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ty of nolitical dishonesty.

ty of political dishonesty.
There were several Interruptions
from the audience, which led Mr..
Marion Noise to rise from his seat and
protest against such conduct in the
following language addressed 10 the
chairman: Il sss that you make these
men keep quiet and give the speaker
a respectful hearing. You q call TO
ycur aid law.shiding citizens in the
house, and thev will put them nut. ]
for one am ready to assist you"
Col. Irby: Il thankyou. Mr.. Noise y
An Auditor: "Mr. Chairman, Col.
Irby has brought this on himself"
Jrby: mo, sir McLaurln did it
first. He called us dishonest politi.
Clans, and if you vote AGAINST me for
maintaining my self respect, why 60
on and dc So"
"You can judge a man by the com
pauy he keeps. What sort of company
does he keep2 Does he go with Re
forners2 Did you ever hear OF him
having any friends among the Con
servatives belore he wrote that "sque.
duuk"lettsr and then apolegizeo for III
But he has gone in al unholy ALI
ance with Gonzales, and then l deter
mined to run even if l didn't get but
three votes, but I'll beat him out OF
bis boots"
A voice: "You won'tget but three"
LAS to the Conser natives, 1 have al.
ways treated them as Democrats /
was opposed to my brother R aformers
who wanted to rule them out of the
party. They have nothing against me.
I believe this man is untrus to the
| poor laboring me- Of this country,
and is trying to mislead them 1 shall
prevent it if possible Do we find him
| with Democrsts2 Who is his political
ch%sperone9 N. G. Cor zales, who has
done more to injure the Conservative
| side than any other man in it. He is
a man who favors protection for negro
rapists. He started his paper because
the News and Courier wouldn't pub
lish bitter articles of his against Ben
| Tillman, ard who has said that he
lived only to see Ben Tillman crushed.
McLaurin knows we mad q row in
Washington because be wanted to
crowd that red headed man from An.
derson-not Col. Ncal-Bowden, in
the counsels of the Democratic party.
I opposed and prevented it, because
| Bowden had already run as an elector
on the Weaver ticket. McLaurin
''cussed" everything blue, and We
never spoke for three or four years.
| He can't fool the people. There is too
much gratitude, too much Democracy
among them to turn down a true De.
mocrat for a ring streaked, spackIed
politician like him.
The people know Gonzales, and he
won't control an administration again
| like he does this one. He has hypno-
| tized our present Governor and con
trolls his policy, but he will never do
it again.
Col. Irby having concluded, the
chairman asked MIR. McLaurin wheth
or he would have anything in reply.
He indicated a desire to reply when
an auditor arose and said that if there
was to be a reply, he hooed that Mr..
| McLaurin would be con6ned to reply
ing to statements made by Col. Irby.
He at the same time expressed the
opinion that it was unnecessary
any way to have any reply.
MI. McLaurin stepped forward and
said:
II don't want to intrude myself fur
Their on the audience. I wish to say,
however. that the statement that | am
in a combination with Gonzales or any.
body else, is absolutely false" Col.
Troy rejoined that he would prove 1t
before the campaign closes.
Monday night Mr.. John T. Duncan
filed his plege. Half hour later ex'
Governor John Gary Evans telegraph
ed his pledge to Chairman Tompkins.
Thus will the two who had 50 much
bitterness between. them during the
last campaign meet each other again
face to face on the stump.
When the hour of II o'clock arrived,
at which the entries closed, Chairman
Tompkins had received no more
pledges. This, then, makes five can
didates-McLaurin, lrby, Evans, May
field and Duncan.