The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-07-21

rims Tsrin Doctrine NcLsur!n Det< ud'
Sis Ta11G Position Ma.ned Cuts II
Short.
Between three apd four hurdrea oi
the twenty seven h91dre6 vo'ers il
Aiken County cane out today tc
hear the ST. Ssnstorial candidates. TIE
court house was comfortably filed,
The old tine enthusiasm was missing.
Messrs. Evans, Irbv and &cLaurin
each spoke Cor az hour or more. ard
when Mr.. May fields time came ths
crowd was so weary aud had scstterec
so for dinner that he had The mercy
and good sense TO speak Tor OIL len
minutes.
EX GOVERNOR EVANS.
Governor Evans said he regretted
that there was so small an audience.
The issues that sre now up have net
been publicly discussed for years. Nr.
McLaurin, ne said. h-.G by act repudi.
ated the true Democratic doctrine anc
platform ard was 8 Republican under
Democratic cloak. McLaurinS poll,
cy, he urged, would only enrich the
few and make tte cost of things high
er to the masses. McLaurin should
come out like Others, he urged, as
protection Republican. for it was
wrong 10 serve as a Republican IN
Democratic livery. Tie Republicans.
never gave the Democrats anything
unless they sold cut or gave ten for
one. According to the papers. Nc
Laurin is doing everything IN Wash
ington, and 1t would pay TO ask the
government TO let the State have the
$50, 900 and bring the others home.
He said he would say nothing about
Governor Ellerbe's taking the endorse
ment Of 40, 600 voters over the few
weszly politicians. He never aske q
for the appointment. Ii NcLaurin S
policy is carried out it Will cost the
farmers 30 per cent, more on necesSa'
ries.
He commented On s negro paper in
Washington urging McLaurln,s ap
pointnent because-of his helping to
defeat the Jim crow bill.
He then st length discussed the Pc
ruvian and Egyptian cotton schedules
and urged that there coalo be no pos
sible good in it to the farmers, except
TO pay more for bis seeks, end hose
and clothes in which these cottons are
used. Only 100 600 bales of long sta,
pie was raised in this country and
three-fourths of that in Georgia, and
the idea was to tax the masses to help
8 few sea island negroes" ard plant
ers. To show that McLaUrin was .
protectionist be said McLaurin voted
for 800 per cent. tax on wool against
the 55 per cent. tax in the Wilson
bill, as proposed IN committee.
As to Tillman's position, he did not
think it the same as McLaurin's, but il
it were Tillman was wrong and he
would tell him so and vote against
him.
He spoke g long time on the cotton
schedules and said it gave the North
the very club it wanted with which to
rob the South on the compensatory
tax on bagging and ties. It was like
selling out for mess of pottage, with
the Southern masses getting nothing.
The speech OF MIR. Evans was full on
the tariff issue.
COLONEL IRBY.
Colonel Irby said he first came to
Aiken to see how the Reform move,
ment would take in this section and
and after his visit told Tllman all was
safe. He spoke Of taking in new
blood and that Mr.. Henderson was the
biggest catch since 1890 applause }
Said he wanted to talk as Reformer,
Democrat ard farmer. Talking OF
his being the daddy OF Evans he SAID
when Tllman wsnted E]lerbe for
Governor, ne had told Evars he
should be Governor, be made Tillman
quit Ellerbe and 60 to Evans and elect
him. He sad he had always been op
posed by ''the clique" in Columbia.
Mayfeld was the child Of Shell, and
so an orphan; Duncan OF the devil,
and McLaurin Of Gonzales.
He said The State misrepresepted
him and alleged that i. was an iDjus
tice and rerversion to have SAID ne
favored iactional strife wien he said
he did not. This is where The word
not was printed to read now He
said The State took sdvantsge CT him
at times. As to his Dispensary views;
he said he wanted the system given
fair chance. It was far better thar
open barrooms. He helped make tnS
law and believed the system right yet.
# there were any rottenness i should
be remedied ana if any dishonesty i
should be punished. He would no;
change either. He objected to fea
lures Of the law, especially lmprlsUn
ment in the Penite1tiary fol sale q
liquor.
The campaign had bsen forced OF
and horrible schedule arranged b5
Col. Neal and Others.
Talking on, he said i Tillman had
taken has advice he would have had
wooden man run against AcLsurir
He explained at length why he 6id
DOT run last year and other politica
sets, heretofore ststed. He predicted
that there would be q Republican
and Democratic party in this Stale,
and in time the suffrage plan would
be cursed.
Talking OF the Reform movement,
he said if it had not bsen FOR hin Til
man would still be selling butter IL
coperas breeches. The movement, he
said, started in the defeat OF Ger. Gary
in 1880. II Gary had lived he woulc
have been elected in 1882 and there
would have been no occasion for the
movement that vindicate6 Gary's as
sassination. He found TillmaD, pro
posed to him at Dan Tompkin's horse
10 run for Governor and Tillman read
lily assented, and ne was elected. He
would only have made the fight IN
the Democratic party.
He said he would tell what kind
CT Democrat he was and that be was
not the sort as the Governor OF the
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