The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-07-14


Evanq, Durcan and Ms1 field In the Esce
The Senatorial asp;!ants were sched
uled to address the reopie Of Sumts>
Monday, but only three Of them had
made up their minds to run when the
meeting wss cailsd 10 order AZ II
O'Clock, in tie very roomy, cool auc
handsome opera house of Sumter,
These were Sers or McLaurin. ex Sen
ator Irby and Hon S. G. Nayfe:d,
the latter being too u2well to be pes
ent. Their were only tvo s2eskers =
MeaSrs NcLsurin and Irby, They
occupied only cre hour and twenty
minutes, but in that short time they
succeeded in getting up one OF the
liveliest rumpuses ever seen IN Polis
ical campaign IN this State. Col IToy
was particularly severe on Mr.. Nc
LAurin, accusing him Of dishonesty
IN relation to his party, his people anC
his State. Mr.. McLaurin could not
sit quiet under the osvere lAshtnz OF
words snd the two men were on the
point of having public fsGcof on
the stage when they were prevented
by cooler heads.
At the very start NcLsurin made g
very neat reply to Ieby ard the crowd
fairly went wild over It. They kept
kept it up for so,re tine and Col. Ir5y
believed they intended to howl him
down and said SO. He was thereafter
constantly Interrupted by those IN the
audience. He got mad and referred
to the crowd as city henchmen" aDt
this infuriate6 the audience so much
more, who howl.d worse than ever
Chairman Pusdy by his ccolness, his
calm demeancr and good judgment
kept them as quiet as possible, but
told Col. Irby that he could Rot be re
sponsible for the result If he ccntin
ued to apply such language IS ''hench
men to the people. There were ssv
eral other stirring Incidents and there
was rot dull nonent during the
meeting.
Senator McLaurin hsd the croW6
with him and his points were rouDdly
cheered. He discussed issues slmos;
entirely and in an attractive way, but
he made one or two references to dis
honest politicians sulkins" and sarcas
tic references TO the ''saviors Of De
mccracy." Col. Irby evidently took
this language az referring to himseli
and from the start TO the snish ne de
voted his attention to his opponen:
and laid it on him about IS hot and
heavy as his most ardent partisan
might wish.
There we're possibly shout $50 peo-
pie in the building, s msjority OF
them from the c3uatry. TIE people
Of the city who were present deeply
regret the bowling and interruptions,
but congratulate themselves that the
noise was made by those not citizens
of the city.
During breakfast Col. ". a. Nesl,
Crews Mark Hanna, walked into the
dining room and approached Col. Irby
with outatretched hand. Irby de
c;ined to shake hands, saying: you
must excuse me, sir; I don't care to
lpeak to you, SIR" Colonel Neal said
''All right" and wheeled about. This
was the first incident Of the day.
Chairman Purdy called the meeting
to order few minutes past II o'clock
and prayer was offered by Rev. Mr..
Willlford. The chairman made few
remarks and then presented Senator
McLaurin, who was received with
great cheering. Before getting to his
speech proper he said he most heartily
fs-echoed the sentiment of the chair
man, that the campaign be conductea
on high plane, and if it IS not, /
will not be responsible. No one re.
erets more than I the death OF Senator
Earle. I know not man in South
Carolina who does not regret that the
career of that noble and chivalrous
gentleman was cut down when II
promised so much usefulness to tbs
State. I shall strive 10 worthily Car
ry out the high purposes which ac,u
ateo him. He spoke OF the great gooo
accomplished by the Reform move
ment in insti!u:iDg primaries, ID
which there could be no trades. as all
white men could express their honest
,~,lnion. He declared he wss under
Nmise to no man, and was not in e
olnatlon OF any Sofs. Inc psoI
he made on the stump are the
Only ones ne Will MAKE, ana he WIZ
carry tnem Out IS ne hao alTSJs oohe @
in the past. (Applsusel he then
entered into a discussion OF the tariff
question and other political issues.
A NEAT REJ0iS3EE.
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