The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05

Jumped on evans Tor his cOnncCti(
, with the Colleton plan. Evans he,
interrupted and called Mel Iaurin dow
saying he know he had nothing u .
i with II. Evans was greeted wit
cheers.
Here there was some cheering f.,
Evans and McIaurin took it AS an @
fort to have him down lie said tber
were only few Evars hOwlcrs in tn
= crowd.
McLaurin then took up the tarii
;, question and said revenue had to b,
, raised by tarilf taxes. McI.aurin re
" ierred TO Evans appealing to I'll,
. ignorance Of the people. The crowt
. took this us Il reflection en- them an,
began to. yell for him to take it back
Inc Other candidatcs also told him tt
: 40 SO but he refused. After some littI,
+ time, the crowd became quiet.
, MCl.aurln started again on his
= speech, saying the NOctrnc Of free
raw maJerla ) was first made Demo
cratic tenet by Abram S. Hewitt, who
, was an owner Of iron ores and wanted
Tree raw materials for selfish reasons.
ic again explained that he meant no
Insult by his remark about tho igno-
rance OF the people. After this the
crowd became quiet.
He again began on the tarin. The
only really Democratic tarir bin was
the Walker bill Of 1917. There was no
| Tree raw materials in this bill. Cal
hOnn was responsible for this feature
Of the bill. His position in Congress
was that there was no reason why the
| SHIRT on his back should b. projected
and not the cotton out OF which the
shirt was made. lie did not believe
| IN protection but South Carolina
hnI hn, ,,i,, 4
| other States. The labor Of this coun-
try ought to be protected. Evans
would reduce the labor to the condi-
tion Of the paupcr labor OF Europe.
He quoted from the Chicago platform
on the tariff question, calling for
equality in the make up Of the tariir
He was governed in his ovtes by this
platform. The Dinglcy bill would not
raise an excess Of revenue, As Evans
said it would.
The Mckinley bill was a failure, as a
levenue measure. The Wilson bill
had as many protective measures as
the Mckinley bill. He was against
determinations in the tarn. The
ing tac tarili bill. The bill was a
sectional one in favor Of the North. 1t
was rushed through the House by the
Republicans. When he made b is stand
in the House he had no idea OF being u
candidate for Senator. Bailey and
the other leaders had agreed that he
(McLaurin) should make the speech
he did. He was attacked by R.publi-
cans including Dinglcy. he had no in
centlvo except to serve his people. &c
had been commended by all the papers
in the State. He had stood up for the
interests OF the people. He read from
the report of his speech in the House.
when he made u light for putting cot
ton tics on the free list.
When Senator Earle died, Governor
Ellerbe> had rendered him the position
and he accepted, wi h the condition
that primary should be ordered to
ratify his choice. He wanted no [ flee
except from the people.
Senator Bacon had introduced the
amendment calling for Il duty on cotton
He, Tillman and others voted for it,
Evans said this would do the farmer no
good. If it did nothing else, it would
raise revenue. Every pound Of cotton
which comes from abroad displaces
American cotton. He quoted figures
as to the expectation Of cotton. He was
interrupted once or twi CO by Governor
Evans and each time became more cX-
cited.
He defended his position on the lum-
bar question and told Of his vote for a
duty on rico. He said this was a. mat
| ter OF schedules. The cralseu rice upon
which the duty was placed was not
eaten but used IN the manufacture of
beer in the North. His vote was Dam-
ocratic. He had nothing TO do with
putting duty on wool. IT was uucs-
| ,ion whether there should be duty on
the manufacturers and none on the wool
(raiscd here. This would drive the
, Western WOO. farmers out Of the bust
ness. he closed by saying his votes
had been In the favor Of the farmers.
AS he sat down, there wore cheers for
| Evans.
| S. G.. MAYFfELD.
Mr.. Mayiield was introduced as q
Grccnville. boy. He began with a
promise to make II shorter speech than
the others. He had entered the race
because he thought McLaurin's posi-,
tion on the tariif was wrong. There
WAS no factional issue in this race.
He then attacked McLaurin's tarin
record, and explained the uses OF the
different kinds OF cotton. Taking W
the lumber duties he said that forty
men owned all the white pine forests
in the country. McLaurin had voted
for these forty men. The rice sched
ule next came in for notice. After q
thorough discussion Of the tarim h.
took up the dispcnsary. He took u,
the matter OF the Columbia Record and
McLaurit's connection with it. lie
said McLaurin had taken three diner.
cnt positions on the rice question. Tic
had done the same with lumber.
n LhouSht!ui listener here asked tho
speaker about TilImah's position on the
Larin bill. He attempted 10 explain
Tiilman's pOSiLiOn as different from
that Of McLaurin. The latter inter
ruptcd and said Tlliman's position wa.
the same rs his. Mayfeld again tool
up tho dispcnsary question.
Daring the session OF the LogiS, aturt
; Of 1893 the dispensary law was passed
! The State took charge Of the sale Of al
Intoxicating liquor and beverages.
:, The State Justified It's action on tn
ground that the dispcnSary law was
police reg eulation. That it was dcsignc
> TO curtail the G assumption Of "stron
, drink At the time tao dispensar
law was enacted the income to tn
State from the license fees amountc
from 800 900 to $500 600 annually.
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