Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-10

| ferred with humorous irony 10 MT.
Rhett's delicate political palate that
refused to take Mr.. Bryan In 1896, and
threw out several suggestions as the
probable cause Of the change He
next used his rapier against Mr..
| Rhett's proposed currency scheme, ar
| guing that 1t would be unwise to in
vest the national banks Of the coun-
| try with the sole power Of issuing the
currency. He called attention to the
facts that bankers are also human and
suggested that In cases where the in
| terest Of the bankers confiicted with
the interest Of the people the bankers
were more than apt to be partial to
their own interest. Col. Johnstone next
pitched into Mr.. E. D. Smith, and
gave him some pretty severe twists.
/ He said he was with Mr.. Smith and
| had been with him all his life. He
was a member Of the grange, held high
position in that movement; but had
never been willing to prostitute his
opportunities thereby asking for pub
lie office. He said he Is holding his
cotton along with the others. He re-
called the fact that Mr.. Smith, in his
speeches a few years ago had graph
ically shown how the grange had come
| to its death through the aspirations Of
| its leaders for public Office and how
the alliance had met the same fate.
"Cursed-yes, thrice cursed" Mr..
Smith had said should be the officers
Of the. cotton association who should
use their positions for personal polit-
ical advantage. The speaker did not
want Mr.. Smith to be cursed, he was
| too good man for that; but he thought
| that inasmuch as Mr.. Smith Is doing
such a great work, he should be kept
here to attend to 1t. Mr.. Smith claims
| to have saved to the south $500, 900 900
in three years. mo doubt that is so,"
| said the colonel as with most serious
air he turned around to Mr. Smith and
demanded, Give me my. part Of it."
Then he went on to say that Mr.. Smith
| was by far too valuable a man to be
sent to the senate. Saving us as he is
| 5000, 900 a year, he should be kept
right here at home. where he Is able to
do so much good. Col. Johnstone wound
up with the declaration of his ambi-
| tion to go to the United States senate.
He wanted to go there so that when
the flesh should crumble from the
bones Of his body, there would be left
some work Of his that his fellowmen
could remember him by with love.
Col. w. w. Lumpkin.
Col. w. w. Lumpkin was the last
| speaker. The audience was already
| thoroughly tired and almost half Of
eloquent speaker; but because Of the
| unrest Of the audience, he was at
serious disadvantage. He told several
good jokes, and outlined his platform
about as follows:
If elected shall advocate the prin-
ciples laid down In the state and ma
tional platforms.
shall do all can for the great
farming interests of our state, for I
1 t.N1 Qn.-
hope to end nv days on my farm.
shall do all I can for the 900 900
commercial travellers. I have been a
travelling man and know some of their
needs, and they have no representative
IN congress.
shall do all can for the two mil
lion railroad employees. have been
one and know their needs. ..
shall do all ] can for the CONNER
cial interests Of our land, for when
these interests prosper we all prosper.
I shall dn all J can for the labor in
terests and the laboring man, for am
one Of the toilers and know what toll
means.
I shall advocate prohibition in the
sale and manufacture OF whisky, and
will do all that's possible to pass laws
to prevent its being carried into states
that have passed prohibition laws.
The time has come. and the people
are ready for prohibition in all Of the
| Georgia are ringing with the bells Of
victory The Old North State has
raised her strong arm and crushed the
evil bv $4,000 majority. and the men
and women Of South Carolina today
are trembling and shaking to hear the
| first clang OF battle. We are ready for
the issue. hut we should see to It that
onr representatives in congress are
men who will keep 1t out Of states that
vote II out.
The mothers. the wives. the little
sons to saw tn them that the day has
come when this curse, shall not be
messed down upon them any more
forever
All Of the senatorial candidates hav-
ing SPOKEN, the chairman announced
an adjournment until $50 p. m, when
the audience was requested to re-as-
semble to hear the candidates for con-
gress.
There were only about 15o people
in the court house when the afternoon
session convened. Having listened
for three hours to the senatorial can
didates most Of the voters seemed to
have enough.
w. p. Pollock.
Mr.. Pollock began his remarks by
stating that he had made the race for
congress in this district just ten years
ago and that he did not feel like
stranger in addressing a York county
audience. He said that he did not
propose to make any fight on Mr..
Finley. That his friend, Mr.. Finley.
had done nothing during his ten years
in congress that any other man might
not have accomplished. He said that
Mr.. Finley admitted that he had done
the best he could and the speaker
thought 1t was time that he be given
chance to show what he could do.
He reviewed his political career as a
member Of the state legislature from
Chesterfield county, how the people
had kept him there without his solic-
itation and how they had endorsed
him as Chesterfield'S candidate for
congress- He told his audience that
Mr.. Finley was very seldom mention
ed in the Associated Press dispatches
and would have his audience believe
that this was a measure of Mr.. Fin
leys prominence, and efficiency IN
congress. He said he did not believe
that the best interests Of the people
could be served behind closed COM
mittee room doors, that the fight for
the good Of the country and the Fifth
congressional district and the state
should be made on the floor Of the
house, and that he thought 1t was time
that the seat in congress now occu-
pied by Mr. Finley should be passed
on to him and let him have 1t for ten
years and then he would give 1t up to
Mr.. Butler He said he didn't have
time to discuss the tariff question as
this could not be done in the limited
time allotted to him. He paid his re-
spects to the gambling operations Of
the New York exchanges and prom
ised If elected, to use his best efforts
to put stop to this practice, so detri-
mental to the farming interests Of the
country. Mr.. Pollock thanked his
audience and sat down amid applause.
T. 3. Butler
OF Gaffney, was the next speaker In
troduced. He began his remarks by
saying that he knew that the office he
Is seeking does not belong to any one
individual and that there Is no espe-
cial reason for keeping one man there
forever, just because he has been
there a long time. He thought that
II was time for Mr.. Finley to be given
n"tice that there were others compe-