The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-06-27
cess today although he was greeted with
cheers By his supporters.

cheers By his supporters.
McS1eeney began by saying that at
Hampton he had made no speech ex
cept to welcome the candidates. He
had assailed nobody there. At St.
Georges he had read statement from
w. W. Harris that the dispensary law
is being enforced. He read letter
from magistrate in Greenvil!e show
ing violations of the dispensary law
Lad decreased so per cent. He is being
attacked for little things Governor
Evans had paid $572 ''o- pictures. FL
lerbe had paid for pictures out @: the
contingent fund. In regard to the Fens
case he said he meant 10 reflection on
the attorney but he was proud of Ward.
Every effort had been made to get him
to pardon Pons, the notorious scoundrel
but ne would never pardon a biga
mist (Cheers.) He is the owner Of
the Hampton Guardian but is not in
charge of the editorial department.. He
quoted from letter to HoWie, chief
constable in Charleston, to renew his
efforts to break up blind tigers, seize
liquors, fixtures, etc. II he needed more
men call on the governor. HOWE wrote
that the little tigers were not trouble
some and the big ones were being
broken up. He had proceeded carefully
in the custom house business in order
not to antagonizs the United States
and the State.
Mr.. Gary said he would make but
ten minutes speech. While Col. Hoyt
and Patterson were wasting time dis
cussiDg fermented and unfermepted
wine, he would discuss the method Of
managing the sale of wine today, He
devoted himself to the coalition be-
tween prohibition and high license.
The reduction Of the constabulary one
half made the force inefficient. He had
been told that in Chester the tigers
were 50 thick they had starved each
other out. The credit of turning Tol
bert out Of the custom house is due to
Til!man, not to McSWeeDey. The word
had gone out from Columbia that
Something must be done to kill off
Gary for he is gaining to much. " If
they are scared now by the time We
reach the upper tier of counties they
will takea chill.
Col. Hoyt said that Gary was making
mistake running for Office this year.
He had been an attache of the legisla
ture 16 years and is the logical candi
date for lieutenant governor. Gary
might be in somebody elses way. but
not in his. He was maintaining this
fight alone. He denied with spirit that
be was coalition candidate. Not
man in the race would decline the sup
port Of respectable newspaper. 1t
was voluntary support. Col. Hoyt,
Gary and McSweeney each received
modicum of applause.
Senator Tillman's presence had
helped hold the crowd. His speech
lacked the old-time fire, for dynamite
needs jar to freit eff. Hespoke of ma
tionAl affairs about in the same manner
as he did at Orangeburg, He kept
hands off in the political circus and said
he would assign the ringmasters whip
to Walt Whitman. However he did
touch upon the main issue-the dispen-
sarY. He did not claim paternity, but
said it was the result Of conditions.
The fight against it bad been settled in
1891, in 1895, 1896 aud 1898, and yet
they tell US they want to settle the
liquor question. Is it to keep coming
up until We give up to the minority?
wish you would settle the thing this
time, put UP headstones and if you
have any flowers put them on the grave,
too. He was glad to see that the
crowd was not drunk as it had been in
some of the monkey and parrot times
of yore. Talk about prohibition, you
know you love liquor and you are going
to have it. You love liquor just like
you do the girls, and you will have it. ="
(Laughter) He then spoke on nation
al politics. At the conclusion he re-
ccived flowers, three bunches. There
were cries for 'Bellinger," but the at
torney general declined to speak at
home IN the absence of his opponent.