The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-12-20
VOL Xxx WI +
HOT DEBATE.
] Sensational ec.na Bstwssn Till.
man ard Ms Lsurln
ON 81 S'1t!:LooRSof rHE sEMA7 L.
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A.-.A.,


NSFLooR s rHE SENATE.
ss ,ihsor Ti'lman challsrg : avn.
ato Nci-aurin 70 jain Him in
sandatirg mn,adl4sa Rosig-
Tat,ontc P1esioing Officer.
Ono day last week tho u nited States
Senate Qhamber was tho soooe of a
81 higAiy'dramatio episode, whom Senator
3STillman challenged d Senator MoLpurin
to repign Will him on the spot in order,
to -uso his own lapguego, that they
might bo sblo ITO wash their dirty linon
S at HOME Senator MoLaurin did not
tako up tho gauge.
q Tho exciting hoone betwoen tho two
{ SonatorB was q direct sequel Of tho CON
trovorsy which arose boSween them in
South Carolina last spring.
TS SENATOR Mo- Laurin aroHo to question
Of .ipeysonal privilege today, and pro.
neaded to explain what no charged Was
J conspiracy 70 diseredit hiHin his own
fg State for acts and vioWs whsoh did not
meet tho approval Of certain Democratic
3 leaders, Ho declared that ho wss bo-
Ing hnmilieted and, according to tho
public prints, HaB to be excluded from
the Demooratio caucus, bocauso he had
acted upon certain public issues ia q
wsy which ho considered was for tho
Il best intel ,ss Of the county end tho
people OF bis State. He announoed
bi1nself q boliovor in the old Democracy
and, .atter donouaoir & tho now Demo-
cratic losderg, whu, ho said, had
brought destruction upon the party, do
,olsaed that ho could not be driven from
his; old allegiance into a party with
wAioh he did not care to affiliate.
Senator Me Laurin' 's,statoments 6row
tfho; fra. Of Senator Jones, chsirman Of
8, Tho v Democratic MatioDal committee,
who dsnied that no had shy 'uiterior
/, " naOtivas'f in not inviting Senator Mo.
ii sSL.uIiA:to enter tho caucus.
From Senator Tillmsn it brought
I ; n aY54;h s5 : : review CT The p'hnle eontrovaray,
i5si8 in tho course Of which Senator Hoar
s. took odoasl0n TO express the opinion
$$ss that ho had doubts ns TO Nhethor both
Il the SSOnt a Carolina aoats lin tho eonGte
SgSsss Sero rot in Ioality5 VACANT. II He oon.
IS. tend led that when ho Yeai9hatio Il orc
ffered last sprin 4 I he; e; eyesno / hoy
aoonld dsn6k herssf ter be @ithd ra@ns but
S aatSt hoy became iate pSaJra.
led enh sSis
&s u II II;
mS ~ "a Az.
& man d hal llenged = Senator Mo LAuriiaY to
SID oin 4 ~ with him In preparing their
ointftsignationa and handing thenlto
i athe prehidipg cficer of the Senate.
This challenge, however, MoLaurin did
not accept, and q Sisode was brought
4 to, an abrupt oloso BY q motion Of Ssna.
i tor Lodge that tho Senate 90 into exeou,
tive. .set sion.
THE CONTROVERSY IN DETAIL.
IN Al tho conclusion OF tho morning
Us buainess there WAS something of,a stir
3 lin tho chamber when Senator MoLsu
!rin, of South Carolina, atose to ques-
ltion Of personal privilege. Ho had be-
fore him hugo pilo Of manuscript. 81
arise to.a question Of personal privilege
Y ia oonRectlon with the puhliehod state
ls i IN ont that have been excluded from
{IIattioipation in tho Democratic patty"
he announced. With ovidcnoc Of CON
eiderable emotion no proceeded to ex-
plain that ifeuch was the case, and that
n If no was to be without nsaignmcnt
upon committees, the right Of his State,
which he in part represented, would
j."lspffsr. The personal effeot OF en- ex
Il. sclubion from approximation on commit.
[, ;:tee was, he said, not Of as murh impor
! aanoe as it's effect upon the State OF
4 South Carolina.
Tho only notice he had ever had, ho
said, that ho was to bo excluded from
the Democratic caucus camo last spring
before tho adjournment of tho Senate,
when he was aoooBted by tho chairman
j.,s5 Of tho Democratic national committee
lin the CLOAK room and asked why he no
Il longer attended the Democrat caucus.
ies. Senator Mol said he had re-
piled that'in view Of hiD opinion Of the
4. ,question growing out Of the Spanish wal
sjhe thought that his prcsonoo might bt
Nembarrsssing. The Democratic chair
r man had replied:
'Tfen perhaps it would be lets en-
- n barrassing to you not to bo invited t
is Ss 4she bapouB?"
Il, Il Senator MoLaurin said ho had ro
Y hpltod: 'Oortalnly." .
4 This incident, Senator McLsurin de-
glared, WAS The elimination Of lopl
series ofovents, in oontest wagtd by
an eloment Of the Democratic party
,y.eagaiHst him. !.
.S5By this time tho entiro senate waf
Interested. Several Republicans crossed
the political aisle to tho Democratic
side, tho better to listen to what Soma
tor McLaurin had to say.
nc Continuing, Senator MoLsurin sale
alo would be client did he not ioas thai
tho movement against him was ono Il
y; keep alivo seotionaliem. For many
!. 40 ears tho people Of tho South bad real
;Ss..slzed TINT they had not obtained thoil
share Of the national bonefts
q I! Senator MaLsurin recalled tho fact tha
;talthough Samuel j. Rsndall had advo
Sestea q protective tariff no had boef
is sS voted for in q Democratic Nationa
isS ooavention for President Hancock
& although ho doolared that the tariff wal
81; 8; ;aloSsl issne, had boon nominated fol
.;s5E !. resident, and David B, Hill al, hougl
Is he opposed tho incomo tax, had not bsor
xead out Of tho Democratic party.
5s4 yyhe holding of such views By North
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