The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-08-22
THE AIKEN MEET.
Sight Hundred People Heard the
Speakers Quietly.
T!LLMAN TALKS OF NINETY.

T!LLMAN TALKS OF NINETY.
The Other Speakers Went Over
the Usual Ground. Each
Candidate Has
His Say.
The State campaign meeting was held
at Aiken on Wednesday. DR.. thinner
man and Capt. Jenningsl had their
friendly bouts aud paid each other COM
pliments. Mr.. BrookeI and Mr.. Derhau
spoke more peaceably. Messrs Ellison
Capers, Jr. and McMahan told Why they
should be elected. Gen. Floyd and
Capt. Rouse with their usual speeches.
Messrs. j. H. Wharton, B B. Evans,
7. N. Berry, 7. L Pettigrew, W. D.
May6eld and W. D. Evans made foe
arguments why each one of them should
be elected railroad commissioner.
TILLMAN NEXT.
Senator Tillman was then grsciously
presented by State Senator Henderson.
Senator Tillman first took up the
chagse Of ''bossism" and why he was
in this campaign. He had sense enough
to know any attempt from him to
'boss" would be resented. Hampton
came here years ago in entirely differ
ent circumstances and be charged here
that you wanted repetition Of the
Malone campaign and such things.
Common consent then said Hampton
was to be returned to the senate aud
he was no candidate, and Tillman was
here as candidate under the orders of
the State committee. There would have
been half dozen candidates had any
one felt there was a show for them.
The prohibitionists have started to
draw factional lines. He asked wheth-
er he was expected to accept the brlbe
Of universal support, to keep his mouth
shut and not to do his duty. Why then
did they attack him and utter slanders
against him, he asked.
Then he took up the election of 1892
which was not conclusive for prohibl-
ton, he argued, and the dlspensary has
been endowed FIVE times. Then he
gave the history Of how the dispensary
was agreed upon.
He reiterated the alliance" state
ment and incidentally said he heard
there were no 'blind-tigers" here but
he did not know whether it was so.
Then he took up the preachers and
said he was not afraid of them. 1t was
the truth that hurt them. AS long as
be told the truth he vas Indifferent as
to who it nit.
There were no Hy specks on Col.
Hoyt, and he had absolutely no candi-
date or favorite, but he was defending
his administration and the dispensary.
He laughed at The States being the
organ Of prohibition although it was a
license advocate.
Then he jumped the Rev. W. R.
Richardson and his sermon, and then
said why he needed no machine. Fif-
teen or twenty thousand would scratch
him if Gonzales could muster them,
but he would rather be scratched than
muzzled.
He then took up the advantages Of
the dispensary.
A Voice: "Uncle George is against
it."
Tillman: "He is no oracle"
He then took up the merits of the
law and said there was no Sc1iptural
objection to the sale of liquor. He had
never joined the church because he did
not feel good enough, and then he
quoted a passage about drinking and
forget your poverty and suggested that
some had been so judging from the
crops about here. This occasioned
much laughter. Common sense was a
jewel, even in the pulpit, and it was a
pity there was so much dogmstism and
fanaticism.
He insisted on voters standing for
principle and not friendship or admira-
tion.
He was thankful that party lines
were very nearly obliteratea.
Senator Tillman did not speak IS
long as usual, and held no hand pri-
mary.
OTHER CANDIDATES.
Messrs. Whitman, Gary, Patterson,
McSweeney and Hoyt made there usual
pleas as to why they should be elected
governor.
Then followed Messrs G L Blease,
j. L. Winkler, John T, Sloan, Jas. H.
Tillmau and Knox Livingston, who
tried to impress upon the people the
Importance Of electing one Of them
lieutenant governor.
This ended the meeting. The crowd
was quiet and orderly.
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