The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-14
CANDIDATES VISIT BRO0KLRND.
The Seventh District Campaigners are
Heard.

The Seventh District Campagners are
Heard.
Columbia State, August llth.
The five congressional candidates
from the Seventh district campsigned
at Brookland last night. The meeting
was held in the open air by the light
of a torch which served to show up the
candidates to the audience unseen
but not unheard. Mr.. NJ. II. Witt
presided and Col. Willie Jones was
among the visitors on the stand.
The speeches lasted some two hours
and half and were interspersed
with band and jlbes from young
America who was numerously and
audibiy represented.
The questions discussed were most
ly of national moment and though
there were cries of ''dispensary" and
"McLaurin" the speakers steered
clear of both topics and for one time
campaign meeting was held in
South Carolina without the mention
of Tillman or Tillmanism. The
candidates appear to have agreed
among themselves that they will
attend strictly to their own business.
MR.. HOWELL.
Major NJ. P. Howell, OF Cclleton,
was the first man up. He bitterly
arraigned the Republican party and
its policy in regard to trusts and
imperialism. He recalled the days
of '76 and urged the people not to
allow themselves to bo led off by q
party whose re-establishment in
South Carolina meant a return Of
negro supremacy. He made en-
phatic and si& ,nifcant mention OF his
belief that sovereign people had
the right to demand that whoever
they elected to represent them in
Washington should do their bidding
and he furthermore thought that
when a man couldn't do that he had
best be taken out. He promised to
stand by the Kansas City platform
which he considered as the only true
exponent of true Democracy. He
closed by asking the people if they
were willing to desert the ship Ct
state Democracy, and run after false
gods.
Major Howell had his speech we'll
in hand and spoke with ability.
Mr.. D. SMITH.
The. second speaker, Mr.. E. D.
Smith, from Sumter, INDUCED in an
address of ornate with metaphorical
illusions which had to be cut short
by his indisposition due to a long
ride which he had taken to be pres
ent. His pean was as it had alway
been, "equal rights to ali and special
privileges to none" In his opinion
this same principle had formed the
rock bed of the Reform movement
in this State. To ignore the work
ing man was in his metaphorical ex
preston, "to heap up wrath against
the day of Judgment" Probably
the most unique statement Of this
speaker was his charge that the
State had appropriated 100000 to
educate the sons of the rich. He
did not specify in this connection
but called attention to his opposition
to these appropriations for education
After referring briefly to the Phillip
pine question he closed his half hour
with an attack on all the country
across Mason and Dixon's line,
wherein the inhabitants were, as he
put it, "being run wild by their taste
of blood" and were preparing to
sweep down on the south
MR.. A F. LEVER.
Chairman Witt here introduced
Mr.. A. F. Lever, OF Lexington county
MIR. Lever felt sure that the people
of his county would stand by him
and aid him in placing the banner OF
Lexington in the capitol at Washing
ton. He thought himself not more
honest but of considerably more e1'
perience than any Of the other can
didates. In the capacity Of secretary
to the late Congressman Stokes he
had hearned the ropes and would be
that much ahead of his opponents.
Mr.. Lever was asked about his
10 hour bill and took some time tc