The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-17
not going to elect somebody else on
charges against him.

charges against him.
VOTED WITH CONGRESSMAN BAILEY,
He then went on to explain his
tariff views and his position agains,
free raw material as heretofore, and
while reading lotter from Congress
man Bailey, in which it was stated
that they both voted for reduction
on wool, Mr.. MoLaurin had to pause
for a minute or two to gain strength
with which to 60 on.
Mr.. McLaurin said that Evans
may sneer about his licking the feet
Of the Yankee nation and voting for
Texas wool, but South Carolina had
to remember that this was not the
time to build walls around this State,
but that men with big, broad ideas
had to come to the front.
Ho said he saw no reason to lug
in this Populist business.
THE JACK IN THE BOX.
DR.. Strait jumped up and said:
'Do you deny ="
Some of the crowd cried to him: {:
"Sit downW that it was none of his
business.
DR.. Strait said that he was afraid
of nobody, and Mr.. McLaurin invited
him to say whatever he wanted to,
and went on to say that he had no
recollection whatever of having told
Strait what he was credited with say
ing. Then Mr. McLaurin asked
Strait to repeat exactly what he had
said at Chester, which DR.. Strait did
This was that McLaurin had told
Strait and Talbert that 'the time was
ripe to join the Populist party, and
so on"
Mr.. McLaurin said that he had
never thought Of organizing a Popu-
list party, and again related how he,
Sibley, Tiiiman, Bryan and others
had worked to get the free silver Pop
ulists, Republicans and Democrats to
unite forces.
Evans and others seemed to forget
that last year they were crying "16
to l or bust" and he wondered if
this was true Democracy according
to their present notions.
DR.. Strait wanted toknow whether
MoLaurin charged him with saying
anything about these matters, and
McLaurin said he never heard Strait
say anything about anything.
McLaurin went on to say that it
seemed bad enough for him to have
three opponents constantly jumping
on him, and now for Congressman
to follow round in his district was
most uncharitable. He would prom
ise that when the party arrived in
his district that they would be treated
with absolute cordiality.
THE WILLARD HALL CONFERENCE.
Mr.. McLaurin said that he sup.
posed the conversation referred to
was AIT the time of the Willard
Hall Conference.
DIR. Strait said that it was not.
Strait said that he was not at that
conference.
McLaurin: "But 1 WAS" Cap
plause.)
McLaurin went on to say that at
the Willard Hall conference Senator
Stewart jumped on him, and he there
told them that there was absolutely
no place in South Carolina for a
Populist party, and that he would
have mono, and that the Democracy
answered e"ery purpose for him.
A STRAIT SHOT.
What he thought the people
wanted was live, active, Intelligent
and energetic representative, and
they would put the hand of condem-
nation on nonentity, who acted as a
stumbling block. (Much applause. J
Mr.. Mayfeld had to-day done a
noble and chivalrous aot, (much ap.
plause,) and he had set an example
Of honor, truth and fairness which he
hoped others would initiate when
they became convinced of the error
of their way. 49,
He then related at length what he
had said about the Populist platform,
his personal relationship to Bowden,
and how he refused, although per-
mitted to do 80, to say ANYTHING about