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TILLMAN AND /WLAURIN. INPAItTIAL VIEW OP TIIK SITUATION. A VIVID DESCRIPTION OF THE EPISODE AT GAFFNEY. Mr. K. I). Hook, of llio Augusta Chronicle, baa given Ihe following dcacrip lion of the iiiemornble encounter between Senators Tiliiuan tuul Mu'Luurin, which le<l t<> their resignations and the rosul'.int condition ol political ailairs in this Slato. This nrllcle is wot thy of porusal as coming fron. impartial ob Borvor of the extraordinary scene in (iaffnoy : i had llio pleasure ?>t' being prcs< nl at the di bain in <Inffncy, S. (bo Uveen United Slates Senators 'rillman and .m. i .am in of South Carolina, nnd id" witnessing the sensational episode Which resulted in their joint residua lion. It was a performance without a precedent so far as I know, and one thai could hardly have occurred any whcrool.se hul in S.mill Carolina. Il means the bringing on ol i: hitler and BctlSutionnl campaign this summer, and one. that will he very trying on Senator Mcl.ntirin's physical ability, if nol on his sensibilities. ii*- is ovldeutly not a well man, though he has ?real hurvo force. A three hours' debate that leaves Senator 'rillman perspiring, but ruddy ami eager for more, leaves Senator Mel.aurin nervous, unstrung, temporarily collapsed, 'rillman lights because he loves it. He rejoices in the storm of battle, ill the I)iut8ing0f his victim, .lust as a prize, lighter likes to see the blood spurt from the faee of his antagonist, so lieu 'rillman likes to see. u sensitive opponent grow pale or Hush, and liguralively writhe under his bilt. r innuendo and abuse. Me l.aurin i- of llnei fibre, lie does not love io light, bill In does nol shun it. 11.0 <loi - not fear to strike a stinging blow, but he does ii of necessity, rath er than because ho lakes pleasiuu In it. lb ought face io face with duty be would back his position with bis lifo, ami never quail lor an instant, bill he would do it under tremendous nervous tension, and when the strife, was over he would sutler temporary collapse ? not actual prostration, but lassitude and exhaustion. The end of a sensa lionnl canvass, lull of personalities and excitement, would Imd Mcliaurin greatly exhausted, depleted ill weight and strength, if not actually sick; while Tilluian would be strong as an <>x. and lit for another month of the same sort. I loth men are. absolutely fearless, but they differ greatly in llbro.nnd tempera ment. Mr I.am in is n handsome man of line stut no, and an easy and at limes, el fcctivc speaker. II?.- makes no effort at llighls nf oloquence, but is earnest and occasionally forvid in speech. There scorns to bo something lacking in Hi.- sii. nglli . f Ins face, and so in Iiis spenking ho seems just to fall short of tin1 powor Hint moves mon, and carries conviction, lit: talks well, and mounts I.' a certain height of vigor and earnestness, but lacks that ringing tone or personal magnetism thni makes the blood tingle in the veins ami s ? eeps on mi.hence off its feet. Nc is more ornate than Tillinan, hut less forceful. Ho is more gracious, hul loss winning, lie is more argumentative, hui less convincing. lie is more courteous. l?ut does not i^et as strong hold on casual acquaintances or partisan friends. He is manly ami fearless, hut lacks that personal quality that at taches men to Ins cailSC, ami proclaims the loader. There is a strong iielicf prevalent thai Die whole thing is bltlfl ami play for position, nnd that the resignations will bo declined hy the Governor, or through some other means will not bo* conic effective. 1 do not think there is any ground for this. However un prctncditntcdly or flippantly the gaino may have been entered upon, it be came serious enough before the finish, and Senator Tillinan was determined to force Senator McL&urln to resign or to squarely back down after having agreed to do so before the audience. In the matter of the resignation Till inan was the Aggressor all Ihe way through. He began hy declaring that " in the game of politics a man could come mighty near being a rascal; and when a representative refused to stand hy the policies of the party that elected him he might be called a traitor." Then he declared I hat the. manly course lor McLnurill lo pursue would he to resign and v;<? before the pcoplo for re election, thus giving them an oppor tunity to endorse his course hy re electing him, or to repudiate him if tin y believed his course was undemo cratic. Then turning to the audience; "1 Will Understand thai you don't want me. if you re-elect Mr I .iiarin, for if he is a I >cmocrai I am not." Tho purpose of 'rillman whs clearly to draw the sharpest possible cootrast between his own position ami that of McIiUttrin l?y assertion, if nol by argument. Confident in his own popularity ami strength with the peo ple, ho sought to throw it in the scale against Mcl.auriii. If he had not shown l>y argument that McLaurin's position was undemocratic, he wanted them io understand that lie so consider ed it, and further (hat any endorse ment of Mr 1,am in would be a repudia tion of Tillman, " If McLanii.- is right, Tillman is wrong." Votl must c hoose between us. South Carolina oggbt Io have either two Democrats like Tillman, or two llcpuhlicnns like Mcl.aunn. 11 you want either one of us you don't want the other. Me Lnurin ought to resign, and give you Llie chance to say ill unmistakable lan guage at tin; polls which one. you en dorse. I ilo not means to say thai these, were Tillman's words, but that Was the line of his argument. It was Blroilg of the. personal equation. He I loving thai the people before him he I loved in him, he. wanted (o impress on them that they could not consistently believe in Mcl-aiitin, too. Mel.auriu realized that Tillinan was throwing the Strength <>f his personal popularity RgAillHt him, rather than academically ar^uiny; the wisdom or unwisdom ol the. policies of expansion, auhsidictt, McKinley'fl Wftr policy, etc., an.l that lie was trying to force Mcl/iurin to I resign, it nil argue these questions in a light lor ollleo. M<? I - uii i11 took the position tlial in an i ll-v ir was |he best tin).- m ? 1 < h dc these ipu -inrns of ; paliv policy, lb- was ready to argue the ijucslions on their merits before the people ami lei Ilium decide lot I themselves from the argument wheth er they wen- undemocratic. II?- waul ; cd a claim debute marked by Sen atonal courtesy. In tin- effort to kill the effect of Tillmuu'H demands upon liim to resign, be pointed out Hint 'rill man bad said nothing about resigning himself, incuse the people endorsed McliUiiriu. Thai it was very < a-\ lor j him to sit with In t new commission for I six year- in his inside pocket,and from this bombproof die at Mcljtiurin about j resigning. McLnurin felt dial Ulis would be a taking sliol with the audience, mid would go rut lo kill the effect ot Till mini's persistent demand on him to resign. Tlial Tillinan would propose lo resign Ins newly acquired six years' commission was incouceival>U,< When McLaurin twilled Tillinan witli nol I having said he would resign it Me I .nun11 whs endorsed, lie sought simply lo parry Tillman's attack on him, and therefore when Tillinan blurted out " I will say U," Mclituirin simply re sponded t?> the audience, " See to it that he keeps Ins word. ' It vvu8 Till, man who pushed the attack by spring ing to his feel and making the start ling pioposition, " I will resign righl now if you will." It was up l" Mel.aurin. A year hence he would h ive to _?" before the people anyllOW, while here was a man with six unsolved years before him offering lo resign tin I lei the people now decide between them. Could Mc Lnurin afford i" rej el su< h a proposi tion? Ai any rale he did not, bul promptly replied "Agreed." Hut even when Tillinan r?s|.led, "Well, draw up tin: resignations und wo'll sign right now," it is ilouhtiul if Mcl.nurin considered it more tlmn buncombe, for thougli lu: tigniu responded ''Agreed," lie resumed ihn thread ol his argument, and linished his speech without again referring to tin: icsignii lions. Several of llic new piper men offered wagers of >?"? that llicrc would he no resignations, ami nobody around the reporters' tables thought seriously enough of the matter to lake the In t. But it was evident Unit Tillman was either in earnest, or believed thai ho could force Mel .iiiiio to 11111) l<. lor ; 11 the conclusion of Mcl.uurin's speech ho again brought the mutter up, und said their resignations would bo signed at once, licpniling to Mr. (Ht's law oilier be dictated the resignation, signed it, and sent it to Senator Mc Laurin to sign. Mcl/uuin sliptdated the conditions thai tlie canvass should not come on till cooler weather in October and November, and that no body should have a p ul in it bin Till man ami Mcl.amin. 'rillman refused to impose any conditions, and called upon McLnurin to keep disagreement. McLnurin reiterated bis desire to defer the ac tive campaign beyond the boat of the summer on account of his health, ami invited Tillman Io join in a written request to the executive committee t > arrange for the canvass in October and .November, or suggested the alterna tive of an unconditional resignation to take cffecl September Iftlh. Tillman promptly signed the resignation for September loth, and sent ii to Me Laiirin. There was no longer room for parleying, and as Mel .aurin nllixod his signature ho said to the bearers of the resignation, " You fellows have gotten Carolina politics into a devil of a li\ with lins Illing." This latter statement was told to me by one of the bearers of the resignation, and n would seem to imply thai while Mel.auiin bad seen the thing 111 rough, il was nol of Iiis seeking, and did nol have bis entire approval. The Tillmanilc view of Ihc situation seems lo bo this, Ii was of tho greatest importance lo force McLnurln to re sign. Tlial w;us the one thing, or at nny rale the chief object Tillinan had in view. He, of course, had never thought of bringing it nhoul in the way ii was accomplished, hut when he saw the chance to effccl il ill that way, he did not hesitate a moment, in Spite ol the tremendous sacrilico il was on his part. Once having trapped McLtttirin into the agrccmoni lo resign if Tlliraan would, the latter forced it to a cone1 :? sion. If McLaurin signed, il '.votihl ho what Was most wanted : ?! ne flunked after having agreed lo sign, it could bo used with ir inendotis lone against him, as being afraid l<> surrender his commission, and giVO tllC people, a chance, to give hint a vole of con lldonco, or repudiate him. Til I out n having done this miicll for the paily, the Democrats of South Carolina will show their appreciation hy re-electing him. and al the same I tine getting tid of McLaurin. The. Mel.nil in V'loW in III il Till inan's offer lo resign was Iho merest bluff, and llinl lie wna completely inkon aback when McLnurin called his band, Thai having secured a rnco slraighl out between Tillinan ami Mi Lain in for the long tor in, McLnurin will host Till man in the debate on the pending issues, if they can keep olhcis oul of the canvass. They believe thai the bold personal defiance of Til I mail made hy McLnurln, and (he counter charge that if McLnurin stole a sermon Till? man stole things of more intrinsic value will put Tillinan on notice that Mcl/tiurin will entry the war into Africa, and il will he wisest for him to con 11 no himself to u parliamentary di* cussion of Hie (|U08iious on which il i> claimod thai McLauriu has gone ovci to the Republicans. They holievo thai in a diguilied, Senatorial discussion <>i the issues Mel,am in will have I he hesl Of il ; and that il Tillinail W ies ms old game of vindication ami abuse ho will find that McLauriu will nol quail before his attacks, but wilt hit buck straight from tlm Bhouldci'i In spite <>i all proles!ations on ibu part of Senator Mcl.aurin, and in spile of the ab8CllC0 ol all proof, there are those who believe that Mcljiiurin is doing tin- work of the Republican ud ininistrnlion in South Carolina, ami is working to ineuleate Republican theo ries a.id doctrines among HlO pcoph . Tlioy take the position that Me I,a iritl has accomplished jusl what lie desires. While his canvass in Ibis off year, and Iiis discussion of subsidies ami other Republican issues was gratui tous and dillicult of explanation, that HOW having secured Tillinan's resigna tion and a contest with him this year for the otlico, he can go ahead spread ing this Republican seed at every moot ing confident that he has nothing to lose. Jf he heals Tillman he will be all right for six years, ami if he is de feated (he administration will take care of him with a good federal appoint ment. Such is the argument of those who persist in tho Indict' that Mcl.aurin has gone over to the Republicans in fact, if not in name, 10. II. HOOK. TII,I,MANS TAT/K TO VOTERS. lie Explains the Reasons for His Action in Resigning: Iii?-. Seat. The. following address is published by request of Senator licnjamin H. Tillinan : an ADMil.ss ro riil. DKMni i:\iir \ OTKKS or TU K STATIC. Fellow Citizens : An extraordinary .iml unparalleled situation has unex pectedly arisen in this Stale, and ns I .1111 mainly responsible for this I feel that a proper respect for you requires an explanation of my action and mo lives. IClevell years ago by a very largo vole you elected me Governor of the State, and two years afterwards I was re-elected by an overwhelming major ity, lu'04 1 was sent as your repre sentative in the Congress of the United Stales as one of the Senators from South Carolina. After six years1 ser vice in that body 1 was lust year chosen without opposition lo he my own suc cessor. 1 was sworn in on March I last for the six years' term ending in I'.KIT. The ink has hardly become diy upon my oath of otlico ami yet I have tendered my resign it ion, to take effect September Ifi next. My colleague has also tendered his resignation, to take effect the same date, and thus there will be two vacancies to ho filled by appointment of the Governor until the Legislature can elect our successors in .laHilary UOXt. I desire to announce my candidacy to succeed myself, and shall a-k you to vindicate mv action i?y your voles in the primary which will bo ordered by the state Demo cratic committee. This is an off year in politics, and hut tor the conditions which had come about my action in precipitating a political campaign and primary election would he inexcusable. A brief review of recent political events will be necessary to give thai ex planation. My colleague, John L. Mc Lnurin, was elected to the Senate at a primary held in ''.17, to succeed the lamented Karle, lie was elected as a Democrat, standing upon the Chicago platform of 1890. liarly in 'Oil Sena tor McLnurin parted company with his Democratic colleagues in the Senate, and has since voted for and advocated everything that the. Republican parly now stands for, and has persistently antagonized his own party in all of his public utterances and acts. Notwith standing a new Stile Convention last May laid down the principles and polic ies of the party, and a new National Convention al Kansas City in July an nounced the principles of Democracy as now understood throughout the Union, your junior Senator has acted as though he were entirely independent of the people who elected him, and has fell under u ) obligations to obey their wishes or do their will as their repre sentative. When Congress adjourned last March he and Ins sympathizers in this Slate began at once an aclive pro paganda of his new doctrines, which he claims are Democratic, hut which all true Democrats must know arc only Itepublicanisni in dlscruise. and voiv Hilary disguised at that. Ho made a speech at Uharlolto, April 18, in winch I he Democrat ic parly is sneered at and assailed. He made another speech at (jreenvilie last week, lilling out and developing his new theories, and took pains to indicate Ids perfect accord Willi Mr. McKinley and all of his pol icies. He had appointments already arranged to make speeches at at le.asl three other places ?(Jaffney, Yorkvillo and Spartauburg?and had bogun an active canvass for re-election fifteen months before the regular campaign which would choose his BUCCCSSO'*, in the Democratic primary of 1002, would open. II was natural thatlhe.se gentlemen,! who proposed to contest for his seat, should bo unwilling to prematurely an* I nounCO their candidacy ami fake the Held against him. He. hud the dispens ing of federal patronage placed at his disposal by the Republican President, and he. bad unlimited money furnished by his Republican allies, or McKlnlcy Demoeralic followers m South Caro lina, and bis purpose was to go up and down the Stale unopposed and unan swered to organize his now nolitlcnl machine-. This was the situation up to the Gaffnoy mooting ami l wns confronted with tint question of what was my duty under the circumstances. Recollect that I am a m nhcr of the National Democratic coi linitlce as your ropre senlalivc. 1 was on the committee on platforms la both of the last national conventions and helped frame (he. d ;- | clarallon of prinoiplo ami policy, upon Which we went to battle, and I was Chairman Of the committee, on platform in your last State Convention. Re member, too, that both at Charlotte and at Ciecnville, directly and Indi rcctly, I had been assailed by Mr. Me I Laurin, and you will understand why A Word a rr. Suffering Women. No one but yourselves know of the Buffering you go through. Why do you suffer? It isn't necessary. Don't lose your health and beauty, (for the loss of one is speedily followed by the loss of the other.) Don't feel "weak " and "worn out." Impure blood is at the bottom of all your trouble. Sarsaparilla QUART DOTTLRS. will purify your blood and bring the bloom of health back into your | cheeks. Each bottle contains a quart. Painful and Suprrssrd Menses, Irregularity, LetlCOrrhcea, Whites, Sterility, Ulcer* tlon .il the Uterus, change of life In matron Of maid, nil find relief, hrlp, benefit and cult- In JOHNSTON'S SAUSAPARILI.A, Ilia a real panacea for headache, palna In the left stile. Indigestion, palpitation ol the heart, cold hands and feet, nervousness, Fleeplctsncss, IllllfCUlar weakneaa, hearing-down palna, backache, legache, Irregular action of the heart, shortness of breath, abnormal discharges with painful menstruation, scalding of orlncf swelling of fti-t, soreness of the breasts, neuralgia, uterine displacement, and all those symptoms which make the average woman's life 30 miserable. Wo Iiavo a book full of health Information. Yo? want It?Its free. Detroit. Mich. ??TUR MICHIGAN DRUG CO. -i *i.r\nja<?A/?fii~in rar Llverattea for Liver Ilia. Tbo Pamoaa Llttla l iver Pilla. 35c F01 ?ale by The Laurens Drug Co., Laurens, S. C. I was anxious lo meet my colleague at (Jnfi'ncy, and when invited by a large number of citizens of Cherokee < lounty I willingly accepted. The result ?I that meeting is now woll known. Mr. Mcliiiurin was unexpectedly brought lace to lace with the. question of icsil; lintion and appeal to the people whose iOUlidcnco be bad abused ami whose rusts he hail belraved. in; tried lo dodge the thrust by (charging that I was attempting to dic tnlu and buss the people and interfere in a race with which I bad no concern and was safely ensconced in my seal tor six years and bad nothing to lose, but could well a (Turd 10 lay down a code of moral ethics for another which I was unwilling to follow myself. I saw the opportunity to prccipttle the battle at once rather than wail 11 flee 11 months, and I offered to resign if he would, and the result you Know. I acted from im pulse, il is true, but I have always acted upon impulse, and as a public man I can it Hi t in with the sacredness ol an oath Hi d all of my impulses have been to serve the best interests of the people who have honored me. 1 had every opportunity to weigh the consequences ami gel out of it without discredit, bill I fell then and still fool that my duly was io force tho lighting and rid the pari y of all traitors. The situation as I understand if is this : The people who arc interested in having t wo Senators at Washington to do their will ami Bland by their principles will have an opportunity 1)1 being honestly ami honorably repre sented. This has not been the ease during the last two years and its long as Mcl.aurin remains in the Senate it could not be the case. As to the burdens of the contest. The citizens of a given counlv will lose I diu iwo uay* in bring abuul this much desired result- -one day to intend the campaign meetings ami tin: other logo to the primary, while 1 will have the fatigue ami exponsoof a Stale canvass. Which 1 COll'.d have easily avoided. The contest hotWCCIl the Democracy and the man who seeks lo betray it will he fought without any local com plications whatever. Voters will not ?ho itllhienced in this contest by the de sire to elect local favorites, and thus swapping will he prevented. The issues will hi' clear etil. The organization of the "Commercial De mocracy," another name for McKinley Democracy, will h ive to ho consum mated in n much shorter time ami under much less favorable conditions. Our party has the opportunity lo re buke and punish treachery at once as a warning lo those who may he waver ing. Many good men will he prevent, ed from becoming llopuhlicnus in fact, though not in name, by having the issues explained before they have aligned lltemsolvcs under the new ban ner. The. Democratic uniform will be Btriick oil of those who have proven unworthy to wear il, and they will be made to uml'T.stanil the difference be tween honorable and dishon oiable dis charges. Civic virtue, the sacred re lations which should exist between the rcprcscutalivo and his constituency will be more clearly understood ami true Democrats must rejoice at. the result. Kor myself and Ihc sacrifices 1 hnvo made I will say nothing. I prefer to let the people, of the Slate consider the. matter for themselves, and pass upon my conduct, so they may determine whether it was right ami proper or rash and quixotic 1 have serv ed them to the best of my ability, with zeal and honesty, since 1 have been I heir ser vant, and shall continue to do so if they continue to honor ami trust me. When I cannot truthfully say thai 1 represent the ma jority of the people ol South Carolina and speak and vote as they desiie, I become " as sounding brass ami a tinkling'cymbal," and pre fer the retirement of private life to the degraded oloVAlloil of the high position Obtained by deceit and held against the wis-hes of the people. I put my case in yoilC bands and will explain and vindicate my course more fully in the coming primary canvass. I!. It, 'I'll,I.MAN. Mel,AURIN REPI/I3S TO Bit T. lie DefieH Tilhnnn und Iii? Pitch* iork?He is Acting on the De fensive. The. following reply of Senator Mr l/aiirin to Senator Tinman's address to the people of the stale is furnished for publication! Follow Citizens: The address of Senator Tiilmnn to you lenders it necessary that 1 should say something in explanation of my motives and ac tions. I sincerely regret thai you are. to he subjected to the expense and ex citement of a Senatorial primary this year, but I feel that I am not rcsponsi hlOi Hud il not been for Senator Till inan's intrusion upon the Ouffney moot ing there would have boon no ncCOSaU} for it. A joint debate was precipitated by him contrary to my wishes and ol tho gentlemen who invited me. He forced himself upon the meeting by bis own admissions. No other honorable course was loft lo me but to accept his proposition or lay myself open to the cbargo ol cowardice. Il is loo late now to consider whether it was wise or unwise, and the people must judge between us. I desire to announce my candidacy III opposition to the senior Senator for Ilm uticxpircd long term, and will discuss with him in a lair ami reputable manner the national issues of the day, ami leave il lo you lo judge who CtUl lite mot e "honestly and honor ably " represent you m tho United States Senate. Ill 181)7 1 was elected to the Senate as a Democrat and I am still a Democrat. In everything 1 have said and clone I have had the good of my people at heart ; lolhem I am ready to render an nccounl of my steward ship, but not t" the senior Senator. Perhaps in this lies my chief sin. In my roconI speech at (ireenvillo 1 gave the people the reason for my otlicinl action since I8!M?. It is useless for un to reiterate what I said in that speech, as it has been extensively published, and, 1 presume, generally read. Were it nol I >r charges made in I he address of die senior Senator il would ho unnecessary Tor me lo say more. Hut I cannot, allow him to assail me and my Democracy without Baying sonn thing in my vindication. lie charges thai, aller the adjournment of Congress in Murch last, with lite aid of my fricods, I commenced in the State "an active propaganda of my new doctrines, which are claimed to he Do mociatic, hut are nothing hut Republi can in disguise." lie arrogates to himself the power to decide lor the people as to the righte ousness of my course and views, and is no) willing lor them to hear ami judge lor themselves. Mis indecent intrusion upon the (iall'ncy meeting illustrate- his method of "bossisni " ami his desire lo "rule or ruin." After my return home in April last 1 re ceived invitations from oiti/.ctis of (? reeii vi lie, Voi'k, Cherokee, N cwdieiry and Spartanburg counties to address the people on the national issues ol' the. day. As their public servant I could not disregard their imperative calls and accepted I lie invitations. Had I not done so my political opponent would have charged that I could nol meet my constituents lace to hue and explain my political action. It was not my purpose in nceeptillg these invitations io inaugurate my campaign lor re election more than a year in advance, of the primary, but lo attempt loon lighten Hie people and remove false impressions produced upon the public mind by the senior Scnaloi and bis sympathizers, I had been perststoutly inalig od and misrepresented, ami the only means afforded me for my vindi cation was to got the ear of the people. This was my only object in making BpeccltCS where 1 was invited lo go, and had il nol b.-i n for these invita tions I should have remained silent. Have we reached the point where a number of private Citizens cannot in vilo one ol their representatives lo ad dress Ihcni without including the sen ior Senator or llt'St obtaining his permission ? The senior .senator, it seems, willed thai I should not be heard at that time ami determined thai I should wait for his bidding to go bo fore the people. The. Senator also charges that I am a Republican ami was organizing a Republican party hero. If In; believed this charge, why did be consent to run with me in a Democratic primary ? I denounce the chargoftsnu infamous falsehood and the senior Sen ator knows what be says is untrue. In bis recklessness the senior Senalor fur ther ( barges that the dispensing of the public patronage has been placed at my disposal and " unlimited money " is furnished m by (he Republicans loaid in the scheme of the organization of a new parly. I denounce this as a mali cious falsehood. In my (Iroouvlllc speech I explained why I had been consulted about the Federal patronage ami at Chlffnoy I denounced in Ins presence both of these charges as wil fully false, and yol ho reiterates them in Iiis address. His purpose in re pealing what he knows to bo slanders must be evident to all. The senior Senator undertakes in his addross to throw the whole responsibility of the present situation in the Slate upon me. After denouncing my Democracy and branding me as a traltoi to tin: party he meekly says that he and his Demo cracy were assailed by me, and il was incumbent upon him to crush me and my influence m this SI a to, The senior Senator has undertaken a Herculean task, for " truth crushed to earth will rise again." The senior Senator forgets that he insidiously an I n aliciously assailed mo last summer, win n I was unable to de fend myself, and after my Charlotte speech in an interview m ule false and slanderous charges against me. 1 did, in my Charlotte and GrconvUlo speeches, criticise, his PopullsUDom ocracy and 1 have nothing to retract. Ho impugns the motives of others, hui when ii reply is intulo Ii?' eiics oul Hint ho has hern attacked in ill! lllijus tillable manner. The people shull ju of our Domocincy and nol llie senior Senator. It is evident that the senior Senator fears (hut he eannol defeat me on a fair held with no favors, else win is ho assailing in* in hisuddnss and threatening to nut out other ran Ii. dates ? What was said on tin si Hid at Gaffney nud (he currespondenet he tweon us will convince tiny fnir-ininilod man that our resignation was with the understanding that the race was to he between us only and the campaign was not to lake place until the lall. I'lie senior Senator said on the stand that he would unite with me in a letter to Governor MeSweer.ey requesting him t<> withhold action until a decision i>> the primary. Too address is characteristic of the man ami his political methods, lie i addicted lo making reckless an I false charges against others which be never substantiates. An honest man is al ways chary in charging others with dishonesty. The thief often cries "Slop, thicl!" lie is an ambitious boss and habitual disturber <>l the poli tical peace and harmony of South Carolina. Last summer lor the sake of peace he was given no opposition, and as soon as the doors were closed ind all on tries hatred he made a slail loroU8 attack upon the llible and the ninislry of this state. i'oitow citi/.ons, there will never bu anything like unity or quietude among our people until he is rolognted to prt vnto life. His incendiary appeals to ? lass hatred and prejudice, such aa he made at (ialVney to the factory opera* lives, and his dictatorial spiii: and ut terances will keep up dissensions, di visions ami discord in the Slate. With the aid of the people I will make a heroic effort during this campaign Ih break down "hossisnv' with its train of political evils, and I invite all good citizen- to assist mo to inaugurate nu era of free thought, free speech and independence of action on the part ol the people of South Carolina. The senior Senator, in the quicttldo of a farmer's lite in Kdgclicld County, could bo viewed as a pitcliforklcss pigmy and a blessing to the State. John I.owndks Mt I.ai imn. THE GOVERNOR REFUSES TO ACCEPT lie Returns Resignations to Sena tors Tillman and McC'iurin. (iovornor McSwecncy has declined to accept the resignations of Senators Tillinan and McLnurin, ami ha^ writ ten a letter t<> liicin In which he ns? signs the reasons for his course, which is as follows: ('ot.t .miu a, S. i'., May '.1, 11*01. Gentlemen: Vour letter tendering your resignations as United States Senators from South Carolina was re ceived on the eve of my departure to (Jhicknmauga to tnko part in the coro? monies incident to the unveiling of the monument which South Carolina has just erected to her brave and heroic soldiers who lost their lives in defense of a principle on this historic battlefield. Hence my delay in ac knowledging it. I respectfully return yoi r resigna tions that you may have more tune for serious consideration of the effects Upon the. people of the Slate ol this action on your part. The commission Which you hold is the highest compli ment and testimonial which the people of this Stale, can pay to one of its citi zens. It is possible that you have taken this step hastily in the heal of debate ami without due reflection of the con sequence to the people who have so signally honored you. It was only last year thai our people had (he excitement and lurtllOll inci dent to a campaign ami in another year we will he in the midst of further political strife. The people are en titled to one year of peace and free dom from political battles and bitter? ness. The indications are that a campaign such as would bo precipitated by vacan cies ill these two exalted positions would he a very actimoilioilR one and personal rather than a discussion of issues, and from such a canvass our people should he spared. In tai l it would bo a calamity to the Stale to be torn asunder hy a heated canvass in this "off year" in politics. There can la; no possible good lo come of Iii The people Of the. Slate tiro getting together and working for the advancement ami upbuilding of the. natural prosperity of the common wealth ami I should regret anything that would retard this progress. Il is not my purpose in this writing to prOVont the lullest and freest dis (Mission of ali public questions and the education of the people along all politi cal lines. On the contrary, I heartily favor that and believe il can he. best accom plished without the bitterness and the personalities which would be insepar able from a campaign during the com in<_' summer. Hndcr our party rules a campaign will lie necessary williin a litlle more than n year and ample time can he had for a full discussion of the issue now before II)0 people. Holding these views ami looking to the interests of I ho people of this St,?le, their peace, prosperity and hap piness, I respectfully decline, to accept your resignations and bog to rollt I'll thorn herewith. I have tin honor to be Yours respectfully, M, Ii, M< Swi.i \ Ri, (lovernor. To lion. Ii, It, Tillman, 1'. s. s., and Hon. el no, I.. Mcl.iurin, IJ. S. S. Govornor McSwccncy received nl I grout many letters ami lalcurntna urging him to settle the mailer quick)) and accept their resignations, and others urging him not. to involve the State, in a useless and linnocossary campaign. Senator McLntiritl wrote Governor McSweeney that the resignations were not to be accepted until September l?th and that According to law and justice the resignations were, not the subject for consideration before Sop I toolbar l?th, and in ibis way there belDg no vacancy the campaign would Royal 5? ^ Absolutely pure Mokes the food more delicious and wholesome _ ?0>M lUKINO POwDFR CO., NC?V VOWK._ pi ? i !<?r.-. have In I"- In LI aller Septem ber loth. m'i.u kin \\ ITH lilt A WS It KSJK1 NATION. The llclllicttsvillo corespondent ot Tin1 Stale, when the HOWS of liOV. Mi:S .vi eiie\'- aeliot) w as received liiere, immediately Interviewed Si na loi Meliimrill al hi- residence and the followint! i- hi- dulcmciit: 'Tin unexpected net ion of Giov. Me*?weeiie> louvt - mo completely at .-ea. I was reluctantly ton ed into the light, ' in when I saw the insulting remarks ol Senator Tillinan, 'If Mr l.auiiu is afraid lo moel nie,'etc., I made ii|i my iniiiil, ii possible, lo break off every prong of that old pitchfork ami wear bun out with the bundle before I was; through. " The c intemplalion ol my resigna tion i- im in w thing willl inc. I value my holm! and integrity as a man far uioie ih.in I do a -eat in the United Stales Senate. I wished to resign last winter when I was so cruellv assailed mi- ine taunt- und sneers Ihut mot inj I effort lo benclli South Carolina nearly drove ine distracted. 1 will withdraw my resignation iftiov. MeSweeney has requested ii, because 1 appreciate the patriotic motives that inspire him and am willing m unite with him in shield ing the people "i Lliis Stale Irom strife ami bitterness. ?? I hail been rejoicing at the coming opportunity tu vindicate myself. I in tend i<i speak >'ii -ueh invilalh ns as 1 did lit (lafl'ney when possible, ami I will not consent to any interference by Seiuilot Tillinan or anybody else. I desire, where the people wish it, to speak ami render an account of my stewardship. The people have a tight in this ami ii i- hut just to me. After making m\ -p> c< b at .S*ewbcrry I will lake Mis. Mel.mi in North for treat ment ami wiii nut make anv innre ar rangements Pi speak until alter we re turn, I hope now I will be let alone and '.In n will be no furihei newspaper notoriety, as it is nausenliug to mo." TU.I..MAN STANDS UN Mil COMPACT. Si n itoi Tillinan is ready in comply with llie agreement made with Mc Lnurin ami 11 plu s forcibly to Governor McSwei ney, criticising him for not ac cepting the resignations ,il once. His letter speaks for itself ami reads as fol lows ? TitliN i'on, S. t!., Juno I, LOGT. Hi- Kxcolhmey, Miles 15. Mc Sweutiuy, ( nltlUihin, S. ''. Sir: I have your lull or "i May 111, addressed to Senator Mel.tiutiii und myself jointly, in winch you -a\: " I respectIull\ re* I urn your resignations thai you may have more Inno for serious considera tion <>i ihc effects upon tin- people of the si;iii- oi ihis action on your part," ami further on, ' I respectfully decline lo accept yojr resignations und hog to return them ho row ith." Your Kxci lleiicy, of course, has the right, ami it i- entirely proper, to re turn ni\ resignation and advise more serious consideration. In declining to accept, I am-me you have transcended your aulhoiily. It will take very little investigation ami reduction loeonviuee you oi this. Vou cannot compel a member id the United states Senate to hold hi- commission and exercise the functions ol I hilt i'dice if he chooses to surrender it, My act ion in tendering my resignation, while hasty, was not ill-advised, and I am lirinlv convinced oi ihc wisdom oi my course upon re lleetion, Personally I had nothing to gain and everything to lose, ami I did not feel the need ol further instructions of vindication because I had just been rc-olcclcd b> Ihc people with prnclical unanimity. I offered lo resign in order to bring about Hie resignation ol my cilleague ami thus put us mi a level, with equal rights to go before the pco pie and a>k an cudorscincnl of our re spective courses. Wime I Would md appear to pa-s strictures upon I he reasoning set forth in your Kxcellcncy'a letter, it seems strange ihai the Governor of South Carolina, just returned from unveiling a monument erected by the Statu in memory ol llie "heroic soldiers who losi their lives in defence of principle," should be oblivion- to the principle in volve <i in ihc < onrso prccipiated by our resignations. Ii is also somewhat re markable that von should ask the Sen ators who hnve resigned lo take lime lo consider, when you yotirsell are re ported to be ready to appoint two Sen ators in " two minutes and a half " aller receiving an immediate resigna tion. N oil: conci pi ion of the olllct .if Senator and iis p.overs can be best under-to, i.| b\ the case with which you think you could lill it. Ii was not my fault thai an immediate re signation u i- not gout you. You declare thai llio "people arc entitled i" <?io- year ol pence und free dom from political buttles and bitter ness. I am rcadj lo acknowledge (bat lliis is v? i v dcsirahlo, but our rare has ever thought war preferable- lo dis honor, and unless I am very much do cuivctl u largo majori.y of iho poople ol South Car dinn would he glad of an opportunity i" |iiniish trcachcrj and have those principles ami policies which thej support loyally represented in the Congress ol the I nlted Slates Wlial you ??eonshtoi a calamity'1 would be hailed by thousands as an oppor tunity to gei ii.I oi a traitor who now j in their opinion disgraces the < lomtnon won tb. I (in. aw ne iii.it I hero is a strong opposition in certain quarters to a campaign in this ?? "il year " to lill two vacancies in the Senate, Many un thinking i'iti/.ons tin nut know its Impor? lanee. Mauj would-be aspirants are not jus'i yet rent I j tor various reasons to i nter the contest brought on so un ex pet lodly. It i- not ? ? mvcnicul or suitable, ami, therefore, they have, no CTVSTOniiV. ti ea ?mr/ I doubl, imporluucd your .excellency (o ' await their convenience, claiming that it is for ibe public wclfate. On the otber bnnii, it might he re marked thai Ihe session of Congress beginning next December marks au era in the history of our Itepublic, ami the patriots who will then and there inaugurate a struggle for the restora tion of the old landmarks and the pre servation of ?nir free institutions, will need everv voice and every vote t! at eau he had. The fuel that the I{cpuhlicuil8 have a good majority does not niter the ease in the least. The recent decision of the Supreme Court, promulgating the damnable doctrine that this Itepublic, whoso bedrock principle is 41 the con sent of the governed," ran acquire by conquest or purchase territories and peoples, to he controlled and taxed without representation through " Con gicssionnl absolutism," must be met and exposed, and plans must he laid for a battle to the death by the lovers of Democracy and liberty against thin heresy. An appeal against imperial* ism, which is no longer concealed or denied, must be made to the people, as it was made ngtliust the Died Scott decision. And yet, with such a crisis at hand, a Goxornor of this grand old Stale appears willing lo have the Slate mis represented and its voice silenced, hecauae its two Sctiblora stand on op posite sides of the question. One must lie right ami the other wrong. Which is it ? The people alone can answer. I claim lo represent the people and to voice their wishes. The result of the Gaffney meeting had brought Senator McLaurie Within reach oi Iiis constitu ents, and it was to obtain this answer at once that prompted my conduct al Gaffney. They could not get at him lo administer a merited rebuke ami pun ishment except in the way which was offered by our resignations. Vom Ex cellency's action gives him a loop-hole of escape, and the censure or idaine must resi where it belongs. There is nothing personal in my al titude towards Senator Mchauriii, though my language might indicate such feeling, but 1 speak bluntly bc because I have been always taught to call things by their names. Nothing but a tense of duty ton es me to the course I have pursued. Material pros perity and progress may be worth more than strict adherence to principle and loyalty lo trust, but 1 cannot see it in that light. Holding this view I decline for the present to withdraw my resignation, it was tendered in ordei lo secure the resignation of Senator Me Laut in , and will not be withdrawn until ho shall have shown hi< unwillingness to let our people, pass upon bis condition lliis year instead of next. He declares in his latesl interview thai " 1 le will speak OU such invitations as he did at (iaiT ncy when possible, ami will not eon sent to any interference by Senator nilman or anybody else." Whether or not Mr. McLauriu will be al lowed to do this remains to 1)0 seen. If the people have a right to hear him the same people have a right to hear mo ami others, lie no longer seems to have anxiety about bis health, and if allowed to speak by himself rather en joys the prospect. I am, sir, your obedient servant, 15l N.IA.MIN ItVAN Til.I.MAN. Hero is an item that farmers will be interested in : A recent test m ihr Iowa Bxpctimcnt Station of the shrink age of corn m the crib developed the following facts : (?n October 18,1808, 7,0(1(1 pounds of ear coin were husked and stored in a crib constructed to make the storage conditions normal. In the llrsl three months the loss was (WO pounds, or U per cent. For the next three months the loss was 1100 pounds or 5 percent.; for the the third 2*20 pounds, or :: per cent., and fur the lust three months 100 pounds, 01 ~ ?-7 per cent. Tin- aggregate loss iviis 1, III0 pounds, or more than 20 per cent. At the. Pan American Exposition visitors will have tlie opportunity of seeing a small building made of alumi num. Aluminum is manufactured at Niagara Kails with the use of electric ity generated there in large (pltllltitios. Niagaia Kails is the principal alumi num manufacturing ohn e in ilioworld, and the while metal is a product of the two principal factories located i here, current being lakc.n in in both pf the (great power companies. This Pan-American structure in shape will in- octagonal and it will bo as Innre us can bo b.iill in a Bpnco l "> feet square. The No?v York Commercial Advor? liscr says: "l>r. John W. IloiTman, profossor of agriculture in ll.o Florida state Industrial College, is oho of tho in"-* noted negro scientists in the world, lie bus jusi been elected member of the Massachusetts Horti cultural Socioty and also belongs to the I loyal Agricultural Society of Kng liUld and many similar organizations." Kvcry farm home, shoulil c ntain plenty of good reading mallei. There nevor was a time whet: good literature was so cheap as now. Make the home what ii implies, ami s > attractive that you cannot drive the hoys away during the long winter evenim/s. "What <lid (Jobang do with the money 1)0 earned by Writing articles -bowing how to get rich raiding chick* ens?" "He lost it running n chicken form in New .Jersey," CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought I Signature of t^M^/j^^^