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

The campaign meeting st ChHs:er
Wednesday was quite lively, as FAR as
the senatorial candidates wee con.
cerned. As for the su6ieace. 1t d:d
rot ssem to e2tapsa 10 any extent, ace
it TsS only every row and then taSt
the bearers wCuid apulaud.
It was during Mr. May feid's speech
and t5e repeated charges that Nj. Ne.
LauriG was 8 Popuiist ct heart ard
that be had offered to Issue 6 P2puist
manifesto that Mr. May Ss!d said that
he would again repeat ths charge,
now that Cong>essGsn Strait was pre-
sent.
Strait sad McLea,ia both j:mped
up q: the same tine aGd Slga!t said to
McLaur;r to make his statement.
Mc. McLaurin sad tk&t in 1892
there were three CT four parties favor
ing the free coinsge CT silver, snc that
II was his intention, with Others, to
try sud get all Of these forces togeth
er; that Tillman, Bryan and ether
leaders attended conferences to try
ard Get TIE free siiverites, tie P2p2-
lists the silver Republicans snd silver
Democrats together, and that i was
those forces lie was trying to get con
centratea st one Of these conferences,
and an address was issued. and he.
BrFsn and others signed 1t, and that
he got mem bers Ct the South Carolina
delegation to s;eH Il. At one OF these
conferences to get ali TIE silver forces
together be made . speech and said
that in South Carolina everything
was sll right and there was no need
in his State fer Popul;st party.
What he wanted was to secure the
election of Bryan. and in the last CAM
paign the free silver Republicans,
Populists ard ali worked for Bryan.
That was his sole purpose IN advising
any combination of forces Or OF doing
what he did. As for South Carolina,
everything the free silver people could
want was to be had in the Democratic
organization and that was good enough
for him.
Dr.. Strait sid he hed hoped not to
be drawn into the matter, but would
say that the address DIR. McLauria
spoke of had nothing to do with the
address spoken of 10 him and Talbert.
When they were seated together, Mr..
McLaurin caue up to them and said:
''Talbert, want you and Strait 70 60
in with me in the Populist party. The
time is ripe, the current IS high and
the sea coming N.
Mr.. McLgurin-Dr. Strait, you GER
tainly misunderstood the tenor OF
what I ssid. It would be remarkable,
indeed, if I were to 60 up to you and
make such bold statement IN such
an of-hand way.
Mr.. McLaurin went on to say that
he had always talked to Latimer, Ia
bert and Strait along the lines OF q
union of the south and west SIS inoica-
ted. He said he hs6 favored to them
an amalgation of the silver forces, but
he never proposed a Populist party or
joining it. He said that Bowden had
nursed him like woman when his
wife was also sick, and that while he
wss recuDsrating he begged and plead
with BoW6en and had bin to conhne
his fight to the national electors, al
though il was Bowden's Intention to
run q Stale ticket, and that It was
only by hard work that be hao spared
the State such fight IS North Caro-.
lima had experienced. He bad Bow
den amend bis platform and cut out
the cart looking 10 State fght.
DR.. Strait said that II occurred to
him as strange at the time that Nc
Lsurin should have made such state
ment 10 him in an off hand manner,
especially as he, too. was ulder the
charge OF being Populist and was
''b]acklisted" forit.
Mr.. Mayfeld then closed by SAYING
that if the other congressman would
not prove the charge he had made, be
would withdraw from the race, sld Ii
the other congressman s05stapuated
what DR.. Strait bsd said, then Nc
Lsurin should withdraw ftom the
race.
In the course OF Col. Iroy's speech
he was talking about the charge OF
McLaurin that tie peopie repodia;ea
Evans for having been ''raraned do4n
their throats," and that McLaurin
supported him with all this.
Mr.. McLaurin said he did not; thst
ne voted for Duncan on the first osl,
lot and fer Earle On the second ballot.
E7aps-You swore to me that you
would vote for NE, and that you cid
later.
During McLsurin's s speech heck
plsined that while he was IN the
mountains be received 8 teiegram
from Evans ard another from Neal,
asking him to support Evans. He ex.
pected to do Sc, but wien be heard
that Tillman was going 20 write let
ter, ne advised against 1t and wrc:e
aesias. il, and If The letter had rot
cone out he would have gone TO
Marlboro and have worked in quiet
way for Evans. After the letter he
voted for Earle.
Then I have given you credit Tor
what you did net do, said Evans.
''After the letter, you promised to vote
fsr ne"
Mr.. McLeurin said he did not.
Later on Col. Irby wanted direct af-
frmative or negative ansH er from Mr..
NcLaurin as to whether or not ne was
in favor OF the dispansary or Wheth-
err ne would support free raw
material in Democratic admins
tration, should one be had.
McLaurln refused 10 answer IN a
noncsylable, or, as ne said, to have
the answer put IN his mouth, spo so
there was another tilt SIS to whether
McLaurin should be permitted to an
swer in his own way CT not, ana Col.
Troy refused to have an answer unIgss
it was yes or ray.
Mr. May field charged Col. Neal
with the pa7eutsae OF the quarry IL
The State of today about supporting J.
Belton Ws,son for certsin Offices. He
said that ne did have g conyersa:ion
with Mr.. Wa:scr, but most positively
denied that he ctfece6 Mr.. Watson the
support OF Evans, Itby cr any one else.
He die teu him That lie would not
coo h r,,Y Ior ro;lro.S