The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-02-26
MANNING, S. c.:
WEDNESDAY, FEB. s6, 1896.
HE CAN'T FOOL ANYBODY.

The Piedmont Headlight is at It
again. It just cannot help it, The
Headlight recently accused McLaurln
of granting time to Mr.. Walker, OF
Massachusetts, that he might make a
speech for the gold-standardites.
Evidently the Headlight does not
propose to treat McLaurin fairly, but
will take advantage of any and every
circumstance to get in its work OF
Misrepresentation. Why did not
Editor CAN'T state the facts as they
were? johnson of California was
making a very able argument for Sill
yer, in fact, it is said to be equally as
good as the speeches delivered on
the same subject by McLaurin. The
go.dites endeavored to cut johnson
of and in order that he might finish
his able plea in behalf of the people
McLsurin managed to swap time
with Walker, thus enabling johnson
to complete magnificent effort for
the masses. This IS no suppositlon,
the Congressional Record shows it,
and if Mr.. CAN'T was rot preludlced
bv malice he would never in the face
Of the Record endeavor to deceive the
readers with such pernicious editor
ials. The Headlight has been per
sistant enemy of McLaurin and with
all the SANDER and misrepresentation
it has endeavored to promulgate, the
effect was like mist falling on
ducks back.
John McLaurin isInot creature OF
political smut-machines like the
Headlight, but be is a creature Of the
people and to them Fs he alone re-
sponsible. Did ever South Carolina
have representative that built such
a wonderful record? The name OF
McI:aurin is mentioned in every
--dicussion of the financial question.
His utterances are quoted and he is
given as authority on this important
problem.
His name is coupled with that of
other great men throughout the
Union, and yet newspaper publish
ed in this State outside Of McLaurln's
Congressional District employs Its
time filing the minds of its readers
with slanderous Misrepresentation
Of him. There must be some reason
for this-some animosity arising from
failure to secure something, if not,
then the newspaper referred to. is
hired for the purpose by some leal-
Gus aspirant. When an editor be-
comes Ga hell-hound that can be
bought on the market like q piece OF
dog meat he may do little damage
in the beginning, but sooner or
later be is found out and his growl-
ings go by unnoticed- 1t is a known
fact that McLaurin has rrceived Of
fers to enter the low practice in a
northern city, aud it is also knowD
that he had guaranteed him a much
larger income than his salary as Con-
gresham. Why did he not accept?
It was because the people had COM
missioned him to do certain work
and he felt when this offer was made
him, that to accept would be to de-
sert his people in time when they
needed his services, and rather than
to desert the people whom he prom
ised to advocate and plead for, he
made the sacrifice. How many others
would do the same? The past has
shown that as soon as something bet
ter turned up" it was the people
"be-damued." We have known of a
supreme court Judge throwing off the
ermine ;or railroad position We
have known Congressman to throw
up his position for railroad attor-
neyship, but not so with McLaur'n.
He stood by and is still standing by
his people regardless of the abuse
and lies Of few men who have not
the ability nor the integrity to cope
with him and with jealous frensey
would destroy him, but he is indes-
tructible and will be so as long as the
people are allowed to exercise their
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