The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-08-23
penitentiary during Col. Meals term

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Rouse OF Charleston made q pretty lit
tie talk. Gen. Floyd sent regrets and
: child.
Col. James II. Tillman presented Col
J John u. Sloan who spoke briefly. He
paid tribute to Mart Gary aud the peo.
pie OF Edgetield.
Mr.. McMahan did not care to say
much as his opponent was absent con
Quoting an examination In Colum bia
SlcMahan outlined his work and why
he WAS anxious to cary out his we'll
developed programme and purposes.
MAJ. Is. Is. Evans said according to
custom he would not speak to-day but
present his opponents. He then In turn
pleasantly presented ThOs. N. Berry,
). T.. Pettigrew, w. ID. Mayfeld, W.
D.. Evans and j. II. Wharton. The
only feature OF the railroad discussion
was Mr.. Evans query about Mr.. Whar
toms membership Of tho Neal board OF
directors and Mr.. Wharton's spirited
reply that nothing wrong was charged
for the time he was on the board, and
Then MIR. Evans retort that he had let
Mr.. Neal run things his own way.
barnard B. Evans received large
bouquet OF flowers.
u. Walt Whitman made couple OF
futile efforts to have hand primaries.
Incidentally in his attack on tho gov.
ernor he said that the governor might
rs well not be In Columbia, and then
he held that the race was between
Hoyt and Tillman. Then Whitman got
on his funny clothes and jollied things
along as we'll as he could.
MIR. Frank B. Gary said that the cam
paign liar and emissaries were out and
were telling that he WAS opposed to the
| dispensary, and that this Ia false. Tho
lax enforcement OF the law will 'n t'me
bring about the repeal Of the law
Mr.. Gary said he mover fired on u
flag OF truce. There WAS no agreement
as TO the facts In the Charleston Incl
dent and he simply wanted to impress
this. He did not intend saying any
thing moro about the Charleston affair
There had already been difficulty
about tho matter and he had shaken
hands, and 1T was underetood they
could not agree as to the matter. He
thought the Incident closed, but yes-
| terday Mr.. Patterson mentioned the
matter and gave his version OF 1t. 1t
WAS not his intention to repeat tho mat
ter, but simply wanted to say he and
Mr.. Patterson did not agree on the facts
and tina: he wanted this understood In
advance and that was all. Ho then
resumed tho regular trend Of his argu
mept.
Gov. McSweeney, he insisted, had nc
claims on the Office and had no higher
claim Than any Ono else. The cnl,
things McSweeney pointed to with
pride In his record were the refusal tt
pardon PoIs and appointing u factor,
boy as o page. Had he paruoned Pom
, he ought to have been burned In eiigy
and as to the appointment 1t was no
t as much as he had done, and agains
! thaaA Qa tho tf fnl rfo p
: the dispensary law. After Gonzalc
2 aud others had ransacked the record
they could find nothing against hir
except that he was Gary.
Mr.. A. Howard Patterson said Mr.
Gary he'd not discussed the real issues
but anticipated what he had to say
III then took up the old soldiers ant
said Gary had missed his opportunit,
and had not presented a bill in his II
ycars' experience to help the veterans
Then he took up the veterans. Ther
he took up the Gary matter and want
ed to know who but he defended his
first cousin In the convention against
the attack on Gonzales. He said 1t
was too much power to put In the
hands OF the Garye. He alluded to the
Charleston matter several times since
the l.aurens affair. He disagreed and d
the audience is to be the Judge. All
he said was that Mr.. Gary did not
answer him in Charleston, and that
was the place for Gary to show his
cnlors. he was the only man standing
hat-foot,edly for the dispensary. lie
never changed front. He commented
on not seeing drunken man here and
very little throughout the State.
He then jumped on the prohibition
platform, which was not for real prohi-
bitiOn. He took up tho "coaiition'
editorial about which 80 much has al.
ready beeu said. The last section Of
his speech was devoted to rasping Gov
| McSweeney for appointing newspaper
mon and his administration OF tho dis.
pensary.
Gov. McSweoney spoke OF the fight
Tor George ID. Tillman for Congross and
then wanted all to consider what
charges and proof had been offered tC
show that his opponents were better
qnaliiied. lie then took up the Charles
ton situation and said nobody could dc
more than he did. The man who saw
he was In any combination with llquor
mon or neglected his duty told q false
hood. There have boon no scandals
since he Was In oilice. He believed he
was right and as long as he did he WAS
going right ahead. He know he was
as good a business man as any of his
opponents and had proven IT. He was
not going to be forced to appoint addi
tional constables and he was not going
to be dictated to. He went over hit
record and insisted that he wanted tC
be elected entirely on his record. lie
raped prohibition. He said his had
been business, nonfactional admins
tration throughout.
Col. Jas. a. Hoyt spoke OF his man,
friends hore and spoke OF the many or
his back and how difficnlt it was fo,
him to reply to 30 many. He then Wig
orousl y defended prohibition in M ne
and elsewhere and declared that tn,
people In Maine are satisfied. Count,
prohibition has been made q success
he then emphatically denied that hi
campaign had any purpose OF ever re
turning TO the license system and tha
1T was all intended to befuddle an
bamboozle the public to say that prohI
nltion would ever lead to free liouor O
License. He insisted that the prohibit
tionists had in no election been in
| minority but that Drohihi+io, yn,L