The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-06-28

That of Several OF Previous Years.
McLaurin Attacks Garter.
(Greenvile Daily News.)
Unlike political campaign meetings
held in Grecnville in 1912 and 1914,
that held here Wednesday was dig
nifed, and delightfully."- free from the
murky, nasty feeling SO often in years
gone by, noticeable at gatherings in
Grecnville and elsewhere. The crowd
Of about 5000 persons, perhaps a
hundred of whom were womcn-gave
respectful attention to the candidates.
and dispersed after the last address
in an apparently happy frame Of
mind. Heckling was not attempted
Prolonged yelling was absent. The
candidates showed no i'll feeling, one
for another, generally speaking, al
though State Treasurer Carter made
spirited reply to an attack made up
on him by his opponent, d. W. Nc
haurin The treasurer explained to
the crowd that he disliked such tac-
tics, but felt justified, inasmuch as
his record had not been correctly
stated by his opponent This incident
was the nearnest approach to the old
time campaigning, and was provoked
by the attack made by Mr.. McLaurin
who four years ago was decidedly de-
featcd by Mr.. Carter
The meeting was held in the beau
tiful city park, the scene of many
other political gatherings, though of
none, in recent years so satisfactory
from the standpoint Of public dignity
as that of Wednesday County Chair
man McSwain was a splendid presid-
Ing officer. The Grecnville Concert
Band had been employed for the day
and between the, addresses of the
several sets of candidates. the band
nlayed, while the crowd Stretched
Its legs" Rev. S. r. Bass, OF Travel
ers Rest offered the opening prayer.
If judged by past campaigns, that
Is, Of the campaigns OF two and Of
four years ago, that held here We'd
nesday was featureless. Nothing un-
toward happened. Nothing new de-
veloDed In political way The can
didates had no offerings of startling
nature, and no one in the crowd at
tempted to start" anything. One
man during the speech Of Mr.. Blease
sought to interrupt the speaker. but
when the former governor rcmon-
stated with him, many Of the audi
tors called out that the speaker was
right, and that all should have a res
pectful hearing, the would-bc heck
Ter subsided.
Good Actresses.
The outstanding feature Of the
gathering was the unusually high
quality Of several Of the addresses
Many remarked upon the fact that
not before in recent years have there
been SO many really good, construc-
tive addresses delivered in Grccnville
at any campaign meeting. Person
alitics were left out The criticism
brought war against official records
Cooper, DesChamps. Manning and
Blease all spoke in food form, and
Duncan made his usual comment up
on the system. AS was the case
in Spartanburg on Tuesday, Des-
Champs enlvened the crowd with his
happy faculty Of funny oratory. Sey-
era times he was interrupted by
laughter and sometimes by applause
Of appreciation, especially when he
advocated the position Of public de-
fender, TO cspousc the cause Of the
Eoor people who are accused Of crime
and who are prosecuted by the State.
but not defended by the State. He
trok fling at the lawyers who are
appointed by the court to defend men
who cannot afford to purchase de-
FEM q.
r. a. Cooper, OF Laurcns, delivered
one Of the most finished, and one Of
the strongest, straight forward ad-
dresses heard here in several cam
paigns. Governor Manning spoke
vigorous of his esbousal of the cause
Of the State Hospital inmates; paid
high tribute to the loyalty Of South
Carolinians in times Of stress, such
as 'he present when the militia is res
ponding to call to duty; gave an
account Of his stewardship, his busi-
ness administration, and spoke of
s'nr things he hopes t. see accom-
plished
Former Governor Blease spoke in
unequiyocal terms Of the public rec
ord made by Governor Manning; as
sailed the administrations polity at
the State Hospital; called to mind the
hostility OF general assemblies during
his enure Of Office. which hostility,
said he, thwarted many of his efforts
for good.
4 Local Touch.
Mr.. Please received lively apple use
and cheers when he said that had he
been governor, he would have vetoed
the bond Issues for roads in Richland
and Greenville counties, unless the
proposed bond issues had been refer
red To tho npnnia AZ ofhar pDinto Il I y,