Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-06-21
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
1t Looks as II It Was Going to Be tho Same
Old Hot Stuff.

paign was hold at Orangoburg last Thurs
day morning II oponcd up quietly, but
fore It's close grew rathor warm. Tho
principal surprise was the entry of Mr..
A. G. Jones, former Prohibition chair
man, rs = candidate for the Unitcd
States Senate. G. Walt Whitman failed
to antc with his $50 because OF his ina
bility to raise the money, and consc.
quontly was not allowed to ontcr tho
| raco.
Governor McSweoncy was tho first
speaker. llc reviewed his record as
Governor, discussed the impracticability
Of prohibition and dofondcd his admin
stration of tho disponsary law. The
Governor was well received and at Chc
heartily.
Colonel llOyt was received with warm
applause, but was not allowed 10 mako
! his speech without continuous intorrup.
tions. He followed the general line Of
his recent address to tho Prohibitionsts
oi the state, arguing against the princi-
pie of the States engaging in tho liquor
! 'tSiIcSS, W htIl CluScu nc was ttlc
recipient Of flowers and various pledges
of suppovy.
/ Mr.. A, H. Patterson told how he had
formerly been Prohibtionist; but had
been convinced of the impracticability
of prohibition in the light Of further oX-
pnricncc and had reformed. Tie charged
! Colonel Iloyt with favoring coalation
] l,.,, a. -.
! license crowd, and cited tho position of
| the Columbia State on tho question as
| proof. Tie then jumped on Governor
McSwccncy, charging him with dorelc
ton of duty in not attempting to sur
/ press the blind ti"or business in Charles.
ton; but actually conniving at violations
/ of tho law. Tie repeated a news paper
charge to the ciGcct that tho Governor is
Il patron Of blind tigers. and claimed
that The Governor was trying to slthsi-
di@c the State press by an unlawful use
OF the contingent fund for the payment
OF subscriptions to country papers. The
Governor denied that he was n patron OF
blind tigers. He told Mr. Patterson
that every Governor from Ilagood down
had subscribed FOR the county papers,
and that if Patterson would read these
papers he would he much better in
formed.
Mi +. Is. Gary delivered Straichtfor-
ward expression of his views on yarions
matters without indulging in person
alitirS Of any objectionable nature. His
diSncnSarN views are as have already
been published in the kEOwEE CouHIEE.
He maintained that il was neither a
written non an unwrittcn law that the
Governor should have second term by
reason OF Il clean administration in the
inSt. When Hampton went to the
| nitr0 States Senate Simpson succeeded
as Governor; but was mover aftcrward
elected to the Office. Acting Lieutenant
Governor lctnl succeeded to the Gover-
norShir upon the election Of Simpson to
tho supreme Court: hut Jcter did not
succeed himself. Sheppard succeeded
Thompson, hut was mover elected to the
H"NrrnorShtp. If Governor MCSwccncy,
therefore, bases his claims only on such
grounds rs these his claims arc not
bound 10y prrrrdrnt
Inn candldatrs fOv Lieutenant Cover
nor followed but NO incident was de-
vrioprd Cnlnnr Sloan was asked ior
whom hr voted IL 1872 and replied, ''H.
H. lillman the nominee OF the Demo
cratic party, and ahlr to fiji the Office
James Il, Willmau said he had no politl-
ca record, and hr proposed 10 make
some oi his opponents wish they had
none either before the campaign was
over. !ir said he was n hrlirvcr IN the
disrcnSnry law
MI. ~ {. Jones was announced aS Il
candidate rnl the United States senate
Nh" wool hat boys nj first didn't want
e. hear him but finally decided to have
patience. rs thcy would thus the sooner
hear thcI Ben
Nj. Zones stood 10y several minutes
speech !lr said that.
y sense Of duty iol his party and f0l
lis state hlought him before his pronn
!ir t;mrw the difficulties he did not
underestimate the strength OF his or-
rOnrnt h' .c had The night to come
before thrm and they have the night to
dispose Of him aS they please lie had
originally opposed the March convention.
hut when the nominations had beer made
Nc appealed tOy thcir election. ne had
opposed thr Reform movement, for he
thnughi il was politics, the history OF tho
state vii. show that this movement has
no, pul a cent into the pockets OF the