The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-21
Speakers Still a a'Speaklng.
500 or 400 Aiken Voters
ss= Hear the Senatorial
Candidates.

Aiken, S. c.. July 14.-Besween
shree aud four hundred of the twenty
seven hundred voters In Aiken County
came ont to day TO hear the Senstoclal
candidates The court house was con.
! fostably filed The ole-.ime eushusi-
asm Vas missing. Messrs. Evans Irby
and MoI4aurin each spoke for az bcur
saoi 81 more. aBd when Mr. May6eld's tine
{ came the crowd vas SO weary and had
scattered SO for dinner that he had the
mercy and good sense to speak for only
Ten miGutes.
Governor Evans said he regretted
that there vas SO small an audience.
Tie issues that are now up hays not
bees pubiicly discussed for years. Mr..
McI.aurin, he said, had by act repudi-
ated he true Democratic doctrine and
platform aud was Republican under
Democratic cloak. McLaurin's policy.
Sc urged. would only enrich the few
aud make the cost of things higher to
s she masses. McLanrin should come
out ike others. be urged, as protec-
ton Republican. for it was wrong to
serve as Republican in Democratic
liYery. The Republicans never gave
The Democrats anything unless they
sold ou. OF gave ten for ooe. Accord
ing to-.be papers, McLaurin is doing
ererything IN Washington. and i would
pay 10 ask the government TO let the
State have the $4,000 and brieg the
others home. He said be would say
So s:aaotilnc about Governor Ellerbe'snottak
ing he endorsemens of 10000 voters
over the few veazly politicians. he
sever asked fer Che appointments. If
eLanrin' q policy is carried out It viii
cost the farmers 20 per cent. more on
aeeessaries
10 Ti!lman's position, be cid cot
thiak il the sane as MoLaurin's, bus if
ST were, Tillman was wrong and be
would tell him so and vote against bin
He spoke long time on the cotton
sscbedule and said it gave the North the
very cluh Il wanted with which to rob
The South 90 the compensatory tax on
bagging and ties. twas like selling
sous for mess of pottage. With the
Sousbern masses getting nothing.
Colonel Irby said be 6rss came to
Aiken Is see how the Reform move
meot would take in this section and af-
her his visit told Tilman all was safe.
He spoke Of taking il new blood and
that Mr. Henderson was the biggest
catch since 1890. (Applause. Said he
wanted to talk as Reforner. Demo
graf and farmer. Taking eff his being
ahe daddy Of Evans be said when Till
man wanted Ellerbe for Governor, be
had told Evans he should be Governor,
he made Tiilman quit Ellerbe and go
10 Esans ard elect him. He said be
had always been opposed BY "the
clique 10 Columbia. Msy6eld was the
child Of Shell. and so an orphan Dan.
can Of the devil, aud McLaurin Of Coo
zaies
AS 10 HE Di.pensary views. he said
he wanted the System given faar
chance. Il was far better than open
barroms. He helped make the Law
and believed the system right yet. II
there we're any rotteaness it should be
renedied and if aay dishonesty 1t
should be punished.
Taking Of ths Reform movement.
Re sa:d If il had cot leen for him Till
man would still he selling butter 10
copperas breecbes. TIE movement. he
said. started in the defeat of Gen.
Gary IN 1880 IF Gary had lived be
Iould have been elected in 1882 and
and there would have been no occasion
for The movement that viudicated
sGary's assassination. He found Till
mar. proposed to him at Dan Tomp-
gkins's house to run fog Governor and
TiIlnao readily assensed, aud Re was
elected. he would oaly have made
the 6ghs 10 the Democratic pafsy
He said be would tell wha: kind of
Democrat be vas aud that be vas 10,
The sort as the Governor of the State,
Who has sold out the Reform party to
the Gonzales party. He then weot
for the Governors course in repramaac-
ing and dismissiog privases and not
reprimao6ing Gen Watts. A recri-
msod was to abuse and cuss QUE. Ell
lerbe's course vas. be said, .harsb. un
democratic aud onwarran:ed, Cap
p.ause If the contract With Gonzales
is carried out. ke said. this great frieod
of the people Is 20 uu tee State and ID
ten years every factory would haye
pegro izbor Negro labor was already
ussd 10 Cbarle>ion. aud he understood
was TO be esed 10 Colombia fle was
opposed 20 getting negro labor rs mills,
as this was getting the girls too near
negro laoer which vas suited to farm