The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-08-19
SENATORS IN MARION.
ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE AT SENA-
IORIAL CAMPAIGN MEJ:r.
ING
Blcasc Even More Vindictivc Than
Usual. Sccmin. Angcrcd by Citation
From NcWbcrry Committee.

Iour speakers being accorded Il re-
spectful and attentive hearing. The
meeting was held in the open on the
court house square with j. w. john
son, county chairman, presiding The
meeting was featured by the gov
ernOr's vindictive speech, the bittcrest
utterance of the campaign. He had
only come here Ito rub it in he re-
iterated time and again. A negro,
Dcas, had once offered for election to
congress in this district and through
out his speech again and again the
governor heaped his VituperatiOn on
the heads Of the "Dcasites." as the
chief executive termed them.
l.. ID. Jennings was the first speak
cr. He launched Immediately into an
arrangement of the governors rec .
ORD, which WAS characterized as the
"dirticst ever made by a white man
in any white country" Mr.. Jennings
said he had heard of but three men
who would vote for the governor this
year who didn't support the governor
, two years ago. These were an editor
or Hampton county paper, John +.
Grace Of Charleston and John G..
Richards. This candidate dwelt much
on that phase of the public record
which tended to prove that the gov
who destroyed womanhood. In criti-
cising the governor for pardoning
Emerson, Mr.. Jennings said he would
nave signed the petition for Emerson.
too, on the condition that he take the
governor out of the State with him.
In the discussion of the "mock
trial. of DR.. Leonora Saunders the
chief executive was charged with
writing the resolution condemning
this woman in advance Of the trial.
What would the people of Marion
county think of Judge Woods, if he
should come to Marion to hold court
with the decisions written out in adj
vance," was asked. Such a record
Mr.. Jennings urged, should send the
governor back to Newbcrry to grease
harness and wash buggies rather than
serve as Il promotion to the United
States senate. The mayor of Sumter
was literally applauded when he sa'
down.
w. p. Pollock was greeted with a
round Of lusty cheers when intro
duced.
Mr.. Pollock asked if the governors
refusal to appoint Democratic party
! nominees TO Office was strictly i'm ac-
cord with his principles as evidenced
in his denunciation of Haskellism.
An auditor reminded Mr. Pollock
that Judge Haskell had opposed Sen
ator Tillman.
Yes" the Cheraw candidate re-
torted. "and B. II. Tillman hopes to
God that we defeat Cole l.. Blease,
and we're going to do it,"
1t was pointed out also that one
of the governors cOlonels ran for the
legislature from Marlboro county on
the mixed Republican ticket in 1880.
On election day, the speaker pleaded,
the people should go to the polls and
vote like men and not as cattle with
rings in their noses, pulled on by
some political machine. Mr. Pollock,
too, got much appausc when he took
his seat.
Senator Smith got a rousing well
come from the Marion people here to .
day. They checrcd him to the echo
when introduced and pcrsistcntly in
sisted that he keep on speaking when
his time limit had been reached.
Farmers had Clipped in and pur-
chased gold-headcd cane for the
senator. This was presented by Col.
John G. Sellers. who said he had been
commissioned to say to the senator
mat they were proud to ave Il farm
CT in the United States senate, and
that they knew he had "kcpt the
falth.' by far the major portion of
the audience today was composed of
farmers. Senator Smiths explanation
or the new currency law, which pro-
NidcS that cotton shall be accepted as
collatcral, has doubtless not fallen ON
more willing ears. Senator Smith OK
planned that he would probably go TO
Washington tonight to assist in the
night for federal relief in the cotton
situation. He wanted the moncy
which would enable the farmers to
mold their cotton placed in all the
banks, both State and national and
the cotton to be stored at home. He
dld not favor the plan of having IL