Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-08-15
OUR STATE CAMPAIGN MEETING.
II Was Held Last Thursday-AIl the Candl.
dates Have a Say.

in w .lhalla last Thursday. Tho day was
quito hot aud the meeting was not very
largely attended. 1t was comparatively
quiet and entirely we'll disposed, and no
ono was in an ill humor. The meeting
was, hold in tho grove Of the old Adger
College campus, and tho speaking was
from stand which is soon to bo used
for tho Semi Contonnial celebration.
Con. Floyd spoke first and complained
of his troubles IN lighting without his
opponent being hcro.
f., Tho Railroad Commissioners camo
ncxt. w. ID. Mayiiold, j. Il. Pottigrew,
| Thomas n. Berry and j.. III. Wharton
mado protty much tho same argument on
| business lines.
Mr. Wharton protested that tho rate
| on cggs was rs high frCm Seneca to Lau-
rons rs to Now York. w. d. Evans and
y. B. Evans had their old tilt about tho
dispcnsary policies which were secured
through Barney B.
FOR GOVERNOR.
G. Walt Whitman took the middle of
tho stand and grated at length and with
heat. He said that if liquor was made
in this State ho favored patronizing homo
industry by buying it for tho dispcnsarios.
lIo reiterated his usual plcasantrios and
| arguments.
MIR. FRANK B. GARY
stood in tho broling hot sun and an
nouncod his we'll known platform and
viows. Some ono, ho said, complained
that inforior liquor was being sold, but
this was not the intention of tho dispen-
sary system, and it should not be so.
IIo was running because lie was a friend
of the dispcnsary and because tho law
was not now being enforced. IIo would
enforce it by putting conStablcs whore
needed. AS to tho old soldier he wanted
to say ho was tho friend of tho old
soldier, and his proudcst moment was
Charleston. He explained tho present
distribution of tho dispcnsary profits
and argued that it was best. He spoke
forcibly to show that Patterson should
cease to usc the argument about his
brothers holding office being anything
against him.
a. HOWARD PATTERSON
said there was but ono issue in this cam
paign, and that was the liquor question,
and he made his regular defence of the
dispcnsary and wound up with the usual
attack on tho McSwccney administration,
especially as to Charleston. IIc pounded
McSwccncy for not scizing bar fixtures
and worrying tho poor mountaincer who
sells jug of liquor. If a law is to be cn-
| forced, he said, ono should not ask
whether thorc be any hloodshcd or not.
llc saidM cSweenoy talked about saving
money. If he had a few more consta-
b.es they could do something. IIo csti-
mated that there are four hundred blind
| tigers in Charleston and one hundred in
| Columbia. Their sale at 81 each would
| bo $500 day, or SlS0,000 a year, and the
constablcs, il employed, could save this.
Ellcrbc had about sixty constablcs,
which, at s. day, would, cost $4,000 a
year. McSwccncy has forty-four consta-
blcs which would cost So $50 a year,
difference of 1920. There arc in
| Charleston $50 revenue licenses, and sup
| pose each holder of these sells 50 day,
that would be 5000 day, S27, 900 mouth,
| or 1921 900 year. SO, instead of saving,
the State is losing, by not having the
constablcs.
GoVERNoE MSwEENEY
said about the only thing against him
was the TRADE against him and Charles
tom All he wanted was to have the
last year compared with any other year.
1t was wrong to single out any town. He
did not claim too much, but the people
were doing their share towards cnforc-
ing the law. Mono of his constablcs will
ever be allowed to injurc any ono on
ilimsy grounds. lie read telegram
from Chief lIowic in which he showed
that instructions were issued to seize
fixtures, and he stated that the reason
fixtures were not seized was because the
tigers got tho goods back on claim and
delivery and the c0nstablcs had not been
able to provide for countcr-bonds. The
State board had been asked to provide
for these bonds, but has not yet done So
| The expenses were included in Mr.. Pat
tcrson's figures and he imagined a great
deal. He did not agree with Gary that
there ought to DO prohibition in one
county and dispcnSary in others. If
there were to be improvements in the dis
pcnsary they must come from the Lcgs
laturc, and prohibition to begin with,
would increase taxes. lIo referred to
| the PonS case, tho Florence matter and
the Barnwcll removals to show that he
did his duty without fear or favor. IIo
held the Prohibition Convention respon-
siblc for tho present dispute and cam
paign and insisted that party or factonal
conventions should not be held
COLI JAMES A. noyr
said the friends of the dspcnsary had
already criticised it sufficiently for him
not to say anything about it. There is
no use to go to Kansas to find violations
of the dispcnsary, for every law is vio-
lated there or here. lie believed there
would be agitation until the dispcnsary
was abolished. The dispcnsary has some
good features, but they are getting II
bad reputc by non-enforcemcnt. Moral
questions, if they affect the people, have
Il perfect right to enter into politics
The State has no right to engage in bust
ness. Take the profit feature from tho
dispcnsary and it will go. 1t is the
money that is in it that keeps it on you.
lhat is the universal appeal. He had
said everywhere he wanted to abolis h
the dispcnsary. He insisted that Till
man had made a mistake to mix up in
his family quarrcls and especially to
jump on him. IIoyt is going to be
elected he thinks, unless he can stop the
wave. lie spoke Of Tillman as now be-
ing ID. d., LII d., and one y. d., and as
such he welcomed him and was not
afraid to meet him. As Il candidate for
United States Senator it would be far
more becoming to talk on national issues
This country is intensely interested in
national matters and yet he says not Il
word on national matters. He believed
as Governor, he could enforce the dis
pensary law ten times better that it is
enforced at present.
FOR LLEurENANT GOVERNOR.
Mr.. Blcasc said no Congressional can
didato need fear that he would run for
Congress if elected. lie said there was
too much law and the Supreme Court re-
vcrsed itself in about two weeks time.
Cole j." Winklcr protested against geo
graphical lines being drawn He believed
in fostering tho common schools, he
wanted to help the old soldiers wherever
possible and closed with his political
| record.
| John L. Sloan was on his own stamp
ing ground. lie did not propose draw
ing geographical lines, but thought that
the Piedmont should have more Stale
officers. He spoke of his grandfathcr's
and his grcat-grandfathcrs having held