The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-06-27
SENATORS IN JASPER.
TRAIN DELAY MAKES SPEAKING
BRIEF.
Usual Lines Followed by Candidates
Who Address Small Crowd.

Iidgeland, June 24.-Jasper county
had little opportunity to take the ped
iSrccs Of the trio Of candidates who
angled for votes at Ridgcland today.
a wreck on the Charleston & Western
Carolina railroad detained the party
in Beaufort until 100 in the after
noon.
OF the 700 persons who had come !
to town early in the day to hear each
aspirant discuss the different issues,
not more than 800 remained until 4 |
o'clock when the speaking began.
Then each speech was limited to !
20 minutes. While the people from
the country were patiently awaiting
the arrival Of the train from Beaufort,
i. NJ. MiXsOn, who is opposing Con-
gresham j. +. Byrncs of the Second
district, made a brief address to the
Jasper county voters. This candidate
slightly muddied the waters of Sem
ator Smith by springing in advance.
one Of his pet jokes as L. ID. Jen-
nings did at Beaufort yesterday. In
the brief hour here today the candi-
dates had small opportunity to de-
VelOp any new angles 20 their custom
ary speeches.
Mr.. Jennings, who has been walk
ing with hObnail boots over the chief
! oXocutivp'c nacaL ,j;ccucS;pr tho NOW
Con record, did not even mention the
governors name.
Mr.. Pollock said if elected that it
would not be due to a political ma
chino like the governors built up by
political appointments or like Sena-
tor Smiths, based on the free distri-
button Of pumpkin seed which would
not come up"
The speaker again referred to the
wide open blind tigers in Charleston
and the reckless disregard for law
which he said honeycombed the city.
Mr Pollock reminded the people here.
as he did in Beaufort yesterday, Of the
bar Charleston had which he said was
in full operation last Sunday, run
by the dago, Sotille," q member Of
the governors staff
What" this speaker continued,
has the chief executive done to bet
ter the condition? If it's all right for
Charleston, why wrong for the people
here in Jasper county?"
This precipitated volley of ques-
ton from the audience, some of
which were: What were you doing
| therc?" why didn't you swear out
a warrant? You were citizen of
South Carolina"
The speaker brushed his queries
aside by answering that he didn't have
t. 20 into the bar to see what was
going on; that he was not n citizen
o. Charleston county nor an officer
sworn to enforce The law.
Senator Smith made his usual
speech setting forth with as much
detail as the time would permit his
efforts to have fair contracts between
the stock exchange bears and the cot
ton producers, also of the struggles
he had to put Uncle Ephraim in the
picture" his characteristic way Of
saying that he has placed the farmers
on the same basis in the new banking
and currency law as the banker and
the broker.
The senator elcitcd much applause
when he said that he was running in
the race like a negrO's cavalry mule
when the driver had forgotten the
stopping word "halt." He was pre-
scnted with 4 bunch of beautiful
flowers, which he said would not be
used at political funerals but some
would be pressed in memory of those
who made heroic efforts to get to the
United Sttaes senate.
! Mr.. Jennings said he didn't believe
that he was talking to people that
could be fooled. "No one with an
ounce of scnsc,' he said, "belicves
that cotton jumps up every time Sea-
atOr Smith sits down.
Most OF the time, however, was Civ
en- over to Il frank discussion of the
now primary rules, which, he said.
are of more Importance to all fac
/ ti"ns Just now than what Senator
smith says he has done for the price
of cotton"