Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-05-27
DISCARDED LUCAS.
Insolvency. Urged to Make
Appointments.
souTH CAROLINA SENSATION
Many Candidates May Be In the FIELD,
Owing to the designations d tn
mar and McLaurin--esafn After the
End of a JOINT Debate.

Charleston. 5. q. way z7.-Tha
joint resignation Of United States
Senators TiIlmaH and MeLaurin,
which will become effective sept. 10
reached Governor AIeSWeeney's OF
fee. In the resignation die tghtins
colleagues have asked Tor a special
primary election for this year.
The announcement Of the senatorial
debate az Gaflney has already caused
reaction. and sentiment is oyei
Whelmingly against the move made
by the senator's
Urging Governor to Appoint.
The opposition that has already
arisen against the rivals has induced
Democratic leaders to urge the gov
ernor to use his power to appoint sue.
cessors to fill the nnexpired terms.
Governor McSweeney has not the
nerve to do this. and viii make the
appointments subject to the special
election to be held this year. A BIT.
ter fight will be Waged against Me.
Laurin.
Columbia, S. c., May 27.-Govern6r
McSweeney has himself been men
toned as probable candidate
against McLaurin. Others are: Con
gresham A. G. Latimer, who is Till
mans choice, D. S. Henderson, a
lawyer; Lieutenant Governor James
ii. Iillman, nephew of the senator.
former Congressman George Johns
ton and State Chairman Willie Jones
and possibly former Governor John
g. Sheppard, lawyer and banker.
There are many candidates who
will enter the field, and the desire
seems to be to have McLaurin and
IIllman make the race for Tillman's
long term By this means either Till
man or McLaurin would be left at
home, while The other candidates
could contest for McLaurins short
term.
Gaffney S. G.. May GA political
sensation occurred here when both
United States senators forwarded
their designations TO Governor Nc
Sweeney after a joint debate. Sena.
tor McLaurin has been advancing his
commercial democracy ideas with ex-
pansion and ship subsidy and Senator
Illlman met him to .prick" his bub-
bic, as he called 1t, and a fiery red
not debate occurred. Traitors and
the like were common EXCHANGES.
I1llman had rubbed it in on Me.
Iaurin that he ought to resign and GO
before the people and find out whether
they endorsed him as a Democrat and
his course as a Democrat McLaurin
had referred to Tillman's attacking
him and Tillman said.
Tlllman's Challenge to McLaurin.
Let McLaurin resign and 20 be.
fore the Democratic primary this wear
and Ill go home and keep my mouth
shut and let the other fellows who
will want his job take care Of him
None OF them are coming out Is
months ahead of next years primary
but if McLaurin will do the manly
and the decent thing aud resign now
they will come out.
Ii you elect aim | take il as no.
tee that you don't want me. If Nc.
Laurin is a Democrat | am no,
Everything that | have voted for IN
congress he has voted against. and
everything opposed he has adyo
Gated
When McLaurin came to reply he
said: E-'
Senator Tillman says, WHY don't
/ resign and that il / am elected II
Will mean they don't want HIM but
1e stopped there. He did not say if
am elected and the people endorse
my Democracy he will resign. Ynu
never catch Benjamin the Tillman.
lite committing himself too far. You
notlce he wants me to resign. but h.
oon say II I'm endorsed he'll RESIGN
Truman, Ill resign right now il Val,
Will, and we will go before the peonla
ana let them pass on our Democ.
raey."
Tfllman said: Draw up the rasie.
nations then, and We will sign them
and forward them at once TO the gov.
ernor.' e0f
McLaurin-Agreed
MeLaurin then resumed the thread
OF ms argument as to the Democracy
OF MS course. In Tillman's fve-min.
ute feJolnaer to MeLaurin's speech
he concluded by saying.
VIII say no more at this time
as we are to come before you again
80 soon ASKING your SURFACES when
we nave laid down our commits.
SONS IN accordance with our aerea.
Ineht to resign. After the meeting l.
adjourned we viii draw up our res;s.
nations and forward them at ones 10
the governor 10 -
MoLauria said It Suited Him.
McLaurin Ali right, that suits mo
AS the meeting broke up friends az
Tlilman. who were eager to force the
resignation issue upon McLaurin
crowded around him and said.
Write that resignation right now
and sign it and send it to Mcfaurin
to sign" ''Ni ~
Repairing to the law Office Of
7. Otis, Senator Tillman wrote as fol
lows: 90 'oi
Gahney, S. G., May Is.
Ills Excellency, Governor M. B. Me.
Sweeney, Columbia, S. C.
sir-We hereby tender our resigna.
IONS as senators from South Caro-
INA in the United States senate and
ask as a personal favor that Won don't
appoint our successors until an extra
session Of the senate or until fhe
democratic committee shall have nr.