The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-21

since 1890, said he, to see the recep
tion of the peoples great tribune,
Ben Tillman. He was here then
fighting combinations and was here
now fighting the estate House
gapg,' which was attempting to
parcel out the Offices of this State
from Senator down to coroner 81
am running as a democrat" declared
Irby. Il am the only original pack
age in the lot McLaurin had
patented his speech. At Beaufort he
wanted protection on rice, st Charles
ton on rice and long staple cotton,
but be didn't think he had patented
protection speech for Edgefeld
McLaurin had the people fooled He
is not on the same platform as Till
man Tillman had declared he
wasn't.
Proceeding on new tack, he de
clared that McLaurin bad gotten
Gonzales for his political daddy and
the world can't beat him He then
declared that he and Tl:nan were
the political daddies of all of the can
didates, but thought they were treat
ing him with disrespect by opposing
him.
He had been politically assaesi-
mated and thrown out for dead be
cause he resisted the great conspfi-
racy last year against the democratic
party He was a democrat, always
had been and could be nothing else,
because he was for the interest of the
people.
Colonel Irby then attackd McLau
rims tariff views, declaring that Till
man had said they were iniquitous,
and Il know you will believe him if
you won't me You people here love
him and believe what he says
Colonel Irby attacked the newspa
pers. He declared that Mr. Gonzales
had prevented Conservative from
entering this race Mr. Gonzales had
called him a liar in to-day's paper,
which was unparliamentary 10 one
usually called him that when close to
him, however. He attacked the
Forty movement He believed that
every white man should be allowed
to vote and therefore disapproved Of
the constitutional suffrage clause
Colonel lrby made the assertion
that he and not TiIlman had made
Evans Governor. He, with Tillman,
he declared, had bad Saluda made
into county and left Edge6eld Con-
servative with Sheppard to run it
Reviewing past political history,
Irby asserted that last year he could
have gone to the Chicago convention
as a delegate Can't, said he, came
to him at 2 o'clock a. m and said
that the State convention had left a
place open for him He sent word
back that he would not accept be
cause he was unalterably opposed to
The declared boiling policy of the
party
Editor Ball next came in for praise
for coming out against the newspaper
combination at Columbia The Etler.
be Watts episode was repeated but
elected no applause He declared
that he gould prove that the Estate
House clique" were going to turn
out McIver and that Tillman knew
they we're plotting against him
He concluded by reviewing his re
cord and declaring that he had al
ways been with the people Col.
Irby was wildly app'auded when he
took his seat He kept the crowd in
a good humor and they listened at
tentively
Senator McLaurin began by re-
viewing his record as a Reformer.
The Reform movemt. he declared,
did no. depend on the life of any
man, rot even on that of Tiilman
He jumped on Irby for saying that
he made Tillman support Evans for
Governor He thought it time FOR
a Reformer to step in when mau
like lrby boasted that ne made the
Governor "Who ought to make
the Governors of South Carolina, the
white votes or John 1rby %
lrby, from HE aeat-"Thc white
voters
"But you said just now that you
made Evans Governor +"
Irby "Weli, helped y Laugh
ter
McLanrn attacked him for devils
lug the Colleton plan in order to
foist Evens on the people when they
didn't want him Sena'or McLaurln
caused much merriment by para
phrasing Henry ", substituting
Irby for Falstaff, Evans for Prince
Hal and Larry Can't for Pistol in the
scene where Prince Hall becomes