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BARNWELL, SOOTH CAROLINA7’TFrORSDAY, APRIL 5, i9 oq.
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NO ji.
SENATOR TILLMAN
AND THB REPUBLICANS.
of the free-trade bill and the introduc
(ton of the tariff provisions at the other
ol and also in this end?
ACCUSES THEM OF HYPOCRISY.
A Fierce Attack Upon the Porto Rican
Policy of the Administration—The
Republicans Had to Buy Some Men
to Vote for the Paris Treaty' ot
Peace—Does He Mean the Junior
Senator ?
Mr. Presiwent, there is an old legal
maxim, I believe, that a man can not
take advantage of his own wrong ; and
those who voted to bring into this conn
try and under its jurisdiction and its
Hag and its citlzenonlp this cheap con
tract labor, this peon labor, this Malay
labor, and other forms of colored labor,
were told wbat the results would be
that would follow the ratification of
that treaty ; and it was very bard to
get the votes necessary to make that
treaty a law, and I have beard you had
to buy some men to vote for it. Tbe
question as to whether a wrong is
to be done to the American people,
as to whether a wrong is tj be done
to our ^citizenship, as to whether
a wrong is to be done to those suffering
people, who have themselves protested
by giving up their lives against being
subjugated by the American army—
thaii question is before* tbe American
people to-day; and it Is almost the only
question before them. They will de
termine in November whetber the dag
■hail mean one thing in tbe United
States and another thing in Puerto
Illco and still another thing iu the
Philippine Islands.
I, of course, must bow to their be
hests, and if tne majority in the elec
tion of next November fay that they
want to have “ subj-»cts ” and citizens
under our Hag ; that they want “ de-
l
pendencies ; ’ tnat they want colonies,
and have Congress turned loose un
trammeled to legislate as it pleases, to
rob those people by sending them a
new army of carpetbaggers, to be
protected by the bayonet, I can not
help it; but. so help me God, »o long as
1 have got a voice I shall protest
agalntflY. * ' •>*«*»«-*>
But, Mr. President, as we have got
off on to tbe Philippines—I Intended to
get there anyway—as I said the other
day, the Philippine fever is in the
blood of the country. The question
here at stake is not whether »e shall
have free trade with Puerto Kioo, but
whether by giving Puerto Hico free
trade we shall establish a precedent
which will require us to give free trade
to the Philippines. That is tbe Issue ;
that is the ghost that stares you Re
publicans in the face and warns you to
beware of tbe ides of November. You
would willingly give Puerto K co tbe
same meed of government, urn same
opportunities, that you gave Hawaii,
1 presume; bat yoa are afraid of tbe
coostquencet of that, and therefore
you are compelled to raise tbe cry that
yon must protect American labor
against the pauper labor of the Pirilip-
piees—the -U-ceuta a-day man. You
would not let that pauper labor alone.
Tbe sanid obligation to extend your
oivlllxation, if you choose, will apply
’ to any other place you may reach out
and steal or grab.
Here Is Halil or San Domingo at our
doors. Why not go down there if we
are under obligations to civilize and
educate and rob through our govern
ment every dependency or every other
island lying around loose? If we
choose to go to Ua'ti, nobody in Eu
rope will object or dare to say “ no ; n
and when we get nady to go from the
Philippines on to the Asiatic mainland,
and take a slice of China In further
ance of our commerce, our benefit as a
E tuple, and in a money-making w&y,
□ gland and the rest of Europ * will be
glad to see tbe so-caUed ftee tlepuDilc
of the United States turn Its face back
ward, carried sway from tbe ideals of
this country, reverse Its action for one
hundred and twenty-live years, and fall
in behind tbe despotisms of Europe in
tbe further enslavement of mankind.
It has been charged that it was the
Massachusetts [M?. Hoar] .which
end of the capito
What caused all this change ? I do not
know. I have my suspicions, as I said,
it was b6bause you ran up against the
uroposition that if you treat Puerto
Rico in a certain way, you would have
to treat the Philippines in the same
way ; because we hold them under the
same deed, and there can not be any
differentiation in the treatment of the
two, unless you propose to display such
brassy and unadulterated and damn
able selfishness and greed that you are
afraid to trust yourcausb to the^Amerl-
can voters.
M’KINLEY'S free trade views.
Bentf'or Tillman had a running de
bate with Senator Foraker, of Ohio,
upon the attitude of the President and
the Senator from Ohio in regard to free
trade in Porto Jiico, quoting the
Chicago Times Herald at length in Its
criticism of the administration. He
asked Mr. Foraker to say whether he
was for free trade or not, and prodded
him with changing his attitude be
cause the Chicago Times-Herald was
advocating free trade in Porto Rico.
Senator Tillman alluded to the rela
tions existing between B'orfcker and
Hohlsaat, the editor of the Times-
Herald, which have been anything
else than cordial and friendly :
Mr. Tillman. Tlje editorial which
l have read here happens, to be from
the Chicago Times-Herald, and every
body knows the brotherly Damon and
Pythias like relations which exist be
tween my friend frem Ohio and Mr.
Kohlsaat, and I felt constrained to be
lieve, knowing tbe great love that
these gentlemen have for each other,
and knowing that they are both loyal
to Mr. McKinley and the Republican
party, that the Senator from Ohio
simply got out of tbe free-trade boat
because Mr. Koblsaal got into it; that
be could not live in an atmosphere con
laminated by the presence of that per
son.
Mr. Foraker ' In answer to the
Senator's remark, l will frankly con
fess, In the presence of the Senate,
that I have felt since learnfng of Mr.
Kohlsaat’s attitude a great deal more
confidence IB my present ptollion.
[Laughter.]
Mr. Tillman. Mr. President, 1
have been rigul along that road my
self. have in my caresr come across
edilorals In papers that had fought
and lied on me for years in which my
action was commended, and im
mediately 1 set about to- investigate In
order to find out whether 1 had not
been a rung when 1 got the approval of
such papers, and 1 can understand why
the Serator from Ohio should desert
his own principles and bis own calmly
selected position because Kohlsaat took
a position alongside of him. But at
tbe same time, it does not explain why
the President, who was a warm friend
and to whom Mr. KobLaal is a trusted
adviser, has changed frout. if be did
change front.
Nobody can tell us Whether he did
or not. I want some gentleman here
to explain to me the present attitude
of the President. 1 have been trying
to stand by Dim. I core testimony the
other day to what Isaid was-L Is patriot
ism and nobility of character. 1 do
not hesitate aov time to say that, f
think William McKinley is one of the
most lovable men we have had in
public life in America, but tbe trouble
is Mr. McKinley will not stacd up and
have backbone sometimes. Republi
cans would have been in a heap better
fix politically if be had stood by his
free-trade proposition and let you gen
llemen goon and fight it out among
yourselves and pass'a free-trade meas
ure or not. “But whom the gods
would destroy they first made mad,”
and confusion of counsel is the beglnn
log of madness. That is my interpre
tation of the present situation.
We had testimony the other day that
God Almighty had given us tbe Philip
pines; that tbe honored President pro
tempore of the Senate and his cola-
antidote for trusts.
Mr. Tillman. You mean the sugar
trust ?
Mr. Perkins. For the sugar trust.
These beet-sugar factories are buying
from South Carolina tbe cotton clotb
that is manufactured from tbe cotton
grown in their fields. We are buy
ing those sacks in which to put tbe
eugar that we may send it out to our
mechanics and our workingmen. We
are paying from tl.50 to $2 a day for
labor in those factories,and each farmer
who is cultivating the soil and raising
sugar beets is an independent sovereign
in this fair land of ours. We are pay
ing $100,000,000 annually for sugar in
this country. We want to manufacture
it at home, from our beet sugar, raised
by American farmers. We do not
want tbe cheap peon contract labor,'
receiving 10, 15 or 20 cents a day, to
come into competition with the labor
of South Carolina and California. I
think, perhaps, that is oae of tbe
Reasons which influenced our good Pre
sident, because bis whole life has been
devoted to protection to American in
dustries and tbe elevation and dignity
of labor.
Mr. Tillman. 1 have read some
where that in the Koran there is a
description of Mohammed’s •-bridge
over bell by which those entering
heaven must pass, and I think be de
scribes it as being so attenuated that
it is about tbe breadth of a single bair
on a woman's bead. That is about the
size of the bridge my friend, the Sena
tor frobfCaliforoia, has given the Pres
ident to crawl out of the hole in which
he was put when he sent the free-trade
message here and then backed water
and changed front on it.
Mr. Perkins. Huw about the tobacco
industry of South Carolina?
Mr Tillman. Speaking about the
allusion whicn my friend bas made, 1
will say to.him, as to tbe purchase by
the sugar producers of the cotton bags
in which to put tbe sugar of tbe fe
factories in the United States, that we
are.very glad to furnish the cotton
cloth, if it comes from my State, but
the manufacturing industry of South
Carolina—the manufacture of cotton
principally—which we will say in 1890
showed that there were only 400,QUO
spindles, bas doubled and trebled since,
until they have now eighteen hundred
thousand spindles and a proportionate
number of looms. Since tbe 1st of
January we have organ zsd new mills
or given charters to new enterprises
to build mills to tbe amount of $4 000,
OuO, and wc are reaching out band ovr-r
fist to overtake Massachusetts. We
are already the second State In the
manufacture of cotton. We do ntft
find a bit of protection from tbe Ding
ley tariff, because we export allot that
cloth to China: and we have to com
pete with England; and we do it, and
wc whip them, and make 20 to 40 per
cent, dividends on oar cotton factories.
THE SHOT ctp l*OLICY IN SOUTH
a. 1 AliOLlNA.
Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, .ex
pfessed tbe opThTon that South Caro
Una was the last place on ear&h to orlg
icate any impeachment of the Repub
lican party as to tbe principle of equal
lly among men, and said be basea tbe
observation Partly upon the testimony
of Senator Tillman, who slated the
other day that they had made a great
effort in South Carolina to disfranchise
the “nigger:” tnat they bad stuffed tbe
ballot boxes, and that they had used
the shot gun against them. That Is
why I say that from South Carolina
there ought not to come criticism upon
tbe Rspublican party as being opposed
to equality among men
Mh Tillman. Mr. President,
rising here to explain my language
and to justify it, I have not the docu
meets at band to sustain all tbe charges
I make, but I will, brkfiy and in tbe
best way I can, recapitulate tbe condl
Hops which brought about the neces
sity forstuffling ballot boxes, for shoot
ing negroes, and for using violence and
fraud in taking charge of out; State
government in South Carolina. Tbe
to us as it treated the Southern ne
groes, and that la the reason why I
charge it with hypocrisy.
Mr. Spooner. Mr. President, the
Republican party was not responsible
for It. Tbe Republican party, it is
true, after the war had ended, gave to
the colored man the right to vote. The
ilepubllcan party did not enact that
legislation upon the theory that it was
necessary in order to prevent future
democratic successes. At thht day no
one dared to prophesy that the old
democratic party of the war times
would live very much longer; no one
foresaw Its wonderful vitality.
Tbe Republican party enacted that
egislation, wisely or unwisely, because
there had been enacted In the South-
States wnat were called “black
ern
codes/’ which almost restored the col
ored man to slavery. The Republican
party enacted that legislation in ogder
to give the negro a weapon of defense
against such legislation; and they en
acted it, Mr. President, in order to
maintain in the sight of God and be
fore &U the world in good faith, in letter
and in spirit, the proclamation of
emancipation which had been .signed
by Abrabam Lincoln; God bless bis
memory forever! (Applause In tbe
galleries]
Mr. Tillman. In the first place,
in
THB 8TATB CAMPAIGN
BY COUNTIES.
f <■ J
DO VOTEB8 WANT A CHANGE?
Mr. President, let it not be forgotten
that in dealing with tbe race question
in tbe Soutn those of the Southern
people who were engaged in the civil
war, tbe Confederate war, bad faherlt-
ed those staves. Tbey had been^aught
from childhood that tbe‘ existence of
slavery wtos not wrong, morally or
legally. Tbe author of tbe Declaration
of Independence was a slaveholder: tbe
constitution, recognized slavery; and
after tbe strife was over and the issue
had been settled by »he sword, tbe
question as to tbe disposition of tbe
emancipated slaves was, of course,
very perplexing one.
Tbe Senator suys that but for the
enactment by the Southern legislatures
Senator Tillman Replies to Some
(Questions Along This Llae—He
Thinks the Primary Is In J« opardy.
Tbe following correspondence will
prove interesting to the voters of tbe
State: , -
Orangeburg, March 17,1900.
Hon. B. R. Tillman, Washington, D.C.
My Dear Sir and Friend : According
to tbe constitution of tbe Democratic
party of South Carolina, the State
Democratic convention will convene in
Columbia on Wednesday, May 16th
1900, to elect delegates to tbe national
convention, a member of tbe national
Democratic executive committee and
to make such changes and amendments
to the constitution of the Democratic
party in this State as may seem desira
ble for the proper conduct of tbe com
ing campaign.
~;Tb
of the “black codes,.” In which there
was to be a practical restoration of
slavery under khe guise of liberty,
there would have been no enfranchise
ment of tbe ex-slaves; that they would
not have been given tne ballot History
does not state that, and the condition
of politics at tbe time 'docs not war-
rant it. Those who voted for it, or
some of them, were no doubt honest in
tbe belief that it was necessary, but
there is no earthly doubt but that
ulterior and baser motives were at tbe
root of it. There was first a desire of
revenge by putting tbe ex-slaves in
trot of the Southern States and put-
con t
ting white necks under black heels.
There was next a desire to perpetuate
tbe domination of the Republican
party in tbe United States.
Then, when it comes to a comparison
ot. the action of tbe two parties, I say
lo\he Senator that there are a great
many wrongs that the negroes have to
suffer in the South, and there will con
tinue to ke many. Neither he nor any
body else can help ill and no legisla
tion which can be enacted oan help It.
It can only cure itself in a better at
mosphere, and be solved by the peoule
concerned, because outside influence
and outside interference would only
eggravate the trouble and 'more em
broil the fray.
But I want to call the attention of
tbe Senate to the fact that we have in
the past month had Introduced here
from a Repeblican committee a pro
vision upon the Hawaiian bill by wjjich
contract slaves in that island w^re to
be governed under a.similar black
code ho that which we enacted in South
Carolina and in other Southern States.
You sought to perpetuate that condl
tion in your own bill, for tbe benefit of
tbe sugar planters, until It was stricken
out by a motion on tbe part of tbe
Sbuator from Massachusetts.
Senator McLaurin s Fosijion —
Tbe Washington correspondent oj the
Charleston Evening Host writes as fol
he object of this communication is
to ask your opinion as to the propriety
and desirability of amending article II
bi the constitution of the Democratic
party of this State, which reads as fol
lows :
“ Article II. Before tbe election in
1890, and each eleotion thereafter, the
State Democratic executive committee
■ball issue a call to all candidates Tdr
State offices to address the people of
tne different counties of this State,
fixing tbe dates of the medtlngs, and
also inviting the candidates for Con
gress, United States Senate and for
solicitors in their respective districts
and circuits, to lie present and address,
the people. At such meetings only
the candidates above set forth shall
be allowed to speak.”
Tbe above article )s mandatory. It
requires tbe State Democratic execu
tive committee tp formulate tbe sched
ule for tbe whole State campaign with
out giving the county executive com-
mitteet of the 'various counties any
voice In the arrangement of the time
and place of meeting for their respec-
live counties. (Jilt? a number of peo
ple, and with apparent good reason,
think that this article of tbe party con
stitution should be either entirely ab
rogated, or at least so amended as to
give tbe individual counties a voice In
making tbe schedule of the meetings.
Tbe most potent reasons adduced in
behalf- of such change or amendment
in the constitution of our party are
these :
First. The county executive com- j
mittee, of the several counties, know- I
ing the desire and the need of the peo
ple in their respective counties better
than is possible for the State execu
tive committee to know, should have
the privilege of fixing a time-and a
place for tbe Stale campaign meeting
of their respective counties.
Sicond. Many of the meetings in
the last two campaigns'were merely
farces. They were forced upon com
munities at inopportune times and at
places where no meetings were desired.
This should be avoided in tbe future.
Third. It is impossible to run a cam
paign of education on tbe old plan.
When all candidates are required to
attend the meeting at a certain time
and place, tbe great number present
to address the voters precludes tbe
idea of intelligent discussion of grave
public questions in tbe brief space of
five, ten or fifteen minutes allowed
each speaker. ’
Fourth. The newspaper reports of
tbe various meetings are virtually the
same, day after day, and are usually
but a mere stereotyped skeleton of a
skeleton argument, and in no case suf- j
ficlenlly elaborate Vo express clearly <
tbe views of the speakers or to en-
lighten tbe bearer. Tnerefore, if tbe !
meetings are to be educational, tbe
will and the convenience of tbe people ;
must be consulted in appointing tbe
the joint discussions before the people
of the Issues, because tbe newspapers
were so unfair and partisan ; and any
abrogation of tbe system now in vogue
would in pH probability result in the
return to the old conditions, when it
was in tha power of two or three lead
ing newspapers to make and unmake
men. and to largely control our State
politics. Tbe necessity o( freedom of
speech and the presentation by the
candidates of their views, directly to
the voters without having them tinged
or'distorted or suppressed by different
newspapers will make the people un
willing to give up the present plan un
less “something better” can be gub-
stttuted for it. You have stated the
defects in the present system none too
strongly, and there are others which
occur to me which you have not men
tioned ; for instance, it was never con
ceived possible that a mao would offer
as a candidate for tbe high position
simply because of vanity or bis being
a crank, stHl lees that one would enter
tuch a race with no hopes of .being
elected, but simply wltb the view of
defeating another man. Tbere can be
no limitation as to the number of per
sons who shall ruh*for',any office if
tbey comply with tbe prerequisites
The joint discussion was intended to
give the people an opportunity of hesr
log both sides, and of allowing the
candidates to present tbeir views
dfrectly to tbe voters. Tbe great mis
take that bas been made was the at
tempt to divide tbe time pro rata, or
apportion it out among all tbe candi
dates. Thos as you bave said, there
was no chance for a candidate Urmake
a speech or to do himself any credit,
and the people were disgusted to that
extent that they refnsed to turn out to
the meetings. I canvassed the State
three times and there was never any
limitation on any speaker. The ar
rangement was, in the race for gover
nor, to have-tbe speakers alternate;
and in the race for the Senate to in
vert the order of speaking, so that the
minor candidates could every Aher
day begin and bave tbeir say la full
wnile the crowds were fresh and not be
forced to lake tbe leavings of tbe au
dience tired out by previous speakers.
Wbat ever else may be done, tbere
should never bave been In tbe past
and should never be In the future any
limitation on time, it would be better
to bave tome candidates miss speak
ing at every meeting than follow such
a plan of gagging them. The ques
tion now is either the continuance of
the present system, with such limtta
lions as I have indicated, or changing
it as you suggest and leaving tha couo
ties to determine what men they want
to hear and extend invitations to such,
it being of course always permissabie
for a candidate to announce indepen
dently tbe places at which be will
■peak, and to invite bis opponent for
tne office, to n joint discussion. Tbe
Slate committee can n6t discriminate
i as among candidates who comply with
tbe rule, but tbe connty committee
i having control of tbs meetings could
refute to Invite those men wbo were
was “ teach tka people a&d troat tha
people," and under the existing condi
tions in our State there la ao cartel*
way to have this done except through
tha medium of public debate.
; Yourt sincerely,
B. R Tillman.
THE PROFITS OF COTTON MIX**.
A Mill in the Piedmont
Xnde One Hnedred Per Cent. This
Season. *
Spartanburg Free Lancs.
To give a tangible idea of what ia
bshag made by the cotton mills la this
Piedmont region of South Caroliua, we
submit some facts, which we are pre
pared to substantiate, ae to a certain
cotton mill in this section. At tha bo-
ginning of the last oottoo season labuut
October 1st, 1899) this cotton mill had
on band about 3,000 bales of old cotton,
bought the previous season at tha low
prices then prevailiug. Believing that
tbe cotton crop was short this company
bought 13,009 bales of the new en»
just as rapidly as money could get it
into Us warehouses. The cost of thie
cotton when stored, all charges in
cluded, was less than fit cents a pound.
Since the time of the purohM* of
these 13,000 bales cotton has greatly
advanced la price, and if this mill
should now sell its ootton and not epia
a pound of it the profits from tbe sale
of tbe raw cotton would enable tbe
company to declare a dividend of 334
B sr cent, on Us entlrs capital stock.
ut by cooverting this ootton lato
cloth and selling the cloth at present
prices this cotton mill oompary will
realize a net earning of 100 par oeat.
To make the matter perfectly plain :
Suppose that that thee# If
ooet on an averafa of 61 oeate
pound, and that the cost of
taring the raw ootton into doth will
be 31 cents per ponad, making a 1
cost of 101 cents per pound. From
clotb when sold the company will
ixe 25 cents for every pound of
used. Deduct from this the ooet of tha
raw ootton (6! cents) and tha expense* of
manufacturing seme (31 cents), makiag
a total of 101 oeate, and you will'
a net profit to tha mill of 141
not wanted, and it U should ever occqc*
which is berdiy possible, that a canUl
date would be unjustly treated be
could then make arrangement# for
separate meeting to wnlch his op
ponent bould be invited, it is no light
thing to canvass tbe entiie State and
attend meetings in forty counties, and
D entails a heavy expense besides.
Many of our people do not even take
their countv papers, and since tbe
patent outsides have come in vogue
with a few creditable exceptions tbe
county newspapers bave deteriorated
very sensibly from what tbey were
fifteen years ago. Competition has
caused them to reduce their subscrip
tion, and while the subeurfbe^ get ae
much ae they pay for it is nevertheless
evident that the newspapers do not
furnish as much and as good news as
they used to.
in regard to the State committee
fixing dates for the meetings in the
campaign. It has been consider#!
htoughLon tbe-rabeliloa of toe ViUot-
□os. It is said that speech was cabled
over tbere under tbe ocean at a cost of
$4,000, and that on that sptech being
read to tbe Filipinos they roed in ' re
bellion and began to shoot our soldiers
to death. That was one of tbe dodges
of the Republican press, the Imperial
ist press, that wanted to try to fix tbe
famt somewhere and throw tbe blame
or some one.
We bave bad a new story within a.
week. I am sorry that our young friend
from Indians [Mr. Beveridge] is not in
tbe chamber. Tbe Idlest news is that
his great speech in tbe Senate, in
which he outlined the policy to be fol
lowed by this government—the kind of
tyranny or despotism we were to set up
—has been translated into Spanish and
bas been spread broadcast among tbe
Filipinos. That, no doubt, accounts for
the recent renewal of hostilities and
tbe liveliness which tbe extinct rebel
lion is now exhibiting again. Instead
of the loog-promfsed peace coming;
the outlook-4s that the war will last in
definitely, because those people bave
found, at last that all our professions
of humanitarlanlsm and of philanthropy
and of our Intention to raise them up
in tbe scale of citizenship and give
them tbe blessings of American lloerty
are lies; that we prepose to go there
in order to exploit them, to get them
so as to furnish a new field for a new
set of thieves to go and rob and rob
and rob under the American flag.
Then comes along another thorn in
the side of our unhappy friends on the
other side of tbe chamber. President
Sohurman, one of the Filipino oommls-
sloners, who went out to the Philip
pines and did not succeed in obtaining
any conditions of peace or amity with
the rebels, warns you that U you are
going to treat Puerto Rico in this way
with a discriminating ta|iff, and your
refusal to grantthem any rights under
the flag, that will onlv increase tbede
termination of the Filipinos to resist to
the death. So you are a very un
happy family, and I sympathize with
you from the bottom of my heart,
only hope you will oome to repentance
some day after November, when the
American people will have taupht you
that trade and'the flag and liberty and
‘ tbe constitution all go together.
What is tbe cause of this sudden
change of front, thla transformatiou o:
the purpoeea of the Hreeident and o
Congress, as shown by the withdrawal
that it had come directly from the Ai
arightyi tfiat He -had held us tlTttW “iffy sueff acknowledgment.
hollow of His hand , that the glory of
oi.r future history was to come from
the fact that we were to reach out and
grab lip that island and this Island :
that we were to treat tbe colored races
of those Islands, not like we treat the
colored people In the South, or not like
you genWemen once tried to treat them,
but as we of the South bave felt con
strained to treat them ; that you gen
tlemen bave changed front on that
subject, and that we were to have a
glorious future, with so much money
and emoluments and wealth flowing
into our coffers In consequence of this
nqw policy that we could not descend
so low as to give the credit to the
Senator from Minnesota and the
Senator from Maine and their brethren
on tbe commission) who had gone over
to .I’aris and demanded the cesslomof
these islands in the Pacific and had
enforced that demand to the point that
we got them, or got what title Spain
had.
Nobody will tell us, as I said a mo
paent ago, whether the President is
for free trade or not. I wish I knew.
I wanted to bave tbe pleasure of sup
porting some measure that be bad sent
here, and that I could indorse honestly
as American without regard to being
South Carolinian or a Democrat, and
now I am robbed of that pleasure. You
gentlemen are cruel to us,. Why do
you not let us do something some time
as Americans and not force us always
back to tbe narrow rut of Democracy
and why do you not do something some
time as Americans and not be such
narrow, bitter partisans here ? *
Mr. Parkins. Of course I am not
authorized to speak for tbe President:
but I am inclined to think that his
views—I may have Imitated them in
that respect—we»*e influenced by what
was referred to by my friend, the Sena
tor from South Carolina, that great
trusts were being formed in Puerto
Rtob for’tbe purpose of controlling the
sugar traffic. Tbe Republican party
is opposed to trusts and combinations,
ard knows that the only solution of that
problem le the eetablishment pf local
beet-sugar factories, such as tbere are
in Nebraeka and in Utah and in Iowa
and in Michigan and in California—
which hae tome ten or twelve indepen
dent heet-eugar factories. They buy
tha raw product from tbe farmer, re-
Una it in tbeir own factories, and send
it to the mechanic#’ table. That is the
coadliioas exist
there now, because I have neve'* made
proclaimed the fact ^fiat in 187t>,
in wehad stood eight years of car-
I
when
petbag government and tbere was noth
ing left us of our civilization unless we
rbse in our might and took the,govern
ment back from the carpetbag horde
of thieves and scoundrels and their
scalawag allies, tbe native born rap-
sqallions, wbo bad been foisted upon
us at tbe point of the bayonet—when
government ceased to yield protection,
then there was semi-anarchy, when
8,000 armed negro militia were parad
ing up and down the roads, threaten
ing our wives and our cbildren and our
homes, when at night burning houses
were lighting up the horizon in almost
every county, when the conditions
were so appalling that any kind of
government, any military lespotism.
was preferable to that, wo made up our
minds that tbe fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments to the Constitution were
themselves null and void; tba^ the acts
of Congress under them placing our
State under carpetbag rule were null
and void; that oaths required by such
laws were null and void, wo resolved
that tbe intelligence, tbe wealth, and
tbe patriotism of the State, belonging
only to the white people, should seize
tbe government from tbe horde of Ig
norance and vice; that we would not
longer tolerate bribe-takers on the
bench and thieves in our high places;
that life was uot worth having on the
terms and under the conditions 7 forced
onus.' . •
We swore by the memories of revolu
tionary sires that we would redeem our
State from the-grasp of aliens and
negroes, and we did R; and I bave no
apologies to make for it. If you con
tend that no indictment of Republicans
can come from South Carolina, I ’will
tell you that tbe Republican party was
responsible for that condition of things
I will tell you that Grant,-who was
then President, sent tbe army there to
bold down tbe white# and perpetuate
the condition of misrule and anarchy
and robbery which prevailed, and
where the troops were the white m*
joriUea, the - Democratic . majorities
were the greatest—not by reason o
the presence of tbe troops, but because
tbe white* did not hesitate to vote
early and often and .tCLparry the elec
tion* in any way that wae iou-d neces
•ary./ The Republican party did all
that wrong blindly, but it does not now
treat the colored races that have come
OTetiSUrfn, vrbo Vent
I
i«>und. These 10,000bale#,at500pound#
‘ ' 000,000
to the bale, would aggregate 8.1
pounds, which at 141 oants per ponad
would net the company $1,180,000.
You can deduct from thie the ooet of
handling, insurance, repairs,
•till tha net profit# will’be mere tkaaa
million dollars; and we would add that
this mill's capital stock is not a million
dollars. If there is nay other lads
paying 100 per cent, on the inv«
we would be glad for some of oar read
ers to call It to our attantloo.
us try
from tha
Leaky's Rule Over Guam.—A
special dispatch to the New York Tri
bune from Ban Francisco, says:
“ King ” Leary's rela In tbe Island
of Guam, with it# 10,000 dark-ekiaaad
inhabitants, and it* Spanish tradition*,
hae been remarkablv suooeeefnl, jndg-
from stories told by travelers win
rncefitty come fre
t-aiiDglnnd. He has
and good will of tbe natives by hie eni-
rm kindness and his dally efforts to
ip rove their coed l Hoe, moral and po
litical, have been accepted la good
faith. Daring hie six months’ resi
dence in tbe island Gapt. Leary has
accomplished a marvelous amoeat of
work. The oorrupt and grasping lov
er nor* of Spain and Ignorant prteets
who for e century have systamatioaUy
robbed the native* and ruled by foree
and superstition have bean swept from
the island. The mar rtaf# rite, long
ego fallen Into disuse, has been re
established. The old Spanish laws
have been overhauled and revised so
a* to meet existing conditions. Thrift
and sobriety are not encouraged, bat
required of the native*. Schools aad
hospitals bave been established on the
Island, 4od public works projected that
will give employment to all who
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antic City for the benefit of bis health,
bair returned to Washington with his
family. Although tbe weather at At
lantic City at this season of the year Is
very cold, the trip has greatly benefit-
tbe South Carolina Senator, who,-
according to information received, has
been threatened with nervous prostra
tion. The Senator is now at the caplt-
dally, and is looking to be in bis
usual good health. His appearance
bas greatly Improved. It is stated that
the Senator and his family enjoyed
their outing very much.
Although nothing can be learned
definitely as to Senator McLaurln’s
attitude upon the. Porto Rican tariff
bill, those / wbo are best acquainted
with tbe Senator have no doubt that
bis vote will oe cast with the opposi
tion to the bill. His course in the Sen
ate indicates that he will cast bis lot
with his ot«n political party in the
Senate upon t)iia, measure. He has
thus far since his return to Washing
ton from Atlqftic City voted with the
[lemocrats in^he Senate in favor of
the extending of the constitution to
J orto Rico, there having been several
votes taken upon amendments to this
effect. These votes indicate strongly
that Senator MnLaurin will vote with
the Democrats against tbe bill.
—Senator Davis, of Minnesota, has
introduced a substitute for tbe Porto
Rican bill, which provides for free
trade between tlTe United States and
Porto Rico and extends the Internal
revenue laws with amendments over
the island. The act is declared pro
visional afid shall not continue longer
than March 1, 1902.
OUR GREATEST SPECIALIST.
Fop. 20 years Dr. J7 Newton Hathaway
has so successfully treated chronic diseas
es that he is acknowledged today to stand
at the head <>{ his profession in this line.
His exclusive method of treatment for
Vhr.cocele and Stricture, without tne aid
of knife or cautery cures In 90 per cen t of
all cases. In the treatment of the loss of
Vital Forces. Nervous Disorders, Kidney
time be given to speakers.
FHth.- The proposed change in tbe
constitution would give each candidate
tbe greatest possible latitude and lib
erty in conducting bis own campaign
and would give the respective counties
the right to regulate and direct tbeir
own political appointments and tb in
vite whomsoever tbey desired to be
present whenever and wherever tbe
people wished to hear them.
Sixth. Under tbe old plan, a meet
ing is scheduled for each county,
whether desired or not, and each can
didate must follow tbe procession
throughout the State regardless of ex
pense or convenience ^ The .great ex
pense of making tbe canvass of the
State will eventually shut out a poor
man from running for a State office,
however worthy and competent he
may be. This is one of the strongest
arguments for a change..
Seventh. It is very desirable that
these matters should be brought to the
attention of the people for full and
free discussion before the May con
vention. The foregoing are the princi
pal reasons: crudely stated, why a
change in the constitution appears to
many as vei'y desirable. They do not-
touch upon the numerous minor points
that might be adduced.
1 shall be very glad to hear from you
relative to these points and to any
other that may suggest themselves to
you as pertinent to tbe question either
for or against the proposed amendment
to the constitution:
What I desire most and what I be-
lisve the public desires is that “from a
free and fall discussion of tbe matter a
plan may be evolved which will work
for the best interests of tbe State and
for tbe comfort, convenience and in
dependence of both the candidates in
tbe coming campaign and the people
who wish to know them.
Very sincerely your friend,
‘ - James T.Park«
and Urinary Complaints, Paralysis, Blood
Poisoning, Rheumatism, Catarrh, and dis-
* ' equally
ctlce is
eases peculiar to women, be is
successful. Dr. Hathaway’s prac
more than double that of any other spec
ialist. Cases pronounced helpless by other
physicians readily yield to hit treatment.
Write him today tally about your case.
He makes no charge for consultation or
advice, either at bis office or by mail
J. Newton Hathaway, M. D., 22M South
Broad street, Atlanta, tia.
counties, and always to arrang
meetings in rotation so that lir a given
week certain contiguous territory
might be covered. It tbe papers of
tbe State could be Induced to give fair,
full and unbiased reports of speeches ;
and honest and truthful statement* ae
to tbe numbers and happenings at the
meetings, the objections which you
have urged against the present system
would leave hardly any reason for its
continuance, and by jtbls I do not mean
the dally papers alone, for they are
read to very limited extent except in
the towns, and the masses of the voters
read only weeklies. It seems that ar
rangements could be made to have
speeches given on the pktieat outsides
just as easily as to have love stories
and trash which now appear In them.
After all I do not know that we need
to be worried much about the matter
Any man who can make such a speech
as the people want to hear and give
them instruction or amuse them will
always be able to obtain an audience ;
and if they do not want a man to talk
any longer they will let him know it.
Tl^o by reversing tbe order of speak
ing and alternating days every man
will have a fair chance. If tbe crowd
have come to hear fcny special man
tbey will make it known and the others
will voluntarily burry through and get
out of the way.
Whatever is done, we should cling
to the freedom of discussion and joint
debate and the primary system as the
very essence of Democracy. Rather
than give these up it would be’better
to confine tbe speeches to candidates
for Governor alone. The other State
House officers do not outline pollcl«a,
while the Governor not only influences
that the natives have- not
radical changes have been foroafi apoa
them by the new gOvetnmenL-
—The Methodist
ence at Wilmington, Del., w
sects Delaware and a portion of Mary-
tloa ooo-
legisfation, but by the use off the ap-
ib-
I» reply to this Senator Tillman
w rote as follows :
Washington, D. C., March 22, 1900.
—I have your letter of March 7th and
the importance of the matter
seated therein muat be apparent to
every one. It U a perplexing question
and has been a subject of serious
long time, be
pointing power and vote controls pul
lie affairs if he should be a man of any
force and ability. It mav be worth
while to try tbe plan of having no
meetings under the auspices of the
State committee, but turn all the can-
didat^s I<XN1 Md Jot them y^lpl^dent.
their own meetings or attend such as t*
land, ha* adopted a resolution
detuning the army canteen aad tbe nee
and sale of liquor in the new posssa
■ions. The temperance committee aUo
presented anotner resolution whieh
condemned President MoKinlsw a* a
member of the Methodist Episcopal
church for pubttc and private tippling.
It precipitated a hot discussion and waa
finally defeated by a vdke of 07 to 43.
A resolution requesting the general
conferenoe to censure President Mc
Kinley for setting aside the anti-oan-
teen law snd to censure him for drink
ing liquor, was adopted after the per
sonal reference to the Preeideat’s
drinking had baaa stricken out.
—The reason for the failure of the
old and respected book publishing firm
of D. Appleton & Co. wae that they had
published too many books on the In
stallment plan, and after the fallare of
Harper & Brothers the banks demurred
to carrying their paper as before. It Is
believed that all tbe oreditors will be
paid In full. The business will ba car
ried on by a receiver, who has been ap
pointed by the court.
—Rev. Mr. Sheldon will received be
tween 110,000 and 820,000 as his share
o( the venture of running the Topeka
Capital as a Christian dally, aad ha
intends to expend it in improving aad
beautifying a negro settlement la
Topeka, wd ich is surrounded by the
homes of aristocratic citizens. The
latter have tried to boy out tike ne
groes, but have failed, and their hope
now Is that Mr. Sheldon wjlll make thh
locality more respectable.
—It is reported that the name of
Augustine Van Wyck will be plaoed
before the Kansas City convention for
<1
the county committees arrange and
tbe people who get up pic nice invite
them to, but until the newspapers
pre- change their policy of recent yfiars,
' and also be more industrious in furn
ishlng the voter with readable and
fair'and reliable reports of what Is
being said and done by tbe candidates,
thought with me for a^,—. , — . _ , • • —
cause I have foreseen that the primary ; the system of joint discussion la one
system was being jeopardized by'the I form or another will be demanded by
abuses to which it has been subjected. ! tbe people and no candidate can safely
Political conditions In our State forced neglect It. One of Jefferson’s maxims
V 2
trlously made in New York to
the impression that there is a growing
revolt against Bryan
—Excitement was caused in Saa
Jacinto, Cal., by the discovery
part of the San Jacinto Mountain
slipped into a subterranes
forming a new valley six
acres la extent. “’v"
boy is quiet he’s
anise some eew
>
' —When a
either asleep or
mischief. / .
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