The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-10
RICHMOND. VA TUESDAY,. DECEMBER 10 1901

assignment upon committees, the right
of his state, which he in part repre-
senteI in the Senate, would suffer. The
1,ersonal effect Of an exclusion from rep
sresentation on committees was, he said,
not of so much Importance as Its effect
upon the State of South Carolina
The only notice he ever had mad, he
said that he was to s be excluoed from
the Democratic caucus came last spring
before the adjournment or the Senate
when he was accosted Dy tue chalrHan
or the Democratic National Committee
In the cloak-room and asked why lie
no longer attended the Democratic eau
cuses. Mr.. McLaurin said that he had
replied that in view of his view of the
questions growing out OF the spanish
war he thought that his presence might
be embarrassing The Democratic chair
man had replied: Then, perhaps. it
would be less embarrassing to you not to
be invited to the caucus?" Mr.. McLau.
rim said he had replied: certainly.
WAR AGAINST HIN.
This incident Mr.. N1cLaurin declared.
was the elimination of a, long series Of
events In a. contest waged by an ele-
ment of the. Democratic party against
him.
BY this time the entire Senate was
interested. Several Republicans crossed
the political aisle to the Democratic side
the better to listen to what McLaurn
had to say. Continuing, Mr.. McLaurin
said he would be silent did he not fear
that the movement against him was
one to keep alive sectionalism. For many
years the people of the South had realized
that they had not obtained their fair
share of the national benefits.
Mr.. McLaurin recalled the fact that
2lthOI1Ch T
Gated protective tariff, he had been
voted for in a Democratic national con-
Vention for President. Hancock, al
though he declared the tariff a local is.
sue, had been nominated for President
and David B. Hill, although he opposed
the income tax, had not been read out
OF the Democratic party. The holding
OF such views by Northern men, no mat
ter how diverse. did not endanger the
position OF certain men as political lead
ers, and they were immune from attack.
but when a Southern man tried to get
the benefit Of the tariff for his people
those whose political career might be
endaLgered by the success Of his efforts
We're ready to crush and humliate him
he mad contended that if the tariff was
robbery, his section should share In the
booty.
CALUMNI, FALSEHOOD, TRICKERY.
Upon the issues of that speech he had
later gone into campaign in South Caro-
lima, and although his Democracy had
been attacked upon the stump. the peo-
pie Of his State had endorsed him. He
declared that during that eampa ign,
"calumny. falsehood and trickery." never
before equalled in American politics, had
been employed, and now the principal
charge against him was that during the
Mckinley administration he had been
bought by patronage and that he had
renewed his former contract with Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Entertaining the high personal re-
gard that he did for both the late Pres-
dent and his successor, Mr.. McLaurin
said 1t would be unnecessary. for him TO
say that neither would stoopNfo So 1g-
noble an act. It was true that an 4unfor-
:tunate condition Of affairs had existed in
his State, and that he had recomm ended
good men for Office, because he did not
desire to see. a repetition of the horrible
affair at Lalzeville, where a negro post
master had been burned to death. He