The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-06-07
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WHAT T[ILLMAN SAYS
OF McLaurln's Open Letter to-
Col. Wills Jones.
TERMS "sUcHINso soLENoE0

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While in Columbia Wednesday 5ena.
tor Tillman gave out an interview ii re.
gard to Senator MoLaurin's protest
against campaign in the month of
August. q h A s 81 's7iY,
Hesaid; st haye read Senator NJ /.
l1auflns letter 20 Col. Willie j ones,
chairman OF tho State Democratic q, J!
eoutive committee, and it is simply in 4
COMPREHENSIVE to me that Senator Mo. Z.
LanrIn should display such insolonoe. 6
Ho appears to consider tho sonstor-
snip as being his private property in
stead sttoado OF great trust put into his
hands by the people for o spooial pur-
Peso. lie undertakes to impose oondi-
lions or make suggestions and REQUESTS
!he are OF q puroly personal ohara ctor.
intended to servo his convenience. Tho
people to whom the offioos belong are
absolutely ignored as thoy have been by
MIN for two years or moro. E 'a. 4
1t Is we'll understood that there il
only ono season Of the year when orr
pooplo have sufficient leisure for poli-
tics, and therefore it has been tho Qua 4
tom t0Shaye the canvass begin quite
early;ihitho summer, tho election hold
and matters settled before the busy
cotton picking season begins.
Mr. hiohauTin TT00aa!!Sa. 9hsT: ih:ssT: aii l.h;a
changed: The pooplo must be nut to
the trouble Of Attending their o af .;Ta ~
suit him. 8 " -
From my standpoint tho two va
canoies which will exist caused by our
resignstion, arc tho same as thoueh
both OF ue had died. -.,' ! 4
Our rosignations have been tend
Cd and tho two vacancies are to be flied
by tho people at their convenionce and (
as they SEQ proper. !.
"Mr. MoLaurin boasted at Greenyille
.hat ms health 10 exoellent and that he
IS ready for tho fray. There has been
only ono little passage at arms, Yet ho
pleads Tor winter campaign as the
for him. ;l .'S A s. y a. 2 e'oa'
1T is not, Of course, for ! mo to sav
What should be done or to make slg.
gestlons. preemptorily declined to /
40 80 at datfney and do not propose to
90 this now. The Democratic conmit-
tee Will act, whom it moots, for the beat
interest Of tho party and for the oonye. 4;
nlenoe OF the people and whatever will 3
pc dono in ordering the campaign will
pc satisfactory to me. s. 518 3!l
Iho senator then took up Mr.. Mo Ln,ir nj
ms intimation to Col. j ones that thaSl
race should be confined to himaalf ana
Tillman. TLyalntter was disploaaod I.- .sts s.
evidently. y Q ,seid
That Is smother idea which illus. ~
trAtes M IN oLaurins nooption 81 aEs
hia own y p0yeg and greettess \ and II
view OF the Sofieo as q psrs Il &. sys
6lQn. sl hat I'M rae On n AZ i
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loltIs and rig hta in 81
TO Tho senat torships until the S peopl d sss'
shall I've them 70 me. Any, man who !l
.ohooaos hes q perfect right to enter tho d,
race for either term, I, and n 7 lsshal Vel.
come as many antag gonists y al aee sfit8
TO oontond for tho place AT shayo volan-S
tarily vacated. ~ .55 3;5S3
That wag about all that Senator Tili.sS
man had intended to say, and he turn
ed to Col. Willie Jones, who had
called, and asked If there was anything
IN Mr.. McLaurin's letter which had not 4
been touched upon. Col. Jones sue-
gested that Mr.. McLaurin had pro- 5
posed, in the matter Of o vacancy in
tho short torn, for the legislature to
elect. Tillman jumped up impatiently
and exclaimed, What right has he to So
ask any favors Of the Demoor cratic par
~ which he has betrayed and desert &
ed2" e. 1sT
Whom asked what he thought Of the
failure to tho legislature to criticize /,
mcLaurin's conduct, Iillman replied
that he could 500 how the legislature
would naturally avoid such action az <
unnecessary. That is Of the past. and
OF no conseauono now. tA new situa.
tion has bsen brought about by
stroke Of lightning"
lilo then renewed his assertions that
when no wont to Gaffnoy he had no
Intention Of precipitating such an
issue.
but | saw that this man would be
going over the State doing untold in
jury. He would 60 up and down the B
State, with his patronage bag and
crowd Of venal fellows at bid heels s.
would be grabbing atevery opportunity. 8
lie would bring about and organisation
which might attract a campaign fund
and would got few thousand fellows
into trouble. Whom he taunted mo, il
flashed across nae how could putt an
end to this, or as I told somebody to-
day, !! saw whore I could get him in
to boat and throw him out. I may
get thrown out too I am not noon
struck" .'a Z s. 5s
Tillman then spoke Of an incident at
the Gatfney moeting. II watched the
crowd. got my optic on IL, as they
say MoLaurin never got much nc.,
plauso except from the fellows no had
brought over from Laurens and Spar.
tanburg. But he made ono pitiful sp. (.
peal. That | bullied him. That / had
treated him brutally in coming when
! know his sensitive nature. II was
the most eloquent thing in Nc Laurin's
whole speech, and was received With
general applause, tho only time he did \.
get any. And then no turned right
around and declared that i was d hoo. i
toring, bullying domogoguo, yet there
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