The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-08-01
SPEAKS AT CHESTER
TilInan Makes Red Hot Dis.
pensary Speech.
cRlTlcIsEs HIS CRITICS.
He Refers to the Recent At
tacks Of Bishop Duncan and
Dr.. Gardner on Him.

Or. Gardner on Him.
At the campaign meeting at Chester
Thursday Senator Tillman made red
hot speech and put new ginger in the
fight. He was held until the very last,
and when be talked, made it lively.
Tillman was received with that old
time whoop. To start at the end, Till
man said:
This was his seventh meeting and he
protested against always being put
last. There were some who thought he
ought to remain at home. 1t was not
his fault some one else does not want
to be senator. He never felt happy un-
less he had opposition, and he pre-
ferred it. He may be fool, but he was
never accused of it, and, therefore, he
did not try to be dictator, but felt
free to give advice. As long as he was
senator he felt free to talk. All are
agreed on national issues and there
was no use to talk on such matters un-
less he wanted to sheer around or say
some sweet things. He had seriously
regarded his duty. He had thought it
over, and feeling his obligations, he
felt it carried with it some response
biiity to assist in throwing light. Did
you not teach me to use this tongue
and to use it vigorously? Did you
label that tongue ':for national use
only?' if so, say so. Ifyou say so l
will obey. If not otherwise advised he
was going to talk right out on the
liquor question. The people were free
to do as they pleased and he wanted
them to do 80. 1t is charged that but
for Tillman there would now be pro-
hibition. He said he worked for the
dispensary law. The prohibition vote
cast was nothing like a general vote,
and over 30, 600 did not vote at all. As
to the dispensary being great politi.
cal machine. When it came in he had
Just been reelected and he needed no
machine. He advised the dispensary
because he did net believe prohibition
could be enforced. He did this to save
the State from degradation and being
hypocrites under prohibition.
The people have voted on this ques:
ton almost solely on State Offices, and
the legislature in four elections, and
but for him it would have been put in
the constitution without any butts or
ifs. He did this because the supreme
court decision was pending. He wrote
the clause, and whenever his tongue
grew forked he wanted to be kicked out.
The minority is asking you to i've
up your God. given rights and asking
you to give up without contest. If
you are not careful you will be back
where you where eight years ago.
The State holds $4,000 worth Of
liquor, and that liquor will fritter away
or be lost. If you want it that way it
is your right. Dispensary men he
hears are going to vcte for the prohibi-
ton candidates. Men should stand for
principles and stand by them. Stand
by your principles!
If it is going to be matter of reli-
gion and good.fellowship, then you had
better 90 back to the convention sys-
tenn. Your committees are going to ruin
the primary by gagging the speakers
and limiting the speakers. Eesaid the
reporters were generally fair. Men
must not vote for personal preferences
but on principles, but you have such
right and do as you please, and he
would not complain. The people have
governed South Carolina and the only
way is to allow free time and take of
the bride.
There have been accusations of in
tegrity and no time for the charges or
denials. He wanted to serve notice
that he was going to speak first some
where. This gagging Of speakers will
kill the primary. Better have fewer
speakers. What use is there, for in
stance, for eight candidates for COM
missioner. They can show nothing in
ten minutes, absolutely nothing. You
do not want man who can merely tell
jokes, but these men can tell nothing
in that time.
1t was an outrage to limit the COVER
nors to 80 minutes. They are all the
same. They should all have more time,
but some Of them do not want more
time. Every man should have all the
time ne wants. It was funny to see
Gonzales, an open, avoWed license man,
now the organ CT the prohibition party:
He said Gonzales fought openly and
bravely, although he sometimes does
not tell the truth.
It was old and stale this thing about
the liquor men and preachers being on
the same line. He never said there was
an agreement between the preachers
and barkeepers. But much is now be.
ing made out of it, although he had
repeated it % times. He pictured the
ministers in white fighting the dis
pensary and then another army in
white aprons all fighting the same dis
pensary, and Col. Hoyt certainly was
accepting all these votes
Now the sole question is whether
these armies are fighting the same dis
pensary. Now Bishop Duncan said l
lied when l said the prohibitionists
ard liquor men were allied under Col:
Hoyt. That was severe language and
he once used such language, but he did
not do so now in the senate, but left
that to Bishop Duncan. (Applause,)
Bishop Duncan would feel sorry for
what he said of him.
Then he took up the temperance COM
mittee and its declaration, which ''de-
nounced any insinuation that the ef-
fort of Christian ministers and other
citizens to rid this State Of this gigan-
tic evil is sought or voluntary com
,bination with the salooon element as
base SANDER That is itself an at
tempt to strengthen the power of this
most damnable iniquity.''
He said if these ministers wished to
accuse him Of issuing SANDER it was
we'll and good. It would not hurt him.
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