The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-07-26
THE STATE CAMPAI.N.
Senator 'rillman Joins thc Other Gan.
didatcs and Efery thing is pIc,fY.


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The campaign meeting At BcnEctts-
villo, 18th inst WAS we'll attended. The
first candidate for governor 70 speak
WAS Frank B. Gary. lie said he would
not force diepensary on Marlboro Sstll
he did not want prohibition forced on
Abbeville. Let each have what it
wants. He believed in the disponsary
law. There has been lax enforce
ment Have the manhood to enforce
IT. in Charleston Us woll as elsewhere.
McSweeney ia running on his record
and he doesn't show anything but the
pardon OF Pons. No child would par
don notorious bigamist. II the gov
oruor would show some backbone, the
blind tigers would bn afraid OF him.
His sentiment that no Confederate SOL
der should go to the Door house was
cheared. We cannot do too much to
foster tho public schools.
Patterson asked Gary something
about the latter's speech in Charles
ton. Garv replied explaining fully his
position on the liquor question. He was
cheered.
Patterson was the next speaker. He
is not well--has been sick for three
days. This is the political birthplace
OF Ben Tiliman. There is u powerful
newspaper trust, and McSweeuey tried
to get the pull OF the press. Patterson
stated he had stuck to the lispcnsary
through the scandal last fail. He did
not want to force tho dispensary on
Marlboro, but prohibition is but u sen
timont here. In addition to Charles
toms tiger Industry, he claimed there
are over 200 in the city Of Columbia
The law cannot be absolutely enforced
in Charleston, but he would do it bet
fnr g . Sinn
from office. All through his speech he
took great pains to show his reverence
for Ben Tillman.
Gov. McSwceney said that all p.s:-
terson wants is TO fool the people to put
him into Office. Patterson looked all
over the vouchers in the com ptroller
generals Office and could find nothing
against the administration but war
rants paying for d few newspapers. No
man in South Carolina is SO ignorant
as to think that a newspapers support
can be bough; for d dollar 3 ycar.
Every governor had subscribed for p..
pers-some had even taken magazines.
He was cheercd. when hC referred to
the POns case.
Patterson" have a letter from q
gentleman: in Laurcns saying thai you
are grinding out q lot Of pardons."
McSweeney-" OH, we'll, that's from
some lollO" VINO ) IN SyinDALlV With
you.' (Applause@
The governor continued that he de-
fled any man to show where Il single
pardon had not been justified. He had
told his chief constable iii Charleston
TO enforce the dispensary law rigid!y.
The grand jury in Charleston, like
the grand jury in Barnwell, which
wouldn't bolievq Patterson in prohtb-
tion dayc, will not support thc clicials
in enforcing the dlsponsary law. The
governor read letters from the mayors
OF Newberry, Chester, Spar nburg,
Saluda, Florence and Laurcns, com
mending his enforcement OF the dis.
pensary law. He furnishes proof OF his
administrations the others max prom.
ises. MCSwecnoy made ii very fiv0ra
bic impression here.
Col. Walt Whitman: camo at the
eleventh hour, arriving from Cheraw.
His quaint witticisms kept the crowd
laughing. The Piedmont thinks it is
time 1t is getting some Of the turkey it
has been pulling down.
Col. Jas. A. noyt is In accord with
Marlboro--a prohibitonist rs long as
Marlboro has had prohibition. This
county has resented any at cmpt 10 .
change. Marion had been IL prohibition
county, but dlspc nsary WAS establish
Cd there without the consent Of the
people. Dillon had tried to have the
uiSpensary removed and could not. II
i'll becomes a candidate for governor to
20 around the country abusing the pa.
pera for not supporting him. l'attcr-
son has been into IT. counties and 1t ia
q reelection upon him that no paper
has come TO his support. Col. lIOyt
could not repudiatc or eject the sup.
port Of papers that oppose prohibition,
and yet they have taken him up ON his
manhood. Gary pleads the cause Of the
Confederate soldier. No one wound tiu
moro for them than HOyt, who was one
OF them. There are large numbers Of
families moving to town to educate
their children, leaving their lands to
tenants who do not know how to main.
tain them. The common school should
be built up to maintain the agricultural
interests OF the country and keep farm
ers from running TO town. Col Hoyt
was applauded.
Senator Iillman was greeted with
cheering. IN two weeks sit will be Is
years since the people Of Marlboro dis
covered Ben Tillman. He made his
fret speech here in 1885. Their apprc-
citation OF his efforts then had much to
do with shaping affairs In South Caro-
lima for the last ten years. He had
been at homo plodding along, reading
phpofS anu DoOkS, anu uOluS uCNli OF
o lot Of thinking, not knowing that he
had the gift Of CAB. There must have
been an occasion. The time was ripe.
He happened to step forward when
Tree speech was sweet to the people,
They had always found. him right
whore he had said he would Be,
(Cheers. The State campaign is one
OF the direct outgrowths OF the Reform
movement. The people can get somo
idea OF the fitness OF the Candidate
There are q lot of candidates for these
Offices, but nobody wants to be senator,
1t Is an honor to have the almost
unanimous endorsement for place OF
trust. His old friends are sticking to
him and d host Of new ones are sup.
porting him. He is weighed down
with the magnitude Of the responsi-
bility. II he has accomplished any
thing at Washington it Is because he
felt the consciousness Of the support OF
the people al home. lie: wanted to
take the liberty to give the people