The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-07-14

Atthis poip5th Chairman was !ut2r
cupted by some cE.e calling fer tx
auditor OF the county. T6o VS.:
qartea on busio<>s GU side. CCUiln
iuine, .Ic. Pnrdg sai3: We wsnt tc
give you a respectful h.aring, but
ruSt &sk you Let tc say rat &nl
Ucfe
TROY "Ssv wba>G
PsrGr: Call Us hsncI01eu
Irhy: "WsIl. I've s&i3 Il oSce, aut
I don't krcw thst Tnead say i tsgsin.
Thea the cheering began sgaia, SIC
when It had 81 5sjded somewhat, Col
Troy esi3: y oa iEspIted lle frs,
TIE Yelling b~fan asaIn, and Gas;"
DaG Fucdy ageia aasd: I So II &C
ray fesccnsible icr this GUtbus>. O
f,eii1g. TTe waat 10 Fjca YOU a re
spec;'ul hes7ng, aud ! hcpa before
you concluds that you VIII feel sorry
Tor wha! ycu ssid and wi:hdaw it
Irby: L will Withdraw the ofe2
si4s word when the nen wno iusuit.d
ne apolosize for What they bsve done.
I au your guest, here By invitation
and by right, l have 5ean 8 friend o:
Sumter county. ae3oea 10 make one
Of its distinguished citizens Attorney
| General, and then mel lped 10 make nial
Judge, srd ny ;rien6s helped to elec;
bin u. S. Senato7. On that ground,
It nc other, I Should be treated with re
Ispect. you expect 10 elect McLaG-ln
by such methods then so aAea8, bot
/ wa7t you 10 understand :hat have
SIS many friends among the Coaserya
tives rs he.
When McLaurin talks about VIA:
lie did, and inSinUates about wat 9th.
ers didn't dc, / sat here quietly aoc
gave him q respec.ful hearing. But
! politics is politics lam simply far
per, and expected to talk 10 R.form,
e5s. Rave 10 set, written sophomore
speech, written out three or four weeks
| before hand. I have not note or q
memorandum, but I intend to speak
my mind at the forty four meetings
70 be held. ! am in this race at the
start, and will be IN al the 6nish.
When I saw the Reform movement,
I helped to father, about 10 be dis
| .upted and destroyed as I thought,
Gather than oppose the wishes o. me
people. I didn't expect to enter this
Trace. I didn't expect to dea!l IN per
ssonalities, but before dled my pledge
ieven, here comes this honorable gen
tlenan with the scared mad OF ard
talks about dishonest politicians suIk
ing st home. ! au not OF the su'kine
sind. There are no feathers on my
leg. l'm no Shanghai. Let 20 mar
stand here and tell me that the peo
ole will have ring streaked, striped
and speckled politician to represent
them IN the Senate
| 4 voice: Who do you have refer.
ence2"
Irby, turning TO McLaurin: II refer
20 Mr. McLsrin."
Continuing he said: 81 will have
she opportunity to speak to the people
of the State and rotin towns like this
wnere the crowd comes out and tries
to bully me. an an original R9for
mer and have stood by her principle
rom the beginning and will TO the
lend. Iguit politics and went to ny
farm. The people know my, record
| and am proud OF ny record.
Let It be understood that ne has
STACKED me by speaking OF dishonest
politicians suIk!ng al their homes. |
give him to understand that he never
/ you'd have been heard OF except as
a little briefess ten cent lawyer had
it not been for Tillman and myself.
Today in South Carolina there IS the
;oulest conspiracy against the farmers
that ever existed, and McLaurin is the
beneficiary Of If. He has betrayed
more friends than any man in the
State. He has never heea tru9 10
friend or foe. He was the smart,
cuely headed boy whom the ring took
up to run against W. D. Evans, buE
ce was defeated. and when the TIL
man wagon came alone re Jumped cn
and even tried to push the driver of
He got so full OF Tillmanism that he
could not stay in the ranks but went
to the Populists. You Conservatives
had him 5lacklisted ct Washington
oscsuse he was Populist He crawl
eG on his belly, win his hat il MS
band, to Gen. B1tler, and asked him
| 70 remove the blacklist | myself
went to Cieveland to defend him, oGt
fcund cut afterwards that rs was a
Populiss and wrote the platform for
Bowden.
1T is said that he opposes the Dis.
oensary. IS he honest? Is he coming
out like bold Carolinian, ike white
nan? No, he is whispering N your
-ars that he is opposed 10 the thing,
out at the same time is trying 70 have
g. law passed N Congress which woUtd
tx the 6ispensavy on you for AGO
gesrs. Isn'C that dishonestl'
Just here Mr.. McLaUrin rose from
his seat. He was pale with suppressed
Excitement. He marched over directly
to where Col. Trby was Standing The
crowd WAS as quiet as death, the 81
Sence was oppressive and the suspense
was nervousIv exciting. Everybody
Expected fgot, for McLtuin's att,
:ude seemed to indicate taat he would
either demand an apology or fg;-t
dis right hand was clinched. bus he
cid not draw IL back IN 8 beligsrent
attitude Facing lrby and standing
out 8 few inches from him, he said:
Senator, let's have au understand
| ing right here. We have known eacA
other for some time, but you can't &C
c0se me Of dishonesty. You cannol
insult NE that way"
| Col. Ir5y st2od iecing Mr.. McLau
rim. His countenance did not cn&nse
nor was there s Q1iver abou! his face
As soon SIS AcLsucin had finished
what he had TO say, Lc3y replied: i
9ave already said It, and say furthel
hat if you stIike NE you will bs
sstruck back" Ia cold type the a2gel
| ia the voices Of e&cn cannot be des
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