The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-06-26
BATESBURG S c. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26 1901.
McLAURIN TO BE RULED OUT.
The Pledge for Candidates May Be
Amended Next Year.

ASAaON &sGAL SoI.
The Columbia correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitution says that Senator
McLsurin will be barred from the
Democratic primary next summer.
Senator Tillman said, before the recent
designations, that he would oppose
such action, but now says that while
rs does not think it wise it is a matter
with which he has nothing to do and
1T has been already determined upon.
The State chairman Of the party, Col
onel Jones, was called on and asked
whether his committee contemplated
communicating the junior Senator.
cannot speak for the committee
as WHOLE" he said, "and have not
seen all the members recently, but 80
far as L can ascertain of the forty mem.
bers only State Senator Appelt is
McLaurln man. And it is question
aOle whether the committee will meet
this year. Ii McLaurin gets to cut
ting up in the State aud action is
deemed necessary, any FIVE members Of
the committee can force me to call
meeting"
Colonel Jones will be q candidate
next year himself He thinks Sens,or
MoLaurin is full aedged Repu blican.
Tho action of ruling him out of the
party Is more likely to be taken by the
new committee or the State conven-
ton This committee will be chosen next
April and the convention will meet
about May 1st.
There is whore the fist fight will
be, said Chairman Jones. "Mc-
LAurin will no doubt attempt to get
control of the cnunty convention in
which delegates will be selected and
committeeman chosen"
The chairman felt certain that ac-
ton would be taken ia one way or
anoth.r that would prevent McL.urin
going into the Democratic primary.
Ii the convention does not forestail
the new committee next May aud de-
clare McLsurin Republican it can
add two or three lines to the oath the
party constitution requires to be taken
by all candidates that would bar him
out. The addition of "snd that
stand squarely upon the Kansas City
platform and will abide by Democratic
caucuses," will have the effect of elimi-
mating the junior Senator. These
oaths must la signed and put into the
hands of the State chairman before the
first meeting of the campaign. Those
who do not 60 subscribe cannot speak
from the stand during the hours fixed
Tor the meeting, cannot have tickets
with their names upon them displayed
at the polling PLACES and cannot have
any ballots counted, 1t is pointed out
that MoLsurin would not take such an
oath, but if he did, sitter declaring for
independence of action, it would be
disastrous to his influence.
This plan about the oath has been
devised by those high in authority in
tho party aeA-5t ig most likely 60 be-
carried through. 1t will attain the
sams end as reading McLaurin out of
the party without gaining him so much
sympathy. 1t is feared that to put
him off from addressing the people by
q positive action, when ne is willing to
take the regulation oath that II am
Democrat and will abide by the result
of this primary and will not be q can.
didate at the general election of any
other party or faction" will give the
appearance of persecution.
Senator McLsurin says he dares
them to read him out of the party, de-
claring that if free speech is cut off
and the people are not permitted to
hear him he will split the party wide
open. But just what he will do in the
matter of the oath has not been con.
sidered. In fact, the junior Senator
is yet in ignorance of this latest
scheme.
Governor Mes Eeeney, who Will be
among the candidates for Senator next
year, and who was vice State chair
man for one term, was asked for his
views about the proposed barring out
OF Senator McLsurin. The Governor
was disposed to be non committal. He
was not now . member of the com
mittee, he said, and could not properly
indorse or condemn any proposed ac.
ton. However, it was evident the
Governor approved of plan to keep
McLaurin out of the primary. He
could not understand, he said, how
McLaurin could take the oath as now
provided. He Was not in the parry.
Ills greatest blunder was in refusing
to stay in and abide by the Democratic
caucus. When he did not abide by the
dccl Of that body he disregsrded
the ruling of the inner circle of the
party and put himself on Inc outside.
do could not properly claim to be a
Democrat.