The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-08-14
The Old, Old story.

The two days chatauqua, political
pOw-woW, at Union has come and gone.
1t was not largely attractive, the at
tendance reported at 800, showing that
the sovereign voters OF Union were not
so anxious for light after all. The
speeches were from beginning of
Genesis to Revelations rehash Of the
old story, the argument FOR and against
expansion, subsidy and taritr revision,
that has filled the mouth OF the States
man for the last two years. Some of
the speeches were stronger than others,
some more ornatcly set in jcms and
flowers and sugarcd over and made
more palatabe
Congressman Latimer was little
handy" with a pitChfork, after the
manner of his great captain and ac-
cording to report his speech was ener-
getically Chcercd. The following held
down the platform on Thursday, the
first day of the Grating: State Senator
Henderson, OF Aiken, candidate for
United State Senate: Hon. D. j. Hemp
hill, of Chester, a former Congressman,
candidate for United States Senate;
Congressman Asbcrry G.. Latimer, of
Anderson, candidate for United States
Senate; Congressman JOS II johnson,
of Sparlanbuyg, Hon. John B. Cleve-
land, of Spartanburg, Capitalist, and
NV q CauuiuttcJ, anu IlOu. hODSFU AL
drich, state senator OF Barnwell cOun-
ty. OF these Mr.. Cleveland alone sup
ported the McLaurin Commercial De
mocratic idea.
On Friday, the second day of the In
Stitute, tho audience was double This
is an indication that the men and vo-
ters Of Santuck and Goshen Hill, or the
land of Goshen, at heart were modest
and thought that they needed more
light on great political problems of
the day, assuming that such are pend
ing. Col w. j. Talbert, member OF
Congress, of Old Edgefeld, candidate
spoke right ON. Walt Whitman was
on hand and made a point, but Col
Talbert was not to be diverted. Tai
bert has chosen wcll-to close his DO
litical career as Governor of the State
He will be hard to head Off. John
Gary Evans, Ex-Governor, spoke and
made a good talk, and is candidate
for L. S. Senate. He wants to bury
McLaurtn and take his shoes. Col
George Johnstone, of Newberry, fol-
lowed with Il good speech, but did not
declare himself for anything, but is
probably feeling his way gingerly, and
If the way is open, will contest for the
U. 5. Senate. He was followed by ex-
Congressman Stanyarne Wilson, who
is in the same category, but who al
ways talks well and is a strong man.
Benjamin Il. Tillman was saved for
the last, the ladies sitting out the long
service for the desert, the pie, as It
were, the champagne, the nuts, the
grapes, the raisins, that is to say, the
sWeetmeats as we'll as the spices.
Tillman had the usual stormy welcome
and parting.
The entire aggregation were against
the Commercial Democracy idea And
SO the evidence cumulates and swells
to support the u Tillman caddies, late
ly voting the resignation resolution in
Columbia. "Caddie,' be it understood,
is the lad who attends his master In
the fashionable game Of golf, just now
finding its way into the unsophisti-
Gated South.
The aggregation of political teachers
enlightened the innocents of Chester
on Saturday, fortunately, in Laurens
we arc up and on to the puzzling
problems.