The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-08
Strait Attacks McI.aurin.

'''' Wv '"'" ~ h'iNt II Noll 10 SHY.
The star player III the recent pcrtu ~
;lcr has been wriil-: his own plays.
critiri>lng and dannimg al other,
while painting his own part III Glow
ing cOlurs without regard To truth or
the Interests OF an, save himself. |
nave drc'd'si il I" ic IN. duty To keep
uuiri il" longer whllr he is allowed
weekly I" rNplui! himself and his
actions through she l.ndin: news
papers "i nnr State. ! Shall .umlirr
myself To i statement al fact hat can
he fully Snb>tanii;icd ll The entire
delegation in Congress. and. in ,ac;.
all VIII" had an "ppnlinnily from lnr
inside I" observe cln>rly The. trend ul
matters curing lilc last six ycal, i'hc
people OF S"ll;h t..lulina have right
To know What is .nw and What ll.,
been -"in= on behind the curtain.
And when They have learned all the
fact the, viii NOT I. >iuw 10 make M,
their minds.
The address recently >>ucd II, Nh.
W. y. Neal il is well known. was MOI
written hN him. liz. was sick at til.
time and could not .ill.:r for himself
What Tho effects would be-. nor how
dr>pi'':ihic il made him appear i'm the
eyes al both friends and foes. 1t i,
we'll known llal il WAS written hy
John L.. Mrl.aurim. who FASTENED dow,
10 Columbia from Washington and =.
ilirlttily came AWAY after he had pen
ned this infamous >landrr IN instru
mrni of ar">iary. and induced Neal.
poor. sick fellow. to sign il.
A!on" with other members of the.
South Carolina delegation in Congress.
have been subjected to the trtnrhrry
;lntt undermining" Tactics OF the Junior
Senator from "lr state 81 long hat
not expect to llav: anything more. 10
say 'lnlin. the short period in which |
will remain i'll public life. But there
in such III uutra a"rultSlv inlS, :iccllsn-
tlnn a-Ilnst the clItirr delegation i'm
the Neal McI.aurin address that can
not longer remain silent
MrLIllrli has Ills commission rs
Srl;tt"rrntl loi:', and llr may feel that
llr can >landcr us with inpnritv. but |.
1T least will not submit in silence.
Mcl.anrin makes Neal charge: In 1871
! was invited To 30 to Washington to
attend Il conference. ! w;ls prtScll. i'm
lrbN : committee room. when il WAS
agreed 10 make John Gary Evans roy
cnlor OF South Carolina. There was
only one man WHO raised his voice
against it in protest. | WAS Il witness
TO- TO- the srrnr when he withdrcw i'll anger
from the conferences. There was no
need for him I" 20 back four years to
make IN accusation ut there being u
Il ring i'll Washington it The time which
was running South Cirullas politics.
He made p'mr Neal sign Il fniSrlnnd.
knowing at the time himself that it
was falscllnud. and Ills only purpose
could br to in.inr the delegation here
III the eyes of the people. Now, thu.
III my statement by every member wh,,
as well lis by Senator
Iiilman, who WAS at the meeting men
tioncd-hc being governor then: Irbv
called Il meeting of the delegation
without letting us know what he want
ell with lis. Tillman. Neal and Evans
were present. AS soon as the meeting
opened Mcl.aurn mentioned that
KOestcr. then editing The Register.
and Bow.lcn, two prominent South
Car0linians. then in Washington,
ought to be admitted to Onr council.
lrby and Mcl.aurin were then not on
good terms OH account of Il scandal in
McI4aurin, of which will not
speak here, because it is too nnuscating,
and they began to quarrel, lrby tlrclar-
ing that he would not have anything
thing WAS done, Or the purpose for
which we had been brought together
Mcl.a,irin angrily left the
room, saying he would "stand by his
frieuds."
Matters having assumed this shape,
l.atimcr, Talbrrt and myself, mem
bcrs of the house. also left and there
was not one word said about running
John Gary Evans for governor. Me-
self for holding conferences and plan
ming political deals. and is by nature
such !: trickster and cOmspirat0i, that |
presume he feels called upon to charge
such things to others. lie was in he
Forty -movcnrnt; which had for
It's object the destruction of the
Reform party. lie begged I.atimcr.
populist manifesto to the people Of |
the State in 1894, saying that the State |
was ripe and that the people would
rally behind that banner if we would /
Join him. He denied this when he was |
for he Senate, but can prove
1t by both the gentlemen II fcrrcd to. |
He cursed and damned the dispcnSnry |
law mere uuIlilS tIc Darlington flDt. /
and wrote the Dear Applet letter
giving Senator Tillmam the "Juab /
stab;' yet when 1llman came on h, II. /
he went to him and bcgstd 4
him not to fight linn in his Congress /
SiOnal district for Congress, and dis ,
claimed intending anything but friend /
ship for him. He promised Inw,lcn !
that he would run for governor in 1916 /
and encouraged BOwdcn to run for ,
Congress. He made Tom Reed believe
he was in sympathy with the Rcpubli- I
ram party and thus obtained Ills posi-
ton OH the ways and means committee !
above older and ADLER members of the
House. lie has been, in way, trying
to deliver the goods, and Ills tariff !
speech was q part delivery. His rawn-
ing around the president last summer
and declaration that Mckinley was the
most popular president since Lincoln
md ought to be rcIominatcl by accla-
nation" is another part. All these
things go to prove his absolute unrcli-
ability and his unscr,,pulous ambition.
He is IL Democrat only because he be-
licves that is the way to crafty his
ambition.
would 20 on and give instance after
instance of his trcachcry to his col