The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
Salem Meeting.

opened al New LlOu liSU HIAoas' -!
of the candidates were present, and all
of them made speeches. The crowd,
including quite a number from this
side numbered about 200, and very lit
tie demonstration was manifested. The
people OF Salem are very busy at this
time which was one reason for the slim
attendance, and another reason, is, that
all of the candidates are well known to
the voters, who have made up their
minds.
MrWJ Turbeville acted as chair
man of the meeting and at the outset
he requested respectful hearing for
all of the candidates and also requested
that the candidates refrain from mud
Singing" The order of speaking was
then announced and Mr.. NJ. c. Gallu-
chat was introduced as the first speaker
for the senate. He started off by asking
the chairman to tell him what he meant
bv ''mud-slinging," that if it meant
criticism of public records he would
not be restrained, for that was what he
intended to do. Mr. Galluchat then
went into a discussion of national Ques-
tions, and charged Mr. Appelt with ad-
vocating ship-subsidies, expansion, and
imperialism; with having misrepresen-
ted the people in the senate, by voting
to strike out the enacting words OF the
bill to revoke the charter OF the Virgin
ia Carolina Chemical Company, by vot-
inc against the 5000, 900 pension appro-
prjation, and the 100000 free school
appropriation. He charged Mr.. G. NJ.
Davis with being interested in trust,
with having voted with those who were
opposed to the dispensary, with voting
to repeal the free pass act,. He charg-
ed Mai Il B Rrichardson with voting
for the repeal of the free pass act, and
for the Clue Ridge railroad bonds.
Major Richardson came next, and
holding roll of papers in his hand
which was supposed to be manuscript,
but on account of the speech OF the
speaker preceding him he was forced
to reply without the aid of this document
Major Richardson took up the Philip
pine war and said it was cruel, that he
was not a McLaurin man, and could not
be because he disagreed with him upon q
number of measures, that he voted
against the resolution denounclng NC
Lauring because he thought it was
right to do so, and before casting. his
vote he consulted several friends about
it. He voted for the repeal OF the free
pass act because he did not think that
any member of the legislature could be
bought by pass, and he voted against
striking from the books the Blue Ridge
bonds, because, as represented to him,
they should not be striken from the
books. He told his hearers that he
had secured the pardon of confeder-
ate veteran, who was sent to the penn.
tentiary from Darlington convicted OF
horse stealing, and read from a news
paper clipping, the account OF this
horse-thief veteran from Darlington
getting his pardon though the efforts
of Mai. Richardson from Clarendon, in
time to be in the procession at the re-
union in Columbia. He said he favored
the free schools, good roads; and the
general up building OF the country,
that he was chairman of very import
ant committee, and was kept busy at
tending to his duties. He gave his ef-
forts to the lowering of taxes, and
would appreciate promotion:
Mr. Davis followed, and after an
nouncing his candidacy, he explained
how he come to be a candidate for the
senate. He displayed a batch of petit
tions which he claims called him for
ward and with great reluctance he felt
it his duty to respond. He read several
certificates going to show that he had
loaned money to parties without re-
curing any security and In one In
stance ne satisfied mortgage he held
over some widows property. He had
something to say about his private af-
fairs, read from The Manning Times
an extract about what the editor had
to say about the farmers in his section
not being independent, and disclaImed
being connected with trust.
MIR Appelt was the last senatorial
candidate to speak. He threw no bo-
Duets at his audience, but from the
outset replied to the assertions and
statements OF his opponents. He took
the position that National questions
had nothing to do with our local affairs,
and the injection of them was out OF
place. and only calculated to confuse.
Replying to his connection with Nc.
Laurin, he related the intimate rela'
tionship that had existed for many
years, and that he would be unworthy
OF confidence had he turned his back
upon McLaurin because political enc.
mics were trying to drive him out OF
the party. He said that he never
claimed in single editorial of his that
the positions taken by McLaurin were
right or wrong, what he cotended for,
was that McLaurin should come before
the people for them to Judge of his De-
mocracy, and not leave it to the polltl-
clans to say whether or not he is a Dem.
ocrat. He said that the files OF his pa
per will show, that time and again he
| declared if McLaurin did not prove he
was advocating Democratic principles
he, although his personal friend, could
not support him. He also told his
hearers that he never did claim TO be
conversant with National problems,