Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-02

him have Aull to help him. l remem,
her the conversation distinctly. And
said to Mr.. Aull. John. / don't IKE 10
give you up: my business Is IN such
shape now, winding up the anairs Oh
the office: but / don't want TO deprive
YOU of a good position. because l VIII
have nothing to offer after l isaTf
nh. governors office, and while ! DO
50 with much reluctance. l am wililns
for YOU TO accept the post ION. Ana
| turned Immediately to w. r. Black :
burn. who was in the room and saiu'
Frank. will appoint you private
secretary. and / guess we can se'
along. Mr.. blackburn replied that we
could. because John would be happ!
if We needed him on any special mat
tcrs."
| regret to have taken this much
OF your space: in TACT. thousht Jus'
as good idea AZ any was not 10 Pi!
any attention TO this mans rawlings
and hallucinations. but for fear my
silence might he misunderstood.
would be glad Ii YOU would give TINS
article the same prominence that YOU
gave the article this morning in which'
AS YOU put il. "Acl.aurin Flags Bieasc
and Attacks II. \. Cooper.
Cole L. Rlease.
/ Mr.. cooper's Statement.
TO the Democratic Voters Of South
Carolina:
| have Just read the statement
which John L. Mcl-aurin has ad-
,.rrsssad TO the People Of South Caro-
ina" published In Sundays papers III
which he makes certain accusations
which are intended by him TO reflect
on me personally and politically. MY
irst impulse was TO have made an
swer other than through the public
rrints, hut upon reflection i think
am hardly justified in giving him this
notice. His past political history. as
well as the confession which lie makes
| IN his long article and his effort IL
show that he was only trying 10 en-
trap Blease, are sufficient to condemn
| him in the eyes of all good and tru,
men. His statement that John h. Aul
| had furnished me the proof of his
| ,McIaurin's) efforts TO bctray the
Democracy Of the state causes nm u
explain Il letter which | had never
seen or heard OF. Conscious Of his owr
,uilt. he attempts TO turn states evi'
,Iencc before the evidence which h,
knew existed had been produced
against him. He now asks the public
| to believe that all concerned in the
| plot as exposed by him were guilty
except himself Ii happens. however
that did not have any copy OF hi:
Iallcged dummy" letters TO John q
casrs. the Republican boss of Souti
Carolina. The only copy OF a lettcl
which | had was one written 10y JOIN
h. Aull to V. Il. Cheshire. editor of tn,
| Anderson Tribune. which letter w.
Cormack, i'm charge Of the Colmbi;
bureau of the News and Courier. Il
set out in full in a statement whici
hr has furnished TO me. copy q
this letter was furnished me by MI
cormack, who stated at that time tina
signed copies OF this had been fur
"ishcd the Columbia State, Gov. Rich
ard |. Manning and himself on tn
night of January 25 OF this year AM
was released Ivy Mr.. Auli for inmcdi
ate publication: that therefore he CHI
Cormack) considered anything con
tanned in that letter to be the propert
Of the public.
| j. W. Crum of Denmark, informs M
this afternoon over long distance trle
phone that hc did not make the state
ment attributed to him by Mr.. Me
I.aurin, to wit: that | had told him
did not propose TO use the Aull lettc
against Mcl.aurin until after the cam
paign when Mclaurin could not an
swcr it. and further Mr.. Crum state
that | made no such statement TO hiI
and Mr.. Crum informed me that Ken
ncrly Mayfeld says that he (Mayiicld
made no such statement to McLaurir
did show Mr.. Crum the copy OF Tn
letter written by John h. Aull to '
Il. Cheshire which had been given IN
by Mr. Cormack. as Mr.. Cormack ha
explained, and which knew had bee
read by n number of other persons be
fore il came into my possession.
was debating in my own mind whetf
er I would use II at all. | knew tina
the people Of South Carolina ha
, conclusive evidence of Mr.. McI-aurin
: political perfidy In the Dear Arch
.Hs.er VI May ~, 1902, In whic
III Mr: McL anEin cS.,:: ~ -. lbeat ,riil