The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-18
MEETING AT D0NALDS.

MEETING AT D0NALDS.
Majority or State Candidates Pres.
eus--Everything Pleasant - Good
Crowd.
On last Saturday the candidates Tor Govern
/ or, United States Senate. and congress, msae
their first speech at Donalds. The majority
ent and mingled freely In the crowd.
| The crowd numbered about 500. represent
| Ing The counties OF AbbevIile. Anderson,
Greenwood. Laurens and Sreenvine. ,a'n I..v,- hv
| Rev W. T. Duncan OF the Methodist chufcn.
Tue speakers were gracefully Introduced oy
Col. Jas. II. Tl!lman had siynined his iu-
teption of replying 10 the charxr soI the edlinr
| OF the State, several months ago. and This
was looked forward to with much interest ny
| the people. ,,,, ,,.
nrst speaker. lie stated that any man aspir-
ing to Office should irst thoroughly examine
himself 10 ses II he In nt for tho dulles I'M.
posed thereby. be WAS opposed TO The use of
money for buying votes and was making thr
ca IN paixu on his merits. He favored the dis
penxary. He spoke of the expense ci ihe
campaign iIisetiDgs aud u this continued u
vouid Al most be I'm possible Tor poor man
| 10 run for Office. Oppos-d trusts and comb''
naiious. and favored higher education. but
especially wanted 10 the public school
Cspt. %. C. Hayward, OF CoIieton. took the
stand next. He threw eouquels 10 the ladies'
i in q very graceful manner, and said that they
should take lively interest In the ahairs oi
the country. His particular reason ipr being
IN the race for Governor Was because he want
ed the Office. He said that all success de.
| pended oE the farmer. and this year nsd oeen
u very hard one Tor them. he issorea !ne
/ t.u, hs. aDIntiOn Tho
LIQUOR question. He !avors State colleges,
and especially wanted To see the common
schools Of the country prosper. The scoooi
noune is the best pisce tor producing gooa 1000
provision be made for them. lie In opposed
10 trusts. but wanted To SEQ capital come inu'
| the state In legitimate manner. ~,
| DIR Zimmerman was next introduced. he
favored good roads and also the dispenEary.
| he was OF the opinion That taxation would
not be lowered, and that he had been INFORM.
I'd that there was very little money In tne
State Treasury. and that money wonla
nave 10 oe borrowed with which TO meet the
| ex pepses OF the government. He wanted tne
closest inspection OF his private rna puoiic
life. During his public life he has served 10
state Treasurer. and as member OF tne
Sinking Fund Commission.
| Mr. n. r. Ansel. the former solicitor oi tnis
| Circuit spoke next He was no stranger
| mere and felt at home among the people. lie
| spoke of education and said that IL was our
/ duty TO get al we could. He had not "eeh
| foalunate euoguh TO get all he wanted, out ne
| r4iIizad the importance OF II. He declared
that more time and attention should oe gwen
| 10 the com mon schools. The question "igood
| roads was one OF tiS hobbies. IL the Guildiug
OF good roads bad begun years ago. the people
of ihis country would be better or today. In
view Of the fact that there are quite mum.
Der OF con victs, he thought IL would De good
pan TO use them for the building OF good
roads.
Col. J. II. Tillman appeared next. and he
| be gan his speech by questioning his oppon'
enis a. TO the dispenSary law. DIR. Thinner.
| man said that II was not an issue ana every
body knew his position; Mr.. Ansei replied
| that he was In favor OF the dispensary law
| properly enforced; Col. Talber was In favor
OF II and Capt. Hey ward said that ne bad
luIways supported the dispensary law. lie
refer red to he charges made by the Editor OF
| the State against the Rev. +. D. Watson. Tor
having told a faisehood because there had
heen some talk OF moving The Methodist col.
lego from Columbia. II he could etigr 4. 'e
such man (and In fact the entire Met Il
lConierencr) IL could be- easily undersioo.
he could attack him, (Tillman) merely :"
cause he had the misfortune 10 bear tue ma
he did. After bis respects To the state.
took up the sword incident. Among some n'
the things. he said: 81 have NO apologies TO
make for what did. He insuIed my STATE,
my blood, and even though Roosevelt had
been king, would have acted as ! did"
/ He denounced Roosevelt.
wouLp-BE.coSGREssME
There are seven candidates for Congress
| from thi. district and they are ali strong
men. They were Nil present except Mr..
stribling. They discussed The Issues OF the day
and were all opposed 10 trusts and combina.
lions. From Abbeviile county we have
Wyatt Aiken, who made his first public
speech Saturday, but seemed To be per rfectly
nj home. Hon. VIM. n. Grabdon and Mr.. j
II. McCalla. all OF whom made excellent
speeches and semed TO have many friends In
| the crowd.
SENATORIAL AsPIRANTs.
| Mr. A. &. Latimer was the first speaker and
| said that he bad been seut TO Congress TO re-
present the Alliancenen. and that he wishes
| 10 get In the United States Senate. He was
opposed 10 the ship subsidy and that the
marine laws OF the country should be amend.
| ed. He said that no Congressional district In
the coun Try had more free delivery carriers.
and that he had not been partial u Ander
son county. His record In Congress was that
| Of a business man.
| Col. Vim. Elliott Of Beau tort, spoke next
aud said that IL was q good sign To ses the
i people taking 80 much Interest In publiC
questions. He was In favor OF the platform
as framed by the state Convention. lie re-
Il viewed HIS war record from the beginning 10
the end. lie spoke of his fight with the
negro and OF contested elections for his seat
In Congress. He spoke of his record In Con.
gress aud what he had done for his district.
Mr.. J. ]. Hemphili Of Chester, WAS the next
speaker, said that the candidates who had
promised every thing aud had claimed Ia
have accOmp piished Rll the rest, aud that
| nothing had been left for him TO do He said
that The Democrats believe In expansion ol
rnnmerce and manufactures. but that the
Republicans go too Tar. We have country
enough now Ia cultivate. more land than ~
can we'll take care OF, still they want us Ia
murder people In order To get more territory.
The reason other IensDn Other nBtionn ex.
paDd IL because they are more deuseIy pOpu
lated. lie drnOunced the ship subsidy very
htropgly. The only way Ia remedy this, II
to have an out pouring on election day
Says he always attends the precincts Meet
Ing aud also the convention when sent.
Thus closed very pleasant and seemingly
profitable uireting.
The people oi Donalds lid them .el yes proud
on ibs occasion. They are "a clever people
and made II thoroughly enjoyable for every
uOdy.
The speak Ing WAS held In a grove about a
mile out from Doualds and after returning In
the AFTERNOON, We were united To the hos
pitahIe home nf Mr.. Dave Humphri-s, where
We most delightfully."- spent several hour.
We met there his charming vile and dauyh-
ter. who made things very pleasant for US af.
ter Il lUug day,
| There were number OF Candidates fl,,
Sta te Offices present who did not spe,k: Fol
Attorney General. Coz. u. y. Gunier aud
Hon. W. +. stevenson; Tor Lieutenant Gov
ernor. Hon. Frank B. Gary, Hon. Cole Bleast