The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-08-16

sorce any law you must have the peo-
ple back Of it and the lack OF popular
support Of the dispensary was its great
est drawback and the officials must be
good. If the municipal officers en-
force the law here and not the COVER
nor or constables, Gov. McSweeney
said this would be the case in Charles
ton If the people and local oficers
favored the law. If elected he would
not allow the enforcement Of the law
in Charleston to be common talk. he
was told that the Charleston ralds
amounted to nothing. Tillman said he !
would raise hell on Chicco street and
there was the difference.
Col Hoyt brought as witness Gary
and Patterson and Whitme2. They all
say they have seen the tigers In Char
lesion and they were his witnesses as
to how wide open things were. He
knew nothing of it himself, except
everyone said the tigers were common
there. He saidit was slander to say
drinking was as general as claimed
and he had some fun out OF his pri-
maries as to those who drank.
Not one Of the mayors said the con-
stables enforced the law. but they en-
forced the law themselves. The "t!g-
ers" are in the country and some one
said there was not blind tiger in
Garvin township and Col. Hoyt said
the same could be done with prohibi-
ton. Mr.. Richardson said 1t would
give no money.
G. Walt Whitman was running
purely because of patriotism and re-
peated his usual argument and par
ticularly on prohibition. Any man
who breaches prohibition is fool.
fanatic or crank.
Josh Ashley and Whitman had
tilt, Ashley insisting that he never
voted for the dispensary. Whitman
took a few raps about the enforcement
of the law and Charleston's non-en.
forcement. He went for McSweeney
as being without backbone, sand or
nerve.
It was announced that all other
speakers would have five minutes pro
vided they spoke before Tillman. All
"uO "duICu bANA nv
would speak after Tillman.
C.L. Winkler spoke first, supportss
the dispensary, liberal support for
veterans and common schools.
John T. Sloan referred to this being
his native heath and wanted to be
elected as the first lieutenant governor
from Anderson. He wanted the Pied
mont belt to stand by its boys.
James H. Tillman favored the dis
pensary; prohibition had been an abso-
lutte failure where tried. Prohlbitlon
has almost trebbled crime in Maine.
He referred to. the company from here
and received large bouquet from
some Of his "boys' of the company.
Cole L. Blease stood on his record
as a man. He wanted better schools
and 100000 given the public schools.
The scholarship system he urged was
wrong. Favored dispensary law.
Capt. Jennings and DR.. Zimmerman
spoke of their qualifications.
Mr. Derham took up the charges and
made reply and Mr.. Brooker ham-S
mered away on Derham's absence from
office.
McMahan and Capers SKINNED over
their platform. In reference to BlSnop
Stevens he said he was minister and
that was no doubt a good reason for
his views, but McMahan nor the In
structors Of the normal school were
preachers.
Gen. Floyd made a patriotic defense
of his administration and the mlhua.
Mr., Rouse wrote that he was sick.
Senator Tillman said he had not been
here in six years and this county stood
by him as no other had. He was now.
introduced as the Bengal tiger OF
course he was Ben" Gonzales fur
njshed the gall" and the whiskey men
and prohibitionists the tigers and
that was how his new name came
about. He took up to-day's editorial
In The State. 1t was an old thing to
call him a ripgster and boss. 1t .
was because he always had an all
round ring that they call him "boss."
The people are with him and that was
why the people stood by him and that
was no reason to call him boss"
Then. as before, he explained why he
was in the campaign. lt was not his
fault that he had no opposition. The
reason no one ran against him was be-
cause it was thought to be useless. Be
cause he came in compliance with
party mandates he was accused OF be-
ing a "bogs." No one knew better
than he that the people would be the
very first to rebuke "bossism." If he
had not come then he would have been