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TILLMAN ANE BOTH Highly Sensational Terr Meeting a FINAL APPEAL Meeting of the Man With With the New Demo Dramatic and Unexpec Gaffney, S. C., Special.-lt is the unexpected that happens so ofteu in South Carolina politics, which hap pened here Saturday. It camp like u thunderbolt out of a clear sky. so un expected and sudden waa the whole lhlIIB. When Um two United Stat?'i Senators agreed to meet in joint dp bate. Mclaurin to advocate his "Com mercial Democracy" and Tillman to attack it, no one dreamed thc two United States Senators would before nightfall have their resigna Hons <u transit to the governor. Here ,up in a nourishing corner ot the State, has occurred tho moat sen sational development of politics since 1S?I0. Two Senators have uncondi tionally resigned. Tillman has Just en tered upon a six year term and Mc Laurin lias until .March i. 1?0.5. to serve without molestation, yet both have resigned, effective September 1.*ith in order Ul at they might go be fore the people ami test their strength, the understanding being that thia test shall decide whether the people endorse Senator McLaurin's Democ racy with its expansion, ship subsidy and "commercial1 'ideas or that or Senator Tillman, with what .McLaurin calla his Bryan Democracy. Senator Mclaurin sought to narrow the Rone contest to Tillman and himself, where as Senator Tillman Insisted on resig nation ns originally proposed on the ground that he could not dictate to the Democratic committee us to who 'should hu in the race or when lt should be. Both seemed eager to sign the res ignation and about 7 o'clock the paper containiug the dual resignation was in the mail. It means that Instead of the campaign coming next, summer lt will be held this year, and it means that Tillman will be in the race for his six year torm and McLaurin for re-election or for Tillman's term as he sees fit, but most likely for Till man's term. Tillman in his speech had hammered and hammered away at the idea that McLaurin bad betrayed the true Democracy and that if he were not a Republican he ought to be, for he had supported all their propositions and doctrines. Tillman u?ged that the decent thin? ?OT Mclaurin to do--:he only proper thing, was for him to re sign his position and gu before tho people and If they endorsed him. be returned, or stay at home if defeated. McLaurin had deserted the party piut form anti ought to resign at once, ho persisted. Senator Mclaurin In turn misted that he was a Democrat and , that on national issues he was free to act with independence and did so. Tillman said "let McLaurin resign and t>> before the Democratic primary 1 this year and I'll go home and kee,) my mouth chut and lei the other fe. lows attend to him .If you e.cet him ,1 take it as notice that you don't want me. If he is a Democrat then I am ' not." Then, "McLaurin, turning on Tillman, suggested that Tillman al ways found a bomb-proof, and then Senator McLaurin went on to say: "Oh yes, Tillman says why don't 1 le slgn? If I'm electeu it will mean the people don't want him, but he stopped there; he ls smart. You never catch him committing himself too far. He did not say if I'm elected he would resign. Oh! you will never hear of Benjamin lellman resigning. Senator Tillman jumped up and said: "I will sayt lt,and do say 1t." Senator McLaurin: "Agreed." Tillman: "I'll resign right now if you will, and we will go before tee people." McLaurin. "Agreed." Tillman: *Draw up the paper and we'll sign it right now." McLaurin: "That suits me." Later on in Tillman's five minutes' reply, he remarked that he would not reply to McLaurln'a charge that he was brutal in his treatment and Indecent In harassing him us ho did; tliey would both be before the people soon and there would bo no need to discuss matters further here. Ho w?s ready for the agreement at once. McLaurin: "So am I." lt was soon after that thc agreement and ind ignation were signed. Senator Tillman went directly from the court house to tho law o?lee or Mr. J. C. Otts and thero dictated the first formal resignation which ho signed, lt reads as follows: . Gaffney, a. C.. May 26. 1?01. His Ehthillency Gov. M. B. Mcsweeney, Columbia. 8. C. Slr:-Wo hereby tender our resig nations as Senators from South Caro lina In the United States Senate, and ask aa a personal favor that you do not appoint our successors, unless there be an extra session of the Sen ate, until the Democratic State com mittee shall havr ordered a primary to choose the men o be appointed. If you ,* ' i riina?ion of The Joint t fiaffnev. TO THE PEOPLE. the Pitchfork and the Man 'cracy Takes a Hecidedly ted Turn. j will kindly advise thc State chairman of the Democratic party and ask prompt action in ordering such a pri- j mary and arranging for a canvass hy j the candidates, we shall bc under ob-1 ligations. Von rs respectfully, ' lt. ll. TILLMAN', u. s. s. ' Mr. J. C. Otis was asked to deliver! this in person and he was accompanied by Editor fi. lt. Hook of the Augusta Chronicle and August Kohn represent-! in the state and tue News and Cou- | rier. Senator .McLaurin was dressing 1 at the home of Mr .A. N. Wood, aud ; invited the visitors to lils room. The j paper already signed by Tillman was handed him. lt was agreeable to ?lim, from what he said, except bc: felt his health would not permit of a summer \ ea m pa i gn and lie did not think it would he right for hiui to be double learned anil have all thc oilier candi- i dates in tbe Held against him. He was unwell and his wife in the hospital ana ? was fearful of tho strain, he said, and ! he seemed to he tillite faint and utter- j ly exhausted while talking. He sug- ? gestcd an amendment to the original I proposition which was appended ns a j postscript, which read as follows: '"I lu- campaign is to be between li. \ It. Tillman and John L. McLaurin Tor tim long term ol* office which tho former resigns and to be held during the months of October and" Novem ber. JOHN L. MCLAURIN, m U. S. Senator. This was signed and place left for Senator Tillman's signature, and Mr. Geo. R. Koester returned with the party to the law office as Senator Mc Laurln's representative. Senator Till man simply had the record and no reaiW.is were assign: d for the chango. He said he had no right to dictate to thc Demoerltic committee when it Fhould order the primary or who , should be allowed to run, as anybody could run for his place. The instru ment was returned to McLaurin to leave off the postscript or make a 'counter proposition, aad shortly after wards the following proposal came from Senator McLaurin: To his Excellency, the Governor, Co lumbia, ? C. 1 Slr:-We hereby .tender our reslg nations to take effect when the* Demo : eratic State committee shall order a primary election, during the month of . November, to choose our successors, lt having been mutually agreed that a 1 joint canvass shall be made by us dur 1 lng the months of October and Novem ber. Sonator Tlllmau returned the pro- 1 pcs:*) on tho same grounds as before, and then wrot,e and Heat this letter to Senator MeLaurin: Hw?. Jno. L. Mclaurin, Dear Slr:-1 have complied strictly ! with your taunting proposition that ?-"Benj. The TlUman?te took good care not to put himself in any Jeopardy." and when I responded "I wlil resign if ! you w ill do so today." you said: "l will 1 do that." Afterwards, at the close, you repca. jd your willingness to carry out your agreement. Now you seek to dodge out of it by putting impossible conditions. We cannot dictate to the ! governor or tho Democratic executive I committee. We can only do what we said we would and leave the rest to the authorities. Will you. or will you not stand by your pledge. U. R. TILLMAN. I This letter was sent by hand and to : it came the following reply: Hon. B. R. Tillman, Dear Sir: - I am more than willing to carry out tho proposition which your lotter indicates you were "taunt ed Into accepting." Congress meets in December. I invite you to join me In a letter to Governor Mcsweeney tender in?' bim our resignations to take effect I in ample time for our successors to be : appointed. 1 prefer the canvass to take place during October and November as ,on account of my physical condi tion. I could not stand lt' during the summer months. If you are sincere in your proposition unite with me in a letter to Col. dones requesting him to call the executive committee and ar range for the primary. Or. if yon nrp fer.' let ua placo our resignations in the hands of the governor uncondition ally lo take effect September 15th. 1 have t ie honor to bo yours respect fully. JNO. L. MCLAURIN. The focus had been reached and Senator Tillman .dictated this formal instrument, which ho signe*: Gaffney. May -?5, laoi. His "nxrellency. (lovernor McSweoney, Columbia.' S. C. Sir:-Wo hereby tender our resig nations as Senator^ far the State of couth Carolina in the united States Senate to tako affect November lDth. next. Youra respectfully. With Senator Tillman's . s'gaature this paper waa sent to Senator McLau rin, and in a few moments lt was signed and returned. There was no letter of explanation, but with the two signatures it was posted, and although .strictly official business, 2 cents stamp waa attached and the letter ?rent to Governor Mcsweeney. It will be left to the State Democratic committee ?hon Hie primary will be held and whether it will be open to all comers. Tillman saya he wants just as many , as want Iiis full term to ruu against hin? and ono primary with strictly Senatorial candidates will be ordered. Hut ur the speaking which led up to the two important resignations. Of course every one expected the hot stuff after the announcement that the two senatorial warriors were to get together and even to the last, many thought the senators would not hitch. The speaking occurred in the court house, which seated about SOO comfortably. There was no crowding and just about f>00 were present. A number of ladies were present but the erowd generally was divided as between country and town visitors. There was manliest feeling between Hie two senators who but a short time ago were such staunch trlends. They did not exchange greetings except in dol?ate and it was apparent that both trlod hard to curb passion and tongue and neither In terrupted the speaking during its progress. Though both are accus tomed to speaking they Boemed se verely fearful of saying too much, apparently. It was a signal opening and sparring for position, and it is evident that day after day in the campaign to come, tho gait will be swifter and swifter and reserve will fad" meeting by meeting. Till man seemed fresh and dapper while McLaurin spoke with such earnest ness and vigor that it seemed utterly to exhaust him. while Tillman ap peared to warm up under the pros pect of a light as of yore. They both talked overtime. McLaurin spoke for one hour and forty-live minutes and Tillman for about as long, and both were willing to give each other all the time they wanted. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Ed. II. DeCamp. Senator McLaurin started out by saying: "We are all Democrats." but there are great questions on which the division has come. The time bu? been, he said. when he would have given his life for Till man and the difference arose because he now occupied the strong road Till man had entered upon 16 years ago. Tillman had gone through his stony road and now he had entered such a stony path as Mr. DeCamp had de scribed. He then outlined how he came to join the reform movement years ago and how sixteen years ago he entertained Tillman at his home, and how he then backed up Tillman. Tillman then stood for what he to day stands. Nothing has ever oc curred In his wholo life that gave him more pain than to separate from Tillman and some of his old friends, but he felt he was right in his views. In 1890 there was the cry "Hush/* You will split the party, and you will j remember how Tillman ridiculed the idea. Today he said he stood for freedom of thought -nd Indepen dence Who is now cr.,.ag "HuBh or yon will spilt the party?" The very same abuse heaped on Tillman that is now on him. One year ago he did not expect ngain to enter politics, I and if he consulted his own prefer ence he would not be in the cam paign." The fact is, Tillman would today attempt the roll of the "boss" > or dictator. He is the man who has ! forsaken the faith, adding: "I am I a Ti?lmanite of the old stripe and he I has forB?.ken the way and chosen the j easy path. Senator McLaurin then j said he stood on his Greenville speech and then reforred to his speech here in 1897. when he explained his posi tion in protecting monozlte, which is a local industry. The industry wa3 dead until some one looked after it in 1897, there waa no monozlte busi ness here, not a dollar, and last year the business amounted to fl7,800, and this was the result of work and that was what he called statesmanship, business Democracy, or commercial Democracy. The rosult of the little I tax he put on monozite is that Gaff ney has done 820.000 worth of mono zite business and a factory to uso the mineral is to be put up here. They e'iarged that he voted for "Republican measures and If he were not a Re publican ho ought to be. lt was a bitter pill. In 1892 the Alllanee in structed its congressmen to indepen dence, and that was his position now on the matters complained of. in 1S92 we attacked the platfor..? and denounced Cleveland, the leader of the Democracy, and we protested against the Democracy as then man aged. He had no doubt Bryan waa honest but he was often mistaken. He switched off to argue for State banks, Bryan on tho State bank fight went directly against repealing the State bank tax. which was then one of thc cardinal principles of the party plat form. He stood Just as Bryan did in proclaiming his Independence and do ing what he thought best ter his peo pie. Tillman attacked the platform and no one had mote to do with changing the platform than Tillman, The issues of expansion ond the like were not In the campaign ho mad tor his election. No Democrat will he predicted, evor be elected pres?. I dent who will oppose expansion an<" ! commercial development. He aide.] Tillman in many ways to secure the changes in the platform but now saw j his mistakes. Then he grew, eloquent I in pledging his sympathy with bb I peopje and how he stood by them IE I their demands for whitp supremacy i??s friend waa a natural born die j tator, he is a born boss, and it seems \ that some of them hop around am! .say; "Yes. massa." when he. cracks i his whip. Now, in 1896 what hap I pened? Yes, boys, I know how the orders went out and in that conven Hon ho supported Teller, who has al ways been a Republican. Ho wai willing for almost any sort of crool ' to win oxcept to insist upon white supremacy. Now, he wanted to sa^ something about what "boss rule' meant, and he knew whereof . h< spoke. Then he pictured the torron rtt reconstruction and how Teller th? chairman of ?he electoral college ol 1876, tried to saddle negro rule oi South Carolina. Tillman undertook U carry the delegation to Teller in 1896 Teller in 1876 recommended ant urged that the negroes must har? their rights and he believed ho urge< . . ...... ' ' ' ? i that a negro waa aa good os ? white I man, and I ii show you the "daddy" ?of th? force bill! Tillman was willing ! io put Teller In the White House, with ' his- views cf our white people. "I think I I have a right to vote as I please on national issue? like expansion, foreign I y/avs, uti?., but on strictly party ques tions, like the money question or race i issues, lt, is right to Stand on the party plati Jt ni, on bank issues and thc j like. Tillman lilted ty sit in a bomb proot and always seemed to get in Ruell places. Years ago he told the hoys to vote against anything The .State and the News and Courier re commended. Why is tills except that Tillman had forsaken his principles and now favored ring rule and "'")ss ism?" McLaurin was to have ot...-ned for half an hour to present any new matter in addition to his Greenville speech, but he ran overtime and said he would consent to the same tor his friend." MeLaurin was applauded j an?l epke well. Alter un: applause for McLaurin and Tillman. Chairman DeCarap pre sented Senator Benj. R. Tillman, who remarked in opening that thiB was a very busy season and the most serious part of the year to farmers, but many had left their homes to hear this discussion and he was glad of it. Senator McLaurin ls laboring under many delusions and you have heard the special pleading of his defect len as a Democrat. The primary is ir? months away and yet MeLaurin is traveling over the State and attack ing the Democracy with all the venom of a new convert and when 1 came here to talk honestly he says j I am ix "boss" and that when I crack a whip you all Jump, and all that. He has told you I was his guest in IS?Mt and the like, and I tell you here, ho has told me 1 was the arbiter of bis fortunes, by glvng him a chance, and i now he tells you I stand for the sup- : pression of free thought, free action. ' and that I stand for "bossism" and that I have been bamboozled by the" Gonzales. I stand Just where I did i in ison. If the road is smooth yon ; people have made it so. (Applause.) I was Invited herc by true Democrats j and did not come here unbidden. | There are over 250 names to the re- ? quest for me to come here and speak, and he read the formal Invitation. He j was not here as a meddler or "boss." ; Ought he to have rejected the Invita- ! ! tion or done his duty? Like sensible I ? men. the regular candidates for Mc- ? I Laurln's place are waiting for the | I band to start. In his Charlotte ! speech. 1 am attacked from beginning ? I to end. In his letter in The Iudepen- ' I dent he says the Democratic party j j has been mongrelized Tillmnnism and ! j Populism and the like, and yet he ! I claims to be an original Tillmanite. ' In his Greenville speech I am re j ferred to a dozen times or more. Ho j referred to "tuttelege in demagogy" j under rae, and put me up as a dem agogue, and yet he says I have no ? grievance! You saw here this morn- i lng how he attacked me and tried to | cast susplcon on my Democracy. I ? have never minced words and am i here to tell you the God's truth. I j sent him word last night that I saw | no need for personalities, calling me a boss and other hard things, and yet j ho started in on me today. I am not going to let you all forget certain ' things of his utterances. He is here ! as the representative of "Commercial Democracy/' It seemB we are no ( longer plain Democrats. He then read the party platform which McLaurin, he said, seemed to delight to sneer at and criticise. He left McLaurin with the platform and the people. His | policy seems to be "Get money, my i son; get money honestly if you can. | but get money and put tn thy purse." It Hbas peen my proud toast that no election could be bought in this State by Wall street, and lt remains for you to say what the money of Hanna or others, if to be used, can do. Now as to "bossism." Who vrot?? your last platform but Col. Hoyt. au. yet a few months latter he had to o,.poBe bim for governor. Tillmanism ls nothing but a fair fight, every man voting and counting the votes. He does not be llevo in any "best" people. This man stand3 here and talkB of my being In a "bomb proof." Ugh. It was foolish. No representative of the people is over in a "bomb proof." And yet he j hos stood behind me In my "bomb proof." ready, as he Bays, to sacrifice I life for me! When tho platform pro mulgated what was Democracy, it | j must be considered as settlod. He ought to have resigned if he could not stand for the Democracy cf hi \ party, or have gone before tho people for protection. He was a genuine Democrat and not a sham and a humbug. I have gone further than my friend, or any former friend. 1 have told the Republicans In the sen ate In their policy toward the ne groes that they were arrant hypo crite 1 have talked boldly to them, yet I had the confidence and good I will of all the senators who were gen I tlemon. He related the compllmen tary notice of himself by .Senato Hoar. McLaurin changes his politics five times in 10 years and yet won'J let Teller change once in 30 years. He : believed Teller a good candidate, but the delegation would not go with him tnd that settled it. and so it was with Town?. Bryan voted for Weaver un der the advice of Cleveland as a party expedient. In this game of politics if you do not watch real close you can play the rascal, and If you db not follow the leader ot your people yon can come near being called a traitor. Then Tillman spoke of. the dangern of trying to cut down jtho congres sional delegation. Thls^ new -com mercial doctrine * simply: means we, are for sale! Bid up Hanna. Post offices, Jobs, any old thing, bid up! Ho Sayn so. My doctrine. has been if' tho stealing must be go on 1 want my shar? for you. He talk* of cutting loot i from my coat tall j and he has thc : 'dictation and Joy j bavin*" .? whni~ tot h^^^ln"* ?n i his coat tail. I got a few jobs durinr j the Spanish war. but I did not sall out ' ! for a mess of pottage. I did not abu-e 1 ' my party as he is doln?. Ho says co , i can't be defeated unless barred :>h"J ? I primary. God bless him, he can't s and ' ? in the primary. I- won't him to urea? h , his doctrine to the people that he says I jump -when 1 pop the whip. See 'f yo i j are sale for money aad office. ? wa-st him to. go before the people. I shill. oppose any attd ? every opposition to j keep him ont of the primary. If ha | takes the oath, he ls nom ?nder an ixu- ( piled oath. Has he broken it? You know. Let him go before che people and us? all the influence he can from the patronage. I/et bim get all the in fluence from the cotton mill presidents and stockholders and their northern bosses, but they cannot bo$3 the oper atives. W hy did he not go to Kansas City and try to straighten out the party? He wanted McLaurin to de clare himself on the Income tax; ha and McLaurin took the same position as he did on Cleeland. He did not start or Hinch in 1S96 und represented th* people In the fight on Cleveland. Tillman then related the birth and or ganization ot Bryan liemnerw-y, ' .> never uttered a word against it and yet to-day he says It 13 not. He was satis fied with what the people would do for "Mclaurin-they won't do "a thing" tor him and ne will be left at home. He harps on Democracy being a sectional party; were not our opponents more so? Are we to crawl In the mire if office hunting tc get a Cow crumbs uud ?et a few concessions? Are we to sell out for nothing? I want him to go over the State. Cf course he can man ufacture invitations. Any public man can do so, as I did this ore to suit my self. I refused the first and told them what kind of an invitation I wanted, and I got it. i'd rather be defeated a thousand times than desert my true Democracy. Ho told them when he voted for the fast mail subsidy. It was a steal, but he simply wanted a small piece of the steal for the couth that paid such a large share of the taxe*. He reviewed hew much money ths north was getting from thc south fo.* pensions, river and harbors and the like. The south pays ^250,000,000 and gets back $25,000,000. Then he took up expansion bi-iefly, and talking of McLaunn s speeen tani: "1 talk of his tlolen speech. I eau say I can provo that one of his speeches was taken in chunks from Dr. VanDyke. I can say he stole it, and then he. ta'ks of my pitchfork. But God bless you,, that fork sings Its own tune, and ls not stolen." Then he took up McLaur in's advocacy of ship subsidy. He talks of our prosperity. Why can't wc build our ships? It is nothing but another steal-tho rankest CISBS leils lation. It is just a grab of $180.000. 000. He talks about the mill trade in China. He took up the official figures and showed that thc total exports were 1,370,000.000 and the total shipments to all foreign ports last year ol cotton goods were S24.00O.00O, and the total shipments of all cotton goods to China was only $S80,000. and yet for this w* are to sell out! . Two counties will raise this much crude stuff. The cot ton mills are here to make money and they made 100 per cent., and It is thought bad businoss if 30 per cenL is not made. They think they can b?r>3s the mill vote. They tried that game before. They did not do it. When tho primary comes off he will see what the man behind the looni3 will do. He will see and never forget it. Then he took up tho prosperity of th". S.t.ato and insisted that no:hlng McKin ley did helped to build the mills tn South Carolina. They bega.a under Cleveland, and he did "tho couth no good. We get the China trade by sell ing the best goods at the lowest price, and not because of any 'Republican pol icies. We ourselves are responsible for the State's prosperity, and no one else If he advocates and endorses all Mr. McKinley says and does, as he says he does, let him go to the Republican party, and if he were as honest as he used to be I'll take him by the hand and say, "Johnnie, I wish you all th? success in the world." The Kansai City platform ia the only way we car test Democracy. The fight must bs ii the party. But God knows 1 afwffys did and always will despise hypocri tlsm. it hurt him to have MoLaurlr and his friends and his kinsme; think ill of him but he believed ir fighting fairly and squarely. He proposed that McLaurin resigv now and go before the people and thei he will have the candidates meet him and he promised he would keep out o: the fl' ht and his mouth shut. If yoi elect him I'll take it as notice that yci do not want me. If he is a Demoer a I am uot. All the other fellows wan ls a chance to meet him on the stump Let him resign and test the situation He said he'would like to ta'k longer but wanted to keen to the cgreement und stopped amidst.applause. Th,en came Senator McLaurin's re ply. which was well done. He said h expected great things, but mountain have been in labor and brought forf a mouse. He came here with some trep idatlon, but the speech of Tillman wa that of a man who knew he was wrou? and had no heart in tho work. He ha tried to make logical speeches.but hi friend persistently appealed to e as prejudice and class feeling. He kn?<\ Tillman and his style of work. H wanted the movement keipt up fo others than himself. Ho did not waa to try ta stir up strife betwean fac'or operatives and the presidents and tlt'?i own. He appealed to the operatives a well as to the owners, for he had a high regard for thecn as ever did Ti! man. Ullman had said some very har things of him. Last year when he w. chained to a ne" of sick?ezs.this mat my former friend, and a congreasma who is a candidate against me mad speech after speech against nra and dc non need me as a traitor, and yet the blame me for coming out.* Ho wante every man who loves truth and justlc to Judge him on hts speeches, and- n: on misreprosentntloh. He did jnot wat any excitement th's cummer, becaus his health was not the best. He knt my senslUve feeling and yet he corm here to harass me. He kn->w lt. rae: he knew my condition. He knew I cou! not stand worry In my presta! calad lion, but I om going to fight this thin out. Yes, this man tells yon he had e Invitation fixed up so as to come he: Gentlemen; It's 'hard,but 1 can stand 1 He talks about me and says 1 s t o VanDyke's sermon. The only cha f he has been ohio to bf ire r-gaiaot rr Is that I stole a sermon. Then turnlr around and taMnjr a steo o'r two fa< to face with Tillman and pointing h fingier at him, he said with feeling ar emphasis: "You. sir, if charges be tru have stolen things of more intrlns value than sermona,V -Then bnbbllt over with reeling he sold, referring ; Tillman's invitation "New my idea' I decency, the co mantra decency sr^r [ gentlemen, was for Tillman to h\ ? asked me if it were agreeable for me*, meet him here. It was a brutal wt he treated ma Now I want it undeV stood that I am not a bully and I anX not going to run. I do not come\ from running stock on either V .sill?'. I am not afraid ot > Tillman. He falls back on his old time tricks and goes to insinuating and talks about Hanna and hla boodle. If that be meant to Insinuate that any of lt ls coming to me It is absolutely false and the insinuation ls unworthy of a senator and a gentleman; If he means to insinuate uhat i'm a sham r want to say I'm not a sham or a dem agogue. Now, Tillman knows his old tricks of slurring and insinuating and has the advantage of me, and he has no more mercy or pitty than a tige* over his prey when the once gets his drop on a man. But I firmly believe God Ts on the sldtrof the right and I wi!! ".vin this fight. Tillman is a bull dozer and bushwacker, but I want lt understood there was no man In Sou!h Carolina who could handle him, and before 1 get through, like a small boy, he will b? crying for some one to take me off him. Im not afraid of him. When you disagree with him he seek* the cheap refuge o? the demagogue and calls you a traitor and all such stuff, without proving it and to declaie this or that a steal. Instead of answer ing me he rambled off talking about pensions and all that sort "of rot, and hie only reply seemed to be to sneer at the mill owners and try to or?ate d's cord lin ti s*r! f o L^cLW'Ccx* cup i t il v+v *I labor. t "Tillman talks like I'm a full fledi< d Republican because l do not agree with him. Every one of these ques tions is entirely new since my race and never en terell into the campa!gn here. He never thought any one would be fo blind as to oppose America's liberal foreign policy. The Cuban war which led to present conditions was a Demo cratic making." Mr. Ale Lau ri u spoke of how he had been hounded because of his votes and that ut times he might have said what he did not want to say. He tried to keep on good terms with all men, but if he did not have the good will of Tillman he could not help it, and did not care. Thea McLaurin took up tho matter of resignation which is related elsewhere arid prodded Tillman about his fork and the use of it. Tillman kept his mouth shut as he promised to do it would be the first time he had ever done so.and then ho spoke of how he mixed tip in the last gubernatiorial race and how he hat] gbt Into a mess with tfie preachers. Senator McLaurin then elaborated the idea af expansion, pretty muc h as at Greenville, and took up the Chinese and eastern question. He gave a graphic picture of the Chin ese situation; how McKinley got into the situation and how it now stood, and that the trade in China was just in its infancy and he could not see why ir China's business was worthless.Till man had said this government should spill blood if necessary to develop and encourage trade Urchins, and maintain the Integrity of China. McKinley, whom he sneers at, fettled lt without the loss of any blood. He spoke of the expansion sermons o? Dr. J. Waiter Daniel and Dr. Kllgo. Then Mr. Mc Laurin took up the subsidy proposition and argued it at length. He dealt with it from a local standpoint. He ar gued that Greenville had grown to be the great city that it waa through sub sidy to railroads, cotton mills, opera house, etc., and so it was in Gaffney and many other places. He gave fig ures to show what money had been voted to railroads and what they hid done and argued , that the shin subsidy was along the same line. The fact of the matter ii the people ?as'l get along without subsidies if they want to move ahead. McLaurin finally urged hla right to his view? and that there was no sens? or reason la con stantly stiring up preju<Hc* and feel ing as lt did no one any good. He went over the situation and was applauded in' concluding. S an a tor Tillman asked for five minu tes more which was granted him with the consent ot McLaurin. Tillman said he wanted to reply to the charge that he had been brutal to McLaurin and he read In full the letters between himself and Mr. Otts about his coming here. He was no brute, and did not want to be regarded as cine. We will soon be before the people and there discuss is sues further. Here, he again proposed to McLaurin that they bci'.h re3lgn_ which was accented. He produced the" volume 4n which McLsturln's ?pe ch was published and by which he could and would prove that McLaurin stole parts cf that sermon. He had the posi tive proof and wanted to show it lo any one who wanted to s e lt. he said. Then he said as to the Imperial policy he did not want the American flag floating over and protecting a lot of yellow dogs in the Philippines. This Closed tho speaking and. Sena'.o.r McLaurin announced that he had a lot of his speeches for distribution and he would be glad for all. to read it in the south. The meeting was then ad journed and then came Che ne?ot'ar tlon far the resignation which result ed in the mailing of tb? sensational document. Thus ended the first meet ing of the unexpectedly owly senato rial campaign in South Carolina. Mcsweeney on Resignations-Jones Announces His Candidacy. Speaking of the resignations of the Senators, Governor Mcsweeney says: "The resignations"of senator Tillman and McLaurin as United Stades Sena tors, were received by mo in the mall Sunday morning as I was leaving tor Chlckamauga, the resignations to tako effect September 15. I will not take np the c mslderaiion of the resignations until 1 return to my office. At present I have nothing to say. and no comment : to make on the action of these gentle men." Col, Wiley Jones, State chairman ot the Democratic Executive Committee nays ho wi)', call the committee togeth er tCviout the first of July and that ho re?.? rds August aa the proper month for the campaign. Speaking further Colonel Jones sM?: "You may say l?iat 1 will *-?e in the race for United States Senator from South Carolina, i no matter what form the primary elec ! tkra therefor may assume.''