The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-04

told by men who called themselves
gentlemen. He was charged then
with having left the Office Of COVER
nor richer than when be entered. 81
am poorer to day than when | become
the chief executive of this State, y
asseverated AIr. Evans. None Of
these charges have been heard since
be retired
Mr.. McLaurin was ging over the
State, said MI Evans, crying that a
combine had been formed against
hin, This was nothing but the
sympathetic act, Mr. Evans averred,
for every man IN the race wanted the
office. This fight was one of princi-
pie and one in which Conservatives
and Reformers could unite. elf you
vote for the man who has turned his
back on the Reform movement, you
admit that you have laid aside prin-
ciple and given place to animosity."
said Mr. Evans in appealing to the
Conservatives
Mr.. Evans then proceeded with
his tariff speech and was cheered
when be concluded
Senator McLaurin was not un-
mindful of the glorious history of the
Piedmont section. He hoped. he
said, to represent the State in the
senate long enough to get Cowpens
battlefield turned into national
park
The question of negro labor ia cot
ton mills, said Senator McLaurin, was
un]ustly dragged into this discussion.
1t had no part in this campaign. Fer
himself he favored white labor, wher-
ever it could be employed, in prefer
ence to negro labor. He preferred
white tenants to negro tenants aud
employed them, hesaid
Mr.. Evans at Spartanburg said he
favored direct tax for raising the
revenue for the government. Now
he was opposed to direct tax for the
only property on which it could be
levied was lands and factories and
like property. The income and in.
heritance tax had been decided uncon-
stitutional by the supreme court ::
bonds were not taxable, so that the
direct tax would bear on the farming
and factory people. The danger to fac.
tory labor was from the importation
of paupers from abroad to take its
place He wanted operatives pro-
tected from this class of labor.
Taking up the tariff bill, Senator
McLaurin showed what southern in
terests he had been contending for
He had box of monszite mined
near here and explained That the duty
he and other southern senators had
secured on it would raise the price
considerably.
In the course ex-senator MeLaurin's
speech an amusing colloquy occur
red. 1t was started by Mr. Evans,
who said:
s1Look out, Mack, don't cuss.'
McLaurin-"Oh, I've given that
up
Irby-"Wby, Mack, when did you
do that 2"
McLaurin-"Since I've been as
sociating with you I've become so
disgustei that l had to give it up"
This bit of repartee was enjoyed
by the audience and in the laugh irby
and Evans joined
McLaurin got off the following cpl
taph on Irby:
John Irby is my name,
America is my nation,
Laurens is my dwelling place,
And Evans was my damnation y
Note-Col. Irby has volume of
Coogler and may retaliate.
Senator McLaurin spoke earnestly
and was applauded when he con-
cluded
Upon Senator McLaurin concluding
many of the auditors left, as it was
then past dinner time. Mr.. Mayfeld
held the remainder Of the crowd for
20 minutes with hurried exposition
of his views on the dispensary and
the tariff. In that time he could not
elucidate as much as he would have
liked but while he spoke he was
listened to attentitveIy aud was
cheered when he finished
The candidates speak at Greenville
tomorrow 4. e. ;.