The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-08-08

y five times i'll the legislature and one
Z in the constitutional convention, an
!. that during the last six wears he ha
4 been speaker of the House of Repre-
D IScntatiYcS.
t When Mr.. Patterson was prcScntc,
G he complained of the height of tn
4 platform :@elf, and said that he new
/, er liked to have anything betweel
S himself and the people
| lie said that before the dispensar,
, law was adopted his county seat
Barnwcll, at Christmas time was ;
scene of debauchery and riotous con
duct. Christmas, now, he said, wa:
like Sunday. He said that the Droni
=, Ditlon party were not advocating to
tai prohibition, but wanted the sale
of liquor continued for medicinal Dur
poses.
MIR. Patterson said that it was gen,
orally conceded all over tie Stat,
that Governor McSwccncy had not
enforced the diSpenSary law. He Said
that there were at least six huu(rru
blind tigers in Charleston, and about
two hundred in Columbia, and that
they have been turned over to the
watchful care of the police wnD were
in cahoot with the tigers.
Railroad Commissioner w. ID. Ev-
ans was next introduced, having been
absent when his turn came. lie said
he had tried to do his duty in his
| office. The rate on fertilizers, ON
| wood and other commodities, includ-
| ing cotton, had been reduced. AS a
result the low country had shipped
its cotton to the mills up here They
had been told that the board had
| done nothing, that the factories had
| been driven from the State, but vet
cotton m..S had sprung up all over
| this country 1t had been said that
he was subsidized; that las. l.. Orr
| said SO. If Mr.. Orr thinks SO he has
| never made any complaint to the
| board. Ills family was as honorable
as Orr's lie detailed his political
I record and told of the honorS his
home county had given him. lie was
| on the steering committee of the
constitutional convention and had
been elected first vicc-prcsidcnt of
the national association of railroad
commissioners. lie would never be
guilty of doing anything that would
bring diShOnOr on his wife and ten
children and promised to serve the
people in the future as in the past.
Col. James ii. Tillman, candidate
for lieutenant governor, was next in
troduccd. lie had heard SO much
speaking that he dreamed of il at
night and he knew ;hc people were
tired. lie was II candidate for licu-
tenant governor and four hoHorablc
men opposed him. They had all held
Office before and he never had. lie
could not refer them to any Official
record, but there were boys in this
county who served under him in the
Spanish American war. lie referred
to Col. John II, Sloan and his war
record. Then To Senator Knox liv-
ingSton, whom he said he couldn't
get on any platform. Livingston
claimed TO be from the grand old
prohibition county of Marlboro.
This gave occasion for Col. lillman's
snake joke and also his coon Joke.
Col. Tillman then rcferi ed to Mr..
WinkIcr, who, he said, was one of
the most artful dodgers he ever saw.
lIlcaSc had been as consistent us he
could but he had one objection to
llcaSc. When his regiment was mus
tered out the privatcS had given him
Il medal and l}lcaSc presented it, say
ing that they hoped to see him climb
the ladder of fame, but BlcaSc is try
ing to push him OH the ladder now.
lie then briefly outlined his platform.
lie was SQuarcly for the diSpcnSary.
Temperance is Il moral question, not
u political one. IT, should be taught
at Iolllt. llt W as st
and a member of the church, but
didn't want his church dragged into
politics. In every State prohibition
has been Il failure. Time was called
on him. In reply to II question, he
| didn't favor pulling down any State
college.
Senator Knox Livingston said he
| had heard Col. Tillman's speech for
| the nineteenth time and his joke had
been borrowed from congressman
in the Sixth district.
| Col. Tillman-Thc congressman
borrowed it from me.
LivingSton-No, sir; | heard him
| tell it two years ago and he said you
| borrowed il from him.
| He did not wish to be the funny
man of the campaign, but stated his
claims for the high and distinguished
| Office From 1876 he had cndcavOrcd
to uphold the banner of Democracy,
not only in the days when 1T caught
every breeze but when there were
storms and lightning. His people
had advanced him TO his present po-
stion, and not only his own county
but those around it had greeted him
with loud acclaim. lie did hold al
otlcc-scnator from MarlDoro--bu'
he didn't ask the people to jump him
from the position of private to th,
presiding Office OF the senate. lie
asked for their suffrage on his mcr
its.
lie had devoted a good deal of at
tcntion to the public roads. lie
: wanted convictS used on the public
roads and had introduced bill ol
that line in the senate.
} lie had stood for prohibition whcI
public sentiment would sustain ii