The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-06-28
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the Murray board. "If there is any
thing despise," he said, cor have a
contempt for it is the garbling of facts
and the pretense to read all that is in
the record without reading It ALL"
Judge Jones made a vigorous at
tack upon the record Of Gov. Blease,
celebrating several points not hereto
fore referred to or else handled SO
far but briefly. ~
Follow Beaten Path. $ .,':%
No new features distinguished this
meeting from previous meetings with
the respect to the speeches Of Messrs.
Carter and McLaurin for State treas
urer, or Of Messrs. Wharton, Cansler
and Richards for railroad connaais-
sioner. Mr.. Wharton said, presum-
ably by way of reply to Maj. Richards
challenge to show his accomplish
ments for the good of the public in
his six yesas, Of Office compared with
those Of Richards in S12 months, that
the powers iof the commission have
been greatly increased within the past
six or eight years. Mr.. Wharton fol-
lowed the example set by Maj. Rich
ards one day last week in menten-
ing with approval cartoon in The
State which represented the people
as groaning beneath the burden of ex-
cessive express rates.
Mr.. Cansler charged that commits
sions, past and present, have accept
ed improper favors from railroads or,
specifically, that they have solicited
and obtained the use of special trains
on private journeys by, themselves or
members of their families. Messrs.
Wharton and Cansler told some jokes
and got considerable applause when
they sat down.
Maj. Richards was warmly greeted
on rising and seemed to be somewhat
more popular with the audience than
either of his opponents, if applause
were taken as the index.
Ovation for Lyon.
]. Frasier Lyon, attorney general,
received greeting which was an ova-
tion in the full and proper sense of
that much abused word. He said that
one of the members of the Murray
commission so slandered by Barney
Evans was, John McSween of Tim
monsville-"Honest John McSween."
He said that if he believed single
person in his hearing gave serious
consideration to Evans charges he
would undertake to disabuse their
minds, but that was hardly necessary
and the audience appeared to agree
with him. It had been his painful
duty, he said, to prosecute number
of persons and in so doing he had
earned the enmity of many others,
and among them B. B. Evans, but
when he came before the people to
itelr' them what manner Sofa man this
Evans is, he comes not with insinua-
tions and garbled figures but with the
records of the courts. Mr.. Lyon told
of his work in the showing up of
grafters and said that although juries
had not always brought in convictions
the defendants arraigned by him had
been externally damned and convicted
before the bar of public opinion"
"Is it strange to you," continued
the attorney general, "that efforts
should be made to discredit me?"
Mr.. Lyon said that in the circum-
stances he thought Messrs. Earle and
Peoples, two of his opponents, might
properly have laid aside their honor
able ambition to be attorney general
because the times are not normal.
The times, in fact, are very abnormal,
and they must know that they are
putting themselves in the position of
seeking favors from the grafters and
thieves who are trying to overthrow
him.
Not on One Achievement.
Mr.. Lyon said he was known prin-
cipally for his connection with the
dispensary. The spectacular things
ne had done had been associated with
that matter, but he was not resting
his claim to reelection solely on his
efforts in that line. He told of the
decision secured by him wherein the
supreme court reversed itself and
thereby secured to the State treas
ury upwards of 100000 per annum
in corporation taxes, of his election to
the craftsmanship of the sinking fund
commission and of other work he had
undertaken and handled to the pub
lies benefit, concluding with the
statement that after all the charges
that had been brought against him
after all the assaults of his enemies,