The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-08-21
HATE EACH OTHER.
Evans and Latimsr Said to be
Oosn Political Enemies.
IT'S AN OLD TROUBLE.
Each of the Above Gentlemen
Made Hits at One An.
othsr at fhe Union
Meeting.

J. Abernathy, who attended the
Union and Chester meetings for the
Charlotte Observer, says there is no
danger that the senatorial campaign in
this state will lack heat, even though
Se1stor McLaurin should withdraw
from the race, for the notable develop
ment in the meetings here and at Union
for the last three day s, aside from the
strong deruncission Of the junior sena-
tor, was the fact that while both are
fighting what they consider the COM
mon enemy; A. G. Lstiner and John
Gary Evans are at daggers' points, and
it would not surprise men who know
the two politicians to see the ez gov
ernor and the congressman coma to
bio rs on the stand when the campaign
is fairly under way. Evans is a slen.
der fellow, about Eve feet and ten
inches tall, with sharp features, a bright
eye, black moustache and hair, slight
ly tinged with gray, and there is some
thing about him that will make North
Carolinian think Of Marion Butler as
soon as the ex governor takes the stand
to make aspeech. q His political an,
tagonist, Congressman Latimer, is recog
nized as being one Of Senator Tillman's
closest friends, and be certainly re-
senbles the senior senator in more
ways than one. In comparing the two
men, as they sat together on the speak
crs' stand, made the following deduc
ton: Square the congressman's jaws,
punch out one Of his eyes, let him fill
his mouth with quinine and to all out
ward appearances the result will be
second Ben Tillmsn. As to the abili
ty Of Latimer, as compared with Till
man, l cannot say, for it may be that
he is only following the leader as Mar
ion Butler followed Col. L L. Polk in
North Carolina. In fact, his politi
cal enemiea term him ''ons Of Till
mans hands" I can add, however,
tbas he has a more pleasant address
than his chief, and would probably
create a better impression among
strangers, provided he did not too close
ly follow Tillman's style.
These are the two men-Evans and
Latimer-Who gave it out by their
words and actions that they distrust-
ed each Other. In assuming his share
Of the responsibility for the election
Of McLaurin to the senate, Lstimer
said that two evils were offered the peo-
pie and he voted for the junior senator
as the lesser Of the two. John Gary
Evans was the other. At ether times
he referred to Evans in more or less
direct terms, which all South Carolin-
ians understood. On the other hand,
the ex-governor made it plaiE to his
hearers that he meant Lstimsr when
he spoke Of the action Of certain 'poli-
teal traitors" VINO haI refused to take
note Of the warnings he had sounded
in regard to MeLaurin. HeRsrned the
people sgsinst turning cut one traitor
to put in another. Mr. Evans has been
out Of politics for quite aWhile, having
some time after the expiration Of bis
tern as governor removed to Spartan
burg, where he hss been practicing law,
and it was not generally known until
the meeting at Union that ne would en-
ter the field as senatorial aspirsnt.
The ex-governor, by the way, is. the
man whose name was formerly printed
in a Columbia paper thus: John
garyevans. South Csrolinians can
rest assured that should all others drop
out Of the race these tao performers
alone will be worth the price Of ad-
mission.