The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-06-05

forced himself upon the meeting bv h
own admissions. No other hOnorob
course was left to me but to accent h
proposition or lay myself opcn to tl
charge OF cOwardicc. 1t is too Inf
now to consider whether il was WIS
o" uhwlSc, and The people must iudu
between us. | desire to announce m
candidacy in opposition to the scnio
Senator for tie uncXplrcd Ion. term
and will discuss with hm in n fair an
reputable manner the national issuc
OF the day, and leave it to you TO iudg,
who can the more "honcstly and honor
nhIy y represent you IN tho United
| states Senate. In 1897 | was clcctc,
TO the Senate us II Democrat and an
sllll Democrat. In everything | have
said and done | have had the rood OF
| my people ut heart; TO them am read,
| 10 render an account of my steward.
snip, but not to the senior Senator,
IcrhapS in this lies my chief sin. In
my recent speech ut Grccnvillc | gave
the people the reason for my official
action since 1899. 1t is useless for me
To rcitcratc what said in that speech,
as 1t has been extensively published,
ana, presume, generally read.
Were it not for charges made IN The
address of the senior Senator il would
bc unnecessary for me to say more.
hut cannot allow hIm to assail me
and my Democracy without SAYING
something IN my VindicatiOn. He
charges that, after the nd diournmcnt of
Congress in March last, with the aid
ol my friends, commenced i'm The
state "an active propaganda of my new
doctrines, which are claimed to be De-
moclatlc, but are nothing but Rcpubh
can in disguise"
lie arro"atcs to himself the power to
decide for the people as to the riyhtc-
GuSncss OF MY course and views, and
IS not willing for them to hear and
Judge Tor themselves. His indecent
intrusion upon the Galrncy meeting
illustrates his method of "bosslsm -
and his desire To "rulc or ruin.n After
my return home IN April last re-
cclVcd invitations from citizens of
Grccnvillc, York, Cherokee, Ncwbcrrv
and Spartanbury counties to address
the people on the national issues of the
day. AS their public servant | could
not disregard their imperative calls and
accepted the invitations. Had | not
done so my political opponent would
have charged that could not meet nv
constituents face to face and explain
my political action. 1t was not my
purpose in accepting these invitations
to lnauSuratc my campaign for re-
oi the primary, but To attempt to en-
tighten The people and remove false
impressions produced upon the public
mind by the senior Senator and his
sympathlzors. had been pcrslslcntly
malig ned and misrcprcscnted, and the
only means afforded me for my yindi-
cation was to get the ear of the people.
This was my only object in making
speeches where | was invited to 90,
and had it moi been for these invita-
tions should have remained silent.
Have we reached the point where a
number of private citizens cannot in
vitc one of their representatives TO ad- :
dress them without including the sen,
ior Senator or first obtaining his
permission ? The senior Senator, il
seems, wlllcl that | should not be
heard at that time and determined that
! should wait for his bidding to 90 be-
fore the people. The Senator also
charges that am n Republican and
was orsanizinga Republican party here.
If he believed this charge why did he
consent to run with me in Democratic
primary? ! denouncc the charge as an
infamous falschood and the senior Sen.
ator knows what he says is untrue. In
his recklcSsncss the senior Senator fur
thcr charges that the dispensing of the
public patronage has been placed at my
disposal and unlimited moneys - is
| furnished IN by the Republicans TO aid
in the scheme of The organization of Il
new party. dcnouncc this az a mali
cious falschood. In my Grccnvilc
speech ! explained why | had been
consulted about the Federal patronage
and at Gallncy denounced in hi.
presence both Of these charges as will
fully false, and yet he reic crates then
in his address. His purpose i'm re
pcating what he knows TO be slandcr
must be evident to all. The senio
Senator undertakes in his address t,
throw the whole responsibility of th
present situation in the State upon me
After dcnouncing my Democracy an,
branding me as traitor to the part
he mcckly says that he and his Demo
cracy were assailcd by me, and it wa
incumbent upon him TO crush me an
my influence in this State. The seniC
Senator has undertaken ITcrculea
task, for Z" truth crushed to earth wi
rise again"
, The senior Senator forgcts that Il
insidiously AMI maliciously assailcd m
$ last summer, when was unable to d
fend myself, and after my Chariot
speech in an interview made false ar
slanderous charges against me.
v did, IN my Charlotte and Grccnvil
d speeches, criticisc his Popullst-D Der
# ocracy and i have nothing to retra,
@ He impugns the motives of Other