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Blustering Irby APPEARED ON POINT OP CHAWING UP TILL? MAN BUT HE GOT A DENIAL. Benjamin. Said He Was a Dead Duck-Attacks MzLauri?. . Greenville, July 30.-The ineetiog to-day at Greenville Bas quite large. The evidences of favoritism on thc part of some were marked, and at the out? set it looked as if Senator McLaurin was going to have trouble to get an au? dience. Ic was hardly ao atrempt to have down, certainly nothing like the good old 1892 war whoop, but to-day's ex? hibition was the exuberance of some of Irby's and Evans1 friends The fea tare of the meeting were the "hands off" telegram from Senator^Fillman and the announcement of Senator Mc Laurin that there was no longer need for factional lines in this State. The first speaker was former gover? nor John Gary Evans. He said that after a campaign of lying and slander such as has neVer before bee? known he was defeat od. He thanked those who voted for him. He was defeated cy ?50 votes He had DO apologie? for being a member of the reform fac? tion, and he stood to day where he . h as always stood, as th? representative and friend of the masses He dealt for awhile on general matters and then branched ont on protection, which he denominated as little more than rob? bery. Ha gave an historic record of tariff legislation and nullification at*d at much length argued specifically against protection He said wheo he wept to thc senate no one would hear of his protection of Yankee'goods or deering with Republicans. Every t?ii?g that is. in the interest of the farm? ers is "declared to be uacaustitutional. MeL^urtn ought to be io rhe Republt can party to day. He favored free raw wool, as it would reduifc the co.*t of bis manufactured goods He wanted poli? ticians judged by their acts and not by what they say. Whenever the Repub? licans get a protectionist they know they have a Republican. U amused the audience very much when he ridi? culed the idea that McLaurin was put on the ways and means committee be? cause of his intellect. Mr. Cox: *'No use to talk about Johnanie; fae's dead yi (Apphcss and laughter ) Mr. Cox was a sreat admirer of Governor Evans and cheer? ed bim and Gen. Mart Gary. Governor Evans, spoke foe an hour and was very cordially received His *- entire speech was .on the tariff issu2, jumping 00 McLaurin views and the rice, cotton and lumber schedules speci? fically. He said be was poorer today than when he went into the governor's office, notwithstanding rumors Mr John H E*r!e. at the conclu sion of Mr Evans* speech, asked whether Mr..Evans meant to say his father had 'used slander or unjust methods tn the last campaign. Gover? nor Evans said he had the highest re? spect for General Earle, that they had settled their differences. Senator McLaurin said any man who misrepresented his position, as Mr. Ev ans bad, was, io bis opinion, unworthy of confidence. There was some autempt at interruption, but ir. (jaie ted down. He said 16 tock all ?bree of his oppon? ents to handle him. In 1888 he ad voca ted primaries and the rule of the people, and in 1890 be did the same He believed there was need of a political awakening When suc? cess came and in place of the old oli? garchy the effort wits made to set up a new one, be kicked His position was and is that since 1892 there bas been no need of factional differences, for the reform principals had been incorporated in State and national platforms. He knew of no conspiracy, and stood for giving alt a chance. If,there was a . conspiracy it was to keep up factional Hoes to keep certain parties in office The trouble was when the Colieton p lao wa> c au gu ra: ed Governor E ?ans denied that be kcew anything about it, and Koester favored it and it was against bim McLaurin went on to say the Colieton plan was started in? terest of Evans and was for the pur? pose of letting a few thousand voten? j run the nomination of the govoraor j He said that such things drew thc rac tiona) litres. Here there was a break j of applauses for Evans. Chairman | Bram le? again tried toqoiet the crowd j and McLaurin said it was oniy a few ! who cried for Evans and be would ?et j them talk if they wished. He said j tb.3t the factional fight was settled in j 1892. aod its nncciples are incorpor?t i ed in the Democratic platforms. Mc j Lauri0 said that Evans was trying to . appeal to "the ignorance'"' of the people, ? and this seemed to offend some and j they thrcegbt it wa? saying they were j ignorant, and tfcer was another rutopu* j Coi. Irby wanted McLaurin to apelo ! gize, and he had said nothing to need j apology. Governor Evans asked that bis ; ? friends hear McLaurin McLau- i j rin explaioed that fae meant 1 Evans was attempting to ap i peal to ignorance as ty Calhoun's views, j as but very few except Mudents kn^w j 1 what Calhoun's views really were. McLaurin rolled up his sleeves ?nd j 1 went to pounding away at the facts rc j 1 lative to bis views on the tariff and in- j ] sisted thar he was net and never bad j < been a protectionist and that his whole j fight was to have his State recognized ! 1 asan intelligent part of bia country. ? Mr. Evans, uucer bis direct tax play. { would reduce the labor* to a \ ll pauper labor by his ezcessi* lax He wanted every one to uodei stand that the necessary oxpenses coul not be raised except r/ith individus protection. He doubted if the Dingle bill would raise euough to ruo the gov ertnnent H-e related how the bili was prepare and how it waa rushed through th house, and his whole purpose was to b attacked by leading Republicans, whic would not indicate his acceptaoc by the Republicans His only iocen tive was to represent his people honest ly and conscientiously. He was th tbe^ first member to open up th question of free bagging and ties. H paid be would not be senator except up 00 the endorsement of hie* people in primary. He went over the cottci seoedole at length and in the hous committee every Republican opposei Bicon's cotton duty aoieodmeot Jus as surs as this county remains on tb? single standard and Mexico has a silvei basis. Mexico will send short staph here unless there is some barrier He then went on to the lumbar sched ule. Mr. McLaurin confined himself t( farther explanation of his votes, and wat on this topic when admonished that bi? boar was up The essential point p McLaurio's speech to day was the non factional idea which he urged should bi recognized, as there wa? no need foi faen?os now. Mr. S Gr Mayfipd said be was de? lighted tn be among his own people. He said he would talk only 40 minutes He immediately jumped on McLaurin's tariff views and insisted that McLau ntl** ideas could not do this~~people any good Mclaurin cannot complain ol being called a proteotiooost, because to agree w??fy fbem ic Dart was to agree io' principal. Mclaurin had done more mischief for the time in the senate thao any tuan ever io that bindy from thi* State If South Carolina wa-* ready to go into the Republican hoes, then McLaurin's views are prop? er. He then jumped on Mclaurin for defending the Tillman Larimer bill. He related bis anti-dispensary views. He said he would pay his respects to The Record, and if McLaurin had $500 to give away it should be to the people. v Mayfield said 'McLaurin was the best advertised man and jumper he ever say. The cry of combination was gotten up by McLaurin and 'bis" paper. In reapone to an in quiry, the explained bow Tillman and McLaurin voted together. Tillman, he Raid voted to load down the bill McLaurin said Tillman's and "his views were identical Mayfield went on to say that ^McLaurin had killed himself here to day, and he had told the crowd it was ignorant, and he went on to say. McLaurin had lost his grip since be Went into the campaign He said McLaurin had as few friends everywhere as here to day He closed "by rapping the dispen? sary, and saying there could be no barrooms The constables, he said, did nothing at all now The lawyers got $10,000 of ?15,000 out of the dis ponsary. The dispensary breeds more scandal, calamy and rotteness than anything ever keown The dispen? sary is doomed. Voice-Right 1 n response to an inquiry from Mr Whitman, he said any one except a crank^coold tell the difference be? tween prohibition and high license, and local option with high license. He, however, explained the matter Mr. Whitman wanted to know if Mr. Mayfield called - him a crank and Mayfield said he hardly knew he (Whitman) was here Col Irby started out by saying the liar was abroad This, be said, was the best sign he was going to beat his opponents-all of them Tillman and he had been great friends, and if Tillman had a political daddy he was that person He said there was now and has ali along been an efFort to alienate him and Tiliman. They dared not publish the latest lie in The State; bot started it in North Carolina. He did not care to *ay what he had done for Tillman, but ho man could reflect on him or his re cord without it being resented There was an interview printed in a Char? lotte paper reflecting on him and The State was glad enough to republish it Ile said the interview reflected I nn him, his record and his manhood j and he would not stand it, and sent j him this telegram : July 29 1897. ! Hon. B R. Tillman, Trenton, S. C. j 1 see in to-days's State an inter? view with you taken from Charlotte Observer (News). Is it authentic?) J. L M. Irby. He then read this reply : Trenton, S. C., Juiy 30, ; Hon J L M. Irby : Interview in Charlotte paper a fake; did not see any reporter when I came j through Chat lotte Am hands off in j senatorial race B R Tillman, j Thus. Irby said, another lie has; been na?ed. This brought forth ap? plause for Irby and Tillman. He said he had no idea of bein?; insulted by Tillman or atty one else. Col Irby then went on to tell about the fatherhood of candidates and said Whitman wa? a "bummer" a::<! Mr Whitman got mad and asked what it neut and explained what be meant ile said McLaurin was & beaten can? didate beyond question Voices-"But Evans will beat lim " McLaurin was nothing but a poli ician and went with the political vinds. He said he was the friend of j ! the poor and the rich man and would ! undeceive his friends McLaurin's ; record was higher thar hie Mc i Laurin, he said, joined every party ! that come along It has been alleged ; that he proposed to Strait and Lati j mer to organize a separate party and ; go in with the Populists. He would j get a certificate to that effect Mc I Laurin denied this charge ; lrby-"AH right Til get the cer i tificate " Mr. Irby went on to reiterate the j Bowden incident, when he refused to i sit with Bowden. He said McLau i Hu had sent to him to offer him sup j port in a senatorial fight. McLaurin ! said he never sent any one to him. I "irby then said he would tell it all j and said Jarnegan and Eraly of Dar ? lington came to him and told him ! that McLaurin wanted to make friends and give him a dinner at the Oxford hotel Ile met McLaurin and they had the dinner and it was there agreed that McLaurin was to run for governor against Eilerbe and McLau rin was to help bim and in less than a week he (McLaurin) went back on him Soon after he was crawling on his belly to Tillman, asking his for? giveness. He said McLaurin wrote the "squedu'nk** letter aud then apol? ogized for it. He then said that McLaurin's ap? pointment was agreed to before Earle was buried and for proof he re? ferred to The State He said that Gonzales, McLaurin and Eilerbe agreed on the appointment and there has never been such indecent haste Speaking of the Conservative, he said that McLaurin had deceived ali his friends and the Conservatives would come next. He said he could prove McLaurin was for Butler until he saw Tillman would win and Mc Laurin then begged Tillman's for? giveness. He said he could pr<3ve this ile clearly iLt'tnated that hi3 vote wu3 wanted on the sugar sched? ule and some one asked him how much he was offered and he said that was 'A private matter and anyway he voted against the sugar trust's in terests \ Col. Irby spoke at length as to why he did not run last year. Mr. Hugh Barton asked Irby what he offered that was better than the present suffrage plan and ,Ool. Irby said he piotested against the present law and offered a substitute plan, but seeing it would be defeated did not press it. Col Irby went on to folly explain his views and said the poor man was put on a par with the con? vict and black man. When his time was up he was urged to go on Irby said he would rather not go over his time,- although asked so to do Chairman Bramlett read regrets from Mr Duncan and then adjourned the meeting and announced that Mr. Whitman was present Mr Whitman jumped up and in the most aggrieved manner said that any man who said he was a bummer told an infamous falsehood. The crowd laughed As the speakers were leaving the stand Mr Evans asked Col. Irby to deny that they were in a combina tion, one to be eledted governor and the other senator. Col Irby said that was another infamous lie Ile ran for what he wanted and wanted to be elected senator and was in no deal but was not working for another race Mr. Whitman then pi?ed into his speech again and said it was a shame that the other candidates and report? ers all left when he started to speak There were some who were willing to hear him for a while and he spoke to them, going over his known grounds. - I-|j j I - Business is Booming. 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