The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-07-21
Tho Senatorial Campaign.

COLUMBIA, July ls.-The first two
weeks of the State Senatorial campaign
have passed, and eleven campaign meet
iugs have been held in the various
ties Of tho State. There are twenty-nine
meetings yet to be held, and it is thus
seen thst the campaign has really but
just begun. It Is certainly too early to
attempt to say anything as to the results
Of the campaign work. All the speakers,
q Duncan, have been on the stump
and talked to the people, but the crowds
have been small thus far. Some votes
nay have been changed by what the can
didates have had to say, but how many
and the character of the changes are un-
known quantities. Col. 1rby's friends
sey that he has been making q very good
impression, although he has been devot-
ing more time to jokes and a few hard
slaps in various directions than he has to
argument on national issues. Ex-Gover-
nor Evans has been making very good
arguments on the real issues. Mr.. May
field sticks to his attack on the dispen-
sary law, and now an interesting issue
has been raised between himself and
Governor Ellerbe as to what thelatter
said to him about the formation Of O new
political party in South Carolina. Soma
tor McLaurin is said to be holding his
own, making strong arguments upon the
tariff. He is considered the most practi-
cal speaker of all the candidates SO for in
the field. Mr.. Duncan has now compile
ted the trial of tue case which has been
keeping him in Columbia since the cam
paign opened, and it is just possible that
he will take the stump at Winnsboro to-.
morrow or wait until Tuesday, when the
party will speak in Columbia. It is gen.
orally thought that Mr.. Duncan will con-
fine his speeches to arguments upon he
tariff issue. He will, Of course, make the
most of his victory before Judge Benet
last week upon the Jurisdiction issue.
Mr.. Walt Whitman is barred the privi-
lege Of running in the primary and ap-
pearing OF the stump as a candidate. 1t
ia considered practically certain that he
will not be allowed to stand IN the prl-
mary election. He has intimated, how
ever, that he will appeal to the whole
Democracy from State Chairman Tomp-
that he will be q candidate for election
before the General Assembly next win
ter.
After the Columbia meeting the party
will visit Orapgeburg, Dorchester and
Bamberg counties this week, and the
week following they will go 10 tho up.
country, continuing the meetings in that
section until they come back to the Pee
Dee section for the finish.
To day three OF the candidates are in
Columbia-Senator McLaurin, Mr.. May
field and Mr.. Duncan. Senator McLau.
rim is quartered at the Grand Central
Hotel, where he has been visited by many
of his political friends. To-day he dined,
in company with several others, with the
Governors family at the Executive man
sion. When I asked him to-day for an
expression as to the results of the cam
psign thus far and his satisfaction or dis
satisfaction with them, he said that he
was taking q day Of rest, and declined to
have anything whatever to say. I also
asked Mr.. Mayfeld for a similar express
sion. He stated that he was very much
tired out 18th his campaign work, and
was taking q day Of complete rest; he did
not care to have q word to say.
Ex-Governor Evans Is spending Sun
day in Augusta and, of course, could not
be seen. Col. Irby is at his home in Lau-
rens, having gone there Saturday after
noon complaining of being sick. He ex-
poets to attend the Winnsboro meetings,
however, if he is not too unwell.-News
and Courier.