The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-15

uneXplred term. 1t was desLcrate
strike to talk about his kin being in
office: 1t was left for peace colonels to
complain of his going to the front. No
Gary brother went to war, lie said he
had no organ or "ism' to boom him.
MIR. PATTERSON LArDs THE pIspEN-
SARY
A. Howard Patterson commented on
the closing of the dispensnres at all
campaign meetings and then lie eulo-
gized. the dispensary system. Then he
attacked the prohibition platform, and
said it was not prohibition, but the use
OF the dispensary machinery under the
name of prohibition.
The prohibition dispensary will be rs
much OF machine as the present sys-
TEN. There would be more Hoyt's
cologne sold under that system than
Prehibitionists from principle. Hoyt
wants to be Governor more than ne
wants prohibition. Then he raped
Gonzales and "waded into" Nc
Sweeney; said he would not be in the
race If McSweeney enforced the law.
II the law was enforced in Charleston
it was because they were after him with
hot stick The instructions Nc
SWt sweeney tIay reads reads are % over year old and
y
took up the Custom House and .er
matters on McSweeney. He said blood
shed had to come it necessary, but it
was not necessary. And then lie took
up the cOnstabulary figures.
Then he took up the Garys and
argued. too, that they should not take
everything in sight, but leave some
thing for their friends.
GOVERNOR M'SwEENEY.
Governor McSweeney said all the
candidates spoke about violations in
Charleston and Columbia. Why are
they not fair and show how we'll the
law is enforced elsewhere7 They do
not tell you about the grand juries
not get the grand jury Of Barnweli to
believe him and he could do nothing
to force bills. He then related wiiiit
he had done towards q general enforce
ment of the law; he never had refused
to send constable where asked for by
reputable citizens. He explained the
Scruggs Cherokee matter. He read a
letter from Chief HOwie to show the
conditions in Charleston as to seizing
bar fixtures. His INSTRUCTIONS are for
constables to do their full duty. Scott
was partisan of Patterson's. He then
quoted the record of seizures and cases
tried, claiming better record than in
previous years. HOwie also said tho
statement that there we're Gee blind
tigers in Charleston was absolutely
false.
Patterson asked how, many there
were and McSwecney told him to find
out in his own way.
His administration stood for him.
He took up the Pons case and said
every application for pardon was care
fully considered and petitions were not
given unGue weight. He was 4 OF going
about Singing mud and merely pre-
sented his claims. He explained why
as q business man he reduced the con-
stabnlary. force, and then read letters
to show that the law was enforced gen.
orally. He read anote from some Vet
reminding him of having stood by the
Veteransin his laat annual message, and
he thanked Anderson for its support os
linn.
S. COE.l.HoYT.
Col. Hoyt spoke of HAMPTON and red
shirts started the f78 campaign on this
very hill, and he spoke Of those scenes
with feeling and rfdiculed the idea that
he was running for the Office and not
from principle.
In order to enforce any law you must
have the people back of it and the lack
was its greatest drawback. Themuni-
cipal officers enforce the law and not
the Governor or cOnstables. Governor
McSweeney said this would be the case
in Charleston if the people and local
officers favored the law. If elected he
would not allow the non-enfOrcement
OF the law in Charleston to be common
talk. He was told that the Charleston
raids amounted to nothing. Col. Hoyt
nyt 70 H-nc xr-sk Dn6
and Whitman. They all say they have
seen the tigers in Charleston and they
were witnesses as to how wide open
things were. He knew nothing of
himself, except every one said the
tigers were common there. He said it
was slander to say drinking was as
general as claimed and he had some
fun ont Of his primaries as to those
who drank. Not one of the mayors
but they enforced the law themselves.
The -"tigers" are in the country. and
some one said there was not a blind
tiger in Garvin Township, and Col.
HOyt said the same could Be done un-
der prohibition. Mr.. Richardson said
1t would give no money. Col. Hoyt
said no money was needed where the
sentiment already existed to enforce
the law. He joked about Tillman'B
dYRCtkItuS aS q uilutsi iCI, dIlU u0 HOW
put Tillman down g. The wet nurse,
brought along to nourish the dispen-
sary. He was confident these people
knew him ep3 would not consider what
Tillman said about him. He believed
Tillman was helping him at every
meeting. He was sorry Tillman would
make 6 factiOnal appeal. He thought
the day for that was passed. He
thought the Constitutional Convention
had destroyed and buried factionalism
forever. Why should it be injected
here when you are all competent to
decide for yourself7 Col. Hoyt was
presented with several bouquets.
PATRIOT WHITMAN.
G.. Walt Whitman insisted that he
was running purely because of patriot
ism, and repeated his usual argument,
and particularly on prohibition. "Any
man who breaches prohibition" he
said, sis fool, fanatic or crank"
Josh Ashley and Whitman had O tilt,
Ashley insisting that he never voted
for the dispensary. Whitman took q
few raDs ahnnt the enforcement of the