The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-08-09
MEETING AT GREENVILLE.
BIGGEST CROWD Yet.
Hoyt Well Received and Tillman
Fries to Stir Things I'D.

Fries to Stir Things mp.
From The Daily News
The crowd that greeted the State
campaigncrs, who spoke here ycstcr,
day from u stand erected in the city
park at the north end of Main Strcrt
was larger than had gathered on amy
similar occasion in Greenville hrrc-
toforc and twice as large us any cam.
pajgn gathering SO far in this State
this summer. Men were present not
only from this but from every neigh
boring county, some travelling over
thirty miles in buggics to hear Sr,a-
tor Tillman speak, whi il. ul course,
was the feature Of the day.
Although there were Il number of
Grccnville City: people prcscr; these
for the most part did not take
part in tile hand primaries and other
demonstrations peculiar to Il Ii'.mHn
campaign meeting. The crowd was
made up to Il decided degree Of BON.
bustic admirers of their "onIicst
only" Ben and he voted them with his
hand primaries in favor of what
ever be wanted. Throughout the
hand raising showed that the crowd
endorsed him by not less than 1G to /.
Senator Tillman estimated the
crowd OF $500, which was probably
ut least 500 above the number ac-
t"ally present. He voted the crowd
almost solidly for the dispcnsary us
against prohibition and Iii the same
way he made them endorse lbs pc
sition that "the preachers are in an
unholy alliance with the VIII ,l;cy
men led by Col. Hoyt," although the
same crowd Il short time before that
shouted almost with unanimity for
lloyt, and this county will give him
Il handsome majority in spite Of Tie
way the crowd yesterday exhibited
it's feelings and sentiments by means
OF the hand primaries.
Tillman was his ticrcest and he
made his most ugly faces in express.
ing contempt for those opposing him
and his "God child" the dispensary
law, which he dramatically declared
was Legitimate offspring of mar
riage between Reason and Prohibition
and not cheat for prohibition as
had been charged. Prohibitions, he
said, wanted to marry that old hag,
fanatacism, but he prevented this,
which was his duty to do as governor
in the interests Of the people, over
10000 OF whom the returns showed
I'll ~ ,1
ma Jority Of the people, therefore, HAD
not voted for prohibition.
lie characterized as sneakiny AID
cowardly shirlling the efforts made
on the part of certain politicians to
have the liquor question voted upon
separately. BY peculiar coinci-
dence this scheme was adopted in
Greenville county at the suggestion
of one Of Senator Tillman's Staunch.
est friends, Capt. a. Blythe.
Senator Tillman handled the Rev.
DR.. G. S. Gardner roughly and said
that his attack in a recent sermon on
the dispcnsary law was false. He
was interrupted with hurrahs for Dr.
Gardner. lie spoke with fine scorn
and contempt Of priest craft and
quoted scripture to show that there
was II" foundation there for prohibi-
dcmncd.
The campaigncrs speak today in
PickenS. a majority Of them left
yesterday for that town. The others
get out of Grccnville this morning at
& O'Clock on II freight train.
Colonel lIoyt opened the speaking
by pleasantly introducing his oppo-
ncnts to the people Of his home conn
ty and concluded his rcmarkcs by
saying:
Give them all an attentive and res
pcctrul hearing and be sure to vote
for lIoyt."
"This met with cheers and applause
and
"Sit down, Colonel! you're all right;
you needn't say II word Wen vote for
You anyway
WOULD-BE COMpTROLLlR GENER-
AIS.
n. w. Eroukcr, for comptroller
general, SAID he was not unknown to
many Of the crowd. lie volunteered
when 1G years old and spent several
years in the Civil war. lie served six
years as a director Of the penitcn-
tiary. For five years he was an cX-
pert in the tax department.. He re-
viewed his work in the field. lie
charged the incumbent with "vicious,
violent violations OF the law" He had
checked and stopped his Wrooker's)
work. lie charged that Mr.. Dcrham
passed %,30f.0i to the credit of the
sheriff Of Clarendon county in clear
violation of the law.
j. p. Dcrham, candidate for re-
election as comptroller, said that his
statement as to Mr.. Brokers charge
was made by the gentleman
who made the settlement in
question. 1t didn't do the speaker
any good to tell why Mr.. 'rooker
should not be elected. Mr.. Dcrham
was vigorously applauded.
FOR SCHOOL SUPERB INTENDENT.
Ellison Capers, a former Grccnville
man, as a candidate for Supcrintcnd-
ent Of education, was received with
hearty applause. IT was here that
he got his first business experience
as a clerk in a store in Main street
and his first teaching experience as
tutor in the White Horse school
From here he went to Columbia and
graduated at the South Carolina
college. lie presented his claims as q
practical man as against a theorcti
cal man. lie believed his opponents
administration Ind moi opl ,