The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-08-18
,3lAYFIELD RETIRES
4 DRAMATIC INCI0ENT AT T@URS-
CAY MEETING.

Tae &C: app'audee. Made oelt%in Charges
acsi,.7 1cLsus3a Thlah Cou!d Not be
Ps7vsd- ?: Gi> word.
There hava hsan meetings during
! this cauDs;Gn that have been full o.
! rers on<ies, others that have been
vereing on the sensational, BAT Thurs
/ days mcei1g g. Ycrkyille vas dram.
sic. fzoverGor Evans 1asde some re-
! fer nee to /! BATH vas eysa more in
iteG<eiY dramatic t2aH ole ui ghE sup,
pose from the mere statement OF that
iacE st times, although the audience
/ showed It's partially, there was an a5-
sclute qpist ard de&.hiihe Stiffness IL
f.; he court house Nth It's 60Gcr TC0 peo.
! ple. First CT ell, il a manly spd
] Stf&;g:ufGr -ard way, Gr Nay fed
( admitted The wr@og that be 2aG Go2c
! Mr.. AcLauain by charging hi;2 with
trying TO crgxn:ze the Populis. party
IN this State a2d than to redeem his
/ pledge made q: Chester Wednesday
! formally Withdrew from the race. It
was urexpected. The style, the pro
vocation and the contamination are
al so unusual 10 South Carolina poll
ties that it made it al the more start
! ling ar6 when Mr. NayEel6 concluded
| ne wss cheered to the echo for the
! position he hsd taken. Then came
| Governor Evans VINO threw unusal
| IRE, arG, as Mr. McLaurin said, ''Uu.
7; warranted personal feeling Into hiS
discussion.
| Mr.. Ecaus spoke longer than usual
anA so en'h2ssd was beand determined
that he rose On hiS tiptoes 10 emphasize
Whist ha regarded as the lack of loyal
" on the part of McLaurir to his
friends and his false position. TIE ex
onerating statement Of DIR. Nav field
AID the severe arraignment Of Cover
/ ncr Evans had spUsred Mr. GcLaurin
up to decided pitch. he had said
rot5iog from MS seat and when he
arose it vas plain to see that be was
gciag to make one OF the speeches OF
his life. which he did. He spoke with
al the ardor AID feeling that be had
and at one tine duriug the reading Of
a letter from Congressman Bailey,
jlstifying bis vote On the wool sche-
duIe, he gasped for breath and came
very near reeling over but he manned
himself and went on with even moce
than his wanted vieor and il was buc
5. minute after he fell to the floor Ike
log, completely exhausted. |. Was
the wcrs OF conflicting emotion, exer-
ton aad the heat and !: took nitro
isiycerire tablets 20 enliYen the slug
eish heart. II was. however, nothing
serious and soon after Mr. McLeurin
Was taken TO his hotel, where ne re,
cuoera.ed.
Then Col. Irby, one OF the central
figures in the play Of the day. was ab-
sent. a severe attack of cholera NOR
bus had incspacitated him from at.en-
daoce snd he. TOO, during the after.
noon was sufficiently reclperated 10
bs cut.
But the incident OF TIE day was the
withdrawal or Candidate 2ayield.
Mr.. May yield had made his customary
soeeca. attacking the tariff views OF
Mr.. McLaurin and insisting that be
was not now nor never had been IL g
combiaation. When lie went on to
say that yesterday and On previous
occasions hehad charged McL2urin
with having written the PopUiist piat
form and attempting 10 organize that
party in S2uth Carolina. At Spartan
burg he denied tee charge bat after
getting wd&t BE r-ssr&ed as furttsr
evidence, as well as that yesterday OF
DR.. Strait, be would withdraw from
the race and if be proved them Nc
JaUcin himself should withdraw. He
said he made the charges in good fai!h
and tnat he never misrepresented any
one. He was now satisfied from what
BE had heard and from conclusive
proof shown him bv McL2urio, that
he did dicta;e the Populst platform
AID that McLsrin did succeed IL Stflk
iug cut that portion re!ati1g ID or
gauizaIion IL this S:ate and to NJ.
NcLaurin more tEau any one else WAS
due the credit that there was NO Pcpu
list fight il Sou b Carolina. lie &c.
iievsj that the statement made by DE-.
Strait waS correct as he understood i,
bat lie further believed that NJ. Ac
Laurie was telling the truth. He uo@
sam that Mr.. McLauria rather thsl
violate personal affairs had declined
10 maze anv statement sld with con-
elusive proof that he nov hsd was
willing 10 say that he had misrepre
sented McLaurin and to add that he
mad worked TO prevent the. destruction
OF the Democratic party IN this State.
He then said that II view OF what be
mad stated a! Chester and Tor personal
reasons he would announce his VITA
dra val as candidate for the United
States senate. This, he said, was not
IN the interest OF Mr.. McL2u.in, Mr.
Evans or Col. Irby, but because he
though! It vas rigaJ snd because he
meant what &c ssiG. Ha said he mad
not mentioned his intention Of with
drawing except conhdentially and did
not expect any menl!Cn OF II as L Was
nuwarrant7d. He would nc: waive
MS ha2d for or agaiast any candidate
Tor he differed VIA ell o. them on
some matters 81 issue auG taey were
all men OF a5i;iIy, s-ad then, Win 2
beautlful p1rur2iion as 10 the orightef
day thai was aaes.d FOR South Carolina
ana thanking his audience and the
! oecp!e fer the Alteration shown him,
ne withdrew from the held with much
applause.
Mr.. McLaUrin, as DR. Aayfe! was
! walking back - his seat. meg hin,
claspeG his h&ud AID thanked hiul fer
! what be had said.
Mr.. Maydsld, j. MS speech at Ches
ter, said:
McLzuria cr.es on: that there IS .
COM 5lG&,loa a. lius. hlr1. az
| against him because he is wrong on
| tee tsT;t&: on the bill which permits the
| dispe:1s%cy 10 bs Fixed on THIS SAFE
ana because he IS 10. Democrat. Il
| he calls ,nis opposition 10 him com.
| oinatlCn, what mas be 10 say Of G2e
c0mbi2ati0n IL his favor: Che com
(! oigaiion IL his favor is strange one