Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-07-22
CAMPAIGN MEETING YESTERDAY
Large Crowd Attended---Court Room
Crowded and Oyeracwing.

nv SohPaiSh heetluB yeSterQs
was held in the Court House. A
large crowd was present, the Court
House being filled to its utmost ca
pacity, with hundreds on the out
side striving to get In or calmly re-
signed to their fate of listening at
long range and talking politics in
little groups on the Court House
square.
The meeting was called to order
by County Chairman j. w. Shelor
and opened with prayer by Rev. j.
G. Yongue, OF the Methodist church.
The audience inside was alton
tive and respectful, though uncom-
Portable in their close quarters, and
each of the candidates was given
close attention. The first speaker
was
f. ID. Smith,
who spoke mainly on the bearing OF
the cotton situation In national af-
| fairs, pressing his claims on the sup
port OF the people by reason of his
knowledge of the needs Of the masses
or the people. He gave brief re-
Wv" VI HIS lSuI LOT the southern
farmers, then outlined his views on
the currency question, and spoke
with eloquence and force upon the
imperative need of eliminating gamb-
ling In high places, faud and dis
honesty and distortion Of facts in
| the department of statistics. He
was deeply In earnest, and at the
close of his speech took his seat
amid loud applause.
John Gary Evans
was the next speaker. His conten.
ton was for a more elastic currency
and OF sufficient volume to meet all
| the needs OF the country'S commerce.
He wanted to see the government is
sue all the currency and take from
the national banks their privileges In
that direction. National banks make
money tight or money easy as their
interests dictate. The peoples needs
are not considered. He did not agree
with Mr.. Smith, and ridiculed his
fanciful ideas as to the raising and
lowering Of the price Of cotton. Give
us more money, he said, and the
price will go higher. Evans closed
amid applause, and was several times
applauded during his talk.
MIR. Grace
followed, pursuing his usual course
of ridicule of Mr.. Rhett. Said the
| nian' was spurious. and said the
financial plank of his friend was diff
ferent from the lumber used in the
Democratic platform. He felt it his
duty to go over the State to unmask
his friend, that is, to tear the mask
from heresy and hypocrisy. His
time was given more to his oppo-
nent than to direct issues, though he
touched on national questions with
earnest zeal, and received applause
at the close of his speech.
George Johnstone
injected the first real humor of the
| day. He opened by artful reference
to the two candidates from Charles
ton. He did not think the people Of
the State were called upon to settle
the differences Of the Charleston can
didates, but felt that it was best for
them to be left out of the Senatorial
race so that they might return to the
'bot-ter-ry" to fight out their diff
ferences, and In the end let the best
man give the vanquished good
ducking and close the incident. He
favored the issuing of money by the
government, not by banks; wanted
plenty Of it, sound money, and am
ply elastic. He was with the farm
ers in their fight, and was holding
his cotton, and favored an unrelent-
ing fight on gambling in farm pro-
ducts. Col. Johnstone was the only
candidate to receive a floral tribute,
which was sent up by one Of the
ladies of the audience as he closed.
Col. w. w. Lumpkin
scared with the ease and grace Of the
lark far into the fiowery realms,
painting beautifully a vivid picture
OF the dew-drop, the sapphire and
the emerald, the virtues, beauties
| and loyeliness of all Of which he
found embodied in the Oconee girl.
He recounted the stirring times of
| reconstruction and stood first, last
and all the time for white suprem-
acy. He has faith in prohibition and
favors 1t, and made an eloquent plea
| for the salvation of the youth of the
country from the damning influence
Of whiskey. He closed amid loud
and long applause.
o. Il. Joyful Martin,
who was born, reared. educated, mar
ried and had worshipped all over the
State, followed. Paid his respects to
The News and Courier's attack on
his record and proceeded to answer
the attack, reviewing his record while
State superintendent of Education.
Said the three mill tax should be a
State tax and not county tax. Cur
rency, tariff and national immigra-
ton would be the great issues before
the United States Senate, and he
outilnd his views briefly on these sub
jects. His doctrine was "America
for Americans. He was applauded
as he closed.
"Rhctt, the Other Candidate"