The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-08-29

y Hote excuse Tor MS interference In
Q family quarrel. He had already ex
: pressed his views In regard to tn,
: liquor issue, and all the people Of tn,
. State know just where no stood III,
has not added anything to their con
[ ception OF his position in regard to the
] dispensary system.
His talents ought to have been IL
, requisition elsewhere in the discussion
, of national issues before the people o
pivotal States, where he could render
valuable service in the open field tC
: the cause OF Democracy, and aid in the
election OF Bryan and Stevenson, our
national standard bearers. He has
chosen to Disregard this opportunity
and has thrown himself into the local
contest, declaring that the people will
} elect no man governor this year who
is not in sympathy with him, which is
equivalent to saying that the people
are going to tamely submit to his bos-
sism.
"He has become intoxicated with
political power and distended with
political conceit. His extraordinary
sway upon the masses has Geluded him
with the idea that they are ready to
obey his dictates at all times, and will
yield readily to his appeals On account
of prejudice or former associations
|
upon the mere assertion OF any man
for the thinking people on both sides
have reached the conclusion long ago
that the penalty OF alienation and dis
trust is entirely too costly in comDari
son to tho benefit flowing from such q
] condition among them. They realize
that political reforms can be secured
without resort to hate and rapcor, and
they are unwilling to degrade their
manhood by submitting the decision OF
public issues to the arbitrary will of
any man, however able ard persistent
he may be. The primary system Is
| thoroughly entrenched in the hearts
OF the people, and the lessons they
have been taught are not to be thrown
| away at the instigatiou OF any leader.
Senator Tillman is confronting his
| own work when he attempts to use his
political prestige in this campaign.
The voters will not acquicscc in his
| otlicious intermeddling, and the pre-
text that he is only defending his ad-
ministration Of the dispcnsary law Is
quite too thin and transparent for even
| the most credulOus TO accept. He has
seen the hand writing on the wall, and
the kingdom over which he has run
riot Ia no longer undor his domination
He is not now the monarch Of all he
surveys, but is forced to take his place
as u servant Of the people, who are
willing that he shall lord it over the
heritage into which he has come. It
may be humiliating and exaspcrating,
but the vanity OF kings and princes
has been pricked in other times, and
our modern Belsha2Har Is no exception
to the downfall that must follow the
inordinate and excessive Indulgence
in self laudation and self aggrandize-
ment.
- In conclusion, allow me TO say that
the struggle made in this contest for
prohibition ana against the lispensary
has been labor OF love, from which
have derived much salts isfactlon in the
assurances OF support from the citizens
OF South Carolina who are in agree
ment with ME on this issue, and | will
return to my home with the conscious
ness that the duty assigned TO me has
been rendered with an eye single To
the honor and glory OF our State, al
though the cause might have prosper
ed more In other and ablor hands. The
work has been competed, however,
and the result is left with the voters
in the coming primary, in whose de-
cision | shall bow with checriulluess,
and from whose verdict there is no APP
peal. Personally | have no regrets for
the mode and manner OF the campaign
on my part, and rs was said at the out
set, | can declare at the close that the
contest has been wnged upon the
highest plane OF which am capable,
for which there Is no blush OF shame
among my supporters"
There was no interruption during
Col. Hoyts speech except whCa Walt
Whitman objected to the character liza
tion OF him rs an eX-preacher. Wal
said this was an unjust slur. 1t in.
timated that Walt did not get out of
the ministry properly.
Col. Hoyt apologized manfully for
wOunding Mr.. Whitman's feelings, and
| said that he had not intended the term
in any unkind sense.
He was very literally applauded.
GOV. MSWEENEY.
Gov. McSweeney was received with
| applause. In 1876 he had worked with
| the Democracy OF Richland. His op.
pOnents would attack his record on
| what? Merely on their statement
tnat thero are blind tigers in Charles.
| ton.
When he won't into Office he reduced
the constabulary after consultation with
| the intendants OF towns, WHO promised
their help In enforcing the law. ANY
insinuation that he Is in sympathy with
plluu IiRcIS VI InaU lc DHS gwen MS
constables orders not to enforce the
law Ia absolutely without foundation.
He had tried to enforce the law ear.
nestly, without friction, SO that it would
bring about no bad feoling. No con-
stable under his administration had
entered home or insulted woman.
He had not interfered with other do
partments Of the administration anu
not been dictated to by anybody. The
trouble In Charleston Is that W hen war
rants are sworn out, the grand Jury in
every instance has thrown out the in
dictments. He had n hetter force in
Columbia, they had deported them
selves honestly and no complaint had
ever come to him OF their actions. The
statement that he has constables work.
Ing for him is absolutely unfounded. To
the contrary, he had told them To vote
Tor whomsoever they pleased. AT Ma
rion, Mr.. Gary hal said something about
Constable Bateman interfering with
his speech. Batnman says that he was
there on official business and his record
WAS attacked by Mr.. Gary
Gary (sotte Voce)-Why, never
heard OF the man before.
McSweeney continuing said that
MIR. Gary was misinformed or msun.
derstOod what was told him when he
made that charge at Batesburg. He
then read letter from Mr.. w. w.