The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-12
THE CAMPAIGN MEETING AT ANDERSON.
MIR. MAYFIELD STRIKES BACK
John Gary Evans Talks About Met
ropolitan PoIicc-COl. lrby Makes a
Bold Attack on Mcfiaurin's Friend

ropolitan PoIico-Col. Irby Makes n
Bold Attack on McLaurin's Friend
Neal.
Special to The Mountaincer.
ANDERSON, S. c., August 5.--About
six hundred Or more voters gathered
under the trees in the Blue Ridge Rail
road yard yesterday to hear the Sena-
torial candidates. There was sprink-
ling Of ladies on the outskirts OF the
crowd, who seemed to be much inter-
ested in the discussions 1t was a Nc
Laurin crowd, there was no doubt about
that. Evans got some applause during
his speech, but the most OF it was re-
served for McLaurin. Tho Senator
mado O much better speech than he did
at Greenville the other day. In fact,
he seemed to be different man. At
/ Greenville he was undoubtedly badly
hacked, as he realized the crowd was
agninst him. But here he had things
rs he WAL ted them and was according
ly encouraged. He is evidently what
in base ball would bo called grand
stand player. He is not at his best un-
| iCoo hS 10 out v vi bPpiauoC IfOlu VIC au-
dience and he plays for tho applause
almost entirely. Unlike Evans or Irby
he cannot grow defiant in tho midst of
opposition.
Mayfcld was the first speaker and
he had almost finished when the writer
arrived. The only new thing about the
meeting was the way in which he
jumped on Ellerbe. He came back at
the Governor and called him "anoth-
err" lie Is not to be dismissed in any
such lofty manner as Governor Eilcrbe
has assumed. ~ is speeches are causing
| Eilerbe TO lose ground and Incidental
| ly, McLaurin for the two are insepara-
bly, connected politically In the minds
OF the people. prominent politician
remarked after the meeting that there
wns no doubt as to which one tho leo
pie were believing, EIlorbo or May
field. Ellerbe's word Is at discount
now almost everywhere, and McLaurin
finds he has hard load to carry as he
feels in honor bound to take sides with
his personal and political friend.
Evans, In the beginning of his speech,
took up the matter Of the metropolitan
police and defended his action in put
ting tho metropolitan force on Charles
ton. He then attacked McLaurin's
position on this matter, saying that
MCLaurin had stated thai IL ho were
Governor ne would have removed the
force, If he had promised TO do so, and
yet he would not say anything against
his friend, Governor Ellerbe, who had
refused to do SO. Evans then took NJ
his regular line OF argument on the
tariff question, saying that McTIaurir
had made the issue. ''If riliman,h sai(
he, Occupies the position OF McLaurir
on the tariff the honest farmer OF
South Carolina will not support him.
, This remark was received In dead
silonce.
Evans then made his usual remarks
about Calhoun and nullitication. Nc
LauriD, he said, spoke two hours In
Hampton to show what fools the Dom-
ocrats were who wanted tariff for
revenue only. McLaurin said In Oconee
he wanted America for Americans
! This position Evans ridiculed as simi-
lar to that OF the rich Yankee who got
on tho stand on the fourth OF July and
said America Tor Americans, and at
the same timo was stabbing the South
| In the back.
The Republicans, he said, had baited
a few Democratic Senators and had
switched them Off the currency ques-
tion and on to the tariff. He explained
the doctrine Of free raw material and
attacked McLaurin for his votes on
this question. He made his usual
statement as to his theory how Nc
Laurin got on the ways and means COM
mittee, and read from Republican pa
pers showing how McLaurin Ia ro.
'garded at the North.
I Evans speech wasIroplete with illus
trations and anecdotes, and was we'll
received. He took his scat amid some
hearty cheers.
McLaurin was the next speaker.
| Fla II rat nn1inl tn NJ Mau al
ry speech and upheld his position on the
Tillman- Latimer bill, saying 1t was
u general bill to carry out the intention
OF the Wilson act. He would make
tho bill law II he could. Why is it,
he said, that Governor Ellerbe Ia
brought into the campaign, and that
he had to reply to charges against
Ellerbo as we'll as those against him
self? McLaurin said that when corn
Is thrown into the barnyard, tho best
rooster got 1t. Ho had got tho corn,
but there was Shanghai from Bam:
berg, q DOmlnlck from Laurens, who
had got old and tender footed, and q
little Game cock from Aiken, who wore
fighting tho rooster from Marlboro be.
cause ho got the corn. This simile
was we'll received.
McLaurin mado his usual speech
against the doctrine Of free raw ma
, terials, dofon ling his votes In Con.
gross. The Senator spoke in his usual
rapid and earnest manner, and the
: crowd got closer to the stand to hear
him. Evans had attributed to him re-
mark about John G. Calhoun OF which
he had mover heard until just before
J the campaign. Evans interrupted and
said McLaurin had never denied max
ing tho remark, but had said he didn't
remember 1t II he had said it. Nc
l Laurin then said it didn't make any
difference II he had said it, he didn'
mean any .disrospect to Calhoun. HI
then gave his attention TO tho Wakc
tariff OF 1877, saying it was tho onl,
Democratic tariff bill ever introduced
J In Congress. His position was th'
/ Same as that OF Calhoun. Evans hat
, said Reed put him on tho ways an,
, means committee. Woll, all ,th
! Democrats were put therc by Rcod
0 w. j Bryan had been put on tho com
r mittee by ltoed after o service OF on
: term.
p When McLaurin got on the whoa
4 uupstion kgana int3rru tod him an,