The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-08-18

| TiiAsn now re Sa;G he seemed % ee
giving al 4 fair iGct r&ca, ane, i.e 7s.S
satisfied, and as for hin Sslf, n t2d
re political 6adGy. for Ea w2S LAID II
tie suD scd haJch2& by al esete.
Col. Irby repeated the charges That
NcLaurin had SAID that T!l}c2an cuSat
10 oe inre&ched daring the Daring
ton rebellion, and th.;t lEe kafGrm
| partv hao gene 10 hesl.
NcLaurin SAID ha Gever said a-E
such thing; that ke had dsnied i 5a-
| fcre, and thai there was no use to Ee,
psa: q thing he had often denied and
! rbich &c did rot behave was printed
as chsrged.
Governor Evans gave little iraica
] history about his eu6ercStorial nn23l
ne.ioa. Neal, he sail, wentto Eige.
iet3 as lis prcfessed friend and TOLD
n;ci that the le&de-s we're &e&i2ct hiJa2,
and he hsd better GOT run tcr COVER
nor Evans sai0 ne did 2ot care VINO
tie leaders we're for, he was going to
run. TilIman te;ecraphed for aim 70
cone to the naus;on, and T!ilnan
to!& him the leaders were asalnst HIN
ard ne had better rot run. He ted
Tnlman that he was going to run and
that the leaoerS could cot s6He the
reople, aa6 he wentto Washington 10
see the congressman and explaia mat
tess to them, all the while determined
to make tie race before the people.
He said that Re first busted the
March convention. and that the Cole
ten plan was lot gotten up II ais III
tersst.
nr. McLaurin spoke today aud was
Justify cheered when ne started, and
on concluding he dealt with State
matterS for some tine aGd devoted
much time to Genouncing bcs'iSm ano
said that the people had reprdlstsd It.
and would DO so again. and tha. ltb7
need rot boast Of what be had doae to
make certain Offices. r. never Be,
lieved the Reform moyemen. depend
ed upon any one man
In his general discussion Re said
that cheap clothes were Due to the
mocey situation, and not 70 tie vii
son bill. In closing ne said that If he
could not get ctice except by trying
10 blscken the character ard Demo
cracy of others he cid not want It.
He ran and wan.c1 election for him.
self on his record. He justified his
vote for the Tillman Lstlmer bill q:
for State'S rights, and said he would
do so sgain. BE said he slmays cp-
posed the Pouuljst party st hone and
nationally.
Mr.. Mayfeld in addition to his gen
eral line today, charged that there was
combipation in the interest OF Nc
Laurir, and that it was made by the
press generally, Tillmsn and the STATE
administration. He elaborated this idea
which will be gwen later. He especl-
SLY denounced The Record for what
it had done against him, and said that
il was under the money control OF
Neal, Ellerba and McLauc;lHis
speech was well received.
Col. Irby started OUT with the pro
position tia: he would prove abe Re
puhiicanisr OF McLaurin. The ao-
breviated statement about what he said
aoout the price OF goods may save been
misleading, but what &c held was that
on account Of he free raw material
schedule in the Wilson bill clothes
were cheaper than they had been sud
would be soon again ic years. As to
records, he said that ne WIS getting
McLaurin' and thought re could show
up with him as tc ansenteen,sm. Nc
Laucin in going back on free raw ms,
terial, had gone back on the carciaal
principles Of the party, which he hso
never done.
Governor Evans spoke LAST and to s
tired audience. He said ne never
went back on his friends. and even
his enemy, The News ard Courier,
ssid ne did not go back Ga his friends
aud that they knew what to expect Of
him, which was not the case WIKI Ne.
Laurin. After goipg over how &c came
&c run for governor, he said that If &c
had been willing 10 have gone back
on Judge Wallace he could have bsen
elected attorney general instead Ct
Judge Wailacs, bu. he never we1t
osck on his friends. and McLaurin wss
elected for supporting Pope and he
(Evans) had gone on McLaurins bond
tor attcrnsy general, and had, it ap-
pea1ed, been repaid for his friendship.
All about AcLaurin not supporting
MIN was revelation 10 him.
ar. Evans stated that the new tariff
you'd raise the price OF sugar from
two to FIVE cents per pound. lie sad
that McLauriu wss hacking pleading
the baby set by crying combination.
He went over most ot his tariff and
raw material argument, which was
very well received here, snd he YVES
hesrtily applsuded.