The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-08-10
THE CAMPAIGN MEETING AT ANDERSON.
MIR. MAYFIELD STRIKES BACK.
John Gary Evans Talks About Met
ropoiitan Foiicc-Coi. IrDy Makes a
Bold Attack on McLaurin's Friend


Neal.
Special to The Mountaineer
ANDERSON, S. c.. August 5.-About
six hundred or more W tnrs gathered
under the trees In the B,ue Ridge Rail
road yard yesterday to hear the Sena
torial candidates. There was sprink.
ling OF ladies on the out.kirts of the
crowd, who seemed to be much inter
ested in the discussions 1t was a Nc
Laurin crowd, there was no doubt about
that. Evans got some applause during
his speech, but the most of it was re-
served for McLaurin. The Senator
made much better speech than he did
at Greenville the other day. In fact,
he seemed to be different man. at
Greenville he was undoubtedly baGly
hacked, as he reai d the crowd was
against himy' ut here he had things
as he waLteu 'Jnem and was according
ly encouraged. He is evidently what
in base ball would bo cal ed a grand
stand player. He is not at his best un-
less he is sure Of applause from the au-
dience and he plays for tho applause
almost entirely. Unlike Evans or Irby
he cannot grow defiant in the midst Of
opposition.
Msyfeld was the first speaker and
he had almost finished when the writer
arrived. The only new thing about the
meeting was the way in which he
jumped on Ellerbe. He came back at
the Governor and called him "anoth-
err" He Is not to be dismissed in any
such lof!y manner as Governor f. lerbe
mas mas assumed. is speeches are causing
Ellerbe to lose ground aIu incidental
ly, McLaurin for the two arc insepara-
bly, connected politically in the minds
OF the people. A prominent politician
remarked after the meeting that there
was no doubt as to which one the peo-
pie were believing, Etlerbe or May
field, Ellerbe's word Is az q discount
now almost everywhere, and McLaurin
finds he has hard Dad 70 carry as he
feels in honor bound to take sides with
his personal and political friend.
Evans, In the beginning Of MS speech,
took up the matter Of the metropolitan
police and defended his action in put
ting the metropolitan force on Charles
ton. he then attacked McLaurin's
position on this matter, saying that
McLaurin had stated thai il he were
Governor he would have removed the
force, II he had promised to do so, and
yet he would not say anything against
his friend, Governor E.ierbv, who had
refused to do so. Evans then took up
his regular line Of argument on the
tariff question, saying that McLaurin
had made the issue. "If Tillman," :" said
he, occupies the position Of McLaurin
on the tariff the houest farmer OF
south Carolina will not support him.
This remark was received in dead
silence.
Evans then made his usual remarks
about Calhoun and notification. Nc
Laurip, he said, spoke two hours in
Hampton to show what fools the Dem
ocrats were who wanted q tariff for
revenue only. McLaurin said in Oconee
he wanted America for Americans.
This position Evans ridiculed as SINH
lar to that of the rich Yankee who got
on the stand on the fourth of July and
said America for Americas, and at
the came time was stabbing the South
in the back.
The Republicans, he said, had baited
few Democratic Senators and had
switched them Off the currency ques-
tion and on to the tariff. He explained
the doctrine of free raw material and
attacked McLaurin for his votes on
this question. He made his usual
statement as to his theory how Nc
Laurin got on the ways and means COM
mittee, and read from Republican pa
pers showing how McLaurin Is re-
garded at the North.
Evans speech was,replete with Illus
trations and anecdotes, and was we'll
receiv I'D. He took his seat amid some
hearty cheers.
McLsurin was the next speaker
He first replied to Mayhelu's dispensa-
ry speech and upheld his position ON the
Tiliman-Latimer bill, saying it was
general bill to carry out the intention
OF the Wilson act. He would make
the bill law II he could. Why Is 1t,
he said, that Governor Elerbe Is
brought into the campaign, and that
he had to reply to charges against
Ellerbe as we'll as those against hiln-
self? McLaurin said that when corn
Is thrown into the barnyard, the best
rooster got it. He had got the corn,
but there was o Shanghai from Bam-
borg, a Domlnlck from Laurens, who
had got old and tender footed, and a
little Game cock from Aiken, who were
fighting the rooster from Marlboro be-
cause he got the corn. This smile
was well received.
McLaurin made his usual speech
against the doctrine OF free raw ma
terials, defen ling his votes in Con-
gress. The Senator spoke In his usual
rapid and Earnest manner, and the
crowd got doser to the stand to hear
him. Evani had attributed to him re-
mark about John G. Calhoun OF which
he had meter heard until Just before
the campaign. Evans Interrupted and
said McLgurin had never denied max
ing the remark, but had said he didn't
remember 1t II he had said 1t. Nc
Laurih then said it didn't make aoy
difference IL he had said 1t, he did at
mean any .disrespect to Calhoun. He
then gave his attention to the Walker
tariff df 1847, saying it was the only
Democratic tariff bill ever introduced
In Congress-. His position was the
same aS that OF Calhoun. Evaps had
said Rsed put him on the ways and
means committee. We'll, all the
Democtsts were put there by Reed.
w. j. Bryan had been put on the com
mittee BY Reed after a service of one
term.
Whet McLaurin got on the wheat
question Evans Interrupted him and
said th4,t wheat went down when q
tariff wS put on 1t, McLaurin said this
was ca,bed by the demonetization OF
silver. This was greeted with cheers
for McI&urin.
Senatf McLaurin read the letter
from Fed G. Brown, OF Anderson
which &used such stir at Saluds
Mr.. Br3vn upheld McLaurin's tariff
positionl He is a cotton buyer ant
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