The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-12-20
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| aHo prAe0ipal cNGrRn aRAlnSl MIN WAS
that during the Mckinley Administra-
tion 'ho had boon bought with patron
age, and "that no had renewed his for
mer contract with President Roosevelt.
EotershiDing tho high poraonal regard
/ thai he did for both the late president
and his nuoosssor, Senator MoLaurin
aaid it you'd 10 unEeoehsery for him to
say that neithor would stoop to 80 ig-
nohlo an act. It WAS truo that an un-
fortunate condition Of affairs had exist
cd in his State, and that no had recon.
mapded good men for ofiioe, because he
| did not desire to sec o repetition of tho
! horrible affair at L ske City, whom me-
gro postmsr ter had boon burned to
donth. He had voted for the war with
Srain and declared that he was COM
pollsd to support tho Administration
that conducted it. He still thought
that tho conduct Of the war should have
been non partisan and during its pro-.
grGsp ho had nsver heard ftom Proei-
don't MoKinloy's lips q Mord concerning
party advantages. Senator McLauriM
paid high tribute to tho late Presi-
| dent, whom he characterized as q broad
Btatosmsn aud Uhristien gentleman. /"
| Senator MoLaurin said that ho had
no official knowledge OF tho charge
brought against him by bis Doao cratic
colleagues, but that from the newspa-
pers he understood that tho principal
onargos wero that he had not oppose d
tho reti iaation Of tho treaty Of peaoo
with Spain; that he had upheld tho Al. .
ministration in it's forts to restore or,
der in tho Philippines, and to that end
had voted for an inoroase iu tho stand
ing army, aud that Lo was in favor Of
the upbuilding ef tho American mer.
chant marine.
''If theso nre the only charges" said
he, dramatically, ''they arc true and
| glory in them" He said he had not
| wishod to vote against his party upou
the question of ratifylng tho peace
treaty, and had il not been for the re-.
opening Of hogtilitics in the Philippines
he would have dcforrod to the opinion
OF his colleagues. But. hc dso!sred,
tho dictatea OF roaeoa md conscience
should not DO stiaed by the psrty lash y
| With bitter words Senator MoLau,in
4 then proceeded 10 cXooriato tho now
4 lcaders Of The Democracy, who, Q said !,
had guided tho party through it's do.
struouon during the last six yeace, ard
| who wore trying TO orucify those who
woula seek to draw the Democratic psr
| ty back 10 its old aliogisnoo. iio wap
not ono of these who wihhed to uso the
nsmo Of Democracy for q shroud in
| which to bury the principles of:the old
4 party. 4, 81 N 4 III sg$yi.
i That party, hesaesIared, had always
q beep triumphsnt, except VII n tho SEQ,
!. tional fisnue eS s7aa 81 aise d H q prop
( II lie laid, q yot to- in his jad dgmont III
II IIs#llss Sbeli eyed 80 ba lopg ttoHliaa ID
q DeEao moi i'll bub llo al 81 not
a sss pro
I csuao st, ,WaB adv6 8 osted by Ite pI blidans.
I tEsi$tJ In eobolusion Senator IA ItauriM said
I he did not pro pose to be driven from his
own party, por to bo forced into affiIia.
tion with tho party with which he did
not caro- 10 ally himsolf, and that on
great public qlea,ions he would act ao-
oording &c ,ho dictate" Of his own con.
science Al d best judgment.
WHAT SENATOR JONES SAYS
| When Senator McLaurin took his
eoat Senator Jones, Of A,ksnsss, took
The floor to make sta eln Mt Some
of the statements made by Senator Nc
Lsurin, Senator Jones said, he oonaid.
cred reflection upon himself, and he
doBired to ofer statement oonoernin 4
tho incident to which Senator McLau
rim had referred. At tho extra session
Of tho Senate last spring he hed beeu
asked by tho caucus officer for tho il
Of Senator'S who wore to be SUNNI d
to osu,us, and Senator McLaur., q
namo boipg moutioned he (Jonoe) had
kBaid he would himself SEQ the Senator
from South Carolina.
4 i mot him in the cloak room" said
ESenator Jones, "and recalling tho fact
that ho had not attended Democratic
CAUCUS for more than two years asked
him what his status was. He replied
that his relations with the party were
auch thst he thought it would be en-.
barrassing for him to enter the Domo.
cratic caucus. ] thon said to him:
You do not wish to BIO invited then?
and he replied, Certainly
AS TO the charge Of ulterior motive
on my part" continued Senator Jones'
II am content to treat it with the con.
tempt it deserves. 1t ia notorious
, fact, which everyone seems to uuder
stand, except tho Senator from South
Carolina, that there has been no Demo
cratic CAUCUS ct this session Of Congress-
| have no hesitancy, however, ia saying
that in rccont conversation with
leading member on the other eide said
to him that did not think tho Dsmo
cratic caucus GOULD undertake to provide
committee Assignments for tho Sonato,
, from South Carolina"
SENATOR TILI.MANs REPLY. M
!, Senator Tillmap, Of South Carolina
was on his feet whom Senator Jones
concluded, In his characteristic way
| he announced that while his namo hat
not been mentioned he realiz ID that h,
: was the cause Of it all. He said b,
would not at this time mako an extend
| cd reply. Briefly, then, he reviewed.
! the controversy botween himsolf ant
, Senator MoLaurin, which lod to tn,
, joint tel d " of their resig nations to tn,
Governor Of South Carolina last spring
i and told Of tho Governors suggeslio,
chat tho designations be Withdrawn
t Senator Tillman raid ho contonded tha
the Govornor was simply "a box int
, which wo had put lettcrs for tho Legis
| laiuro," and that thoy could not uad,
their aot, but Senator MoLaurin ha,
, hastoned TO with draw mia lettor. Sen
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