The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-08-30

the mode ana manner OF the campaign
on my part, and @s was said at tho out
set, | can declare at the close that the
contest has been wagcd upon tho
highest plane OF which | am capable,
for which there is no blush Of shame
among my supporters.'
There was no interruption during
Cot. Hoyts speech except whom Walt
Whitman objected to the character ia
ton OF him as an cX-prcachor. Wal
said this was an un ust slur. 1t IN
timatcd that Walt did not get out OF
the ministry properly.
Col. lioyt apol0giHod manfully for
wounding MIR. Whitman's feelings, and
said that he had not intended the term
IN any unkind sense.
He WAS very libernlly applaudod.
GOV. M'SwEENEr.
Gov. McSwccnry WIS received with
applause. In 1876 he had worked with
the Democracy OF tichlund Ills oD-
poncnts would attack his record on
what Merely on their statement
tuat there arc blind tigers In Charles
| ton.
When he went into ollicc he reduced
! the cons ta bulary after consultation with
the intcndants OF towns, who promised
| their help in enforcing the law. ANY
insinuation that he is in sympathy with
hllnd tigers or that he has given his
| cOnS:nbtcB orders not to enforce tho
law is absolutely without foundation.
He had tried TO enforce the law ear
| ncstly, without friction, so that it would
! nrlnE about no bad feeling. No con-
stable unucr his administration had
| entered Is home or insultel a woman.
He had not intcricrcd with other do
partmcnts Of tho administration and
not been dictated to by any body. The
| trouble in Charleston Is that wi hen war
| rants arc sworn out, the grand jury in
every instance has thrown out tho in
dictmcnts. He had a hettcr force In
Columbia, they had dcportcd them-
selves honestly and no complaint had
ever como to him OF their actions The
| statement that he has cOnstablcs work.
ing Tor him Is absolutely unfounded. 10
| the contrary, he had told them to vote
for whomsocvcr they pleased. At Ma
rion, MIR. Gary had said something about
Constable }atuman interfering with
his speech. iSatcman says that he WAS
there on official business and his record
was attacked by MIR. Gary.
Gary (sottC v0cc)-Why, | nevcr
heard Of the man before.
McSwccncy continuing said that
MIR. Gary was misinformcd or msun-
dcrstOod what WAS told him when he
made that charge AT l'atcsburg. He
then read u letter from Mr.. w. W.
Harris, clerk at dispcnsnry, showing
that constnbics have not quit thcir
work in Columbia, and said that thoy
were warned not to show their hand in
this election. lie would not scnd l5C
constmbies to Charleston "to raise hcll.'
lie did not believed In coercion and
shooting men and women.
, He was applaudcd when he said thai
he wished he could send I'ons, the big
, "mst, to the pcntentiary for life in
, stead Of giving him pardon.
, He was warmly appaudcd when he
concluded.
SPEAKER GARY.
Mr.. Frank b. Cary said that he had
been coming TO Columbia for II years,
and he was proud to SEQ that her pro-
grcss for tho past two was greater
than for the preceding ten. Ho had
always taken Il deep interest in Colum-
bin, and in the last General Assembly
had stood shoulder to shoulder with
the lnmcntcd Patton in gotting for Co.
| lumbia what sho demanded. He WAS
chccrcd when he said he would not 90
down in the mud to pull himself into
| office.
lie then attacked prohibition. Ho
has the highest respect for the men OF
! Gnu who are doing SO much for human.
| liy "nd whO are honestly in favor OF
prohibition. But such Il law would be
Is failure, ns showed by prohibition In
other States. His local option IL mere
~ TO let counties reject dispcasAry il
they don't want il. The law now pro
vldcs that Is diSpcnsary cannot be c4-
tnhliahcd except with the majority
vote Of the citizens and freeholdcrs
lie docs not go any further. He does
not favor (" local option for high H.
'ccnsc. lie Ia in favor OF the dispcnsnry,
but not loosely enforced as il Is today.
Gov. McSwCcncy enf0rccs the law in
AbbcYIle where it il popular and to
the police in Charleston Is delegated
the power OF emf 'rcing the law there,
when it is well known that they arc
pilots for blinI tigers.
As TO the Batcsburg incident con-
ccrnlnE which so much has been said,
he stated that what had happened was
merely this lie had innoccnty said,
he had heard that the cOnstables had
left Columbia and were working for
tuc;r f"vOrltc. He did not say that
they had been sent. McSwccney got
into terrible rage and Is yet in rage
over it. Cary repeated that these gen
tlcmcn, CASTOR and Shelton, had made
these statements to him. They were
on the ground now and would prove IT,
AS to the Old soldiers, he said that he
| no" h'"HJo oupfol tCu cVcFy measure
| looking TO their advancement. Col.
Patterson has said that it is wrong to
take too many birds out of the same
nest. Gary said Il they be songstcrs,
let them sing. Ho Ia going it alone,
has no papers boosting him, has no ism
or faction back Of him. He poKcd fun
at Pattcrson as "a "peace colonel - who
has good job now and has brother
who js'in Office, and it comes with bad
grace from him to speak OF Gary
ocracy. Gary was warmly Hpplau1ed.
COL. y. II. PATTERSON.
WAS the last speaker for COVE He
devoted most OF his time to Cary. He
had held in line for the Garys and
Evanscs, and his position on the dis
pGnsary was well known lie had con
sistcntIy favored it. He then read
from Garys Charleston speech and said
that the papers down there had under
stood him TO be for local option in Ia
vor OF high license. Gary's plan will
s,aryc out the dispcnsary. No one had