The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
Of SENATORIAL /. IGNERs

The Closing Meeting in Ninnsboro
Was Well Attended.
innsboro, Aug. 21.The State
primary humbug is ended Forty y-tWo
meetings, embracing 81 days, has been
held in every county in the State.
The last senatorial meeting was held:
here today, frst IN the courthouse and
as the crowd increased TO such an ex-
tent that all could not get within
Fairfield temple of justice, an ad-
sournmenS was made TO the; court yard
where the remaining speakers deliver
ed Their Valedictorles. No tears were
shed, but anmistakable lines OF sad
ness were distinctly visible upon the
faces OF seEeral Of the candidates as
thew saw the tall dome Of the national
capitos fade away from their vision
and she sad realization kdsWn upon
them that for SIX years hence 5hey
must make their living 5usS Ike other
common Ml2rtals.
But the evidence is all IN; the argu-
menss havs been repeated from ~ DIFF
fsrent stunp and their cases have
been given to the jury the people,
who nj e render their unalserable YER
diet next Tuesday at the ballot box.
No more shall Latimer's goat story
be heard. Goodbye to Hemphill's old.
mother-i law storyaand she ldear.
woman it Is hoped hsls been embaln-
ed, crernated and buried. No more:
viii Col Elliots's little hunting dog,
10 which he has often compared him
self run both ways and bark. &C both
ends. Nor nj ill Johnstone' nut;
grass roots and pumpkin seen ind
IoGgment until smother campaign sea-
son. Evans little narke5 basket OF
choice government vegetables, which
MAS exhibited az Abbeville, has been
sent bg express to the Smithsonian
tuse at Was hingten to be admired
By generations vel: unborn. Hender-
sons little, three-lsgged stool OF
peace and harmony. which has,
baen so otter strained by SIX stout
men crawling upon it has been sem
TO the railway shops for repairs.
The sgeeches today were not with
out acriemeay, and til trio, Latimer,
E.yans and Johnstone did not minee
words. Nothing especially new was
developed. Ilatin1er rang the
changes on the farmers and had
long tale Of imaginary woes TO tell IN
what these fye laWyers'' had done:
TO the poor, lone farmer, who by MS
ow1 admission, never saW railway
train nnsil he Was 20 years Of age.
Evans and LaSimer seemed to think
that the right to suckls the old Wash
iington COW was denied to all except
5henseIFes and it seemed a master sof
controversy between them which one
should hold the calf, Evans declaring
That he was tired Of the lob, but Latl-
ser taciSly ccnsolesl him by saying
hat the people had, on more Than one
occasion, decided that was abeut the
only lob Cor which he was now quail
Evans declared that Latimer's appeal
Ike the plaintive notes OF
8 who It's said when it real
izes thas she end is near bursts forsh
IN one long plaiative vail
ith Witheriag sarcasm Evans re-
counted how Eatimer had fallen short
OF his dnEy and Lasimer came back to
him in the saIae way. Ilasimer at
tackled Johnsb0ne but soon found that
he had oFsftarned whole bee gum
and vas bssdiy and severely stung.
Johnstone proved By four members
of the campaign party, calling them
name, That Latimer had admitted
8 ttbg CAMPAIGN lat Ranbeygl that he !
voted favor OF donating to the
penpsyl RAILWAY piece Of prop
ars7 worth three million dollars Isati- ]
mer Insisted that it was an exchange
Of properly, and he did not know
wheEher IS Wass worth one million or
ten million dol lars. He charged Isatl-
aer With 81 lack Of patriotism in al
lowing his son Carroll TO accept
lucrative government posl tlon and
finally transferred 1t to ms brother
IN law when bis son could no longer
hold 1T.
Latinsr stuck to his old " popular
speech and preached pracSabillty IN
uolitics as well as in business. When
Iatime- was charged with preparing
his son IN the practice of Law. he re-
;oined that his boy was NOT running
for the senate to which Evans replied
that he Fgas running around following
sbase meeting scratching for his
daddy.
A ii the other speeches by Messrs.
Elliott, Henderson and HemphiH, we're
son the same lines as have been report
ed and it is doubtful, owing to the
close proximity Of the primary wheth-
ser single vote was changed today.
During the entire canvass OF the
State not more than fen per cent, OF
the voters have attended the meetings.
The Indications are that the vote will
not be as large as it was two years
aso Though tful men express them
selves as being surfeited with politics
especially speeches as there are no
issaes before the people. It has been
estimated that there are two thousand
candidates to be voted for next Tues
day and the people Of the State will
draw q long sigh Of relief when it is
all oTer.
In 4 majority of the counties the
candidates for the senate have been
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