Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-01
atliseellaneous 8eadinJ.
MATTERS OF HISTORY.
Card From Duncan and STATE
ment From McLaurin.

Interesting Card From Duncan and State
ment From McLaurin.
Although the election is now over,
and nothing that can be said or done
can influence voters, there are few
developments of the past few days
which deserve to be recorded as mat
ters of history. We refer especially
to a card from Mr.. J. T. Duncan, and
another card from Mr.. McLaurin, both
of which appeared in the daily papers
of Sunday. Mr.. Duncan's card is as
follows:
To the Public:
1 suppose that the voters of the
state have all understood my attitude
in this campaign since my Newberry
speech. I withheld my name from the
ballots, and as today closes the cam
paign withdraw my name from the
list of candidates.
My primary object in filing my
pledge was to justify my fight of last
year if Evans attempted to pose as a
martyr.
He has timidly asserted, as I see
from the papers, that he was beaten by
'lies and SANDERS" and at Laurens he
added that he had been "dared to come
into this race" and where now was
"the one to confront him ?" accepted
this challenge and left the bedside of
nv wife to confront him at the next
meeting, which was at Newberry.
There spoke first and threw down
the gauntlet, which he dared not pick
up. 1 asked him to specify wherein l
had misrepresented or slandered him,
offering at the same time to produce
positive proof with accumulated evil
dence to substantiate every word l had
uttered about him.
He dwelt not upon his wrongs on
that occasion, and made a ridiculous
attempt to divert attention by saying,
eff any man had anything personal
against him he knew where to find
him." That record of his he dared
not touch upon, and as for the man he
wished "to confront him" he really did
not seem anxious to see him.
Judging from some recent threat OF
his to hold some one to personal ac-
count, it appears that his desire to call
to account increases in proportion to
the increase of distance between him
self and his would-be victim, and de-
creases as the distance grows less,
even up to the point of meeting, when
all outraged feelings and vindictive
designs vanish.
Had circumstances been different, l
might have made the campaign; but
I was unwilling to take from the votes
of other candidates to increase the
chances of this unworthy man.
I beg pardon of the general public
for having this much to say of this
man in explaining my position.
commend him to your tender mer.
cies, and ask you to pity him, forgive
him if you may, but retire him from
politics for the good of your state,
and I shall again be pleased at having
you second time vindicate my fight
of last summer. By retiring such
men from politics trust that better
era may dawn, wherein we may cease
to magnify our differences, but in
crease in unity of purpose for peace
among our citizens and prosperity in
our land. JOHN L. DUNCAN.
At one of the meetings last week,
Governor Evans referred to campaign
literature that was being sent out from
the McLaurin headquarters in Colum-
bia, and said that, after the election,
he would hold the managers OF the
bureau personally responsible. The
managers at once said that they were
willing; but that was not all. On
Saturday afternoon the Columbia
State received the following card
which was in Mr.. McLaurin's own
handwriting:
~ am responsible for anything in
the campaign that is offensive to Mr..
Evans and he need not put himself to
the trouble to make any inquiries; but
may proceed, when he sees fit, to hold
me responsible.
uJNo T, McTATRIN.n