benefits the
South. A rather anomolous combina'
tioo, bat that is what We gather from
the intery.ew. He also thinks he is
entitled to support on account of bis
fight against John Gary Evans last
wear. and refers to that as a strong
card in his hand.
McLsurio is making strong and
clean fight along the line laid down 10
his speech delivered here on the open
ing day of the campaign. He stands
by bis record in the House aud Senate
and shows how his policy is the
best for the South, inasmuch