The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20
TO OPPOSE SENATOR T|LLMiN
COL w. j. TALBERT, OF EDGE.
FIELD, TO ENTER CONTEST.
Announced Definitely that Col Jas.
per Talbert Will Run for Senate
Next Year, "ether or not Sena.
oor 11llms' fandidate for Re-
election Calbert,s po,,.,..,
hecor = .Iman's Chapces--Hot
Stu - %eehes Promised.

- Hpia' sept. l6.-Should
Or 3. R. Tiiiman enter the
? for reelection in the coming
democratic Urinary. as II ia gen-
orally understood he will do, he will
De confronted with an opponent
for this Senatorial seat in the per-
son of Col William Jasper Talbert.
or Edgeheld. The rumor that Mr..
Talbert would enter the race for the
Senate next year has been current
in this State for several weeks. but
1T is now known that he has made
the positive statement, in letters N
MS friends, that he will be in lne
race, Providence permitting.
Col TalbeIt's Record.
Col Talbert was chairman of the
State Democratic Convention which
nominated Capt B. R. Tillman for
Governor in 1890. Prior to that
time he had served from 1880 to
1884 in the House of Representa-
tives, and in 1884 he was elected to
the State Senate from Edgefield. He
was active in the Farmers Alliance.
having always been farmer, and
was one of the leaders of the Re-
form movement, which swept the
State in 1890. He was made SUI
perintendent of the Penitentiary,
supplanting Col 4. ]. Lipscomb. A
few years later he defeated for Con-
gress Col Geo D. Tillman, the elder
brother of B. R. Tillman.
Service in Congress.
Col Talbert served in Congress-
until 1902, when he became a can
didate for Governor, and was in the
second primary with Capt. ID. C. Hey
ward, who was elected. Since thai
time Col Talbert has not been &C
tive in State politics, although he
TOOK a prominent part in the fight
for prohibition in Edgefield Coun-
~ a few years ago, when the dis
pensary was voted out under the
Brice law. During that campaign
pensary and Col. Talbert support
Ing the prohibition movement met in
Joint debate at Edgefeld.
Certain to Rum.
1t is understood to be the inten-
tion of Col Talbert to enter the race
for the Senate in the primary next
year, no matter what other candi-
dates are in the contest. This
means in simple language that he
Will run whether Senator Tillman IS
a candidate or not. That Senator
Tlllman cherishes the desire to be
given another term is very well un-
derstood throughout the State. His
health has been such since his cri-
tlcal illness in the winter of 1910
that he has not been able to spend
mucn OF his time in Washington.
Dut he has recently visited several
sections OF the State, and is hopeful
or more complete recovery that will
enable him to give constant atten-
ton to his Senatorial duties. Whe-
ther he will be able to take the
stump next summer cannot, of cour-
Sc, now be forecasted, but his
strongest friends assert that he can
be reelected without making
speech.
Hot Stump Speeches.
Col Talbert in the hot days of the
Tillman movement was relied upon
as one of the strongest stump
speakers of the Reform faction, and
he evidently intends to give the bows
sample of his style next summer
against all comers. Col Talbert is
% years of age while Senator Till
man was Ga on August IL last.