The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-07-17
RAMBERG'S CAMPAIGN DAY.
Senatorial and Congressional Canal
dates Address the People.

! RAMBERGs CAMPAIGN DAY.
Senatorial and Congressional Candl
dates Address the People.
The senatorial and congressional cam
paign meeting was held in Bamoerg las
Friday The meeting was held IN TN
court house. where the candidates spok'
to crowd of about 200 who were orderly
, and attentive There were few ladles
but these received their share OF atten
tion. The candidates, wearled from thf
nreyious DAVIS exertion, came here IRON
Oran geburg, and were met at the statlol
bv their friends who entertained then
elaborately. The meeting was called te
order promptly at eleven o'clock by oul
efficient county chairman H. G. Folk, who
announced that as agreed upon tnl.s :.
minutes time only would De aiio"eo u
each candidate in which to present his
views and fitness to the people SC
PRAYER was made by Rev: L. ). oanoil.
er. who asked Gods blessing upon the
meeting and His help in directing the
people to choose the best candloate.
J.J. HEMPHILL.
The first speaker for the senatorial tc'
oa was the Hon. J. J. Hemphlll, OF Chest'
er All the candidates are agreed on as
to the questions which c0n1Iont ene
American people today. He therefore
took his favorite theme "colonial eApan,
sion" and in logical and forclole speech
he arraigned the Republicans Tor tneil ! IN
ouitous policy in regard to the fnllllp-
nines His speech was altogether on
hirb plane, and he INDUCED IN no per
sonalities. He was listened to Win tne
closest attention, at the conclusion o1 his
speech received some applause.
JOHN GARY EVANS.
Ex-Governor John Gary Evans was the
next speaker, who spoke IN m0uelass
tone owing to a sore throat. ne tolo
what mistak Ike the people made hve years
ago in not electing him to the senate "heh
he detected Republicanism In the camp
EXPANSION and ship subsidies are acaoec
mic questions and it is mere waste OF
time TO discuss them. The real trouDle
from which the South has to suffer ana
which bears more heavily upon the Soutn-
ern cotton farmer is the so-called pro-
tective tariff. This he discussed at length
and endeavored to show that tne me
goods and luxuries Of the rlcn are hoC
faxed while the articles which poor peo-
nle of the South use are taxed, some as
hirh as 300 per cent of their value. ne
believes in direct taxation by the natlonal
government just as the state: no.'en
I seed and rural free delivery again rece''-
ed their share of treatment. ,,
He attacked vigorously the railroau
trust, and again accused ID: 5. henderson
of being attorney for the Southern nall-
way. which he said disqualified him from
being the proper man to send to the sen,
ate. Although Mr.. Evans was opposed
TO the Cuban war, he rendered his services
to the president and they were accepted.
He spoke of the Cubans in disgust. he e
had been accused of being a coat-tail
swinner which he denied and SAID he mas
ALWAYS fought fairly and will never De
found skulking III camp.
A.C. LATIMER.
The next speaker to he introduced was
Con gresham Latimer, of Anderson. MT.
Latimer referred fist to the two charges
made against him in Orangeburg.. AS to
the free pass business he plead guilty say
inc that this is q general practice. ne
took occasion to answer the charge made
by ex-Goy. Evans that he had Voted 10
donate to the Pennsylvania Railroad com
pany $3,OOO,000 He is on the Dlstrict OF
Columbia committee-one Of the alder
man of the city of Washington ana tnls
committee passes upon all legislation 1or
the District. 1t was decided by this COM
mite to improve the depot Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad and to change lts loca-
ton. He voted with the other members
of the committee for this measure. Mr.
Latimer took his same position against
the Philippines and the protective tar!n
and referred to his concilatory policy IN
dealing with Republican majority: lie
said he was elected to advocate the inter-
ests of the farmer in congress. he de-
feated Col. .Johnstone in 1892, for the
third district, getting about ten thousand
votes to COL Johnstone's about 3,6oo.
He secured $4,000 for Newberry Col
lege. Long before he went to Washlng-
ton a contract was made with lawyer
there and he knew nothing OF 1t until the
appropriation was made and the lawyer
came forward to demand his fee. Mr latl-
mer has heard that Mr.. Cromer, Mr.. } Ohm
stones law partner, received $500 of this
appropriation as attorneys fee. he told
of the seed and bulletin appropriations,
and the advantages accruing to the farm
er. He referred to his connection WIN
the appropriations for Charleston, the
public buildings in Florence, Spartan,
burg and Rock Hill. His speech was well
received and he closed amid yells Tor
Latimer.
D. S. HENDERSON.
D.S. Henderson, the orator from Aiken,
said that he had been in Bamberg before
and is not afraid to be here now. he
caught the attention of the audience Dy
declaring that he is clean man and Will
not sling any mud. Heis not general
counsel for the Southern or any other
railway. His firm in Aiken is only the
local counsel for the Southern Railway
and are paid for their services by Mr. ).
w. Barnwell out of his own salary: His
record is known in Aiken county. In the
legislature he advocated the Jim Grow
car bill and made the test fight as to the
constitutionality of the law separatln
the whites and blacks. He voted against
the Virginia Carolina Chemical company
in the legislature and spoke and voted IN
the legislature in favor of the antitrust
bill. Mr.. Henderson related his services
in the Constitutional Convention and
asked where his friend Latimer was then
Mr.. Latimer replied that, owing to party
lines being pretty strong at that time, he
cot out of the way of Prince and Sullivan
To which Mr.. Henderson said it was
nice thing to get out of the way Of. He
then attacked the Republican party ano1
their rapacious principles. He closed
amid cheers.
| GEO. JOHNSTONE.
Col. George Johnstone, of Newberry
was the next speaker. He attacked
vigorously Mr.. Latimer's statement as tt
their free trips from Sumter to Orange
burg and from Conway to Myrtle, anc
thence down the Waccamaw River. III
declared that the expenses of these trip
were paid by Democratic friends and no
by corporations and therefore they coult
not be compared to Mr.. Latimer's secur
ing free passes from the railroads.
He never received cent of the $6Ot
which Mr.. Latimer alleges that his firm