The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-07-18
TILLMAN IN AIKEN.

A Speech on the Newspapers and
Whiskey Heard by One Thousand
Persons.
Aiken, July 11.-About 1000 people
heard Senator Tillman's speech here
today. The candidates for congress
were allowed 80 minutes each before
the senator was introduced.
Senator Tillman was introduced by
Senator johnson. Senator Tillman
began by saying that it is unfortunate
for him that Mr.. Lumpkin has with
drawn from therace. The senator said
that he wanted him in the race to act
as spur, so that the people could see
how he could trot. Under present con-
dition he could not debate, but has to
preach. He gave the history OF his
gnbernatorial campaign. He referred
to The State as being ssthat blessed
sheet in Columbia, born in opposition
to white majority in South Carolina" I"
He said that he does not expect todie
ia the senate, but he does not know
when the s'angep' will call for him.
He said that everybody will have to
vote for him at this election or scratch
and he does not care if they do. Some
of his enemies said that he is going
around the State to keep from losing
prestige. People would think "Old
Benz had lost all of his viriGty and
was no longer ANY good, if he went
home and did..nething.
He said that he is going around to
keep the people from being led around
the country by string with ring in
their noses, and not know who is their
leader. He said that lot of sweet
scented liars were roaming around the
country saying that he had created
the dispensary for a political machine
to keep him in Office and that there
was a Tillman ring in South Carolina.
Said that he does not need political
machine, has got a machine that can
tsrun faster than any old automobile
in politics. and the only Tillman ring
IN South Carolina is a ring Of $4,000
white voters. He knows that there
are not dozen newspapers IN the
country that support him and that
the only reason the papers do not put
up candidate is because they know
that it is no use. Most of the papers
that speak against him are hypocrites
and he does not give a -. He stated
that there never has been any trouble
in the Aiken dispensary and it's clean
unless it is polluted with rotten
liquor that some of the fellows in CO.
lumbia have sent them.
He thinks that the prohibitionists,
local option men, barkeepers and
moonshiners will all line up behind
the same man. Does not know who
he is but thinks that he can smell his
scent. He thinks that if one central
dispensary cannot be kept clean, it is
impossible to keep large number of
dispensaries clean. He says that if
the people do not elect honest, re-
sponsible men to Office they are to
blame if corruption exists. The news
papers given him lot of good advice
that he has not followed. He quoted
newspaper clipping on Morgan bill
which he brands as lie. He said If
he kept track of all the lies that are
put in the papers about him he would
have to take trunk around with him
to hold the clippings. He said that
in the prohibition counties only 10000
voted and only $4,000 of them voted
for prohibition. He was glad SO many
ladies were present, and that politics
had gotten so that ladies could come
to the meetings without fear of offense.
In response to voice in the crowd,
he explained the solvency of the dis
pensary.
Beware Of ointments for cataTrh
that Contain Mercury,
asmercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-