The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-14
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES
SPEAK IN BISH0pVILLE.
Well Attended and Pleasant Meet
ing in The Capital Of Lee County.
Mr.. Smith Enters the Race and
Makes Capital Speech.
Mr. Smith Enters the Race and

on Wednesday IN BlShopvllle,
which hopes to be the future
county seat of Lee County. The
speakers stand was in a pleasant
grove, near the centre of the town and
at least three hundred citizens of the
vicinity were there assembled. The
candidates discussed national issues
and their individual claims for sup
port.
Mr.. B. Frank Kelly presided and
introduced the speakers, the meeting
being called to order shortly before L
O'Clock. The speakers were limited to
thirty minutes each.
JUDGE BUCHANAN
opened the debate and made substan-
italy the same argument as in Sumter
on Tuesday. He reviewed his record
as a public servant, referring partlcu-
larly TO his services as assistant attor-
neY general, and to the opinion he
rendered as Judge in the Lee County
litigation.
MAJOR HOWELL
devoted his time to forcible discus
sion Of imperialism, the ship subsidy
steal, trusts and the money power,
denouncing these evil consequences Of
Republican rule. He made a strcng
plea for the education of the people as
the only sure means Of counteracting
the growth of undemocratic doctrines
that can but destroy the Republic If
unchecked. He stands on the Demo
cratic platform and does not set him
self up as above the platform and the
party, as one whose individual opin-
ion is of more weight than that OF the
party.
Mr.. LEVER
said that he was no novice in politics,
as his opponents would find out before
the end of the campaign. He had
been making public speeches since he
was seventeen years old, ten years ago,
and the first speech he had ever made
was to promote the organization Of
the farmers to fight the concentration
of money and power in the hands of
the few. He had from the first favor
ed the total disfranchisement OF the
negro and was of the same opinion
still. There is no chance for Repub-
lican party in the South with its stencil
of nogro and carpet bagger rule and
corruption clinging to it, and those
who attempt to organize so-called
white Republican party will ind this
ont. He said that he stood squarely
on the Kansas City platform, and when
he could not do so he would be. a man,
an honest man, and get out Of the
party. He dealt sJrenuously with i'm
perialism, ship subsidy, standing
army, trusts and Republican corrup-
tion in general.
Mr.. E. D. SMITH
made his maiden speech as a Congress
sional candidate, and clever and tax
ing effort it was. He is an easy and at
times really eloquent speaker, and he
had the crowd with him throughout
his speech. He endorsed the party
platform as a whole and did not dis
cuss it's separate planks at length,
merley touching upon and condemning
imperialism, ship subsidy and trusts.
The currency question, which the other
candidates ignore, he discussed at
length, as ne regarded all the evils
the South and the masses of the people
of the country now endure and appre
hend for the future as the outgrowJh
of the conditions made possible by
the control of the government by the
money power, which has obtained con-
troll by means of the financial system
now maintained. The tariff, trusts,
ship subsidy, imperialism are all the
outgrowth of the control Of the Gov
ernment by the money power, which
places the dollar above the man.
Mr.. BRANTLY
told how he lost a lifetime Job in
rather than be disloyal to
the Democratic party and how he
had told Mr. Carlisle 10 take away his
job if he saw fit, but he would not sur
render his liberty to seeak for the peo-
ple's rights. He is capital stump
speaker and was at his best, making
a strong and forcible argument along
the lines followed in his speech in
this city Tuesday.
In party fealty and firm belief in
the Kansas City platform all the can
didates are alike. In adherence of
and the ship subsidy steal,
q large standing army, the trusts, a
policy and Republican cussed-
ness generally it is difficult to give any
of them the precedence. In eageraess
TO promote the early opening of the
Canal they are alike, and if
elected the rural mail system will have
a jealous friend in any one of the FIVE.
and to-day all were looking toward
with joyous spirit to the early estab-
lishment of Lee County, which is to
ae the brightest gem of South Carroll
nats gem-like counties.
The meeting was pleasant through
ont and there were no spats between
The candidates. Applause was bestow-
ed literally and no single candidate
can be said to have had the crowd
with him to the exclusion Of the