The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-04

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sequence the blind tigers were atralt
to open mp He said Governor Me
Sweeney ought 10 have the blind tiger
afraid of him too. but he did not SAY
that McSweency was at the Isle @
Palms at the same time. He SAD ht
believed he could enforce the GiSpen
sarv law in Charleston better than it i:
being done now. and if elected g0:er
nor he would recommend 4 better pen
sion system. He claimed that Me
Sweenev'S friends had no right u n'.y
and influence voters against him be-
cause of the fact that L large number
of his family have been. and are still.
holding lucrative positions in the State
that he was proud of his kinSm"n. and
they merited al the positions they
held. He stated. that this plea e::::::l.
mated frcm Manning. which IS not cor
rect. 1t has been the talk of tie State
for Il number OF Years, because the
Gary-Eva!:s family were among those
who lcrounced the family monopoly OF
officers. ana vet that fami!y take every
Office they can get into. +. Is. gary a
brother. vas put on the supreme bench.
Earnas. Gary. another brother is ca
the circui! bench. .Jni!a Gar Evans. u
first cousin was made governor. John
Gary Watts. / cousin was ior eiGnt
years in the Office OF .AGiutant XII, IN
pector General. Frank =. Gary. was
for about six years speaker OF the
House OF Representatives, DR.. James
Evans. = tather-in-!;lw. Tor 4 number. OF
Years Secretary ol the State b0:ir; CT
health. :. B. Evans. cousin trying 10
be Railroad commissioner. AM y. G.
| Evans another cousin. an ;SJirant Tor
! .soeakel. of the House. The whole kith
aul kin want position, those not in Of
E,.c. either have been, or are trying to
get in. We lacntion this, because
Colonel Gary in reciting this portion OF
his speech here. laid special stress on
the Gary's meriting so many Offices.
We like Colonel Gary as man and ad-
mire his dignitied and manly utteranceS.
but when he tries to convince people
that the Gar, S have not had enough
public pap. that becomes another mat
ter. We believe Colonel Gary to be
one of the best of the name. and we
further believe, were he to wait until
some of his many kinsmen get out OF
office. he would some day be elected
governor. He is a trained speaker, and
while there is nothing of special ln-
portance in his speech, and it seems he
has only one. Yet his manner Of dellv-
cry is very attractive, and he won
| friends here. If ne was conteStlng Tor
a medal, Colonel Gary would without a
doubt be awarded the prize as the best
| sOeech-mal5er. But fortunately for
McSweeney, the people will take, and
act upon the record already man, and
not one which is promised in 4 speech.
Colonel Gary did not advance . single
idea to show where he could perform
the duties of governor better than the
present incumbent. but he spoke his
speech wells and was applauded.
The last of the gubernatorlal candl-
dates was Col. 4. H. Patterson and ne,
too. made pretty much the same speech
here he has made at the other meet
ings. His speech consists largely IN
| jumping on Governor McSweeney Tor
subscribing to the county newspapers
and paving for them out OF his contln-
gent fund. He made 4 good antl-pro-
hibition argument. about the same as
in his circular letter which has been
sent broadcast throughout the State
and published in the county papers un-
der the head of ''Dispensary VS.. Prohl-
bition." After making an lncontro-
vertible argument against prohibition.
He sailed into Colonel Hoyt and charged
him with having advocated a coalition
with the liquor element to defeat the
dispensary. He read from the Green
vile Mountaineer, Colonel Hoyt,S own
paper, an editorial written by Colonel
Hoyt himself, where he endorsed and
advocated the coalition between the
LIQUOR element and Prohibitionists IN
the Legislature to kill the dispensary.
He dared Colonel Hoyt to deny 1t or to
repudiate that editorial. He showed
from the statistics that the prohibition
law in Maine is farce and that whls-
KEY is freely and openly sold in that
State. Colonel Patterson said that he
and the Governor put up at the Char-
tleston hotel and there was bar-room
in it. running in full blast: that the
Governor knew the thing was going on
and was afraid to shut it up.
Governor McSweeney from the crowd
said
Mr.. Patterson, if you will make that
charge in the shape OF an affidavit /
will place it in the hands OF the Attor-
ney General at once"
'Oh. yes" said Patterson, the Gov
ernor knows the Charleston hotel has q
bar-room, and yet he asks me to make
an affidavit. What is he Governor for:
McSweeney replied: mot to act as a
detective or constable
When Patterson was haylng Hoyt
and McSweeney the crowd enjoyed the
fun and encouraged Patterson with
their cheers, and although he did not
keep faith with the other speakers,
speaking nearly double his time: the
crowd yelled for him to go on.
Patterson. aside from his little at
tacks. made frst-rate speech. He lie
certainly showed that prohibition Will
not work, and especially did he show
that the prohibition-dispenSary advo-
Gated by Hoyt was Il deluslon and a
snare. and that Colonel Hoyt is pro-
Tossing to advocate prohibition as re-
li@iouS principle. when the proof that
cannot be denied is. that he favors any
thing to break up the dispensasy, even
if he has to make q compact with the
liquor men.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
The candidates who spoke were
Winkler, Sloan, Blease, Tillman IA
nephew of the Senator) and Living
stOn.
Only one candidate for Attorney Gen
enerai was present, J. H. Moore: a
magistrate o. Charleston. He spoke
his moneys worth, but made very little
impression. General Bellinger was de-
tained on business. was the cause OF his
not being here.
STATE TREASURER.
Captain Jennings spoke first, followed
by Dr. Zimmerman. These gentlemen
seemed to be electioneerlng for each
other.