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MoTiATJRIN'S DEMO CB AO Y.
Hi, i'otttlon Stutcd Reviews tbek.it?
tory of toe Party--Differentiate!
tba Principles of Democracy F rn:?'
Republicanism-- Weelara* He Is Mot
at Variance With the Principles ol
tbe Greut Bien of the Past.
BKN5ETT8VlLUt. Juno 4.-Special:' The
ioilevies correspondence explains itself:
FUO?ENCK, 8. G., June 8.1901.
lion. John L. McLaurin. Bcaaettsvliie,
y C.-Dear Sir: I have taken great inter
est in tho political outlook, ana as a mat
ter of instruction ask that you differen
tiate beti* eon your views and the views
held by leading Republicans. Most of us
see no difference, but perhaps you eau
"-Li ow Home difference; if,so. please do it,
a? I am] not inclined ty condemn you with
out a h?arlug. ? Yourrftruly.
j_W.F. CLAYTON.
B?NNETTSVILLB, 8. C., Juno 4, 1901.
Mr. W. F. Clayton, Florence. 8. C.~
Jjcar Sir: In your letter ot June ? you usk
me "to< differentiate between my view*
and the views of leading Republicana, as
moat of UH see no difference." 1 am very
busy at thia time, but wlh dictate a few
thoughts as they occur to me in reply to
your question. I do this with the raero
picusure because you have been opposed
to me politically, but show a desire tc
beek the truth.
At the time of the adoption of the Uni*
ted States Constitution there were several
distinct plans cf gcvcrzn.?u?> proposed.
?f these plans tho fight was mads upon
two: the Hamil ionian idea and the Jeffer
sonian idea. Alexander Hamilton openly
maintained that the British Constitution
was the most perfect instrument of its
kmd ever in existence. Ue wanted all
laws for the government of the States ta
be passed by tho Congress of the United
States. He wanted the President of the
United States and the Senators to hold
ollice during good behavior. lie wanted
the Governors of the States appointed by
tbe President of the United States and he
wanted the Federal Government to as*
sume the debts of the State. He wanted
a M ron? Senate and a weak House of Rep*
rrsentatives, and openly proclaimed hii
belief that, the "espie were incapl? of self
government. John Jay was sent as min
ister to England in order to make a com
mercial treaty, which would have placed
our commerce under the control of Great
Britain. The Hamiltonian idea was so for
curried out that he succeeded in proven V
inti the incorporation of a bill of rights rn
tba Federal Constitution. Under hi
leadership the Congress imposed the
excise tax, which made the rieb
escape the burdens of tax it ion und
placed those burdens upon the poor. Thii
brought about the revolution itt Pennsyl
vania and came very near disrupting the
new Republic. Thomas Jefferson forced
the bill of rights into tbe Constitution as
un amendment. As minister to France he
hiicceeded in defeating the purposes of the
J av treaty with England. Hamilton fa
vored and Jefferson opposed the granting
of monopolies, the establishing of a United
?tates bank and. the assumption of tbs
State debts by the Federal Government.
Associated with Jefferson were Madison,
Monroe, Samuel Adams, Albert Gallatin,
tieorge Clinton and Benjamin Franklin.
Associated with Hamilton were John
Marshall, John Jay, John Adams and
Pinckney. The Democratic party haa been
in continuous existence ever since the
adoption of the Constitution, while the
Federal party, of which the Republicana
are the successors, has passed through a
number of changes. The Federal party,
at first successful, finally committed sui
cide by carrying their doctrine of a cen
tralized government so far as to pass the
alien and sedition law. Under this law
the President was authorized upon hit
own volition to expel from the country.
any alien whom he might suspect as dan
gerous to the peace and liberty of the
country, etc This radical measure crea
ted a powerful reaction.
The Democrats then remained in power
almost without interruption until I860.
During this time all of the territory ac*
quired by the United States up to 1898
was secured except the Territory of Alas
ka, and every foot of it wa? encountered
by the vigorous denunciation of the Re
publicans.
During this entire time the Democrats
were the progressive men. They held to
the principle that tho people should rule,
but that the General Government, while
keeping taxation at the lowest rate con
sistent wiih good government, should ex
pend tho fund thus derived for the good
of the whole people. In 18?6 they favored
subsidizing the Pacific Railroad. About
the same time they started the subsidy to
the Collins Line of steamships between
the United States and England. Based
upon the principle ot the Jeffersonian
commercial treeby with France, they had
concluded trestles with all the principal
nationB.nnd those treaties are still in force.
They had built r,p our foreign commerce
until it excited the wonder and admiration
of the entire world. They had, under
General Jackson, stopped imprisonment
for debt. They had fonght two successful
wars with foreign nations. They had es
tablished a. credit throughout the world
second to ?o nation on earth. They were
fighting for the principles ot liberty of
thought and action and the freedom of
American citizenship. Mattera ot internal
concern the leaders of the party differed
about. General Jackson was the first to
make a reciprocity treaty. The next reci
procity treaty was made by President
Pierce. John Randolph, acting against the
leaders of his party, voted against, the
Embargo Act, and was finally successful
in defeating that legislation. Clay, Cal
houn, Cheves and Lowndes actively, op
posed Pres dent Jefferson In the matter ol
decreasing the army. The first proposition
of a protective tariff for the purpose ol "
protection came from James Madison.and
Calhoun and Lowndes joined with Madi
son in Its favor. The Federalists opposed
protection. Ola}' and Calhoun favored
measures of internal improvement, and
Madison vetoed them. Our great distint*
Uve foreign policy known as the Monroe
doctrine waa a Democratic policy. The
Dem?crata defeated the scheme of th?
republicans to turn over Oregon and
Washington to Great Britain.
The Democratic party bas never '/et do
oled to any man within its lines the privi
lege of free thought ami free speech. Il
has never- yet failed toflcorrect mistake
when it has made them. It has lost nc
opportunity to build up the merchant
marine and open up our trade with foreign
ports. It opened up the Japanese port?
when all of the nations of the earth had
failed.
The party has never been Inconsistent,
and yoi it has never stultified itself by
adhering lo previous platforms when th?
conditions which demanded them had
changed. Until 185? the Democrats had
denied the power in the Federal Govern
ment to m a ko internal improvements, and
Jet it was the first to advocate the great
improvement of the Pacific railroads and
the Nicaraguan Canal.
In the matter Of tariff it was a protec
tion party ander the leadership of Jamet
Madison; declared for free trado In I8i8,
??r',incldenti-'.l Protection" la. 1868j a
tariff for revenue only in 1880, end in 1884
the. Convention said:
".Joreover, many industries have com"
10 rely upon legislation for successful
contin?anos, so that any change of law
joust be at every step regardful of the
tabor and capital thus involved. Thone
*S8*I7 reduction and taxation can and
joust be effected without depriving Amer*
?M?, labor ot the ability o compete ano
Pially with foreign labor and without
^P?4?? low? rates of duty than will be
'T-nple to cover any increased cost of pro
teA^i^-M^ **** *xlflt ,n ?roseguenOG
& c^??Wt* ?C wa*e" to
ofiM-i01* Piorna ?HU re<JOgnlRsd that
Jtber things besides rerenu?were to be
latES toto?e?ottntin framing tariff leela
wJS^i1T- ?0?* established Indus,
^^?d^terprises should not be endan
?L?' wore than, half a century every
J^ocrotlc Convention condemned a na
il^*1 ??c and firmly supported a raefnt
ffi^J".0. P*rty ?eclared in favor of
coi?? and silver ?nd paper convertible into
S?a?n demand. lu iou it favored the
Uon-P8 of both metals under an In?erna
pUtJ? "?rsement. Itt 1&83 the Republican
l'mtforni read:
"The Republican oartv ia In favor of th?
"? *?? ?Ait? KUI? ?nm ?liver us moiipy nn?i ?..
conderani the policy o? tb? Democratic jj
Administration ia ita efforts to demone- c
tlze silver." v
Jo 1892 the Republican platform waa t
identical in principio upon thia quest i m t
with the Democratic platform of 1880, 1884 e
and 1*8*. t
Th ti? hove been protection Democrat* o
ever since Madison and Calhoun favored 1
the protection doctrine. There have been G
free trade Republicana from the founds- 1
lion of the Government. ' t
Such men as Samuel J. Randall, John \
Randolph and John C. Calhoun alway? I
spoke freely and clearly whether or not c
they were lu accord with the platforms of c
their parties. The Democratic party has t
always favored freedom of speech and ac- ?
t.ion. The Republican, party has always 1
sought to so centralize the Government ai ]
to carry out the idea of Alexander Hamil- i
ton. The Democratic party has been a '
party that has bad for its policy the great- i
est good to the greatest number while the ]
Republican party, as a party, has believed -
with Hamilton, ita founder, in bestowing <
beneilts upon the few and only burdeos i
upon the many, until these "latter day
saints" hevs lcd the Democratic party 1
into socialism, while as to expanalon and
subsidies the Republicana have taken ad- t
vantage of the situation and boldly got
upon the Democratic platform.
They are now upon the currency ques
tion practically where the Democratic
party stood up to ISM. They are now ad
vocating the reciprocity of Jackson and
Pierro They ar? now advocating tba
Democratic principle which is announced
in the Democratic Convention of 1850 in
the matter of building the Pacific Rail
road. They want to apply that principle
to our foreign commerce? Whenever the
?lep?bli?nua are torced to abandon their
own policy they take up Democratic poli
cies, and the Democrats are asked to op
pose those Democratic policies because
they have been adopted by the Republi
cans.
The Democrats of this country must
stand together and restore their party to
the power which was theirs. They cannot
do it by condemning that which is good
bec ilise the Republicans endorse it, nor
can they do it by going off niter strange
and unsound policies lu order to secure
! some votes which might otherwise be Re
Sublicau. The fight of Hamilton and
effersou is still on In this country, and
will be until it is fought toa finish
Either we will havo an aristocracy or we
will have & lopublic Are the Democrats
to discard their fundamental idea of the
liberty of the individual and freedom of
thought sud action by refusing to recog
nize as members of their party those meu
* who have alway? fought its battles in the
past, but who in the present believe that
some of its policies are not the policies of
the true Democracy ? The true Democracy
isa progressive party. Ic progressed as
no other party ever haa done, and the na
tion prospered by reason of ita wisdom and
its administration of public affairs. It
cannot prosper if it is to oppose tbe exten
sion of our foreign trade, the creation of
new markets, the upbuilding of our com
mercial and industrial interests and the
freedom of the individual. If the Repub
lican, party, the record of which shows it
to have been a party forbidding the free
exercise of speech, concentrating the
weaith of the country in the hands of a
few, burdening the people by excessive
taxation and conducting public affairs for
the benefit of private citizens; if that
party is to be allowed to tum ita back
uDon its record and, by adopting the prc
gressive features of the Democracy, be
come the party of progress, then the Dem
ocratic party, having allowed its oppo
nent to appropriate its principles, can na
longer live.
I believe that the Democratic party does
not exist for the mere purpose of oppos
ing whatever- the Republican party may
suggest. I believe that it livea, as it has
Uvea In times post, for the purpose of
sdoptlng that which is right and alscard
jg that which is wrong, and conducting
the affairs of State so.as to make all men
equal under the law.
The record of the Democratic party upon
the money question has nlwuys bsen in
favor of gold end silver coined nt such n
ratio as will maintain their parity and
paper money convertible into coin at th
will of the bolder. There is not a line in
any Democratic platform fixing the ratio
of silver and gold prior to 1896. There is
not a line in any Republican platform ad
vocating or opposing the ratio of 16 to 1
or any other particular ratio. There
were strong men in the Democratic party
in favor of the free coinage of silver; there
were strong men in tne Republican party
in favor of the free coinage of silver. The
Republican party adopted the first free
coinage platform. Although silver was
demonetized by Republican legislation In
1878. the only objection to that Act made
prior to 1896 came from the Republicana,
who had passed the Mintage Act. under
which silver was demonetized. After
twenty-three years' silence the Democrat
ic party condemned the Act of 1878. under
which silver WSB demonetized. The Re
publicans answered by abrogating their
previous platform ana indorsing for the
first time the monetary system for which
they were responsible. At that point both
parties split. Silver men withdrew from
the Republican party, and gold men, as
they wera called, withdrew from the Dem
ocratic party. There were more Demo
crats who withdrew on account of their
belief in the monetary system than there
were Republicans who withdrew on ac
count of their opposition to lt. The result
was that after a magnificently fought
campaign the Repu bl Icc a s were success
ful, ana the Democratic leaders all agreed
that this Republican success was due to
those Democrats who had left their party
and voted either the Gold Democratic
ticket or directly for the Republican tick
et. The Democratic party showed that it
was not dead, and when it is taken into
consideration that the Democratic Ad
ministration went into power at the time
of one of the greatest panics from which
this country nos ever suffered, it is re
markable that the figures should show,
as they do. that had the party been united
it would Im VA been continued in power. *
Acting under their platform the Repub
lican party pased certain legislation
which settled the financial question in ac
cordance with their wishes. There-came
about a season of prosperity, not caused
by this legislation, but by numerous other
matters which politics had nothing to do
with. Thia period of prosperity carried
with it great business transactions. Thesa
transactions were conducted under the
financial legislation already mentioned.
Someofths strongest advocates of the
free coinage of silver in both parties took
a conservative view of the situation, and
held that it had required over twenty
years and two panics to change from the
farmer system to the present ono, and
that a change back again would require
equal time and cause a great disturbance
to. our business interests. They believed
that, although the question has been set
tled wrong, business had been so adapte;!
to the present condition that any change
of a radical character would cause wide
spread disturbances. Showing that th?
fundamental principles which have alway?
divided the Rtr.ublican and tho Demo
cratic parties were unchanged, those
Democrats who were convinced that thc
unlimited coinage of silver ut a ratio ol
16 to 1 would prove disastrous never : he
less remained ut their party, and in sev
eral States the delegation sent to KansM
City were composed of (?Dem?crata wh?
toa man oppose.-! the free elver plan?.
It waa understood that William J. IJrjac
should opec more lead the party. It wat
also understood that those opposed to thc
I 16, to 1 plank were not oppofsd to hie
I leadership. They had no requests to maki
; of the Kansas City Convention concerning
; candidates. They went there determined
as far aa possible to have their party
Which abandon ed its past principles and
stultified itself in 18** by an unhollv alli
ance with the Populists and Socialists
placed backed upon its own old moorings
. and adoptv *v straight . and Democratic
platform. They were willing that, th?
BopnlUca should have tho candidate I
they were allowed to preserve the priocl
Dies Of tb? tartKnA 4?M p*r*T.
What. dicT'these" men find when thej
reached Kansas Cityf They found Wost
ern delegations in which not a single mai
had peen a Domocrat in 1*93. These mei
demanded a reiteration of the 16 to 1 pl nul
of the Chicago platform. The propoaitloi
was made to them that they could hav<
both candidates? and they could have anj
{?lanka they wanted, which are not Social
atlc or Anarchiste, and all the Democrat
aaked waa that their party be preserve?
by maintaining its reputation os a sar
and conservative organization John W
Drnielj of Virginia, as thorough a bellev
r tn tho freu coinage ul t>.lver~ua any inno
i bis party, und one of tho gr?udest
haracters in the United States Senate,
rorked liked a beaver day and night to try
o convince these Western delegates
bat their policy were suicidal. Gov
rnor Smith, of Maryland, told them that
lie Dem?crata OQrjld carry Maryland. witl?
ut that plank and could not cary Mary
ind with it. Gen. St. Clair, of Weat Vir
Inia, worked until 4 o'clock in the morn
ig with that committee and then went
ack to his delegation, saying: "Boys,
re are ruined." Tom Taggart of Indiana,
imself a silver man, worked liked a beav
r to keep that plank from boin? inserted
nd served notice upon bia party that
he Democrats of hia state were not in
y mouthy with it and would not vote for
bs candidate if nominated upon such a
latform. The vote was taken and only
ifteen States voted ia favor of 16 to 1.
'he Western dele'ates weakened on the
igbt of July 4 and mo apprised Mr. Bryan,
ly telephone message to his leader. Mr.
ie teal f. of Nebraska, he informed the
Convention that ha would not accept the .
omlnation if the iteration of 10 to 1
ros not In the platform. It waa then too
?tte to select another candidate, although
ueetings were ia progress by at least
wenty State delegations, denouncing the
nan who would so far desert the Demo
ratlo principle that the majority shall
ule as to refuse to accept a nomination
ipon a Democratic platform that did not
ontain this new principle of Democracy,
t wan fy. )?te tc ccsc?nt??t-> upon an
ther candidate and Mr. Bryan was doini
lated. The remark was general among
he Democrats on the. trains aa they went
0 their home? that they had been com
pelled to surrender and there was no hope
f Brynn's ?lection. Tue Kostera leaders
rere not surprised when Bryau was de
eated by a greater majority of popular
nd electoral votes than in the election of
690.
When such men as Senator Vest, David
J. Hill, Grover Cleveland and Don M.
Dickinson discussed the reorganization,
dr. Bryan replied in an editorial In the
Commoner, the lain purport of which
vas that he considered himself thu Demo
cratic party and declined to be reorgau
zod. He has on various occasions in the
Jommouer read out of the party all meu
vim were not willing to sacrifice all Dem
icratic principles to the interest of the
liver question. < He attempted to defeat
barter Harrison in Chicago and thej regit
ar Dernocrtp.ic nominee fer mayor iii lue
it y of St. Louis because they were Dem?
rate first, and did not believe that the
Democratic party should sink into obliv
on by reason of an issue which has been
gallantly fought for, but irretrievably
ost.
The old line Democrats declined to be
Iriveu from their party by a man who,
luring ten years of political life, had been
1 Democrat, a Populist and a Socialist,
['he only office which William J. Bryan
ver held he was elected to by the Popu
late, it being impossible for the Demo
rats to secure an election ia that dis
tict. He acted with the Democrats in
Congress, but distinctly st .ited that he
rus not bound by a Democratic pint
ona.
As a side partner of Mr. Bryan, and
haring with him in the nomination ot
ho Populists in 190J, is another brilliant
>rator from the State of Minnesota. I re
er to Charles A. Towne. Mr. Towne,
ike Mr. Bryan, became famous in a day
ty reason of his oratory and has remained
amous as a political lightning change ar
1st. His autobiography, published in the
Congressional Directory of the 51 tb Con
;reas. reads as follows :
"Charles A. Towne. of Duluth, was born
November 21, 1858, in Oakland County,
lichigan; educated in common schooh
nd the University of Michigan ; admitted
o the Bar in 1880 ; removed to Duluth lu
890; took part in every campaign rrcm
876 down, but never ran for office until
lected to the 54th Congress as a Republl
an, receiving 3 -,497 votes, against 15,83(
otes for Melvin R. Baldwin, Democrat
nd 0.475 votes for Kittel Halvorsen, Pop
dist."
The next issue of the Congressional Di
ectory conveys the startling information
hat Charles A. Towne was defeated oe
he Populistic ticket by the Hon. Page
dorris. The most remarkable speech that
lr. Towne made during his term in Con
re ss waa one in which he said that, whih
oung, "his record as a Republican wai
Lnimpeachable." He had inherited i
'from hia father and his grandfather.'
Ie had -been ''rocked in a Republlcai
rodie" and had always lifted up his voie;
a behalf of the Republican party.'
Vithln a few weeks after thin remarkablt
peech he bad walked out cf tho only Re
lOblican Convention to which he had eve
r on a delegate and joined the Silver Re
lublicanparty. He went home as a Sil ve
lepubllcan and two weeks later was norn
anted for Congress ns a Populist oed en
orsed by the Democrats. He was nomi
ated as vice President by the Populist
nd then went to Kansas City and prc
laimed to the Democratic Conventioi
hat he WNO only masquerading aa a Pop
[list and Sliver Republican, and, as i
natter of fact, was a simon pure Dame
rat. He then received as a Populist f roc
he Populistic Governor of Minnesota
hirty-day appointment as Senator of th
Jnlted States, and placed himself unde
he direct management cf Senators Pott
row and Butler, one a Republican an
he other a Populist.
When a party of men are willing to se
heir party go down in defeat ia orde
hat ono issue may be maintained the
ither believe that this issue Hes at th
ery foundation of all government, or ela
hey have some ulterior motive. In th
ase of the silver issue experience ha
roved that, whether ot- not the free colt
ge of sliver is beneficial and the wiect
ystem of finance, yet the perpetuity <
ur institutions does not depend upon i
t ia not cu issue of such magnitude as t
uatify the disorganization of a politici
arty in a vain attempt to establish i
ind yet there can be no doubt that tb
eaders of the Democratic party, who wei
esponnlble for forcing that issue in 190
new when they did so that they were ei
[angering the life of the party, withoi
? any way making it possible to corry ot
heir design, eveu though elected. Ha
he Democratic party succeeded the Den
crate from the states which vated agaim
lint plank would have voted against tl
igislation. This would have defeat?
ny Act sought to be passed for the fr?
Qinage of silver.
Had every state which voted for the fri
Dd unlimited coinage of silver in the coi
ention of 1900 elected every congressma
Democrat they could not have carrie
lat legislation. The Democrats then
?Ives from the states oppor-ed to it woul
ave defeated it. If the tn. ti re houso i
jpreseutntives had been Democratic
tajorlty of this membership, na shown i
io votes of the states in tho Democrat
invention, would havo opposed the in
linage nf silver. Then what was the o
(Ct of thfse men? It would seem thi
?ere could only be one solution. Tl
elegates from the West were personal;
?terested in the free coinage of silver fi
ie reason that, it carried out. it wou!
pea up the Western silver mines at
Dubio the value of Wastern propert
he east would have been injured only ?
ie unsettling of business. The East ar
ie Weat could by a coalition obtain cor
let o control of the finance and com mer
(the south. All con tracts would have bei
r>ld contracts. Under the free coinage la
tere would undoubtedly be a proviait
Y which tba Western bullion would 1
resented to the mint by the Ea*tei
mks and form a basis of permanent ai
instant creedt for all Western transa
ons. The banks would control the bc
on and ' the rates of exchange, and Vv
hat they woola lose by the depreciad.
! contracts not already in gold th(
oald about make even through thc
Testern connections. But the South pr
noes no bi llion. It would have no ne
tr maintaining a reserve in the East sui
i would bs created for the benefit of tl
Test by the bullion. . .
All of its contracta would be gold co
Hots. For all ot ita mona* it weuld
-pendent upon the East and be compel l<
. pay whatever raten the Eastern bani
ur fit to charge. Then a part nf tl
ime scheme waa to prevent the Dena
af ic policy ot tbe repeal of the tax upi
tate banks, in ord rr to prevent the Sou t
n States from having any circulr.tii
odium whatever Tor local purposes. Tl
fest would have its silver as a basis f
Untiling the gold and the East won
mtrol the gold; tho South would be pi
snted from even having paper, and wou
> under the absolute and cum?lete ai
;rfect control of the East and Weat.
When I made a .fight In (he House f
the repeal OT the 10 per ceut tax Mr. Hryan
voted against it, and I invito your atten
tion to his utterances at this time, which
fully coultra what I Hay. Congressman
Bailey of l i xas, one of the ablest men in
the United States, called my attention to
the sinister attitude of Mr. Bryan at tho
Uuie. ruo Western silver miue owners
were supposed at the time of the Conven
tion to put up the money for the cam
{talgn. Hut the East had become BO largely
nterested ic the newly organized indus
tries of the South, and so much Eastern
money had been withdrawn from the
Weat, and found profitable employment
in the South, that the Eastern bankers
saw that they had as much to lose by such
an arrangement as they could possibly
gain and declined to enter tho arrange
ment demanded by the Western mine
owners. At this point, which occurred
when the campaign was at its height, the
promised contribution to tho Democratic
treasury failed to come in and several
wealthy silver mine owners made visits to
New York, then returned to their homes
and joined the Republican patty.
Think of Senator Stuart forgetting the
"crime of 'Ta!"
Up to thia time a number of States
were admittedly doubtful. Those of Mary
laud, New York, West Virginia and In
diana were notably so. But when tho
financial scheme fell through there was
no longer any doubt as to the outcome of
the election, and the doubtful States all ]
unvn ? reit! 7 inc i cased Republican ma
jorities.
The trouble with the South has always
been its clinging to traditions and ita lack
of practical wisdom in preventing the
other sections from imposing upon them
by under-handed mean*. The SoutU . is
solidly Democratic, for nowhere in the
world ls there a greater love for freedom
of speech, liberty cf thought and action,
and absolute justice, which are the foun
dation atones of tho Democratic party.
But they were asleep in 1800 and 1900, and
totally ignorant of the reasons for this
new issue being forced upon them. It
wps in the Democratic platform and they,
therefore, voted for it. Now it behooves
them to consider why it waa in that plat
form, and they will learn that inste.vi of
being Democratic it was a counterfeit to
be spurned and cast aside.
The South ehould now take advantage
of the fact that it controls thc Democratic
party and sci to it that those principles of
justice and equality which lie at th-.; foun
dation of Democracy are not again de
parted from, und that no scheme for the
enrichment of any section for the benefit
of any other section shall ever again be
incorporated into a Democratic platform.
When I called you over the 'phone for
permission to make my reply public I did
not expect it to grow to such length, but
it is a great theme and its importance is
my apology. Yours respectfully,
JOHN LOWNDES MCLAURIN.
Big Femiums For Farmers.
The Southern Inter-State Fair, to b<
held at Atlanta in October next, has de
cided upon a very templing schedule ol
premiums for agricultural products.
Here are some of the principal items:
'$1,000.00 for the best county exhibit,
$600.00 for the second und $800.00 foi
the third best exhibits of this character.
Besides these, each county making a
worthy exhibit, that does not take a
premium, will be awarded a special
prize of $100.00.
There are five premiums offered foi
agricultural exhibits made by individ
uals. 'Chose prizes range as follows:
$800.00, $200.00, $100.00, $00.00 and $40..
00 respectively. Then oomes an exceed?
lngly liberal offer for exhibits of hay
and forage, headed with premiums o?
$100.00 and $50.00 for first and second
best displays of forage. These are fol?
lowed by $10.00 and $5.00 premiums for
first and second best boles of each dif
ferent variety of hay.
The premiums offered for grain and
root crops are also very liberal. $10.00
and $5.00 premiums for the first and
second best bushels of each. These pre
miums are offered in great detail and
full information is given in the pre?
mi nm list issued by the Association.
Bend your uamo to Secretary T. H.
Martin, Atlanta, and secure a copy of
this list. It contains numerous prices
for which you may compete with avery
chance of winning.
- The United States grants 25,000
patents per annum, or nearly as many
as all the rest of the world. England
grants 8,000 per annum, and France
and Germany, each about 7,000, and
such countries as Canada, Australia,
Austria, Italy and Russia, grant about
4,000 eaoh. An interesting and hope
ful Pact is that more patents are granted
in proportion to the applications than
ever before in the history of the Pat
ent Office, ahowing that mechanical
geniuB is not chasing as many rain
bows as formerly. American inven
tive genius is shown in all lines of in
vention, but it greatly predominates
in machinery for manufacturing,
transportation and labor-saving. Eu
rope and the Orient have began to
find that without American indus
tries they would be unable to go
ahead.
CASTOR i A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Southern Railway-Reduced Rates.
CINCINNATI, O and return,account interna
tional Christian Endeavor Convention. July 5th
10th. 1 '.'tii. Fate or our first cla?i? faro for the
round tr p frou all points oe linej nf Southern
Raliway. Ticke'? to b - sold July O.b. nth and
fth tinnl Hunt July 14th, ltui. By depositing
tickeiB (in cr? ou) with Joint Agent at Cincinnati
On or belora July 10th, .nul on paviocnt of a foe of
fifty .cents, an extention of final limit trill bo per
muten to September 1st, 19Qt
DEThOlT MICH a d return, accoant Nation
al Educational Association Meeting, July 7th
I th. 1901. Rate of ono firs .dais fare for the
romd trip, plus 52.00 .membership fee f-om all
point*on Rouihorn Railway Tickets to be sold
July 6th, Otb sad 7tn. with final limit July letb,
1 01. By depositing- ticket (In person) with Joint
Agetit at Detroit on or before Jnly 12th. and on
payaient of fee of fifty cents at Um* of deposit
extension of final limit until September 1st, 1901
will bepe>mitt?!
TO CHICAGO. ILL.,on account of International
Convention R. V. P.U.of ?Barles, July 2*>th-Mtb,
Southern Railway will ?ell round trip tickets to
? olean and return, f om all points on ita linea,
at rate of one first-class standard fare for the
round trip Dates of sale July Mod, 23rd and
21th, fl .al limit Joly 81st, 1901. By depositing
tickets (in parson) with Mr. F\C. Donald. Joint
Agent at Chicago, between July 22th and Jnly
SOt inclusive and on payment ot faa of fifty (?0)
couta at time of deposit, an extension of the final
limit to Auguo 24th will be gra&Ud The Joint
Agenta* o cea will be located in the main terminal
depot? ai Chicago at whloh passengers arrive.
TO MILWAUKEE, WIS, account annual meet
ing Grand Lodge, B P. O. Elkt, July 23rd-25tb,
1901, Son hera Raliway ?nil sall roand trip tickets
te Milwaukee, Wis., and return from all points cn
Ita Uno, at raia ot one regular first-clas* far? for
the round tripptusftlCO. Dateaof sala Jal? oatu
Slitzz&Tntv, aaai lian July 2Sth, 1901. Afsaaf
(0P) cots will he charged by Joint Agent at Mil
waukee for valid?t w? of mern portion of tickets.
For detailed information as to rates, schedules,
reservations, etc .call on or address any Ag -nt of
lb*. South'rn Balla ay, or Ita connections.
BUFFALO, M. Y, ea aecounttPan-Amerlcan
Ex post tics, effective ?ty lal, Southern Railway
announce* round trip tfckeu to Buffalo. N Y,
andretarn. Choteo or mutes v "a Washington, I)
C., or vi Cincinnati. Ohio. For detailed lo for
mation aa to rates, schedules, or any other Infor
mation, address nearest Agent this Company.
Quickest time, beet line. Pullman Bleepers and
dining cart on all through trains. For detailed
information rall on or address any agent of the
.Ottthtru Railway.
W. H. TAYLOR.
A. G P. A., Atlanta, Ga.
The Philosophy of Simon Frost.
There's aoino folks thct don't caro
how dirty their shirt front gits so
long as there's a diamond a-stiekiog in
it.
Even when a dawg sleeps with one
eye open ye kin sneak by all right cf
ye Keep on t'other sido.
It makes a feller feel like cheating
folks when he knows thct they're ox?
pectin' him to do it.
There's a heap o' satisfaction in
knowin' thot ye done the best yo
could, even ef it ain't very good.
Kf ye can't tell the dill"renee be
tween a toadstool an'a mushroom ye'd
better let somebody eleo try 'em
fust.
It's gcn'rally the hoss thct ye paid
the most fer thet dies with the eolio.
Tho faster a feller runs the harder
he'll fall if ha stumbles.
Don't holler till ye'vo got somethin'
to holler about, and then go some
place where nobody kin bear yer.
A boas can't never travel his best
while there's a stone a hurtin' his
foot.
It takes a mighty smart feller to
play the part of a fool.
Yo cau't learn to plough without
gittin' a few blisters on yer hand*.
Good comp'ny'll make thc longest
journey scorn short.
Don't laugh at a feller 'cause bo
thinks diff'ront than ye do; maybe be's
right.
Did yo ever hear a feller say thet ho
was licked in un argument?
A windmill ain't no good unless
there's wind to make it go.
Kf some folks hod tho world thc fust
thing they'd do would bo to put an
awnin' over it to keep off tho sun.
'Taint of'cn the feller thct plants a
tree cuts it down.
Nothin' good ain't wasted.
It ain't always the purtiest galls
thet gits married the soonest.
Some folks spend half uv their time
gittin' into trouble an' the other half
a-gittin' out o' it.
It's funny how the fellers thet are
watohiu' a game o' cards kin always
toll the players what they bad oughtcr
done.
A head-strong woman an' a head
strong boss 're two of the things thet
kin make a feller's life thc most mis
erable.
Misery loves comp'ny, but it don't
make pleasant oomp'ny fer nobody.
It alvays seemed queer to me tbet
the newspapers put tho marriages an'
the death notioes on the samo page.
- A Missouri naturalist has dis
covered that every toad is worth $19
to the farmer on whose place it oper
ates. He might get the women to be
lieve it if he would go on now and dis
cover that the price was marked down
from 20.
- Speaking of powerful vocalists,
it is recalled that at the peace jubilee
in Boston, 1860, Mme. Parupa Rosa's
voice was distinguished above 12,000
singers, an orchestra of over 1,000 in
struments and a hall where the au*
dionoe consisted of 40,000 people.
- A man is seldom in undue haste
to take an overdue note.
Reha motism-Catarrh in the Blood.
TRIAL TREATMENT FREE-It is the
deep-seated obstinate eases of catarrh
and rehumatism, the kind that have
refused to heal under ordinary treat
ment that B. B. B. (Botanic Blood
Balm) eures. It mutters not what
other treatments, doctors, sprays,
liniments, medicated air, blood purifi
ers, have failed to do. B. B. B. ai
rways promptly reaches the real oause
and roots out and drains from the
bones, joints, mucous membrane and
entire system the sp?cifie poison in
the blood that eures Rheumatism or
Catarrh. B. B. B. is the only remedy
strong enough to do this, and cure so
thero can never be a return of thc
symptoms. If you havo pains or
aches in bones, joints or back, swol
len glands, tainted breath, noises in
the bead, discharges of mucous, ul
ceration of the membranes, blood
thin, get easily tired, a treatment with
B. B. B. will stop every symptom by
making tho blood pure and rich.
Druggists $1. Trial treatment freo
by addressing BLOOD BALM CO.,
380 Mitchell street, Atlanta, Ga. De
scribe trouble, and fcee medical advice
given. Blood Balm thoroughly test
ed for 30 years; over 3,000 voluntary
testimonials of cures by B. B. B.
Hill Orr Drug Co., Wilhitc & Wil
hite and Evans Pharmacy.
Notice of Election.
THE Trustees of the Public Schools
are requested to hold an election in their
respective dltttricts on Saturday, June
22nd, that the people any have an oppor
tunity to nominate Trustees for the next
term. The names of those nominated
should he reported to the County Super
intendent on or before July 1st.
By order of County B ?ard.
R. E. NICHOLSON, Co. Sup. Ed.
COLLEGE OF <<H&RLEST0N,
Charleston, 8. C.
FOUNDED In 1765. Strong Faculty,
well-equipped Chemical, Physical and
Biologien! Laboratories. Observatory.
Library of 14,000 volumes, and the finest
Museum of Natural History in tho South.
B. A., B. 8.. and Bf. A. courses offered.
Tuition ?40, payable Sn two ?unCi
mente. Boara in College Dormitory can
be obtained ot $10 a month. One Schol
arship giving free tuition ia assigned to
Anderson County, the holder to be ap
pointed by the Judge of Probat? and
the County Superintendent of Education.
AU candidates'for admission aro permit
ted to compete for vacant Boyce Scholar
Hhlps, which pay 9150 a year. Entrance
Examinations will be hold In Ando.?on
on July 12,1001, by the County Superin
tendent and Judge of Pc?(?atc. Next
seaaion opens September 80, UK)I.
For Catalogue addresa
HARRISON RANDOLPH, Pres.
June 12.1901 51 2
Every woman in the country
ought to know about
Mother's Friend
Those who do know about it
wonder how they ever got along
without it. It has robbed child
birth of its terrors for many a
young wife. It has preserved her
girlish figure and saved her much
suffering. It is an external liui
mexit and carries with it therefore,
absolutely no danger of upsetting
tho system as drugs taken interns
ally are apt to do. It is to be
rubbed into the abdomen to soften
and strengthen the muscles which
aro to bear the strain. This means
much less pain. It also prevents
:::or:;in? sickness and all of tho
other discomforts of pregnancy.
A druggist of Macon, via., says:
"I have sold a 1 .rge quantity of
Mother's Friend and have never
known an instance whero it has
failed to produce the good results
claimed for it."
A prominent lady of Lam?
berton, Ark., writes: .? With my
first six children 1 was in labor
from 24 to 30 hours. After using
Mother's Friend, my seventh was
born in 4 hours."
Got Molli? r'H Friend nt the ?lruflr
ature, 81.00 lier buttle.
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CC.
Al UM A. GA. 9
Writ? roroorfr??ltlu?trr>t?-.Ox>ok, .'HEKORE BABY
_1H HORN."
a
J
Peoples
Bank of
Anderson
Moved into their Banking
House, and are open for busi
ness and respectfully solicits
the patronage of the public.
Interest paid on time deposits
by agreement.
- THE -
BANK OF ANDERSON.
J. A. BROCK, Prsaldent.
JOS. N. BROWN, Vice Presiden t.
B. F. MAULDIN, Cashier.
TUE largest, strongeat Bank in the
County.
Interest Paid on Deposits
By special agreement.
With unsurpasaed facilities and resour
ces we are at all times prepared to ac
commodate our customers.
Jan IO, 1000 20
THE ANDERSON
MM Fire Insurance Go.
HAS written 1000 Policies and have a
little over $550.000.00 insurance in
force. The Policies aro for small
amounts, usually, and the risks are
well scattered. We are carrying this
insurance at less than one-half of what
the old line oompanies would charge.
We mako no extra charge for insurance
against wind. They do.
J. It. Vandiver, President.
Directors-R. S. Hill, J. J. Fret
well, W. G. WatsoD, J.J. Major, J. P.
Glenn, B. C. Martin, R. B. A. Robin
son, John G. Ducworth.
R. J. GINN, Agent,
Starr, t?. C.
AVOID
TROUBLE
By letting us tighten your
TIRES before they get too
loose. We understand how to
do this work to get the heat
results.
Any Repairs on Carriages,
Buggies and Vjagoua will be
done promptly.
PAUL E. STEPHENS.
THE PORTER
MILITARY ACADEMY,
CHARLESTON, S C.
A Preparatory School For
Boarders and Day Scholars,
WILL BEGIN ITS THIRTY-FIFTH
YEAR OCTOBER 1, 1001.
The Rev. A. Tourner Porter. D. D., LL*
D., Rector Emeritus
Charlea Jones CoIcook.C. E., Principal.
David Gaillard Dwight, li. S., Com
mandant.
For catalogue apply to the Principal.
Post?nico address, Charleston, S. C.
June 5. 50 oowtit
A. K. D?GN?LL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Anderdon, O.
OFFICE-OVER THE POST OFFICE
0
DlllAfi COCAIWEAH?WHISKY
i i i ' ' j HW i Habt?? Oared at mrSaaatoi.
. iaai, ta SO ?aja. Hnndrodt
of r?f?renc?e. SD roar? a ?pacfalty.. Book ou
Homo TreMment aaat 7B&K. Addraoa _
B. M. WOOLLEY. M. O.. Atlanta. Oa.
Notice to Teachers.
AN Examination for Teachers' Certlfl
sates Trill bs held on r riday, June 21st.
All applicants are roques tod to be here
promptly at 0 a. m. June 21, 1901, provi
ded with stationery, etc
R. E. NICHOLSON, Co. ?Sup. Ed.
Notice of Final Settlement.
THE undersigned. Executors of the
Estate of Lucinda Williams, deceased,
herebv give notice that they will on the
in?h day of July. 1001, apply to the
Judge of Prohat? for Anderson County,
8. C., for a Final Settlement of ?aid Es
tate, and a dlsahargn (Vom their om"ce aa
Executors. L. E. CAMPBELL.,
J. N. CARWILE
June 12, 1901-51 Executora.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
To the Public.
"louee net-? our change iu business
>m credit to Cash, and read tho follow
<? below :
Dur reasons for doing so areas follows:
First, our accounts being necessarily
nail, and an endless amount of confu
)n nd ezpenae entailed toan iojurious
.giee, and the loss in bud ace units, and
e time and attention it requires to col
et same.
tiecond, our current expenses, such aa
ber, fuel, RBS, water and other supplies
.?* cash.
'i be stand we have taken is one we have
i "ii forced Into. With a great many of
. r customers wo regret to be obliged to
iirsue thia course, but aa we positively
. nnot discriminate, we trust that you
ill appreciate our position and not ask
?r credit. All bundies delivered after
une 1st and not paid for will be return
i to laundry.
For couverience of our customers we
'ill Issue Coupon Booka cold for cash,
hese books eau be kept at home and
ny mont made for bundles when doliver
d with the coupons. You can get these
ooks at Laundry ollice, or from ?be
river.
This change goes intoetTect 1st of June,
301.
We desire to thank all of our customers
ir the patronage they have kindly favor
d us with in tbo past and hope we havo
lerited the same, and bona m utui bc
ulrusted with your valued orders after
ur change goes Into effect for cash only,
..bleb will always receive our prompt
ttentlon. Very respectfully,
ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY CO.
202 East Boundary St.
It. A. MAYFIELD,
Supt. and Treas.
PHONE NO. 20.
?i?<u Leave orders at D. C. Brown A
Iro'w. Store.
PARIAN
Unequaled Covering !
Unequaled Spreading .
Durable !
Handsomest Faints
On the market !
Endorsed by the highest au
thorities.
FOR SALE B7
F. B. CRAYTON 8 CO.,
DRUGGISTS,
ANDERSON, - - S. C.
April 17,1001_43_3m
Winthrop College Scholarohio and
Entrance Examinations.
THE examinations for the awsrd of
vacant Scholarships in Winthrop College
ind for the admission of new students
will be held at the County Court House
in Frldsy, July 12th, st 0 a.m.
Applicants must not bo less than fifteen
pears of age.
When scholarships are vacated after
Tuly 12th they will be awarded to those
tusking the highest average at this ex
amination.
The coat ot attendance, including
board, furnished room, heat, light ana
washing, is 99-00 per month.
For further information and a oatslogue
iddress PRES. D. B. JOHNSON, Rook
Bill, 8. C._
JAPANESE
PILE CURE.
A New and Complete Treatment. conaUUag af
SUPPOSITORIES, Cape?les of Ointment mnd two
Boxea of Ointment. A never-failing cure for Piles
)f every natara and degree. It make? an operation
aith th? knife, which in painful, and often r?sulta
In death, unnecessary. Why enduro this terrible
li wu? KI? ? We pack a Written Guarantee la eich
ll Box. Mo Cure, no Pay. 50c and $1 a box, 0 for
ts. Sent by mail. Sample? free.
OINTMENT, 250. and SOo.
?CONSTIPATION Cured. Pile? Prevented, by
HUMe Liver Pellet?, the great Liver and Stom
ich Regulator and Blood Purifier Small, mild
ind pleasant to take ; especially adapted for chll
lrenrs use,
EVAV8 PHARMACY, Sole Agesta.
Anderson, 8. C.
S. G. BRUCE,
DENTIST.
[N BROYLES BUILDING, over Nlch?
olson's Store, below the Bank of An
lerson.
I hsve 25 yearn experience in my pro
fession, end will ba pleased to work for
my who want Piatos made. Filling done,
ind I make a specialty of Extruding
Teeth without pain and with no after pain.
Jan 23,1001_31_
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
ri IE undersigned have formed a Real
Estate Agency under the name of
["ribble & Edwards, for the purpose of
legotiatlng sales or purchases of Real
Estate, both In tho City and County, and
ilso attending to the renting and col toot
ng of rents of such property Several
leal rabi? Houses and Lots for sale now.
Bf. P- TRI BB LE,
H. H. EDWARDS.
Jau 23, 1001_31_
VIGOR OF MEN
lastly. Quickly and
Permanently Restored.
MAGNETIC NERVINE
H sold with a written guarantee tu Cure Insora
ila, Flt?, Dizziness. Hysteria, Nervous Debility,
?st Vitality Seminal Losses, Falling Memory
lie result ul Over-work, Worry. Sickness, Error?
f Youth or Over-indulgence. Price SI ; 6 boxes
5. By mail in plain packago to any address on
eceipt of price. Sold only by
EVANS PHARMACY,
Anderson, S. C.
m
AUGUSTA, GA.
BUSINESS, Shorthand, Typewriting
and Acad?mie departments Llte
?ry Society, Lecture Courses, Boarding
loll. Positions secured for every grad
late for thle year wishing a position.
COTTON ROOJm
rjENNYEOYAL T??LLS.
Original and Genuine, always ?^reliable A
I safe LADIES, always ask for I Dr. Raaf a
I Cotton Root and Pennyroyal ? Female,
I Fills. They never fail and J. never la.
jure. Hailed to any address on receipt o
1.00 by EVANS PHARMACY, Sole Agenta, As
traon, 8. C. _ _.
Eft A "VC A3 TO 7R Alfi-M AR KS j
FREE
ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY
Notice in " Inventivo Ago "
Book "How to obtain Patents"
Chargea moderate. No fee till najent ia secured. J
Letters strictly confldenUK Address, 1
E. G. SiGGERS. Patent Lavryor. IrtaaMngton, ?. C. j