Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-08-18
Saturday, August Is, 1900.

by using each year all funds available
for the purposes, eventually get good
roads. There is only one way to get
good roads and that is to get them.
Run your hands down into your pock-
ct and pay for them. He said he was
in favor of the creation of the Office of
pension commissioner, and in telling of
his feeling for the old Confederate
his father had been one-he claimed
credit for having originated the idea of
treating veterans to trips to the Char
lesion reunion. The record in this
case, however, shows that Mr.. Hull is
mistaken.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Hull's
speech, the meeting took recess of an
hour for dinner. The speaking was
resumed at about 2 o'clock. Mr.. J. R.
Cook presided during the afternoon.
The first speaker was
= MR.. W. N. ELDER,
who was introduced as candidate for
house of representatives. He said
that it was not until the past few days
that he had decided to take part in the
campaign; but yielding to the solici-
tation of many friends, he was now in
the race. He spoke of his past record
in the house of representatives and re-
viewed the history of the dispensary
law, which he said he had helped to
pass. He stands on the law as he had
always stood, considering it the best
solution of the liquor question. He
stated that on account of the state
debt and other fixed charges, there is
very little probability of tax reduction
soon.
p NIB. j. R. HALLE,
was the next speaker. He was glad
to meet his fellow citizens of Bethel,
the banner agricultural township of
York county. As illustrative Of a
probable short: coming, he feared, in
speech making, he told the story of an
old man who was called upon for an
experience at revival meeting. The
old fellow said, II know it, but I can't
tell it," Mr.. Halle read his speech from
typewriter manuscript. He favors
the dispensary as against prohibition,
holding that a public who drinks
whisky cannot be prevented from get
ting it. He holds that under the pres
ent law the people have local option,
and that more complete prohibition
than York county has today is impos-
sible from a legal standpoint. He is
an uncompromising friend of the com.
mon schools, a friend of Clemson, a
friend of Winthrop and of the South
Carolina college. He is also favorable
to the citadel as creditable institu-
ton, but thinks it should probably be
merged into Clemson. He said his
father was Confederate soldier, and
the mother of his children is the daugh-
ter of Confederate soldier. He Is
not only in favor of more liberal pen
sions; but he advocates the establish
ment of comfortable home for indi.
gent Confederate soldiers. He advo.
Gated an increase in the power and ju-
risdiction of magistrates. He stands
flatfooted on the Kansas City platform
and predicts the election of that peer
less orator of the Platte, VIM. Jennings
Bryan, of Nebraska.
MR. h. E. JOHNSON,
candidate for reelection to the house
of representatives, spoke next. He
referred to his original election to fill
an unexpired term, and his next cleo
ton to full term. He is now in his
third year, and desires, if the people
are satis6ed-with his record, to 60 back
again. During the first term he was
q member of the committee on claims
and accounts, and for the past two
years he has been chairman of that
committee. He is the only York
county member who holds chairman
ship. He told of the importance of
the committees work in preventing
the payment of improper claims. He
voted for the biennial sessions resolu-
ton, which was killed in the senate;
he also voted for the bills to give an
additional 100000 to Confederate vet
erans and 100000 for the public
schools. He considered the educa-
tional question more important than
liquor. He told the Bethel people that
the school movement that they had
Just started was the grandest work in
which they had ever engaged. He is
in favor of the dispensary as the best
solution of the liquor question, and
will never, under any circumstances,
vote for high license. He said he had
been criticised for exempting York
county from the provisions of the
county court bill. He was responsible
for having stricken York county from
the house bill and Mr.. Love had
stricken it from the senate bill. He
did it for the reason that the PROPOSE
ton had not been discussed from the
stump. He did not feel warranted in
putting it upon the people unless they
asked for it. Nobody had asked him
to retain York in the bill, and several
had asked him to have York stricken
out. The constitution provides that
the legislature shall allow townships to
vote on the question of issuing bonds
for road purposes. I have no objec-
ton to letting the people vote on this
question if they want to. 1 also had
York county exempted from the pro-
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