The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
BOTH RESIGNED.
Tillnan and McLaurin vocate
Their Seats in Senate
TO MEET ONTEe STUMP.
The Re signaticn 10 Tsks Effect
in Ncvember. The People in
Primary TO Recommend
Their SUCCESSORS.
Their Successors.

The meeting Of Senator's Tillman and
McLaurin in joint debate at Gafney
on Saturday had a most sensational
ending, being nothing less than the
resigoation. Of both Tillman and Nc
L,u.in as Sen ators from South Caro-
lima. Tillman had six years to serve
aud NJ L,urin q year AID ten months,
but they hsve upconditionally resigned
in order that shey might 90 before the
people aud test their strength, the un-
derstanding being that this test shall
decide whether the people endorse
Senator McLaurin's Democracy with its
expansion, ship subsidy and CONNER
cial' ideas or that Of Senator Tillmsn,
" tn VIA McLsurin cslls his Bryan
Democracy. Senator McLaurin sought
to parrov the fierce contest to Tillmsn
and himself, whereas Senator Tillman
insisted on resignation as originally
p opposed or the ground that he could
not dictate to tho Democratic commit
tee as to who shculI be in tie race OF
when II sn0ui0 De.
Tjilman 10 his speech hid hammered
aod hammered away at the idea that
McLaurin bad betrayed the tue d.
mccrscy and that If he were not Rs
publican he ought to be, for he had sup
ported all propositions aid doctrines.
Tillman urged that the decent thing for
McLaurin to do-the only proper thing,
was for him 10 resign his position and
90 before the people and if they endors-
ed him, be returned, or stay at home if
defeated. McL,urin had deserted tie
party platform and ought to re in at
once, &c persisted.
Senator McLaurin in turn insisted
that he Wss a De- moorat and that on
natiolal issues he was free to sst with
independence and did so. Iillman
said ''let McLaurin resign and go be-
fore tie Dem ,crat;c primary this year
and I'll go home and keep my mouth
shut ard let the other fellows attend to
him. If Sou elecs him, l take it as
notice that you don't want me. If he
is Democrat then I am not" Then,
McLaurin, turning on Tillman, sug-
ges;el that Tillman always found
bomb proof, and then Sen stor McLlu
rim went on to say: 'Oh yes, Tillnsn
ssys why don't I resign? If I'm elected
it will mean the people don't want hin,
but he stopped the1e; he is smart. L You
nevsr oa:ch him committing himself
TOO far He did not say if Pm elecsed
he would resign. o.! you will never
hesr Of BENJAMIN Tlllman resigning.
S.nator Tillnan jumped up and said:
l will say it, and DO say it " Senator
McLsurin: Agreed" Tiliman: ''pil
resign right row if you will, and We
vi go before the people" McLsurin:
Agreed" Tillman, DRAW up the
pare. aid we'll sign it right now"
McLaarin: THAT suits me-" Lat. on
in TlIlmsn' s five mil u :es' reply, he1e
marked that he you d not reply to Nc
Lsurin's charge that he was brutsl in
his treatment and indecent in harass-
irg him as he did; they would both be
before the people so,n and there would
be no need to discuss matters further
ier,. He vas ready for the agreement
st once. McLaurin: 80 au l." 1t was
soon after that the agresuens and
resignation were signed.
S:na:or Tillman went directly from
the court fouse to the law cfice Of Mr..
J. c. OTIS and there dictared the first
foro,al resignation which he sign,d 1t
reads IS fellows:
GsfSey, s. c., May %, 1901.
His Ezsell :ncy Gov. NJ B MsSReeney,
Columbia, 8 q.
Sir: We hereby tender our resigna.
tiors as sena orS flom Sou.h Carolina
in tie U.ited States senate, and ask a.
a personal fav,r that you do not ap-
1oint our Successors, unless there be
an ez r. session Of sznste, until the
Democratic. State N mmitsee shall havs
ordered a primary to choose the men
10 be sprc:nted. IF you will kindly ad,
wise The State chs,rnan Ct the D;mo-
cratic party aad ask promt action in
ordering such primary and arranging
for canvass By the cs1didates, ne
shall be under obligations.
Yours respec fully,
B R. TilInan.
u. S. s.
Mr.. j. G. OTIS was asked to deliver
this in person and he was accompanied
by Editor E B. Hook Of the Augusta
Cbronicle and August Kohn, repre- sent
ing The State and The News and Cou-
risr. Senator McLaurin was dressing
at the home Of Mr.. A. N Wood, and
invited the visitors to his room. The
Taper already signed by Tillman was
handed him. 1t was agreeable to him,
from Rhat he said, except he felt his
health would not permit Of sumner
campaign aud be did think ia would
be right fer him to be double teamed
and have all the other candidates IN the
field against him. He was uawell and
his wife in the hospital and was fearful
OF the strain, he said he seemed to be
quite faint aud utterly exhausted while
talking. He suggested an amendment
t, the orginial proposition which was
appended as a postscript, which read as
follows:
The .mpaign is to be between B
R. Ti;lman and John L McLaurin fer
the long torn of cGoe which the for
mer resigns and to be held during the
m,ntfs of DC ODER and November.
John L McLaurin,
U. s. Senator"
This was signed and place lefs for
Senator Til!man's signature, and Mr..
Geo. R. Koester returned with the
party to toe law fics as Senator Nc
Laurin's representative. Senator Till
man simply hsd the record and no
reas rs Hers assigned for the change.
He said he lad no right TO dictate to
the Democratic committee when it
should order the primary or who should
be allowed to run, as anybody could