The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-22

decency. the common deceney eM.g
gentlemen, was for Tillman 70 he
! asked me II Il were agreeable for meo
| meet Elm here. 1t was brutal WIZ
! he treated me. Now want It undeA
stood that | am not a bully and l an.
not going to run. / do not GOMEZ
from running stock on either
side. am not afraid Of
Tillman. He falls back on his old
time tricks and goes to insinuatins
and talks about Hanna and his Doodle.
II that be meant to insinua.e that any
OF 1t is coming to me it Is absolutely
false and the inslnuation Is unworthy
| OF senator and gentleman; II he
means to insinuate tihat I'm cham Z
want to say I'm not a sham or O dem
agogue. Now, Tiliman knows his oil
tricks OF slurTing and fnsinuating and
mas the advantage OF me, and he has
no more mercy or pity than a tiger
over his prey when he once gets his
drop on man. But l firmly believe
God Is on the side Of the right and I
~! VIZ thss fight. Iiiiman is a pull
dozer and bushwacker, but I want 1t
understood there was no man in South
Carolina who could handle him, and
before get through, like q small boy.
he will be crying for some one to take
me of him. I'm not afraid of him.
When you disagree with him he seeks
the cheap refuge Of the demagoguc
and calls you traitor and all such
stuff. without proving it. and to declare
this or that steal. Instead Of answer
Ing me he rambled OF talking about
pensions and all that sort OF rot, and
his only reply seemed to be to sneer at
the mill owners and try to create dis
cord md strife between can!ta! an..
labor.
"Tillman talks like I'm a full fedyed
Repubican because | do not agree
with him. Every one of these ques-
tions Is entirely new since my race and
never entered into the campaign here.
He never thought any one would be go
blind as to oppose Americas liberal
foreign policy. The Cuban war which
led to present conditions was Demo-
cratic making
Mr.. McLaurin spoke Of how he had
been bounded because Of his votes and
that at times he might have said what
he did not want to say. He tried to
keep on good terms with all men, but
Ii he did not have the good will Of
Tillman he could not help 1t, and did
not care. Then McLaurin took up tho
matter Of resignation which is related
elsewhere and prodded Tillman abou.
his fork and the use OF it. Tillman
kept his mouth shut as he promised
to do 1t would be the first time he had
ever done so,and then he spoke OF how
he mixed up in the last gubernatiorial
race and how he had got into mess
with the preachers. Senator McI.aurin
then elaborated the IDEA OF expansion,
pretty much as at Greenville, and took
UP the Chinese and eastern question.
He gave graphic picture Of the Chin
ese situation; how Mckinley got into
the situation and how It now stood,
and that the trade in China was just
In Its infancy and he could not see why
II China's business was worthless, Till
man had said this government should
. spill blood IL necessary to develop and
encourage trade inChina and maintain
the integrity of China Mckinley,
whom he sneers at, settled 1t without
the loss OF any blood. He spoke of the
expansion sermons OF DIR. j.. Waiter
Daniel and DR.. Kilgo. Then Mr.. Nc
Laurin took up the subsidy proposition
and argued 1t at length. He dealt
with 1t from local standpoint. He ar
gued that Greenville had grown to be
the great city that 1t was through sub
sidy to railroads. cotton mills, opera
house, ETC., and SO 1t was In Carney
and many other places. He give flg-
ures to show what money had been
voted to railroads and what they had
done and argued that the ship subsidy
was along the same line. The fact OF
! the matter Dc tie people saa't get
along without subEid.ee IL they want
/ to move ahead. McLaurin finally
urged his right 70 ria visvsa ard TINT
; there was no senSa or reason IN con-
stantly stirring up prejudice and feel
, Ing as 1t did no oTs any good. He went
over the situation and was applauded
In concluding
tes more which vas granted him Will,
the consent OF McI.aurin. Tillman said
he wanted to reply to the charge that
he had been brutal to McLaurin and he
read in full the letters between himself
and Mr.. Ctts about his coming here.
He was no brute and did not want 20
be regarded as one. We will soon be
; before the people and there discuss .s-
! sues further. Here he again proposed
to McLaurin that they beth resign
which was accepted. He produced the
(, volume in which McLaurln's spe ch
was published and by which he could
and would prove that McIaurin stole
! parts CT that sermon. He had the posi-
tive proof and wanted to show 1t To
any one who wanted to s.,e It. he said.
Then he said as to the Imperial policy
he did not want the American flag
floating over and protecting d lot Of
yellow dogs in the Philippines.
IS This closed the speaking and Senator
McLanrin announced that he had