The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-08-18

because AcJ3IfII IS pIeCSe0 Oy MS
vote already tc help Tiliman pass an
smeudnent through congress which
viii rerrGit the GispeGsery 70 De con-
tinued in South Carolina fcr years 20
corae. 7illma1 knows full well that
il he car get thissamendmert through
congress 1aec then the courts cannot
interfere with the Gispensary law and
ne will have it fixed On his people for
years 10 come. He knows full well
1h&t amead-1ent vii Sc: AZ raUght
every decision rendered 5y the courts
2nd that then his pet institution will
have fuI swing No power can inter
fere with il. Tillaan kno@s GcLau.
rim will vote fer jtaLd work with him
tc get this amendment through con.
ere>S, for be both voted and worked
for ii LAST session. and during this
campaign McL,ucia has said that re
was II favor otpass;ng the amend,
rent. Bee Ti!lc2sn kno@s that If
totl ;he senator's do not favor the
amendment, it being 3 local Daasurs
cannot pass, and he 2nows that II -:
2Gl elected 10 the senate instesd OF
NcLaurin he can never pass it. Bat
TilImsn IS playing shre@d hand to
keep RS diSpe2sarv as an issue for 1850.
Ii the d:spensary goes down Tillman
will be without State issue. If all
factions want 70 play into Tillmaus 5
hand let them vote for AcLaurin' s
election. II they want 10 keep the
dispensary on our people, let them
vote for Mel turin. It rests vith the
people OF the State to say by their
votes whether or not they will vote
tor McLaEriu and thefeby perpesuate
the dispeDsary.
TO pull AcLaur;n through Tillmau
GENES into this campaign FOR McLau-
r;a will heIp him to get his bill
through congress. Though Tillmsn
pyomiseG keeping mis- hands of 10 this
election, he has not done 50. But by
entering this campaign and throwing
his weight against NE. antsgopiZe5 my
position. l notice Ti!lman says ne
will resign his position to run for gov,
ernor next year before he will see the
diSpausary 90 down. l take up the
and dare him to enter to up
hold the dispensary. Now, am
against the dispensary. I am entered
against it and will never stop fighting
until the State goes out Of the liquor
business. Tillma1 will never dare 10
ran for governor on the dispensary
issDe Either Tiilnan or his reoreSen
ta:ive will be beaten by the votes OF
tie people. Next year this fight will
be made with all the power that can
be brought 10 bear"
Then, after ihe band had played its
i1Stal!men., Gov. Evans took the
floor ard said thst the audience had
lust witnessed the dramatic retirement
of his good friend Mayfeld, but that
he was satisfied that be would pick
his flint and try i. again. a public
Office was, he said, public trust, and
if Nay yield had any conclusive proof
.aat cleared McLaurin Of the charge
of Populism that it belonged to the
public. The people were the masters
and entitled to this information. He
said it made no difference TO him what
MayfeId thought, for Strait was an
honorable man and so was Letic1er
ard rG:5ert. aud they you'd all rs@>
peat the charges made yesterday, aad.
moreover, That man" approached
him and for more than an hour tried
to urge him (l7aus) to JOIN 10 the
PopuliSt party with him.
About this time there was consider
able applause for Mr.. McLlurin. also
for Evans, and s few hisses Evans
quickly TOOK it up and said that nobody
could scare him and that he could talk
all the better against such people. He
went CT 70 say that Mayfeld had no
right 10 put Strait in false light un-
less ne could produce the proof.
Mayfeld said he believed what
StraiE had said.
Then Eyaus Jumped at him and
wanted to know now be could believe
McLaurln and also Strait.
Mayfeld said that the whole point
was that McL2ucin had worked against
ard succeeded IL preventing q Popu,
list organiz alton Tor South Carolina.
Evans said that McLaurln threw
Sowden out into the Stream to SEE now
he could swim in the Populist sea.
a1d when Bowdau was swallowed u2
McLaurin ii go OF lis FopGiis5 hare,
sles. Governor Evans then went On
10 ssy th&t ne ran against the bosses
for governor &nd that the Coileton
plan was advocated by hoes.er and
others who opposed him.
At the outset, he said that Lillman
was made &c send down a letter IN
" hich be repUdiated the Marca con.
yention, and that McLaurin vent all
the way to Spartanbucg 70 enter tae
race, AID alter he came 20 Spartan
burg and saw how the wlad was
blowing he returned TO Washington
and wrote inst denulciatory against
Me and Tlllman." While be knitted
ne never kni!ed him or any othsr
man il the back. and If had sold my
vote against Wallace / could have
bean atlofney general, for Il vas offer
Cd 10 me first, but l never 60 back On
my frieno. lie repeated that he went
on McLaurin's official bond and was
still or It. Then be went on 10 spsak
e. McLaurin's voting for Duncan and
Earle, a2d said taag not only had dc.
Lsuria told hin mat he was going &c
vote foc hin b0t that Elteroe mad IS
Surel hin that 1acLiuria w&s Tor
Evans, &GG, moreover, he bad con-
suited WITH him as one O. his political
friends. At Elseicld, 0aeu t|ilsea
McLaurin said that he LSd tcied to
helo Evans out Of hole, and yester-
day be had said inst ne had voted
against him, which was ali g complies
surprise 10 him. After speaking ..
political friendship Gov. Eva1s went
10 the tariff aud free raw material
question wnich he vigorously argued,
and wh9n talking about tae wooi
ne said tnAt God would have
to keep the peoole warm with t2e
eternal sun i tuat son were Te.1rnSc
20 TIE Secate, when excited much
laughter ana &pp,-.0se He said th&:
El!ima2,s hide wcQ!dno cover the lie.