The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-08-09

t THAT charge is too absolutely false
: TO receive moments credence from
: amy human being who has the slight
est lingering regard for truth left
t III him. Senator Tillmau, who made
| that charge, knew it to be false when
. he made it. The charge cannot be
interpreted as anything else but q
} mean and contemplate effort to
break the force, of the almost imam
imous advocacy of prohibition by the
preachers, and served it's author
us Il good occasion also 10 throw
cont cmpt upon Il class of men for
which he has in many other ways rN-
pressed contempt.'
He not only charges me with SLAM
der in uttering those words. know
ing them to be untrue, but he goes
further and declares J uttered them
to express contempt for men for
whom | have contempt. ! say here
in this presence, among the people
who listen to Gardner, that Gardner
owes it. t." himself to prove it by
bringing certificates, or he owes me
an apology. ! pronounced it, Il false
hood when my religion was brought
into question i'm 30 and % and they
charged me with ntdrlity, | said
| then that | was Il poor fallen sinner
going from the cradle to the grave,
admitting my weaknesses and trying
| to forget them, but swear no
preacher can say that | ever treated
| him except with respect; but it is al
ways the hit dog that howls; he al
ways howlS. Is it an alliance with
| the preachers and barkcrpcrS or
not? Is it true or not? (Noicc-icS).
| Very well, | will vote You on it. All
you who believe it, not true hold up
your right hand. Now, all YOU who
believe they are in an alliance writ
ten or otherwise, hold up your hand.
One more word and am done, | am
sorry | had to bring this matter up
here, but | believe always in coming
to Il mans house, face to face, teeth
to teeth, if J. have controversy to
| settle, and therefore had very little
| to say until | came here and | am
sorry he is not here, but his friends
will tell what | have said when he
comes, and let him write an apology
and publish it.. l believe he is un
honorable man and that he will do
| it. One more phase Of the qucS-
ton and am done. An effort is being
| made by the minister's of the gospel
but | don't know whether by the ma
.iority, to use the pulpit to take
charge Of the politics Of South Caro-
! lima. Not preaching the word of God,
as ordered by the divine minister, but
preaching politics. In conclusion |
am going to see the sense here as to
prohibition or no prohibition, on leg
| iSlativc candidates, Col. lIoyt would
take the conStablcS away, he hopes in
some way to enforce the law, but he
cannot do il, but if you send down to
the Legislature to Columbia you will
protect the law, the policy Of the
state. Now, as have not
had any other opportunity
| wish to sec how you are
going to vote on the legislature.
FRO repeal the disprnSary law and
enact prohibition? | will ask You to
hold your right hand in support Of
he dispcnSary. Kohn, you have
been fair and just; you have given
us a straight report Of the meetings
but you have been un lust to suppress
; things you should report. Now,
; ask you TO report it as it, is. Civ,
I MS Il straight report as to the mum
bcr Of people here. would say
twenty-five hundred in all. All you
who arc going to vote for Legislators
who will support the diSpcnSary
hold up your right hand. (Crowd for
) diSpcnSnry).
THE OTHER SPEAKERS.
At the conclusion Of Senator Till
mans speech, the guhcrnatorial can.
didatcS were given an opportunity tt
l. rid themselves OF their usual speech
cS.
Governor NJ. B. McSwcency, cnndi
date for reelection, was introduced
I lie said that he was not here to slinl
: mud and to run down his opponent
!, but would make Il clean speech. ii
o referred the voters to his record I,
S governor. lie said that during hi
IT administration the diSpcnSary la
II (had been rigidly enforced, that til
'e constnbulary had done Splendi
H. work and that there had not bee
81 any bloodshed by any Of thcl
}. since he became governor. The cl
'e forccment Of Il prohibition law, l
n said, would be Il farce and II gre;
le harm to the people, that the Ia
" would only prove q lnOckcry if a
II effort was made to enforce it. He r.
g fcrrcd to the utter failure Of the pr,
II hibition law in Maine, Iowa and Ka1
SaS. After writing to the mayors q
e the different cities Of South Caroline
he decided to cut down the cOnSta bll
n larry force and had thereby save,
the State the amount of $4,000, IN,
the diSpcnSary law was now bette
3 enforced than it had ever been. Mr.
c McSwecncy denied the charge of Mr.
Patterson that there were numerOu!
blind tigers in Charleston, and tina
the people there were going to vot,
I for McSwecncy because he allowed
D the tigers to exist. At the conclu
I sion of his speech Mr.. McSwccncN
II was presented with Il beautiful b0u
J. Iuet Of flowers from Mrs. j. j. Co
l wart.
n Col. James a. IIoyt was next in
! troduced. lie said that he did MOI
u intend to make u speech, but felt
called upon to answer some charges
: made by Senator Tillman. Col. Hey;
4 said chat he had nothing to do will
the establishment Of separate boxes
for the prohibition ticket in thi.
. county, but that it was the work o
n the majority Of the county cxccutiv,
Z committee. Tillman spoke Of hi:
= CTillman's) right to be in the canvas:
5 Col. lloyt said that he had never qucs
y toned 1illman's right to be in tho
0 State campaign and like any other
man he had Il right to be in the cam
G paign if he so desired it. lie sale
Il that all the candidates would agree
c with him that the diSpcnsary was