The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-08-22

Ihe speaking took place in tn,
school house, Gsar Wiiburn's store
and as at all the other places ther,
wSe number Of "a lies present, bu
there were more at Cross Keys thar
at any other point, Carlisle, of course
CO me next. TIE ladies of Cross Kew
also treated the candidates and vii
TOYS present to q bountiful picnic
spread, which wss very welcome tc
the candidates and visitors and tr
which they did ample justice. There
was plenty for all and that of AT an.
Bsrently endless variety of good thin nes.
fhe repast was wound up by trea,
OF SINE fine watermelops. The ladies
served ice cream and lemonade, the
proceeds of which went to assist in
paying balance due on the Crsan in
ths school house. We hope The rs.
silts were satisfactory, after such a
NICE treat, every one present should
have contributed.
Tne candidates all seem to be in
tho best of humor and are all friendly,
which we are glad 8, sec. They ssem
to hsge picked up points from each
other andpall have about COTTON down
to their speeches and cover their
points pretty we'll.
Below we will endeavor to give a
synopsis Of the speeches, trying to
cover in condensed form the sailient
points Of the speeches of the various
candtdatee as We caught them:
SENATOR DOUGLASS
for reelection to the Senate. Gave
an account of his record in the Sen
ate and thought he ought to be re-
turned as the old members were
given the craftsmanship of commit
tees, which gave them great power
in suppressing useless bills. No
member is given chairmanship uu-
til he has been there at least two
years. The house appoints its chair
man but the Senate elects it's chair
man of committees.
Recounted his service on the battle
fields where he had received four
bullet wounds. Went to war when
the first gun was fred at
Fort Sumter. There is a great crv
of rotation in Office now. There was |
the enemy. Referred to the time |
when Union had no credit in bank
and he had to endorse paper person.
ally, while County Commissioner, to
get money for the county-$5,0 ,000-to
pay interest on $4,000 bonds.
Those same bonds are now worth
$3.50. They were then worth only
85c on the dollar. AS to the charge
that he had insisted on making the
bonds payable in gold, would say
that he thought by SO doing he could
have saved Union county about $780,
900, as they could be floated at 5
per cent. interest payable in gold,
while in green backs the interest
would be 6 per cent. That was his
only reason.
Had established the sinking fund
commission by which money will
finally be obtained to liquidate the
railroad debt hanging over Union.
Capt. F. M. Farr, Capt. A. II. Fos>
ter and the Treasurer compose the
Commission. Bonds will be due in
Is years.
Had got the increased appropriation
for the old soldiers, and had helped
kill the soldiers home bill, and ar
ranged for the support or aid of the
soldiers at their homes instead, and
saved their franchise. There was
only one opposing vote to- the bill
as he had prepared it. Had made
the verbal contract for labor valid
when witnessed by two, and an ad-
vance made if only 25 cents Thus
saving a lawyers fee of $500
for drawing up the contract. Had
knocked out the check system of
paying factory employees. AS to
corporations, was in favor of them if
they were kept within their corporate
limits, cited banks and other corpor-
atoms as legitimate, when kept within
| their corporate limits, endorsed them
no further than this. When the res
olution was introduced to take the
charter away from the Virginia Car
olina Chemical Company he had
voted for it, because they were going
it too strong in South Carolina. Low
country wanted IL days labor on
roads, had helped to get it down tc
8 days, voted against monument ap