The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-14
GREsTER's POLITICAL Meeting.
A thousand People Gather to
Hear McLaurin Roasted.

CneSCer, August IU.-lG IS MdTNel-
lous that a thousand or more people
should leave their avocations, as was
done here today, to listen to hours of
campaign argument. 1t shows a pecu-
liar and laudable trait of Carolinians,
and those who listened to the speaking
here never heard FIVE men who will
average a higher standard of ability,
for the speakers were Henderson.
Johnstone, Hemphill, Latimer and
Tillman.
Todav's meeting wound up the pres
ent series of educational gatherings.
They have proven to be against Nc
Laurin and his doctrines, but with the
qualifying statement that McLaurin
remains unheard. Unless McLaurin
attends some of these meetings and
meets Tillman or some of his real op-
ponents, talking at him is merely bat
tering man of straw.
Today LcLaurin and his policies
were more severely criticised than
they have yet been. Tillman urged
that McLaruin be not denied the right
of entering the primary. He does not
believe McLaurin will ever make the
race and he does not want McLaurin to
have the excuse that he could not run.
Ii McLaurin runs, Tillmaan does not
believe he will carry county. but he
said he did not believe McLaurin
would dare face the music with oppos
ing candidates on the same platform
with him.
In eloquent terms Col Johnstone
called down curses on the man who
would see his party downed in order
to strike malignant blow at per-
sonal enemy. It was dashing perora-
ton to a speech bearing on the era
of peace and the burial Of factional
lines in South Carolina. Then came
Tillman, who also praised the spirit
of brotherly love, and rejoiced that
factional lines had been obliterated
and that all were now working to-
wards one end, and he said that
crowning evidence Of it all was that
he and Col. Hemphill and Gonzales
were all in one crowd fighting COM
mon enemy.
Senator Tillman has always been
prone to hold hand primaries. Iester-
day he held one and it was rather
tame, but today he held another that
went off with decided gusto. He want
ed to know how many approved of the
action of the State Democratic COM
mittee and how many thought McLau-
rim ought to resign, and how many
were willing to have the campaign
this summer and not wait. and there
was good vote for fight to the fin
ish now and by means of resignation,
and none voted that they did not
want campaign or resignation this
summer.
Every speaker rasped McLaurin,
beginning with Henderson and wind
ing up with Tillman. but the chief
roasters were Latimer and Tillman.
with Henderson we'll up the line. y
striking feature of the meeting was
Tillman's statement of now he had
stuck to and captured the Democratic
party machinery and had stood by
Cleveland when it was a bitter pill,
and had never allowed the party affili-
alton to 60 outside of the Democracy,
although the tendencies were decidedly
to organize new party.
The speeches were pretty mucn
upon lue SAME lilies dS tuoSe az - Hio4,.
3 Senator Henderson devoted himself
largely to the subject of expansion and
subsidy, and he handled the issues
forciblv and vigorously. and made
hightoned and effective argument,
which was heartily applauded.
Mr. Geo Johnstone kept up his hlgh
standard of argument and reasoning,
and made decided impression.
That former Congressman John >.
Hemphili is popular among his own
people, and that he knows how to get
down among the boys with his argu-
ment, was shown today in his really
capital speech.
Mr. Latimer. although he stated
that he owns SO, 600 worth of cotton
stock. reiterated the note OF warning
sounded by Tillman against the cotton
mills if they led their operatives into
the Republican party through the chan
nels of Commercial Democracy. Mr..
Latimer went into this speech with
gloves off and landed blows thick ard
fast.-News and Courier
A bad complexion generally resul,s from
nsc,ive liver and bowels In all such cases,