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IFRtOM 1113 SIVR HtOOM III*' ADDRNE8F
Ills Position Not Forti--lIlN 1lhyploi. Fror
bids limu to Aitpiotn.AWYg Moro Cam
i'frhI tIlee linge-eadt wV ht,
Tho following a(dress to the
voters of the State has booh issued
by Snator MoLaurin, whoso physi.
cian doelined to permit him to at
tempt to speak at th.l last, two meet
ings of the campaign as ho desired
to (10:
Follow Citizens--At Yorkvillo I
was stricken with a sudden and
sevoro attack of illness. To my
great disappointment, I find my
solf unablo to mako another speech
daring tho present campaign.
My record is before you, and by
it, I am willing to stand or fall. Dur.
ing the canvass I felt that 1 pro
ferred to succeed by relying upon'
record, rather than by attacks upon
the record or charactor, huwovor
vulnerablo, of my opponents. Tho
attempt b -porvort my record and to
charge me with being a protectionist,
because I -Ienandod for the south
equal rights with other sections, is
an insub, to the iniulligence of the
voters of Sut,th Carolina.
On J une 17th in the senate, whilo
discussing the Diagley bill, I inid:
"Mr. President, I am not a protco
tionist, have never gi.von a voto in
support of that principle nor uttered
a word in defonse of that doctrine.
I look upon the doctrine of pro
tection as a potent factor in build
ing up and maintaining trusts and
monopolies. Certain newspapers in
the north instead of answering my
arguments against protection, have
been pleased to call me a protection
ist becauso 1 demanded equality be
fore the law."
I staid squarely upon the tariff
plnk of the Chicago platform, and
my votes wore given in defense of
the peoplo whom I represent, and
to compol the Rtpublican party to
place fhe south inon an equal foot
ing with the balance of the country.
Wo woro convened last March in ox
traordinary sossion, and the 1topub
licans prosolnted us With the most
unfair and sectional tariff bill over
framed. Tt had freo binding twine
for 1ho nort-hern farmer, and taxed
cotton tios and juto bagging for the
southern pliatnter. 'Pho northarn
proctilets, Wheat., corn, barley and
rye woro protected, aid cotton left,
to shift for itself; a trust in northern
railroad ties and1( white inol at the
eipa'e( of A'outhern pinoe and tie
m.'lbor. 'lTe classifications in the
rico schiedule woere so arranged as to
pla1co high duties upon01 the rice used
for food, while tihe grades used in
mIIannfa fctu ring beer were admitted
almost dluty free.
in mllannafactured p)roducts, certain
graldes mfanufactulred in tihe south
were discrinminated algainlst in favor
of othler grades inl siiliiar lines mIan
ufactured in the north. An analysis
of tile coal, iron andl other great ini
dostries wvould show how eastern
monopolists arranged thlei r intricate
schedule for the purpose of plunder
ing thle souti.
I was 01n tIle ways and meanils
committee, and saw from tile begin
nieg the bold attemplt of tile Rlepub
licani party to liquidate its political
obligations by meanlis of a tariff bill
wichl shlould levy tribute upon tihe
Democratic southl for tihe benefit of
B fore the bill left onr committee
rOolA it had degenerated into a con
test ever schleduIles, while by the
timie we were thtroughl hammering it
in the senate, it rep)resented no0 fix
ci or plarticular economic theory,
butt wastt a mixture of thenm all, and
on!y a Republican conforeonco com
mittee saved it from destruction.
Every practical man11 realized fromn
the hoginlning that sooner or later
tho Diugloy bill would bec'mo a
I .wV. it wasl simp)ly a,quIlestion of
better or worse. Wh oever might
he one0's oiniion on1 thle subject of
p)rot.ectionl here woe wvore in extra
R4ession considlerintg, not a [Democrat -
ic revenuoe bi1lll bt at heipublican
measare, whose avowed object was
der such circum-96aliees the first duty
of a reppdontativs is to Oppose tho
papago of such a bill, but in the
ehnmitteo and elsewhero, by offer.
ing amendments and otherwise, to
secure as far as possiblo fair play
and justico for the industrie.; of tho
section which ho represents. If he
fails to do this, doe- :iot he abandon
to those believing in protection all
the bonofits which arise from the
imposition of tariff diu ies? Does lhe
not fail to coinponsato neglected in
torests for the burden cast upon thom
by the policy of protoction? With
$500,000,000 to raise annually by
custom duties, how can you destroy
protection except by equalizing bur
den8 and benofits? It is idle to talk
of a direct tax; such an idea lives on
ly in; the minds of cranks and social
istg:
The essence of protection lies in
t.ho tribute that one class is permit
ted to levy upon another, and the
1110111ent that e(uality OXists protOc
Lion is gone. It was in line with
thought that Sonators Ctinnon and
Tillman advocated an export bounty
on wheat and cotton to e(Inalize the
burdens and benefits of the protect
ivo system. I have no harsh criti
cism for my colleagues in the house
or senato who differed with me.
I acted after careful thought ac
cording to the dictates of my judg
ment, anld I give it, as my doliberate
opinion that had all those who were
opposed to the Dingloy bill fought
it out as intelligently and as porsis
tently on the lines indicated, instead
of repeating the hackneyed old
speechen that have boon made bien
nially for the last 50years, the Ding
ley bill would have boon defeated or
a full moasure of justico socured.
Actuated by love for my section,
with a full knowledge of the strug
gles and trials since the war of the
noble men and womon, who by hon
est. efforts have tried to repair her
broken fortunes and restore the south
to her proper status in the com
mercial. world, I simply stood up
and demanded for my section and
my people a full share in the bone
fits that should accruo from na
tional legislation.
Had I the power to frame a tariff
bill, it should be simply to raise
su1ficiont money to pay the exponses
of the government, and the blurdens
.uiould be placed as equally as possi.
bWe upon all the peoplo of all sections
and the incidental protection be
given to labor whero it proporly be
longs.
For aix years by (diligent study I
have tried to lit myself for the in
telligent dlischlargo of my duties as a
representative. I hatve spaired my
self iln neither mind nor body, and
the only reward I ask is tile "Well
done, good and faith ful servant."
If it pleases a merciful CGod to r'e
store me t.o health tiad the pe'ople to
continue mno in the sonate, all that
patriotism~ and zeal can inspire will
be done for South Carolina.
To tIhe peoll of the Sixth dis
trict I will say that one of the koonu
est dlisap)pointmnts of my politicail
life is that after paissing aill thlroulgh
the State whoure 1 wvas personatlly uni
known, inl sight of honmo miy strength1
failed. Your confidence in me a
never wvavered during tall the stormls
of the past years and1( your strong
hands and( bratve hearts have sus
tained me in every emergency. Four
times I have 1hold your commission
in conlgress, and I cani face my Goed
and say that my heoart has ovor' boat
true to South Carolina.
I put my trust not in scheming
oflice-seelkers or mien who make a
business of ptolities, but in tile great,
linost malssos, who knowv the true
from the falso, fhie counter feit from
the genuine. W1ith themn I rest my
case.
A few years ago a p)olitiial cyclone
struck our St ate; it hadu t.o colmo in
the very nature of things, b)ut its
main p)urp)os has been accomplisheod,
and there is no noodi or excuse for
ftactional feeling in South Carolina.
The time hats come wvhen instead of
making ourselves noted abroad for
the b)it terness of our factional lights,
t he p rogress arnd developm ents of
our initernat,ional resources should1(
adovrt ise us to the world as the land
Wo should staminp out what is lit
tie, petty and mean, and send repro
sontatives abroad whose intelligence,
patriotism and independence of char
acttr commands respect and conli
doceo, and fittingly present us to
the world as a broad minded, culti.
vated and progresaivo people. I
ha:tve fallon far short of this ideal but
T havo tho consciousness of knowing
t,at I havo done the best that I
could. Thanking my friends for the
kind sympathy expressed during my
illness in the hundreds of letters and
tolograms which I have received, and
praising God for again restoring me
to my family and my people, I am,
Yours, etc.,
JOHN L. McLAURIN.
Johnson's
Chill and
Fever
Tonic
Cures Fever
In One Day.
CHI EF IIA H It BOUNCED.
novernor Ellerbe D)iiulssed Him From the
Servive-Th, Itensons Not (ien-All
Ilutis of Rumors its to the Na
ture of the Charges Preferred
Agailst the ex-Chief.
[Register, 27th.]
"For reasons satisfactory to my
self, Chief Stato Constable Bahr has
been permanently dismissed from
the constabulary force," was the an
nouncement, Governor Ellorbe greet
ed the representatives of tihe press
with yesterdav morning. The chief
oxecutive had just concluded giving
Mr. Bahr a hearing in tho premises,
a conference having been held, all
the parties concerned being in at
tendance. When asked what wero
the spocific charges preferred against
the ox-chief, Governor Ellerbe de
clined to givo thom, saying that the
reasons acuating him were suffi
ciont.
The action on the part of the gov
ornor had boon anticipated, perhaps,
by the reading public. It is known
that. (overnor Ellerbo a few days
ago teiporarily dismissed Air. Bahr
from the constabulary and ordered
an invostigation to determine wheth
or the suspension should be made
poirmlanent.
There have been all sorts of r-u
mors hinting as to the charges pro
ferroed against Bahr, and several
have gone so far as to say that the
chief had sold out to the wvhiskey
dealers. Again, it is rumored that
it was alleged that Constable Bahr
failed to attend strictly to tihe duties
of his posit ion and in many instances
didl inot (10 what the dispensary lawv
reqJuiros of a chief constable. Th'le
Register does not state these as
facts, as thin governor declines to
state thle charges, and( Ox Chief Blahr
was v'ery reticent about the entire
miatter yesterday.
After thie hearing was over, Bahr
waulkeOd airoundl ( the state house build1
ing and( chiattedi pleasantly wvith those
lhe mot. lie wvas seen soon after the
announcement of his dismissal had
been made by the governor to alRog
ister- hejportor, and asked if lie had
any thing to sauy. lie seemed amused
and said that the governor no
doubt would give all the facts.
Hie was then told that he had booen
permiianently (1ism issed fromt ser
vice, and. at this information lie
soemed su rpriised. S nrprisedl apJ
pairenitly be)cauls() the (end( camoe so
gnick. Mr. Bahr did say, however,
that lhe wvould have somnethin[g to say
for p)ublication very soon. lHe want -
0(1 the newspapoers to first publish
tho.g1licial pairt of the proceedmngs.
Governor Ellerbo was asked con
cor-ning the successor of Bahr, but
lio announced that for awhile no suc
cessor would he appointed. All of
the constables who have been uinder
the supervision of. Blahir will make
their repiorts direct to the governor.
Th le chief executive says the matter
of a successor to Bahr will probably
be considered late.
IRBY TELLS A TRUTH
%DMTI SECURING TM11 IAN'S NOAI1
NATION 1Y FRAUD
in March Conventlon-11rougat Tiltun"u
Back Into the Pit After lit) Wat
liarked and Had "Qut."
[Special to the State.]
Manir.ing, Aug. 27.-With the ox
:0ption of a declaration by Col. Irby
:bat he cheated in the March con
vention of 1890 to secure the nomi
ation of Tillmnan, the candidates
nado their usual speeches without
variations. The crowd numbered
300.
Mr. Evans at the outset of his
ipooch repeated much that he said
yesterday about the dishonorable
varfaro that was being waged against
liiim. lie compare the sending out
>f circulars to tumblebug tactics,
id taking up a circular entitled
'Evans's Evil Record Unrolled," he
iastily read the subheads and denied
he allegations until be came to the
10n1d deal charge. Ie had, he do
-lared, explained last year in this
ery court house his connection with
.ho rofunding of the State debt. His
-4xplanation satisfied the people thon,
md after he had finished, Mr. Me
Laurin came to him and said ho
3howed conclusively that his trans
ctions in the matter had been hon
>rable.
"My Dear Appolt" had said that
ie would not get 100 votes in Clairen
on, but Appolt doesn't carry the
votes of this county in his pocket.
Re made several other allusions to
"My Doar Appelt," which were re
received with yells and btrrahs for
Appelt. Some one in tho.andionco
asked Mr. Evans if the constables re
turned to their homes last year and
worked for him under his orders.
Mr. Evanq--How do you know
they worked for me?
"Of my own knowledge," was the
reply.
Mr. Evans then said if tho consta
blos worked for him it was without
orders from him. Ho never dealt
with the constables, but gave his
orders to the chief constables, who
wore alone responsible to him. lie
compared his relations to the consta
bles to that of a general of an army.
Ho was not responsible for what
the constables did, but the chiefs
were.
Col. Irby said he was delighted to
be present, for lie wanted to soo
"My Darling Appolt," whom lie had
not seen since hi ran away from
Charleston.
Col. Irby then announced that lhe
wvould not attack Mr. McLaurin's
record in his absence; doiodec he was
running as a "loose horse" to elect
Evans; told his "stud colt" joke;
gave his reasons for not running
last year, anid deniounced the camn
palign bureau in Columbia for thme
circulars whichi it was seninmg out.
lie exp)lained how lhe made Evans
governor, anid saidi he was the daddy
and granddladdy of all the politi
cian)s, big anid little, in the Slate ex
cept Tilhnan, buIt hot hatcheid him.
''The truth of this whole matter is,''
said1 Col . 1rby, ''that Tillmanan I11(
joined teouns ini 1886, afteor his aigi -
tat ion ini I885, for thme pur mpose, fi rst,
to establish an agricultural college
in South Carolina. As I r,emmbor,
the eounrities of Clamrondlon, Marlboro,
Marion, Newborry, (Chestor and Lau
rens respiondedi to the call from lCdgo
field. Somneof the repiresentativesifrom
these counties even Ilunkod, andl on
the quesCt ion of college or no college
we wvere in glo riously defeated.
"Tilhnman bectmi disgusted and
attempted to organize the farmers of
lie Stalt e, threw up 1 I the spongo,
wrote a long letter to the people of
the State expressinug hiis contempt,
and( retiredi to his home among the
hills of old 10dgetield. I dlidn't sur
rondoer, however, land kop)t uip thet
fight in thme legislature along the(
lilnes of reformi ini the adlmministration
of the State government. The col
loge seIme(d to) be hopelessly gone;
but Glod came to thle rescue by put
ting it into the heart of Mr. Clem
son to make his bequest. A fresli
hold( was takcer, the fight was re
neowed amnd the college established.
RuM Tillmnn wna out vo1nntril~
out. To i ot him back I originated
thOe March convention idea a year
before the convention was hold and
gave him the nomination on a silvor
,waiter. On the question of nomina
tion or no nomination in that con
vontion we were defeated by one
voto. I cheated the question of
nomination in, which saved Tillman,
who was to be the nominee. The
end justified the means, because per
sons opposed to nominations had not
boon invited to that convention and
they had no right to control its do
liberations.
"Tillman is the last man in the
world to raise his hand against me,
for up to last year I had been a bet
ter friend and closer to him evenl
thain a brother. Without ino h
would have boon on his plantation
today, an humble farmor and a bus
tod politician. He says hie's hands
off in this fight. God grant it! I
ask noi man to be my political god
father, if I can't make the light.
with my own hols, I am not lit to
be senator."
Colonel Irby closed with an appeal
for the factions to got togethor and
save the Democratic party in this
State.
Both he and Evans woro .ap
phtuded.
Chairman Bradhain announced
that he had boon requested to road
the address of Sonator McLaurin to
the voters of the Stato, which was
published in today's newspapers.
On account of being too unwoll to do
Ao, ho asked Mr. Appolt to read it.
Mr. Appolt complied, and onl con
cluding the address was applauded.
An exceptionally handsono aind
artistically arranged basket of ciriys
anthomums, roses and forns was
sont to the chairman, with the re
quest that he, on behalf of the la
dies of Clarendon, turn thom over to
Mr. Appelt to be forwarded to Sona
tor McLaurin.
Ti Norton-Ellorbo episode of
yesterday was adjusted by each mak
ing explanations and the lIttor road
ing the telograms from the Marion
bank presidents published today.
Two Jutges-A Punch Dowl-A Iloimted
Judge William Carter, of Sheboy
gall, and Judge Caswell Marks, of
1epin, were both natives of the same
town. .1n boyhood they had janinied
the same cat's head into the same milk
pitcelrl, stolen peaches fromi samle tree.
got trouneed by same farmers, and
were otherwise intimate frviends-after
wards Chums at, college, where t,leir
prianks gave imuch trouble. Later on
oth entered the same law ofice. Sonu
years later they part.ed and becameiv
eminuent In their separate adopted
States. Last year they met, for the
fIrst time sinc their parting years be
fore, and brewed a conviv ial drink in
honor of the event.
About midnight, full of affection and
punch, they retired to the same bd.
Now this bed was something wonder
ful, both in size and construction, be
Ing a huge affair, standing in the mild
die of an extremely large room, and
was so constructed that in cleaning the
room ropes were used in raising it,
bodily, out of the servant's way. As it.
was a very cool night the two legal Iu
miinailes plaedo their clothing upon01
the foot ofsthe bed.
Now b)th t,hese eminent 1men3 had1
nepiheCws who st,ood but, litt,le in awe of
their august, koinsmen, and1( were, miorec
over*, chips from the same block. When
satislied both were' asleep four' of these
nephews t,ered the r'oom and1( quiet,ly
ralsed t,he bed nearly to the ceiling,
locked the (do0r onl outside, and then
selves retiredl for t,he nig'ht,.
At, 3 o'clock a. mu. .Judlgo Carter'
awoke with that speces of tir st, which
usually comies after' dr ink ig Kentucky
ph)iil, and Is knlown as "'hot, copper's."'
Leapinmg lightly out of bed to get a
drink of water, lhe wenit whirmlinig down,
alighting with a thmump) on all--fours,
which, fiIfty year's previous, the J1udge
would not 'have noticedl. There was a
long ando painful pause as the J1udge
gradlually collected his scattered senses
and1( rose to his feet., thienu pormed up-i
ward through t,he (darknmeu. ando called:
"'Caswclhl!" (No reply.) "Oh, (Cas
well!'' (Movement above. ) ''Say, (Caz!"'
.Judge Caswell was now awake, and
listeni ng in wonder to ii hi rothier
whose position lie couldl not account
for.
"'I've fallen t,b rough a tra) dloor,''
yelled the aff righmted J1udge. "G( et up,
Caz, and l ight the lamiip.''
"Wherec are- you'?'' queried J1udge
Marks saying wvhich hie fr-amed the
opini1 on that hiis honorable brother- was
drtiuk.
"D Iown here; fell throughi a trapl door.
D)on't iget, out .1 may side0 of the. b)ed."
"'All righit,."' A mnd J1udge Mar'ks slipp
ed out On hlis sidle of the bedh to r'enderi
aidh to thme friend or his boyhood days.
Wit,h at crash thamt was aistonlishi ng to
bot,h, Judi(ge Marks landed below, nar
r'owly escaped breaking his niek, and
bot,h were now thoroughly convinced
that they must have been- very drunnk
when going t.o bed.
The nep5helws had1( remiioved every
chali' fr'omn the room and( closedl the
blinds on ouitside ' windioow. The
darkness, toget,her with the strange
ness of their condiitlion, cauisedl both t.o
miove'( ar'ounid but little, and nearlIy fr'o
zen to death, at daybreak they dizscov
ec'ed their bed and( mna&ged to ('1imb1
Into it anid got warmn enough to talk t,he
miatterovr
T1hie nephews kept, ver'y tuiet regard
ing their share of the scrape, andti It is
needhless to say bot,h judges solemnly
p)ledgedh each other niever to spea1k of
that. night's experience, nor should I
mient,lon it hut, for the faict that bo0th
1have become such rad ical and uinriea
sonable t'3hepeance ad vocates that 0one
Or two of tihe nephlews are quiet,ly gi v
HE'S FIGHTING MAD
FCVANS MAY 1011) LM. LUIN 1El'ON
sI1L1A AND H1AVI
Irby aim 111to twove>ni 1etVvIHO Ot UrOtLi1ra IK
mued Froam Co'luet lilureau of In
formamitii-4ry Attackm II-Alerbe.
(Special to the Stato.)
Kingstree, Aug. 20.-Tho moot
ing today aftor that, of yestorday
wats liko a inlm atiter a storm. Tho
two spoakers oxhauisted their supply
of invueives at Georgotown but had
on hand a fow now ones for today's
uigoting. They woro listened to by
about 200 mon who woro quito un
domonstrative. Both speakers woro
mildly applaulded whle they con
cluded.
Col. J. L. M. Irby bogain. This
camlipiign is linparal lolied in the his
tory of the Stato for taking under
hiided Idvaiilnigo and for dirty
(ricks of dirty henchien. I cannot
speak of Mr. Mc 11ri1's record
while 1ho is oil a i hd of sickness for
fear of doing him anll injustict, but I
can speak of the inlfaious light that
is being 1111do against mllo.
Col. Irby here volomently denied
the report. thit, le was ru'lliming ats I
"looso 1101Ho" to elect Ivanls.
Tlley Ivo e('stiblished a i lying
birea over t here inl Columibia.
T .ey atro smiening cirelairs ill over
tho Stato an( they ire lying about,
as thiek as sinowflakos. Andl to 11(1(1
to the infamy of the act, tho circulars
aro not signed by anyoo. 'hey
aro anonymous and there is no on
whom I an hol rv-ponRibiv. ti
addition to being lios, the circulars
are written by it iack of Cowalirds.
Tho men at tho htm1(a of that. buroau
in (olumlbia lIe I liars and cowards.
'Hero's one of the little darlings,"
and Colono. irby took from his
pocket at circular coniinilg roimlarks
ho and Governor IEvant woro said to
1a1vO m1.ade Ioit each othler last
year. After reading it Colonel Irby
toro it np and deiied that I(, had
Over sid any of the things Ittributed
to him.
He thu wenl t ovvr much of his
speoech of yestordiay con1cerning tho
Murphy loanl, 11111. failed to bring out
anyt.hing nomw.
His record a1s at Dolocrat and his
oppo'iition to bolts woro 1'-poited.
Io tol.l ho. ho madtIle l.vaiis gover
nor an 11d Iumzzlld Illfim to carry
out. the schmm. Bill Neml, Over
there iii (Joltiaitt, cato oi to Wash
ingtonl with Tilhman to help1 muzzlo
himn. Bill Nol, wlho hasn't )10 conts
worzt h of sense, waIs try ing to dabble
inl pol itics thon as lie is 1iow.
I imders01tand1 thatt lCilerhoe has1
madoel ano1the1r deal wit hi Charleston
to remlovo the mnetrop oliitn poico( if
the vole of that. city is cast for Ale
Luin. It has comoi to aL pretty
pass5 when the peoplo of Chiarleston
have to surrender thieiru franchise to
get tho right of self. governmnt. I
hop)O to G ou some one0 will maitke the
governior carry out. his coritrauct t his
bibne.. Evants ought. nellver to put the
mietropolitanuu police on that graind
old1 city. No la1w should b)e pas1od(
for one part11 of the St.ato unless it.
wasI1 made0 to apjply to mall. Th'Ie leg
for Laut~rons or any1 other towni as
woll as for Charleston. Somte other
way for (enforcinlg the dispeiissry laiw
in C~harlestomi shioult( have boosuu (d
Colonel Irby conicluided by wVarn
ing the voters of the bogiaers of tho
sufflralge clauise.
Mrfi. John (Gary Evans oponed0( his
speech1 with som10)e lonsantries about11
Colonel Irb'hy heing his pol1it ical dady'
aind thlen passed00 on to a defense of
the suf'fraige clanse.
".liut,'" aid1 110, ''1 do joinl hiin ini
0110 thing and1 thait is the wauy tis
campi ~aign is bom1 ug run. Follow
eitizetns, you1 kniow the lowy callmpa)ign
moer. But the neowspapers have held
upj inl their abus1e8 this year and1( inl
stead( have put11 two) gutter snipos0 in1
chatrge of a bu reau in C~obunbflhia.
And I say here nnless Mr. McI Lu
rin 01)01ly an publ 111)1icly deniouncer
this~ bu1reau1 I will hold( him pers1on
alily respionsile0. Irby has111 shown
you ono of these circlarsl and11( tii
mnorninrg I got 'oe giving miy 8111)
nnse1 ronrh nn,11 nnuttinag word1s ii
my mouth that I never said, I got
a letter from a man in Greenville.
saying Bill Neal had offered him
monoy to distribute these circulare.
Where did he got the money? What
business did ho have to mix up in
this light? Instead of being the
superintendent of a penitentiary he
should bo dressed in stripes and put
to work as a convict.
Irby (sotto voice): "I endorse all
that."
Last year while I was governor I
had to sond Neal to the Keeley in.
stituto because lie became incapable.
of attending to his busineas.
Irby: Did he got a diploma?
Evans: I don't know, but it would
bo the best recommendation he could
havo.
Ml the papers of the 3tato are
siipporting Mr. McLauriii, but not
satisfied with that soein of his
friends have reortett to this gutter
snipo practico of sending out ciren
lars to stab Irby and mysolf in the
back.
After this denunciation of the bi
reau, Mr. Evans took up the tariff
and said all farmers should be free
tralers for the reason that they sold
their products in free trade mark
ets, but could only buy their goods
in protection markets. Farmers
should also favor free raw material,
bcaus the manufacturer could
iake his goods cheaper and the
farmers could, therefore buy thom
cheapor.
-Mr. Evans concluded with his ar
gument on the tariff. He was ap
plauded.
CONOREHSiONAL HOW.
Aftor the sonatorial candidates
concluded indl before the mooting
was dismissod. NTr. J. E. Ellerbe,
candidato for congress, arose and
said in justico to himself he desired
to make a statomont. While in Cam
don, he said, to address a Statd6un
day School convention, lie rqegoived-a
tolegrami from a friend in Manning
telling him that Ooneral Norton was
saying things about him. He came
to Manning and learned that it was
boing told onl hilin that last year he
specutiated in cotton future and lost
all his property; that he bQrrowe4
mioney from the banks at Narion
mid secured them with mortgages on
100 bales of cotton, but. that he sobO
this Cotton, and to koop the banks
from imicting him friends hind como
to his aid. To refuto this he tele
graphed to the prosidents of the
banks mind received the following
answers:
"No truth in thie charge. Your
dlealings with bark have all been
hionormiilo and saitisfacton y.
WV. J. MOWroiOMERIY,
"President."
"1 know nothing of the charges to
which you refer Your transactions
with Bannk of Marion always have
boon honor-able.
C. A. Woon'.s"
A fter readlinag these t elegrams,
Mi. Ellerbe sa1id people in glass
houses should not throw stones. lie
felt tOempjted1 to reply to thieso ininf
uations and charges, but restrain
ed himself, as lhe had thus far con
ducted his campaign oni a high plane
and did not wish to stoop to auny
thing low necar the end. lie felt
lie could b)e elected without resor'ting
to such mloanls anid lie would niot.
Note --In his remarks, Mr. Ellerbe
dIid iiot say that (Gen. Norton was
the muan who was circulating these
rep)orts. lie used the expression
"one of his opponents." To your
correspondent ho said (Gen. Norton
waLs thne man to whom he referred.
As (1on. Norton and Mr. Ellerbe
will bo(th be at Manning tomorrow it
is probable that mocre will com of
the matter. U. B. S.
lCEA1) Vi11V MUiii KIKEi FIlHT.
sonat er Mel.,au ini Pust. Ex-oo,vernor Ervann
oni NoItico--ThatI He4 I i Rep,nalbleb for
Anmytinlg Offonn,aive to Mr. Evans.
CJolumbia, S. 0., August 28.-Set.
ator McLaurin today sent the fol
lowing self -explanatory card to honad
quiarters for dissemination:
"I am resposible for anything in
the~ campjaign that is offensive to Mr.
Evans, and he noed not put himself
to the trouble to make any inquiries,
b)ut may proceed, when he sees fit, to
hold me responsible."
(Signed. Jom L. M4LAUInu.