The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-19

who did the falling and who shed tn
first tears in the truce between Evan
and Irby, and Irby said it was Evan
who did the first falling.
McLaurin--'I think Evans ought t,
have done it,"
Col. Irby said, in talking of Evans
nomination that I1llman was sent tt
muZzle him, but that he would not bt
muZZled. and that he told Tillman tha
one March convention was ali tha
could be had, and there was no use tt
try another for any one. AS for Till
man, now he said he seemed to be Civ
ing all fair foot race, and he was sat
lsfied, and as for himself he had ne
political daddy, for he was laid in the
sun and hatched by an eagle.
Col. lrOy repeated the charges that
McLaurin had said that Tillman ought
to be impeached during the Darlington
rebellion, and that tho Reform party
had gone to hell.
McLaurin said be never said any
such thing that he had denied it be-
lore, and that there was no use to re-
peat thing he had often denied anu
whlch he did not believe was printed
as charged.
Governor Evans gave q little inside
history about his gubernatorial nomi-
nation. Neal, he said, went to Edge
held as his prOfessed friend and told
him that the leaders were against him
| and he had better not run for Governor
Evans said he did not care who tho
leaders were for, he was going to run.
Tillman telegraphed for him to come
to the mansion, and Tillman told him
the leaders were against him and he
had better not run. He told Till1nan
that he was going to run and that the
leaders could not stile the people, and
he went to Washington to see the Con-
gressmen and explain matters to them,
all the while determined to make the
he first busted" the March conven-
tion, and that the Colleton plan was not
gotten up in his interest.
Mr.. McLaurin spoke first and was
Justify cheered when he started, and
Oh concluding he dealt with State mat
ters Tor some time and devoted much
time to denOuncing bossism, and said
that the people had repudiated it, and
would do so again, and that Irby need
not boast of what he had done to mako
certain officers. He never believed
the Reform movement depended upon
any one man.
In his general discussion he said
cheap clothes were due to the money
closing he said that If he could not get
Office except by trying to blackcn the
character and Democracy of others he
did not want it. He ran and wanted
election for himself on his record. He
justified his vote for the Tlllman- Lati-
mcr bill as for States rights, and said
he would do so again. He said he al
ways opposed the Populist party at
home and nationally.
Mr.Mayfield, in addition to his gcncr-
al line, charged that there was a COM
bination in the interest Cf McLaurin,
and that it was made by the press gen
tratiOn. He elaborated this idca which h
will be given later. He especially de.
n0unced the Record for what it had
done against him, and said that it was
under the money control of Neal, e..
lerbe and McLaurin. His speech was
we'll received.
Col. 1rby started out with the propo
sit!on that he would prove the Sepub
licanism of McLaurin. The abbreViat
ed statement about what he said about
the price of goods may have been mis-
leading, but what he held was that on
account OF the free raw material sched
ule in the Wilson bill clothes were
cheaper than they had been and would
/
he said that he was getting McLaurin' 3
and thought ho could show up with
him as to absenteeism. McLaurin, in
going back on free raw material, had
gone back on the cardinal principles Of
the party, which he had never done.
Governor Evans spoke last and to q
tired audience. He said he never went
back on his friends, and even his one
my, the New and Courier, said he did
not 60 back on his friends and that they
knew what to expect Of him, which was
not the case with McLaurin. After
going over how he came to run for
Governor, he said that if he had been
willing to have gone back on Judge
Wallace he could have been elected at
! tOrney general instead of McLaurin
He had many offers and was told he
was making a mistake supporting Wal
lace, but he never went back on his
| friends, and McLaurin was elected for
supporting Pope, and he (Evans) had
gone on McLaurin's bond as attorney
general, and had, it appeared, been re-
paid for his friendship. All about Nc
Laurin not supporting him was reve-
lation to him.
Mr.. Evans stated that the new tariff
would raise the price Of sugar from 2 to
5 cents per pound. He said that Nc
Laurin was hacking and pleading the
baby act by crying combination. He
went over most of his tariff and raw
material argument, which was very
we'll received, and he was heartily APP
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