The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-07-29
- T1awATcH1AN sourHzoNg july co. 4s1e
CANDIDATES ii AAlESION,
H1BERNIAN HALL WE'LL FILLED
FOR MEETING.
Crowd Contents itself With Cheering
Its Favorftc-sixtcen s,ieechcs
Made.

y Charleston, July 25.-An audience
that filed the Hibernian hall to ca
pacity this afternoon heard the. 16
candidates for State offices. Gov. Man
ming and Former Gov. Blease being
given several ovations each. Mr.. Coop
er was also cheered and applaudcd to
lesser degree. The meeting was or
derby. @8. rse
When Gov. Manning closed some
one asked how he stood in the matter
of labor organizations ana a large
portion OF the audience gathered
around the platform while he told in
an informal way about his record per-
tanning to matters that concern the
laboring classes. o, f,. -.
p Mr.. Blease said he favored no,ilaw
that the people. don't want and scored
what he called the useless boards Of
taxation, charities and corrections.
and conciliation. He also scored
the local administration and said that
the present State government was the
most lawless the State had ever
known. Liquor hasn't been run out of
vet, he said.
/, Mr.. Cooper was next. He said he
was cumming for governor, under the
wing Of no political faction: that he
would not appeal, to prejudice nor at
tempt to tear down the character of
any man to get into office. He would
be governor Of every man. woman and
child fr6m/the sea to the mountains.-
He confined himself largely to the sub
ject OF education and touched upon
the 'insurance situation. advocating an
Insurance board with power to hear
and adjust complaints. He said he be-
lieved in organized labor. ..s 4..
( Mr.. .DesChamps talked about his
boyhood' in Charleston ana the, his
tory 6f this grand. old city by the.
Sea-" he told number Of anecdotes.
He attacked factionalism.
John l. Duncan told Of "the ,svs-
sem..'' $50
( Gov. Manning on rising to. speak
was gften. an ovation mingled with
htsses. He said he was not here to
stir tattfohalism or attack character.
He fauded the supremacy. OF the law
and ideclarsd that he still stood for
anqualiGea' enforcement 8 Of the, laws.
of the State and was running for govv1
srnOreon the same platform as before.
He1wSs applaudeda frequently tIIe
law abiding to become athahit.
With the people and thought that At.
was becoming so here. declaring thar
neither ifh nor any, other. governor
could have driven out blind tigers
from Charleston and secured a CON-
viction OF their operators in the local
court unless there was growing SEN
Iinent here for law enforcement. He
lold about the State asylum ptransac-
hon and hts picture of the conditions
he found there held his hearers SPELL
bound. glaG 80 ,.,A.Ft. "a s,c 4
Z The frst- speaker among the, can
aidates for railroad commissioner was
Albert s. FAINT. followed by Messrs.
Kelly. Thrower and Cans
lPEs ~ sit . ~ H. ..Ai' ! AZ ,,tt,s =
! z. c.. l.. Adams and A. j. Bethea
presented their claims for lieutenant
soscrhor.r ~ 'e,p fhN 4, as ui sr
w. Banks Dove and George w.
explained. their. aualifiyar
lions for secretary of State. sa
8. q. Carter. candidate for reelection
to the position of state treasurer,
spoke. followed by his opponent D.
w. MoIAurin. iH;f Al, al. >. =.