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Delivered on May 22, 1901, to a Large Audience. TflE SENATOR EXPLAINS HIS VOTES j i - On Party Questions and HJg Rektion to the Administration-Not Seek? ? las Federal Favors. FARMER'S MOVEMENT. Fellow-citltens: The political Rotor nation of 1890 had tor (ts main object tbs independence "of .thought . and ac .4283 on the part of the people in polit ical affair?. It -was thia that made me A '* Reformer." -A white primary. M I. vu o the white people of the State could settle their differences among \ themselves. In part it has accomplish ed its object in spite of the efforts to dwarf it into a one-man movement. Its leader has not been cont.eat for lt tte be complete, and has attempted' snore than once to dictate who should lad who should not be elected to office. Ul revolutions of this kind go farther than ita originators decdgn, no power can control them. iMen who suppose that tho "move ment" of 1890 was a mere efferves cence to give office to a favored few exe greatly mistaken. Some of the bszlt asu truest have never hem of fice, and tho time bs coming when those who betrayed and prostituted this great movement into a "one-man power'" ax*3, mere scramble far the "loaves and the fishes" will be held to an account. I stand to-day just as I etood in 1890, with the added experi ence of ten years of dtudy and contact ?with public men and affairs. I thank God that one thing has been accom plished. The people <b*ve been disen thralled and enlightened, &rd will never be satisfied with the accom plishment of anything less than the full purpose of the movement-free j thought, free speech, a fair ballot and rule of tho people This tmust an.d .hall be the final outcome. No at tempt to break down the reforms nearly accomplished can succeed. The ?saturai and inevitable consequences of that revolution must follow. Nothing can stay tr em. THE "ALLJANCE." Fellow-citizens: It affords me great pleasure to address you to-day. 1 -thank you for the honor and the op portunity. I recognise the fact that 1 am your public servant, and am ac countable to the people who elected me for my stewardship. This respon sibility of public office is the great con servative and preservative force in our republican form of government. It is the provinco and duty of a .Represen tative to study all important public questions and form a judgment as to their effect on the welfare of the pe> plo. To do this, he must at times act Independently and lead public sent! ment rather than blindly follow what is reputed to be the majority. It ls his duty to study national problems and vote according to his best lights and honest convictions, leaving the final decision as to the wisdom of his course to the people. As for myself, I acknowledge no master save the sovereign people, speaking at the bal lot-box, and I* -refuse to obey the dic tates of any political Boss, either In or outside of South Carolina. This ls my conception of the rights, duties and position of a Senator. My course since my election bsa been projected along the line of discretion and accountabil ity. In voting on great national Is sues I have considered the be it in terests of the South and the country rather than the lmpractk il results to follow flrom a (rigid adherence to party lines. It is passing strap;s that some of the men elected to Congress In 1892 should criticize me for doln? what they solemnly pledged t&eiase! ves to do. Uaa^t you rej&emher that an Alliance Delegation was elected in ?892 pledged no/t to be bound by a Democr*/;^ caucus, but to vote tor SC&asures calculated to benefit the na ' tion at large, irrespective of party? I feel like recalling the words, "Ob, lard God of Hosts, Lest we 'Forget, Lest we Forget" PRINCIPLES HIGHER THAN PAR TY. Political parties under our form of government are a necessity. They ?row out of the political relation a es tablished by the government itself. There have been since the birth of the nation and always will he two great political parties. If there were no real' Issues "they Would divide and fight over the mere spoils of offleev These differ ences originated in the diverse views entertained when out Constitution was adopted as to ?what constituted the proper functions of the government. Party platforms' have ajways been .apposed to be the exponents of these Views. A bloody Civil war settled the question of State's rights, and for a quarter of a century 4b ? Tmyin?? of tho bloody-ahirt'' on the one side and tho "nigger in the wood-pile",on the Other constituted the dividing lines. I say that every man, on a purely sec tiena! question, Uko white supremacy, is a traitor and a renegade who doc's act stand by bia own eedtion and bia oWn people. 1' say thax any man, on domestic .problems, problems of Inter nal concern, BhouiC, r-J far as possible, . \ bOW f0 tho u?hSm? of hl? p?riy. If he cannot agree with his party on ques tions of tho kind, Sie should, if pocs'. >le, find a party with which heis in ac Srd. I assert, i?lio>w-.5.? i*f.n--. Inw -ir, that lt ls almost a crime for any ty to make great broad, non-pollt American measures, Involving too cal and commercial development nation, the test of party fealty, essential to ths maintenance of or and prestige of the nait'on vital to bo relegated to the >ar?san and sectional conten of changed industrial and ondulons have grown great Sstdons pertaining to tb o rest of the country, which dered and settled by that ? Hi ? suant foro?, tire reserved patriotism of the people. DEMOCRACY BROADER THAN SEC T?ONALB3M. Follow citizens: There to no proato. menace to the stability o? our govern ment than a large minority " in the American Congreas voiln? upon broad, 'Vita!, non-partisan American Ques tions from purely sectional considera tions, I am a Democzv? honestly de sirous Of renuxlnlTLff arv ami !"?itaegsfe?? the triumph of the party to which I am attached by afieoolation and heredity. . lt was never contemplated, however, by the founders of that party that it should become a purely ttectionei af fair, yet to-day there is no Democrat ic "party capable of makins itself felt outside of the Sooth. In the North and West, lt is permeated ~-?th social ism, and has dwindled away into the party, of a section, not a nation. I do not propose, 'however, to pursue this line of thought; lt to painful and can accomplish no good purpose. THE MONEY QUESTION. ' Beginning with the panic of 1893, there bas never been such rapid Indus trial changes in any country. Thee o changes were In progress, and our war with Spain b.srved as a flash-light <to ?mow us whait was going on. In 1898, we had a campaign upon the money question. Everything was de pressed. (Men seeking employment, cotton under five cents, wheat below the cost of production, and idleness, discontent, distrust and misery every where. We were told that the salva tion of the country depended upon ?thc free coinage of eUver. I believer] then, and I believe norw, that tueorsil cally we were right; but new and un foreseen forces came into play, and 1 have enough sense to recognise tnt tact that the "restoration of coan dence," about wnicn Mr. Ole? ^.n talked, and about which I did aol kr ow enough at the timeto understand the discovery of gold tn the Klondyke the influx of money from abroad seik lng ?investment, and the Increase ii banking facilities, for the time at leas have settle1, the money question, ant nobody but a foal would make a "frei silver" speech norw. Instead of a de ploted treasury, there ls ia ii to-da: the largest amount of gold in the hlsto ry of the country, *and actually th Secretary of the Treasury a few week ago, deposited money in a Spa.' tanbar; bank, something that has never beai done before in the history cf our Stale I have been listen lng for somebody t crry out "Republicanism," because was instrumental In beginning a move ment which I hope in the future ma; enable our farmers and merchants t secure money at a lower rate of Intei est Another great change as the resul of the panic of 1893, L? the rapid devc opment of our export trade. Ou home markets failed us, manufoo'.i rem found themselves with Immens .stocks of goods on band -and nobed to buy them, this forced them to eee markets abroad, end one ederpri 3 n firm In Birmingham, Ala., shLpp?d 25 tons of Iron to Europe. At that tim iron could be bought for $6.09 per til in Birmingham, and this small shli ment sCx years a;o was the beglnnin of the $130,000.000 worth of iron tnt we snipped abroad last year, 330.lt tons going from Alabama, To-day, entire Europe ls alarmed 1 the development of our commerce,an we see every day. indications of trade comb I no on the part cf Euroi against the Tl-al ted ??&te?. In the 1 nunclal world, instead cf deperj^';, upon Europe as we did sen*/?in'*~y-(a ago for our money, Bnjggg-g. Garmai and Russia have reco^iy 3^ to oor to New York to pla*e tb??r gove: ment loans. I hav^ gIvesn nclhing b a mere outline,,.7^-. y?: : ^ any m within the^-^ of my vc?ic3 If t!;? fact^ uo not pr?sent a totally chang condLtlcin. The Spanish war^?uddea awoke us to the fact that our count was one cf the great commercial a political powers of the world. HOW CAN I BEST SFJaVE THE I TEBJEBT OF SOUTH CAROLINA 1 Believing as I do that thora are tal issues which, growing out changed industrial conditions, e higher an l ?-roedor than mere poi questions, l have, ' as your Sonet looking beyond the line onarked sectionalism and partisanship, striv to promote the mater al, political a commercial Interests of cur comm country-for In ss doing, I con Ix serve tho Interests of the State South. Carolina. For this I have br arraigned before the people of tl State and charged with allying my ti with the (Republican party. Crltiols abuse and gross m ?sro pr?sentation 1: been Indulged in. Not content w! their unfair metho-'. of attack, some the papers, in. their vUe per se cut! heve deceived the people by withho ?hg Information on one side of th: great national issues and emphasizl and publishing everything on t other. They have * persistently fr< me Up tua renegade,, and on mt than one occasion alleged that I tended to resign and accept a Fe de appointment. Amdd all thto persei tlon I haye maintained my sj.len confident that when an opportunity v offered, tho people would see that I ceiyed fair play and that they wot at least accord me honesty of p pose. Therrare. two quei?tlarns tb"* I st mit to the people of South Oarolir First, Am I honest in the views I ? vocato? Second. Am I mistaken' As to the first. All that I have say ls that my people have Shad th blood for South Canal in a in every 0; test In which she haa ever been em ged. I was born in v?outh Carolina took my wife In South Carolina, a wOaen I die I expect my b:nc3 to b? 1; beside five gencraiicas cf honest m and true women who have geno fore. I have children v. "JO muvt b1 my name, good or bad. Eve-y del that I have ls inveatwu in th's So except a small amount in North Ca lina and Florida. My intered a*e separably interwoven with ihe int est Of mv Stale, no at od can n^zfe her ia -which I rr/anot partiel^ate, and no evil of which I must not bear ?my share. If I wanted to have an ea.y time, I certainly choose the hard hard rood. I might have drifted with the current, sang "me, too," and con tinued to hold o Sloe. I had -pretty good tutelage, and an Illustrious exam ple in my early political career in the oata of domagogery, and could do H again in a pinch. But, fellow-citizens, the "game isn't worth the candle." If I cant be a Senator, worthy the great ? statesmen whom I rocceed, I do not; wish to hold ithe office. I do not claim I to be infallible, and the time has been j when I would gladly -have been convin ced that I was wrong, and thu? ena bled to escape from the pod tion which ax times was almost une a dura- ; ble; but, feilow-cltizens, ? no longer feel thal way. I, do not wish now ti be convinced. When a man has suf fered for a cause it becomes very dear to htm, and i think that it wou'd break roy heart if I Should find now that, after all, lt ls a mistake, and that I have been deceived by a mirage In the nieak desert I am human, and have ray full share ot the frailty and vanity which go v^'th poor, weak hu* men nature. I look back to some things that I have said and done, and I know that I was wrong, end I wish flt was otherwise.. But, fellow-citizens, twice within the bast three years I have felt that I was very ?near the time when I would have to stand before the bar of a just God, who knows the se crets of my innermost soul, and I felt that he would mercy have for petty frailties and short oom;!ngs, and give me credit for the earneet and horns'; effort, for the sacrifices which I had mado to servo the best and highest in terest of my Strate and country. I am not atnaid to meet my God and stan! upon my public record-why, then, should I fear any tribunal here below? I only wish that my life as a man wi; s as sinless and free from reproach es lt Is as your public servant. Charge 3 of corruption have been rife In South Carolina during the past ?fen years, but my worst enemies have never charged 'that ? fi?rly dollar has ever crossed tn . oalm of my hand. Fol low-cozens: To a man who loved society and that BO rt ot thing, a seat in the Senate may be a prize worth hav ing, but to me, lt is of no value save to further the cause to which I am de voting ?he "Val years o? my life. I am In the Senate for what I can get for South Carolina, not to further my per sonal Interests. **o you suppose tia*. I T^aJoy being flayed alive, and called all sorts of pet names by the growling, grumbling Gonzales, and the whlnin?, cringing dyspeptic Hem phill? It does not worry me very much, tor I know that there ls one kind of an animal that will growl Just for the pleasure of growling, and another that will whine, especially when milk ls scarce. There ls a good deal ot growling and whining just now because of a few Federal plums that have been dropping around, but I notice that it all comes from tbe direction where none are dropping o.* likely to drop. From Observation I In fer that there arc a plenty of Gald Democrats, Silver Democrats, Bryan Democrats, Cleveland Democrats, Mc Kinley Democrats, Tillman Democrats. McLaurin Democrats, and Demccnais cone of whom object to a Job under "Uncle Som." FEDERAT-. PATRONAGE. Now, fellow-citizens, I want fo say one word on this subject. I do nat control, I do not profess to control, I do not wish to control, nor wi?l I be come responsible for, the F?deral pat ronage In South Carolina. On ac count of my Ut) er al views, and what he ta pleased to consider my patriot e stand for broad American doctrines, the President has done me the honor to Tt/uStt?u 'US' on cortara ' occasions as to Soarth Carolina - ^.^mon-ts. Hs has done so, to my certain knowl?J**/ with Senators Morgan, Sullivan, tMc ?nery and other Democrats. I appre ciate it beyond measure, for a wlser ! man, a truer patriot, and a moro kind 1 ly Christian gentleman, never occuplol ? tho White "liicTuse than William Mc Kinley. I believe I have his confi dence and friend :<h!p, and there is no treasure that I vaine more highly. I would not have it and 1 would not re tain it were I a traitor to my State and people. He honors me, becausa be knowe as well as any man living, how much I love my native state. Wiiea he expressed a desire to be the Pres dent of the whole country and nat of ! a section, why should I not meet him half way? When he ls willing that the patrons who support a postofflce In South Carolina Should be consulted a? they are In Vermont. Massachusetts and Ohio, why should I, as your Sen ator, stick a pitch-fork into his vitals? Ah. fellow-citizens, if I have con trolled any patronage, it has been '.n 'Hie public Interest, net my own. No nephews of mine have besa commis sioned In the United States Army. I have had no eon. drawing a large sal ary, traveling this State at government expense, manipulating political aff?ts for me. Take the postoffice at Aiken, of what personal Interest la lt to me who tills lt. It does not put a dollar Into my pocket and I do not get my mall there. I believe in the rulo of the people, and I want to see the time come wheo, tho patrons cf the office, those Who support U, shall name th? pc?tmaster just as they do the sfoer iff and clerk of the court. Who da yea ?U<ppc3? the peopls o! Aiken pre fer for postmaster-a r.an who s ideatlfled with the town, born and reared among thorn, or a citizen o* another ?State, with no Interest In tho town or people fur!her than to us7* them for bia own prc? -r.al aivantagc? Who ls net even willing, after death, to. permit his dust to mingle with, th J ootl of South Carolina, bat had his body shipped hom'2 to Connecticut for burial, where I am told his- family are soon to follow h m. *I prefer one of our own people, either waite or black, to birds of pasaage, who invest no money here, and fly away when Choro are no of?co? f .r them, l^et L; bc understood that wa gladly w?> come Tiny god" man w'u'o comes her?? seeking a home, who InvtfCs his mon ey and becomes one o', cu^'vv^ peo?lr?; we extend to such a ? je the right hand of fellowship, and he 3 entitled to all the honors, social, political and oommer*Ma!r **hic?i his chili .y and char f acter command. That ls not wha*. we ! mean by "Oarpet-bislsm" in S-u h | Carolina. Some people, however, are so disturbed because the President has appointed a man whom the people of Aileen have elected Mayor of their town twice, and who ls a refined and courteous gentlemau, that they are preferring charges against him in Washington; this ls done for political purposes and I well understand lt as a lick at . me, not Mr. Chaffee. Who should be District Attorney of South Carolina? A bright, energetic young man, raised up here In this beautiful mountain city, or a foreigner and out sider? I admit one of the best of his class ; but, f ellow-citliens, , South Carolinians are good enough for me. NOTT, V. I;cri ?ppGint?u??i? we?? mu i? absolutely repugnant to the wishes and the traditions of our people, I was the only one who held up a con firmation In the Senate. Now when a gentleman, like Mr. draftee or John i Capers, the son of a Confederate j Brigadier, with four Yankee bullet : hole? In bia body, now the Bishop of i Rc nth Carolina, ls made by thc fres? ? dent, not fpr political purposes, but I as an Indication of h's good will to j wards the people not only of South Carolina but of the South, I see a threat In the papers th st the con firmation ls to be fought. If that ls politics. If that la Democracy, then Cod eave me from such Infamy. "THE GENTLEMAN FROM MEXI CO." There ls one thing that I have not heard much of a kick, the loan of the government exhibit at Buffalo to Charleston. I believe, however, some body else claims the credit. That ia all right with me. lt mattera not who gets thc credit, just so the city of Charleston gets the friendly hand of I this government in a great enterprise I in which the whole State ls Interest ed. Irrespective of personal and pol itical differences, I am willing to join hands with my colleague in the Sen ate and the members In the House In securing an appropriation to reim burse Charleston for all expenses In curred. If we lay aside little differ ence and everybody go to work as ? one man, it can be done. I want to . sa*- here, in justice to Senator Till man end mvp elf. we are both capable of rising high enough not to permit anything to interfere with a matter of such general Interest to the State. I will even go one better and agree, If Charleston gets the appropriation, , to give all of the credit to the "Gen tleman from "Haxlco." j WILL NOT BE DRIVEN. < I have Just one or two more things to say on the first question I am dis cussing. My Intimate friends know that lt has been my doslre to retire from public life. I had determined never again to undertake the canvass of this State, and were it not that 1 felt that I owned lt to the people ot South Carolina to discuss these is sues and enable them to act intelli gently by placing themselves in touch with the best thought of the age, 1 j would not be hero today. The peo ? pie of this State gave me the grand ? est chance that any younrr man has . had since the war. and I fudy realize ? the onnortunlty and dutv. I never doubted for one moment but if al j lowed to present my case fairly tc I the people, I would be re-elected tc '? the Senate. I have not made a vote I that can be successfully assailed, save upon narrow partisan grounds. I I had, however, determined not to run I on account of ray health. The cam ? paign of 1897 left me in a physical ? and mental wreck. My physician has repeatedly said that I could no! stand either mentally or phvsicallv the strain of such another campaign Within tho ten months past, how ever, my health has been wonder j fully Improved and I am ready for th? j fray. I desire hero and now to tell I the "Bosses" (in and out of thc j State) who have decreed mv political j death, th?t I defy them. The only 1 way thev can defeat me is to rule mc "".Wi ?* tne Pr*mary ant* thus prevent ! . pe%nle from expressing them selves J ? tliem- if tn?y dare, pre vent white 'rinT. from rassing 1udS ment at the ballot-^ u?on ^ great naticnai Issues' : i more on tho question. Am 1 ?cnc3tj j Those who know me and &u%. friends will never be'ievo anvlh "c j else. To those who are fair am i unprejudiced. 1 say. give me an im j partial hearing, and if you aro no j convinced then, we will still resnec j eaci othor. For ray enemies, tims* who would condemn me unheard, th' growlers and whlnera. I care not ? led cent what they think, so long tha I know that. I am honest. AM I MISTAKEN? ; I desire now to take up some cf m: votes and speeches, sud address mv self to the question. Am I mistaken When I was nia? ed on the Wa-s an Means Com m i tl ce r-r the HOMSP. I bc gan a svKiwnarie '?our!?'? of -n on the *avii? quea Son with referenci to ita effect upon the people of thi South. In March. I ma''e i speech In which I embodied my views I had offered an amendment for i duty of two and one-half cents pe pound on cotton imnorts. and ha< made *a fight In the Committee for i proper schedule on rice, pine lum ber, turpentine, cotton seed oil. oi cake, Jute-bagg'ng. cotton ties aal th< coarse grade of ?oods made In on: ? Southern mills. This is neither tin j time nor the place to go intr) a dis j cussion of the tariff. I can sum i up In the statement that I did no j discuss the question from a thcoreth or philanthropic standpoint, bu . merely claimed a full share for th: Routh cf all tho benefits fo accm from legislation. I rea .lizel Hr fact that our revenues w^.e to conn frcm the imposition of imnort duties and asrerted that thin being irv.r-, ' was but fair to give each section an Industry a share of the benefits, a* the burden must he horne by all. attacked the doctrine of freo raw rra terial as a clandestine and unjvs form of protection. I traced its his tory and showed that it was devise and offered to the manufacturers ol the East by Mr. Cleveland in his firs race, as a form of protection. Ir other words. Roser Q. Milis, th-. Chairman of the Ways and Mean? Committee of the House. *vas rent u into the New En??nn I States to cf Ter them this "lefthan?'?. : protc>*ticn.' while free trade was talked/ in thc South and West, It w?> \* mere partv expedient to catch ' vof^??thin't that no political party \i*r attexp: again'such a monstr^D justice, lt his] mean, that the farmers in this conn- j < try shall he forced to buy ia a re- [ strlcted market and then Bell all \ i of their products in competition \ ? with the pauper labor of the world. I made this fight for Southern indus tries while a member of the HOUBC, when I had no idea in the world of go ing into tho Senate You all remem ;ber what universal chorus of ap proval there was. Senators Tillman. Bacon. Clay and others took up the <8ome Une in the Senate. The News and Courier, the Columbia State and ninety per cent, of tho papers of the South commended my course. I hasard little in savins: had I never been a candidate for the Senate, the wisdom of my course would never iittve been questioned. ? was rslruugiy urged to run for tho Senate In 1896. but I did not wish to leave the Ways and Means Committee, and besides I waa thoroughly disgusted with the condition of affairs in South Caro line.. I could bear of nothing but "charges of corruption,*' "bond deals," "whiskey rebates." etc. I did not wish to be mixed up iu such aa af fair; however it might eventuate, a i man could not but feel lowered and ! degraded by c ting in contact with such filth. I felt reasonably suro at that time that I could have been elected to the Senate. I was assured by one authorized to speak, that Judge Earle would not he a candidate if I ran; but 1 concluded co go on In a modest, quiet way and work out mv destiny In the Houee. This was not to be, however. It was not intended that my linns should fall In easy places. That puro man. chivalrous gentleman and upright Judge, your townsman and my predecessor, live' hut a few short weeks. Governor Ellerbe tendered me the nomination, I realized thc radical nature of some' of my utterances and votes, and while I could not foresee what has hup pened, I knew my naturo. well en ough to feel certain that having onr-e enlisted in the fight I would neve turn back while life lasted. I, there fore, refused to accept the appo'nt ment at the hands of Governor Eller be unless he would guarantee that the Executive Committee would order a primary and permit the people to pars upon the Issues which I had raised. CAMPAIGN OF 18B7. It ls unnecessary/ for me to refer to that bitter fight. You all remem ber'the meeting In Greenville, where I was Insulted, bullied and baited like Borne wild beast, it was a sample of some of the rest. For myself I am vining to "Let thc dead past bury its dead." I have no Ul feeling to ward3 any one on account of it. I spoke, I bellove. in every county IP the State outside of my Congressional District except three. I advocated my views not only on the tariff but on what I considered the real line of I policy to be pursued by Southern j Representatives. I carried about I eighty-five per rent, of the vote cast and ev jry county except three, which were lost from local considerations by small margins. I wlEh I had Ume to recount to the people what tho rico schedule, which I got Into that bill, has done for the rice planters on tho coasts of Routh Carolina, the wasto places lt has redeemed, the thousands j qf dollars lt has brought Into this j State. What tho dutv on pine has [ done for tho lumber -Interests, which j were being sacrificed to the white ; pine Imported free of duty from Can ; ada. The North, which ls almost j bare of timber. Instead of going to I Canada, has been forced to go South, j nnd that has put thousands of dol lars Into this State. There is no te 11 In? what an arrangement of tho schedule on cotton goods so as to prevent discrimination against coarse fabrics, has meant to the cotton mills ! of the South j COTTON PLANTERS SACRIFICED TO A SENTIMENT. I This IB net the p'.-.ce to explain I what the retention of the home mar aket means when a manufacturer seeks a foreign outlet. I will n f v. j.however, to the duty on raw cot on. .which I advocated nt the time..C6N ! ton. corn and wheat are our gre?t ex \ ports. Now I want to ask an . man cf reaerri. why is lt that , a duty cf j twenty-five rents per bushel ls pnt cn wheat, and fifteen cents per bushc I ? on corn, while nothing ls put upon i cotton? Tho three stand exaetl/ I un_R tne Siltne basis. It ls thlR, Nftrtk?Sl Representatives protect ? sra from Canada 'W - i>P.Vbere, whl'e cotton has been sacrificed to a mere sentiment. I think that* I am the first Representative In Congress tc j point out the dancer to the cotton I planters arising from the imporla tlon of Egyptian cotton. Ten years ago there were nd importations tc speak of. The year I made this soeech there was In round numbera fifty-six millions of pounds, and last year there was almost seventy rall lions, an Increase of nearly twen.y per cont. 8!nce then two mil's have been built In South Carolina (In ene of which I am interested) using nothing but Egyptian cotton. Now I CBntend. If the cotton farmers were protected like the wheat and. corn planters, we could produce anv kine of cotton that is needed. South Caro lina ls the homo of the cotton plant. No cotton cornea Into competitor with our Sea Island cotton, an' ! common sense tells me, that we ctr. develop anv trrnde needed between that and the short staple. Ten yean: ago the "Allen long staple" wa planted all over upper South Ca" lina, and I know of some men who bought gins especially adapted to this cotton, but they hod to throw thom away. Egyptian cotttcn ha* driven them out of the business, lit red liill3 r.f this up country aro th' very place where this cotton Ensuit*, ho grown, but how enn we deve'o. it la competition with the cheap la bor of Egvpt? What aro we cioi.nc now, me?Uns and passing recoin tionn to reduce tho acreage while English engineers are .constructing dams in tho valley of thc Nile, which within two years will add ene m'A Hon arid ono half bales or one eighth tr> the cotton crop; wliilo wo are re ducing the acreage hore our competi tors are Increasing lt. and wo nre to furnish tho market for tho Incrc/vre. I r.av, ?wav wJt^i jhttj ?rapratlJaV? r?i?i*^iaasernp w?ieejwiii sacr?loe 'cotton plantera cf Smith Carolina tT| tho?e of Egypt. AftcV I wag elected? tn the r?crh'e. I attempted to pursue ithe same lino in e. vhf v things lut I waa very iii for o long- time arter my .-4--.--- . :,::;;:?ri 2arapiii;:-n. confined to nay bed at xsea& - n time tor seven weeks. ? Tbcso t/ts*- M rlble campaigns of ours lu tho beatty ya ot summer, making speeches, day a>$? v,* ter day, sitting tor four or nv*/hQit?jHEsa your clothes wet with perspira?tMBgA in the sun, end one-half thV t? \ ? without dinner, there are but fi: X, men who have gone through*, .wlthr^g^ and no*, had their health ImpalrecT-y* have no doubt hut t ?it lt .skorter*'i' the days of the gallant Eajrln even rugged John Irby, > t?it \ O' THE TREATY WITH- fe ' While I was in this p> -i . mental condition, the war. fis r? Tj yin came on and 1 had to.gra*^ J-"B-^ these new question, ? w heart, body and soul, il wanted wu peace aneri (taST"***" *v^"' alone. The cruel taunta. and'^Sy of "Republicen and traitor" hurt then, while I can laugh at ibero. n\ I made up. my. mind not to create a*, further Issues, but tamely.' fail ?V ? ? and follow the lead of Jon?TJBK' M man, Pettigrew and Co., and Uma tsV quietly retire at the end of ^y^rpsi- ' My intimate ?r?eu?s know, thatytl??*- \ '. ./. was my intention. When thesr??was? eluded to defeat the treaty, I ??0*oa& not see what great harm could V&taie? to the country from forcing tb?^JS?? / publicans to call an extra session. 3"? would duly post pc ie mattere by ?sa? month. At the request of some* ^JE the Democratic leaders. I incite * . speech, not against th-- treaty1 tait against Imperialism, which erpeeetot was at the time .and with th? Rgl?ft?;. before me, my opinion. I had mite? :?? drawn the distinction between B*? pansion and Imperialism, aud ? Sfultj?* Intended tc. vote against tba nrtfCfieav tlon of the treaty, I was soitftreff ?SP"* i being abused and accused-- Qt '**?a loyalty to my party. At that? tftaqyl however, I contended in privater tftait* the rejection of the treaty was ,.w? wlso even from a party stahftiwfaaty I had then, as I have now,-very .fK tle confidence in the political e?gacf?y of Senator James K. Jones, and' 1 tts? lloved that Senator Gorman wis' st heart an Expansionist, becaust/; voted for the acquisition of tho ?itxsi^ allan Islands, and I suspected' Mao . of an ambition after Bryan adYllae* ? ? ho ratification of the treaty, to *a*-^ . feat lt and thus supplant hita ' 2a?". the leadership. Not that I objectes to this, for Gorman ls a conservatives man. and might have been electaft v President the last time, could ho bama ' | commanded the nomination. However* on Sunday afternoon, the day bptt?Bwa the treaty was to be voted uprat the news was flashed over the wfir?SB'": ' that our troops had been flre\t ?*MBVA ,^. by the very people whom we^Jtaaw';- \: ' freed from the tyranny of Spanist? ^ ', oppression. This presented an' sst* I flrelv'new situation, and bef ?re, t hst? T: finished reading the "extra" tire fwy:'-.' respondents of the Nsw- T?ia%%^ Sun and I think of the TOjrdrJh,'." called at my house before I had <??**?.".> suited with any human being, and F expressed this opinion, CB tho filen? cfc. the newspapers will show. One mon?ftV',, of delay might mean serious cCU9e> quences to the people of the UnltoS ,. States. It must be remembered that:! Spain had tho sympathy of* entiresW, Europe, and after tho battle i-f ;.-"t?ja~ nilla nothing but. the tact of Dewisar ' and the attitudo ot England prevautiiP ', us from being forced into a warr, V&r* which we were totally unprepi?retf^ V To defeat the treaty meant that, .*w* were still nt war with Spain.. ?ffte ; that our soldiers were Intruders fia the F-h??lpvine I? ands. To ratify ina-? treaty meant not a state of war. but m. mere Insurrection and deprived ot?esr - natlcns of an excus? for fa*. . terferencoi It seems to me aajr :. way. th itt no mailor what tjae^.i situation .or cau?es rpav be, that.Jtfe?!; only position for a man to take when we are engaged in a foreign war;?i to stand by hts own countrv. rfelfitt.: or. wrong. Let me review the sitora*;/; tion a moment. In the first; pl ac ev S had not, as long as lt could he avo?tj- . ed, been in favor of the war,. tariS* had but little sympathy with the H?V finrnmatory addresses " made in Cot%* g-ess* which embarrassed the PreisS dent In his humane efforts to avfrfc .the War. I could not hut look wttfe. distrust upon those men who f?rpeia ; the war on by frantic appears and j then, the very moment that hostHS ties were begun, criticised* e^nevy movement made to bring the war *o a speedy and ?:ceessful end. rt vas a small and pott/ part for Senaten? to nlay. Aguinaldo had maur warran ?^*^fiathizers In Congress, who econ er Hill. Some of' thenr>^m, .Timr rn mm 1 conceal the chargrln whic"v aJ?& ! at the capture of Aguinaldoi^LZS ? cessation of hcstl'ities. It R tr^?S I ed that my vote ratified the\-#^S and stopped the war. If ao, .^?S, ?proud of the fact, and I am t?r?^5r fal that I had the strength to C< ^ f??ty and cast that vote. I fear I would not have had tho eoja**^ " to do it, had I not felt that *??- ??Ca was absolutely nei-essary; * <r? r.Iizing the farreaching efTcct i tU? fearful responsibility, I east my rt&m accordingly. I have never seem tim day when I regretted it, and my -?>sfs> dren will remember it after I ?aa dead, with pleasure aud pride, as tt?M? most glorious act of my life, EXPANSION, i will not undertake to (Ternrr: stratc the wisdom of expansion, tatt will content myself by simply sardas that we arc a nation of expansionfaQav Wo have expanded during the l*?tSS> mo hundred years on this contiweaft from eight hundred thousand to f-ausr million square miles. Expansion is the bed-rock of Democracy Thomasa Jefferson, the first expansion Prtad rlent. added 1.122 OOO square mile? ?so ?.ur aron.. Thv? annv aticn or Tcxassj. California. Avh:or.a. New Mexho arni? Nevada were by Democratic Aormto 'r.tratlcns. Andrew Jackson wonria today be denounced ns an ImnTialfst by the. very samo people who cort "Jachson dav dinners" r.n 1 won^fcigi ?.t his shrine. "Old Hickory" said caa thl3 subject. "1 have thought watt? tho ancient Roman, that .lt J|i right never to ceda ?nv^t-f^'^^W within the boundary oUC atX^V^ ?*vlH but alwavs to add to ij Ci-Siasr VT ?r?^b"s."'Barga?, v Gooda, Now Prices, L Makes Customer* Feel Goo nt Try one and cos, tte r worth an effort to soo. er will figure a great saving to you suter always fui: Bargains that ca