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


man IL 1892 was elected Oh the Ocala
platform, which was adopted es the
State platform, and that vas in sub
slauce :he Pcpulist platform, snd Why
re should now be singled out
10 re branded IS q PopUJist
he did not know. He w&s
pledged and did work for six long
yes 5 t. CON moiGe every influence to
secEre free silver, and i ne was more
pro niaen! il this work it was not his
fault. From the first moment he saw
that the only hope was il combina,
IiGn OF the free silver forces, and be
To-ked to tGa: end IS to his record
il needed no virdication, and he had
been FIR enough ia this campaign to
see that he would be elec'ed By big
majority. (Nuch applause) He sa:c
he was sick aud tired Of having
70 make explanations, for everybody
knew that be was noL protecllonlst,
that he vas not g Republican, that he
rad been elected four times &c con-
sss, tha: Re had been elected atEor
nGy general, and there wss no use 10
.rag hin dowa to get his salary. The
people were not going to elect some
bccy else On charges against him.
He then went on to explain his tar
If view and his position sgainst free
raw material as heretofore, and on
reading q letter from Congressman
Bailey, in which il was stated that
they botn voted for reduction on
wool, Mr. McLaurin had 10 pause for
& moment Or two 10 gain strength
with which TO go On. Mr.. McLaurln
said that Evans may sneer about his
licking the feet Of the Yankee nation
and voting for Texas wool, but South
Carolina had 10 remember tnat this was
not tie time to build walls around this
State, but that men With big, broad
lGsas h2d 10 come 10 tie fIoat. Eo
said Re SSw 10 reason 10 lug IL tals
Pooui,>! business. Dr.. Strait Jumped
u3 and sad: do you deny lt:' Sone
OF the crowd CRED TO him 10 sit down;
that it was none of his business. Dr..
Strait said that be was afraid OF no.
BODY and Mr.. McLaurin invited him 10
say whatever be wanted to, and went
On to say that be had no recollection
whatever Of having told Strait with
what he was credited with saying, and
then Mr.. McLaurin asked Strait 70 re.
peat exactly what he had said at Ches.
Ter, which Dr.. Strait did, which was
that McLaucin had told Strait and
Talbert that the time was RI pc to Din
the Populist party and SO on. Mr..
IIcLaurin said that he had never
thought of organizing a Populist par
" and again related how ne, SibIey,
rillnan, Bryan and others had work
ed to get the free silver Populists, Re
publicans and Democrats to unite
forces. Evans aud 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 to know 1hether
McLaurin charged him with saying
anything about these matters and Nc
Laurin said he never heard Strait say
anything about anything.
AACL5GA-1 TCHL O1 W IbGs -
seemed bsd enough for him to have
three oppone1ts constantly jumping
on him, and now for congressman
to follow him around in his distric.
was most uncharitable. He would
promise that when the party arrived
IN his district taey would De treated
with absolute cordiality, Gr. McLau-
rim said that he supposed the conyer-
sation referred to was about the time
OF the Willard Hall conference. Dr..
Strait said tha! It was not. DR.. Strait
said that he Was not at thai conference.
McLaurin-Blt Was. (Applause.0
McLaurin went on to say that ct the
Willard Gali conference Senator Stew.
art Jumped on him and be there told
MIN that there was absolutely no place
in South Carolina fer Populist par
tg and that he would have none; and
that the Democracy answered every
purpose for him. What he thought
Ihe people wanted WIS live, active,
intelligent and energetic Representa-
tive, aud they would put the hand OF
atll:ction on noneniiy who acted as
3 suumoiing Dlcck. (Much applause.)
Sir. Mayield had today done q noble
and cnlvalrouS act (uuch applanse)
aud he had Sc. an example OF honor,
ruth and fairness which ne hoped
otners would initiate when they pe-
came convinced OF the error OF their
way. He then relsted at length what
he had said about the Popullst plat
form, his personal relationship to-
Bowden, and how he refused, al
though permitted TO do SO, to say any
thing about this matter Until he was
goade3 SO at Chester that he could no
longer restrain himself. He said that
he had been hurt, aud that 1t seemed
10 him that some OF the other candl-
dates looked upon him as a wild beast
whom they could goad and bully and
nag with one question after another,
and though they might show that ne
had the bl2ckest hesrt OF any man, h5
did not see how that would make tnem
ST 70 fIl his place. IS to the Poou-
ISIS, be never belonged 10 that party,
but ne had respect f0r them for they
maze q u-lL IOF cOLN!CtiCL, sitEo0s-h
they knew they weula lose lie said
Mr. May field came to his room las:
night and told hin that be sl% truth
st;iDiag in his face when Ge made his
statement, and that lie must tell hin
so, and that be would always have re,
Spect for such an honorable man. lie
said that wherever he felt any IL feel
irg toward any one be tr!ed TO pluck
It out OF his heart, and that he bore no
Ii OF personal feeliGg to E!ars when
&c wrote that lester.
Gov. Evsns-And I never sho we'd
you any.
McLaurin-No: unit! today, s2d i
am very sorry Io say So.
AIr. McJaucin closed bg explaining
his position IN the last senatorial race,
&nd said taat lie influenced no one one
gay or The ether or tried - do 50. Hei
aeI spoken over bis tine and said
that 5e had exc9sdsd his strength, bus:
Sai1 that ne was rot appealing foI