The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-08-09
McLAURIN REPLIES.
Senator Replies to the Action of the
Democratic COnimittee-Re-
SpOnsibie Only to the Peo-
pie for His AcfiInS.
Paris mountain, S. @ .

Paris mountain. s. @
August 5th, 1901:
To the Democratic Executive Commit
tee, State of South Carolina
Gentlemen-The official notice of the
action of majority of your committee
nt July 25th was received by me on
Aug. 1st, five days after it had been an
nounced in the newspapers This pub
lished announcement was the fist notice
[ had that any action affecting me was
to be taken by your committee. l am
now officially informed that the major
jty of your committee Condemns nv
course in the senate, demands my resig-
nation and undertakes to expel me from
the democratic party. Twenty-one men
have attempted to usurp the powers of
the 90. 1000 democratic voters of South
Carolina and as an incident in meeting
called for another purpose have hastily
endeavUred to do what can only be done
by solemn proceedings of impeachment,
e expressly provided for in the constltu-
tion Of the United States.
RESPONSIBLE ONLY TO THE
PEOPLE.
hold my commission from the DE-
ocratic voters of South Carolina, l re-
cognize no authority but theirs. take no
orders from any sourSe but them, aud
shall in due course appeal to them for
Judgment on my course as a senator and
my character as a man and a democrat
Personally am Indifferent to you,
action because nobody has made you my
master or censor, and regard what you
have done as merely expressing the NAL
ice and the fears of one individual, Sen
ator B. r. Tilmm. But for this always
evil and indecent influence ordinary re-
spect for the prOprieties, would probably
have prevented the four of you who arr
my declared competitors for the seat
now have the honor to occupy, from at
tempting to use the power entrusted to-
you by your party to remove rival from
your path
ACTION UNFAIR, ABSURD AND DEMO-
CRATIC.
AS a citizen and Democrat of South
Carolina | am mortified by your action
because it has brought upon the State
the condemnation and the ridicule of the
press and the public throughout the
country Ubhappily, those who are moi
intimately acquainted with cur copdi-
tons accept the action of ,ouI majorit,
as representing the Intelligence aud dem
ncracy Of our State and bo,h are made.
objects of derislop. Against this | wish
to enter my solemn protest. l sha.l
how Unfair, absurd and un-
democratic your action is; and L shall
trust to the Democrats of South Oart-
lima to repudiate 1t when the opportun-
ity is given them. Your purpose is to
deny that opportunity .,.I
STAR CHAMBER PR CBRDINGs.
1t is in strong contrast with the ha-
tant boast of,Senat6r Tillman at Gaffne>
to put me onStriaf sbefore the party o,
the hustings with Himself as prosecutor
As YOU knOWSI soHsht that test by &C
cepting proposal of appeal to The p+o
pie, but the governor saw HG to forbid il.
Now Senator TilIman appears as pos.
ecutOr against me in my absence and b,
proceedings like those Of the star cha:.
Der, which was the most Infamous trih-
uDal of English history, and the mnSt
abhorrent to Anglo-Saxon instir,ct>,
seeks TO- exclude me from the party and
Its debates and public assemblagps l.
is your duty, as cust,dians of the part
interests, 10 seek recruits and to strenr-
then the party. To save Senator Till:
man from stalking his rec"rd. strength
and fortunes against mine, you undeI-
take to exclude me- and nv friends from
the party. Whatever your individual
motives may have been, the purp ,rt nf
your action Is to facilitate the senate
in dudging me and to deny the people
the opportunity of passing On my posi-.
tions and conduct 1t seems to me th-
masses of South Carolina arr
TO say at the polls whether or
not have been faithful senator aud A
consistent Democrat Why should you
attempt to prevent them?
POLITICAL AsSASSINs
1t is no cause for wonder that Senator
Tillman should seek to make political aS-
sasslns of you to avoid open aud far
fight. He bas climbed to power by
abuse Of many of the purest
men in the State who opposed him. for
which he has always carefully shirk. d
personal responsibility, onto the p,lit-
zeal lives and fortunes of those who be-
.el.d,I l.im while he needed friends
Norris, Tindal and Donaldson, men rep
earnest purpose and the i'll
erests Of the farmers of the State and
therefore strong, were used by him to
promote his own interests and then
'hrust aside. I'bY. Shell and Farley
ii. d dispisiDg him because of histreachery
them and TO the people. am now III
MS way and because he has failed to
trike me down he incites you to attempt
TO strangle me, and at the same time to
iestroy white primary, to his advocacy
If which he owned much of the best of
his early following. Party principles
are fixed and TO the principles of the
Democratic party have been uniformly
faithful. Party policies are determined
from time to time by party elections and
conventions, and no man nor body Of
nen has the power to say between those
lectiOns what policies shall be the tests
IF party loyalty. Senator Tillman is as
,uminp the DrerOpatiya Of a,,nrome bnss