The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-16
TALK BY M'LAURIN
ATrAcKs BRYAM--sAxs HE
 WOULD NOT VOTE FOR CRISP
Because Crisp Served in Confederate Afmy-scores Him far Inter-
 fering in South Carolina Politics.

Washington Special to Galveston News, Senator McLaurin, the leader Of the new political crusade in south Carolina,
 arrived here today and made tour of the various departments in the interest Fof his constituents. Referring to the
 pending contest between Senator Till
 man and himself, Senator McLaurin lh1pressed himself as being entirely sat-
 is9ed with the present state of affairs. T am happy and good naturede in | spite of the disagreeable remarks made about me by my enemies. As I came on to Washington I was surprised to I find the people all along the route al i the various stations prepared to give
 me friendly greeting. At Honey
 Bath, Bolton and other points. where none but farmers reside, there were ' several hundred people at the station tt
 greet me and wish me success in the | fight am making. This popular out 1 pouring coi1yincess me that I need no, I only depend upon the manufacturers and the financiers of the State for sup port in the battle am waging for the best interests of the entire State. with. out regard to- occupation or<social standing"
 The Senator was ready and anxious to talk about his rebuke to Mir. Bryan IOf OOuth NGTOiAttn PoAhttNo.
 q am a better Democrat than MT.
 Bryan, and proved it when we served together in Congress. I voted with all
 of the old line Democrats for Crisp
 of Georgia for Speaker. while Mir.
 Bryan ran off with the .Mugwurnps on the ground that he could not afford to svote for man who had served in the
 Confederate army, As Democrat, l know a good many things which would not be well for me to discuss. would not have mentioned the Bryan incf- dent, but for the fact that Mr. Bryan. as the self-conetituted leader of the
 Democratic Party, saw fit to intrude
 himself into. the controversy Senator. Tillman and myself are having about
 purely State affairs. A meddler sell dom proves to be welcome guest at any hearthstone. 50 because of his of- ficiousness Mir. Bryan will have to Sake his medicine as a third party in
 family quarrel. I am not going to wash any Democratic dirty linen at this tims," continued Senator Mo- Laurin with considerable vim and positiveness, "but I want 1t known to the people of South Carolina and the people of the South generally what kind of a Democrat Mir. Bryan is. This is a family row between Senator Tdll- man and. myself over local questions and the people of South Carolina are the jury. MT. Bryan's interference was gratuitous and unfortunate for him. for Senator Tillman S capable of taking care of himself, and hope am able to protect my own interests without any foreign interference. The people of the South loved MT. Crisp and he was honored and respected by fhn TAonIA If fha South and West. and 1t will not help the future polite al prospects of Mir. Bryan. if he has any left, to have 1t known that he was afarid to vote for MT. Crisp for Speak CT of the House of Representatives through fear that the Populist votes of Nebraska would resent his voting for a man who had served in the Con- fedcrate army. That is all I have to say at present regarding MT. Bryan.
 He should remember the eleventh com
 nlandment, which is Mind your own. hnsin asRs q e . -. 4--s <. 2 Senator MaLaurtn saysEihe has no re-
 grets to offer for the course he has
 taken at home and he is prepared to abide the result whatever 1t may be.
 He says he differs with Senator Till man honestly on many national issues. and also, with the oid- mose-backs Of South Carolina who are standing in the
 way of their own progress and adv. yancement. He bore ir silence. As long as he could, the abuse and vitu-
 peration heaped upon him, until human
 nature and manhood could endure 1t
 no longer. He denies that the South
 Carolina farmers are all with Tillman
 and predicts that the result of the regular State primaries YSn vindicate
 him. t ( -t !.