The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-16
gress such a man as this as the success.

NIL GNduS tu6n u1duc IlS u5u'
I speech on tariff reform. He paid h
8 compliments to the Virginia Caroliu
: Chemical company and roundly d
nounced ii as the most iniquitous tru'
I. in existence.
: A voice: "That's right, tell it I
, them. l have had to buy from them.
We do not need corporation attol
neys to represent us in Congress.
you send them to Washington as 500
as they get there they will be distribut
ing passes all over the South. Th
Southern Railway owns majority O
the railroad stock in South Carolin
and is member of the Transportation
Trust. Mr.. Evans was literally ap
plauded.
CONGRESSMAN LATIMER.
Mr.. Latimer jumped into Mr.. Evan.
at once and went over the pass bust
ness and the $4,000 fee in the bono
deal.
Mr.. Evans interrupted him and agail
denounced it as lie, and said that h,
had 80 denounced it at the time, ant
the man that repeats 1t is liar. Some
thing was said about Mr.. Duncan, bu
the sentence was not completed.
| Mr.. Latimer said "Evans insults
the people by coming around here and
telling them that they did not know as
much as he does, because he now
claims that he foresaw and foretold
McIaurins Republican tendencies. Mr.
Latimer told his came Old story about
the Newberry College appropriation,
the South Carolina Railway taxes, seeds
and bulletins. He read the Congress
sional Record bearing on the $2OS 900
tax matter, which passed the House
and not the Senate, and therefore
never became law.
A voice: Was not McLaurin q
farmer 2"
Latimer: "No? He Is a lawyer,
for he was the Attorney General of the
State"
Latilner went on and told why he
thought the practical business men of
the State will elect him. He told his
goat story and applied it to Evans, say
ing that they carried him as far as they
could and now when they put him
down he comes and attacks HE G.ati-
mer's) record.
Mr.. Evans "You never were my
friend. You betrayed me like dogl"
Mr.. I.atimer: "I am tired of this F;
let us 60 outside and settle this matter
now"
Mr.. Evans " All right, am ready
now," and they both moved toward
each othor, but mutual friends inter.
fered and the matter rested
Another voice: "Mr. Latimer, don't
you think you had better stay in Con-
gress (meaning the House of Repre-
sentatives) and let Henderson go to
the Senate 2"
Mr.. Latimer paid no attention, but
went on, holding the attention of his
audience until time was called.
HON. ID. s. HENDERSON.
The "Aiken Demosthenes " was as
happy as a schoolboy when his turn
came, for he is well known here, and
his statement that he believed that the
people of this State are tired of CAM
paigns of slander and abuse was re-
ceived with rounds of applause. He
stated his potion as local attorney
for the Southern Railway in Aiken
and told of his fight against unlawful
combinations in the General Assembly
The rest of his allotted time was devo-
ted to discussing the Democratic doc.
trine, "a tariff for revenue only"
closing by predicting the disastrous
consequences that must accompany the
Republican idea of colonial expansion.
1t is the duty of Senators to edu-
cate and instruct the masses of the
the people by able and sensible speech
es from the floor of the Senate cham
ber. Hence we need our best men l..
Thousands in the North are opening
their eyes and realizing that liberty is
lying and the overthrow of the money
power is imperative for the safety cf
the nation. Mr.. Henderson received
applause and bouquet.
COL. GEORGE TOMBSTONE.
Col. Johnstone went over the New
berry College matter again and wanted
1t understood that he did not dacry
MIR. Latimer's effort to get the $10,-
900, but the country paid him in sal
airy $44 900 to get it and he thought
things were now about even. Col.
Johnstone again told the story of the
$2O8, 900 back tax matter, which Mr..
I4atimer claims as one of his
"sheaves." He told Mr.. Latimer
that he had no bitterness in his soul
toward him and advised him to have
a like kindly spirit. This State does
not depend upon the existence of these
six men. If all were dead their
names perhaps would soon be forgot
ten and others come to the front to
take their places. He is tired of
strife; we have had entirely too much
of it In South Carolina. The Consti-
tutiOnal Convention settled this mat
ter, " and" said Col. Johnstone, "my
life blood shall flow from my body be.
fore shall ever attempt to revive fac
tionalism again." lie closed his
speech with an exposition of the work
ings of the tariff laws. Col. John
stone was well received.
CONGRESSMAN ELLIoTT.
Col. VIM. Elliott was again on his
record today, and told what he had
done for his people, both in war and
peace. He has devoted his whole life
to his State and now he asks that he
be sent to the Senate, where he would
have larger field of usefulness. Col
Elliott is we'll known in this part ol
the State and has the full confidence
of every one. He was well received
and literally applauded.
HON. j. j. HEMPHILL.
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