The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-07-03

where he properly belongs. He spoke
against expansion and the ship subsidy
measure.
Ex-Governor Evans was the last to
speak. He spoke at disadvantage for
the crowd was tired, many had gone to
dinner His speech was on the same
lines Of his former utterances only with
less personal illusions. Tariff reform
was his principal argument.
The senators are sustaining them
selves well and their speeches are be-
coming less formal. They all leave for
Marion tonight where the meeting will
be held tomorrow.
At 1arIon.
Marion. Special.-The senatorial
campaign meeting here Friday bid fair
at one time to prove as humdrum ana
featureless as all its predecessors, but
at the last moment an incident oc-
Cured between Messrs. Latimer and
Evans that promises to change the
whole feature of the campaign. At
,O:3O a. m. about $50 people, including
MANY ladies, assembled in the opera
house to hear the speakers. The sena-
torial candidates were introduced as
follows: Messrs. Elliott, Hemphill,
Evans and Latimer.
The speeches of the first five were
;dentically the same as have often been
repeated within the past two weeks;
even the Jokes" had become stale,
with a two weeks growth Of whis-
kers upon them. The crowd was pa
tient and knew intuitively that impe-
rialism would be followed by ship SUD-
sidy and next came the trusts ana
tariff reform, with the never falling,
never ending blowing Of the personal
horn until time was called by the
chairman. While Mr.. Evans was
spreading himself on his favorlte
theme, tariff REFORM" a countryman
who had come to town strolled down
by the opera house and stood In the
street watching what he took to be a
"protracted meeting" and passed on,
thinking that II he came up 1t would
be about time to pass around the nat.
Mr.. Evans repeated his story explain
ing why he entered the last campaign
against McLaurin and also retold
about going to Washington previous TO
the opening meeting at Sumter to con-
suit with certain congressman as to
who was best qualified to enter. the
race and expose McLaurin's Republ-
canism. When Mr.. Latimer's turn
came, and he was the last speaker, ne
first told of his record and said let
one man put his finger on one single
act of his that did not reflect credit on
his State. (Mr. Evans was seen to pull
a long newspaper clipping from MS
pocket.) Mr.. Latimer said that Mr.
Hemphill had claimed that he (Hemp
hilD had led the fight against the
force bill" when Hemphill was IN
congress, but he (Latimer) had looked
I'D the record and found that the fight
was led by Mcmillan, although Hemp
hill had made a speech against tne
massage Of the measure. He repeated
his goat story and applied 1t to Mr.
Hemphill, illustrative of how he had
left the State when defeated for con-
gress. Mr.. Hemphill wanted to reply,
but as Mr.. Evans was drawn prom
inently into the squabble soon after
ward, Mr.. Hempbill let tho matter
drop.
Mr.. I.atimer went on and said you
may talk about the tariff until dooms-
day, but the Republicans made the law
and Democrats could not modify or re-
peal it so long as they were in power.
We need more business men In con-
gress-not theoretical men who can do
something else beside make fowery
speeches. After speaking on this line
for a few minutes he turned to Mr..
Evans and said Mr.. Evans did come to
Washington and suggested that he
QLatimer) enter the race against NC
Laurin.
Mr.. Evans-"You suggested it, but 1
did not want you," and then Evans
added: "You invited anyone to raise
their finger and point to any public act
or acts Of yours that were not credit
to your State"
Here is something that DR.. ]. VIM.
Stokes. whom We all know to have been
as honorable, brave and truthful a man
as ever lived and was at that time
member of congress from the seventh
district, wrote about you and had pub
lished in the Yorkville Enquirer
Mr.. Latimer-I know every word In
1t and / will tell you, fellow-citizens,
all about 1t.
Mr.. Evans-Fellow-citi here Is
the proof that Latimer peddled pictures
in the house. Had his farm stocked
with seed by the government and rode
on, and distributed, free passes over
railroads to his friends
The confusion by this time was SO
great that 1t was hard to understand
distinctly what was said; the volcano
which had been smouldering for weeks
was now sending out red hot campaign
rocks, gas and Shiny black mud.
Mr.. Latimer turned to the crowd and
said that Mr.. Wilson, secretary OF agri-
ouItura had come down to Bolton,