The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-06-26


ter Of the circus, out the star perform.
er who just preceded me surpassed
Johnnie Lowlow IN lis palmiest
services in the Horse Creek Valley Ia
Dor troubles; answered q question re.
ga1ding his woTX or the bill putting
restibules on street cars and ne
closed a fine effort, spie2 21!3ly put.
amid applause.
Immediately at the conclusion CT
Col. Tillman's speech Congressman
Talbert steppel forward fo- 2 reply
Col. Tillman stlted that he had no,
objection to a reply at the proper
time, but objected to tais regular
thing Of Talbert's making another
speech in reply when his time was
up. The audience was leaving and
amid some confusion Col. Talbers con.
tinued a statement, sayils he had
been on duty ten years. and had
never been absent, except when he,
or some MEMBER of his family was:
sick. He further stated that he was
paired, which was eqU.galeat to z
vote. and mentioned several bills he
said he had passed. He added that he
did not object to having his record
ventilated, and was willing to be
judged by it.
COL. JOHN T. SLOAN.
Col. John T. Sloan made good
speech and paid a high tribute to
Charleston where he said the first
impulses to patriotism had been
stirred in his heart when the first gun
Of the war was fired. Col. Sloan told
OF his wdr record and his record II
the Legis ature. where be had always
been firm friend Of Charleston,
which had given him over 1900 votes
in the las. election, and ne felt SURF
yould do ~'er better for him this
time. In reply to questions PROFOUND.
ed Gel. Sloan said that he believed 10
the right Of everyone to organize and
be thought that child labor bill
should be passed to prohibit the en-
pigment of children under u years
CT age.
MR.. COLE L. BLEASE.
Mr. Cole l.. Blease was the next
speaker. He did not wait for any
questions to be asked him. but de-
clared at once that he was in favor
Of child labor bill, of biennial ses.
sions Of the LEGISLATURE and Of the
laboring classes organizing to pro-
tect themselves from the oppression
of trusts and corporations. In re-
gard to the schools Mr.. Blease said
that he believed in the white mans
taxes being devoted to the education
of white children. He favored the dis
pensary law as it stands today and II
elected Governor he would enforce
the law in Charleston es well as in
the country.
Mr.. Blease at this point got into a
wordy combat with Mr.. Gary. Mr..
please having called on Mr.. Gary to
define his position on the dispensary
question, Mr.. Gary said that as each
county got the profit from its own dis
pensary sales there was no reason
why any county should have a dispen-
sary If It did not want it. "If you
don't want dispensary in Charles
ton," said Mr.. Gary, you oughtnt to-
have It." There was great applause
from the audience at this, and Mr..
Blease then declared that 1t was the
first time Mr.. Gary had ventured to
declare himself on the subject. Mr..
Gary, in reply, said that Mr.. Blease
had formerly told him he was in ia
vor Of local option, but now he had
changed his tune. Mr.. Blease denied
this outright, and there was consid-
cradle sparring for a time between
the two, until Chairman Thayer finally
succeeded in getting them to take
their seats and let the speeches pro-
ceed.
The hour was very late and most
Of the people had left when the candi.
dates for Attorney General and Secrc-
tary Of State got the floor, and their
remarks were mostly confined to an
exploitation Of their own qualifications
for the positions.
MR.. U. X. GUNTER.
Mr.. Gunter 1aade a good short
speech. He said that he had been as
sistant to the Attorney General for
four years and was thoroughly famil-
lar with the duties Of the Office. The
time had come, he said, for Charles
ton to asser. itself again in the poll
cical field Of the State and he would
always do all he could to assist her
cause.
MR.. ". F. STEVENSON.
Mr.. w. +. Stevenson made telling
speech. He referred to his six years
record In The Legislature and said
that he had been friend Of Charles
ton when she needed friends. He had
been associated with every industrial
enterprise in his native town and with
the building Of the Seaboard Air Line
from Chester to Columbia, and he
hoped Charleston would also soon
possess competing line in the Sea-
board Air Line to assist her. AS Ia
boring man himself lie believed in Ia