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| THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE VOL 1. BATESBURG, S. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1901 NO. 15 DEFENDS HIS VOTES Senator J >hn L. McLaurin Firei His First Oun. A REAL CAMPAIGN OPENER. The Work fur Southern &tdL*s< men as Ha 8ees l?. Insists on Being Independent on Great Usu's Senator John L. McLaurin spoko a; follows at tLo banquet of the Southorr Manufactured Club at Chariot to or ThnraiUtf Ha Mniri* , 1 desire to make a statement of sc 111 v what a personal cam.c bi foro proceed ins with this speech, which I intend K deliver tonight. A certain nowspapoi oorrespoDdent in the city of Washing ton has persistently Bprotd tho rcporl that I was coming to Charlotte to make a speech which would launch a new party in tho south. * The report is ab Bolutely false. If 1 had any such in tenlioh good taeto wtuld prevent ui< from taking advantage of an oppor tunity of this kii.d. 1 ?iu content t( advocate withiu Democratic hues the polices which I believe to bo test foi the Bouth, and when 1 oau no longer d< this laui ready to retire to pritaic life In tho south we are today real ztni some of the dreams of its far reaching atatesmen and busiucjs men of fifty years ago. With prophetic eye, the} saw tho industrial and commercial pos sibilitieB of our highly favored south land. With an advance of thought lha is really surprising, they suggested eu tcrpriscs of wonderful magnitude foi its upbuilding and commercial domi nanco. From lb3S to lfc'GO, oonvon tions were hold to voice the deuandso a deepseated public sentiment for in dustrial progress. Tho story of thest movements is chronicled in a Souil Carolina publication, wbioh, under (hi name of Debow'B Review, did for thi old south what the Manufacturer's Ho oord is doing for tho amth today. The Bamo spirit which enabled ou fathers to leave the field of defeat will nothing but their oeurago and thci characters left, ill hvo in tho stuih and inspires you today in your grca undertaking. The plaes of the grca southern business men and statcbmoi of Mty years ago are no longer id 1< dreams. Postponed by a oruol wai whioh destroyed our sooial and indus trial system, and which for years rcaoh *d eooperation in national underiak * ajmost impossible, such men as ] tonight are makiDg these HKii aotual about tho "Nsw South," the is misnomer. It is the same whioh HHHP; npvnnp^hor need now to again attain i^-v Mfl^^^pPIKd eminenoo is tho same broad oon J^^^^<jeption and the Bamo oomprehonBivi grasp of tho true situation. Tho las twenty years have wrought an industria revolution in tho Bouth, whioh mus find expression in our sooial and poliii cal life. The time is past for tho discussion a to whether this government is to he on consolidated in us structure or a loos aggregat:on of (so calloa) sovoroig States. Tho civil war sottlod thai It is useless to discuss tho question c whether this is to be a purely thee rotieal Democratic govornmont or a expanding and giant Republic. Tb Spanish war settled that. Why n( l then accept conditions as they arc an I make tho most of them? I Tho agitation of tuch isbues otl I serves to sidetrack broad Amcr.can dot I trines and should cot bo made part B quoslions because ibey grow out ( aotual political and economic co: B ditions, whioh it is beyond the pow< B of either party to ohango. 1 care n< of what political faith the occupant < tho whito houio might have been; fo ^B if a truo American, mindful of ll honor and dignity of the nation, ll ^B result of tho Spanish war oould not 1 widely different irom wl ?. they aro t I day. Wby shou'd our people bo i! only ones loolosc their oyes to what going on? Why should wo move aloi in the same old iuts and insist th political pelioics and old trad Lion long Hicoo doad aro vital liviog issue and depend upon them for the salv lion of the south? fho triumphant ro-elcoliou of M McKinicy in tho last campaign is fi of Mgniticauoo. It is a stubborn fa confronting tbo Democratic party t day; suggestive of reproachful rcmci brauces and fcaiful menaccr. What reflection that this now Diinjcraoy d not carry a State wluro tho lsssti wero discussed and judgment passed the peoplo upon them on their rncri Oi course with us it has been imp< sible to deoidc tkotiocs upon is.-u< It has been simply a question of wb aupnmioy. In tho north and tho wt dissolved into factions, tainted by t errors of republicanism and tho foil of populism, the pa~ty oould loL wii stand the tido of popular oppositi excited by unreasonable criticism tho oonduot of a foreign war, and tho vicious and iacoodiary appeals mi during the last month of tho oampai to olass hatrod and prtjudioo. Fundamental principles wire 1 eight of, and in an inBano effort to ouro party success at any cost, tho tempt was made to oombino socialis populism and sectionalism, with no ing but tho sontimcnt and traditions Democracy. The real Democratic 1c eis of tho scaato for tho past th I years havo been Alien, Teller, i 1'ottigrcw, all of them ablo men, ' one a populist, ono a high tariff J pullican, and tho oilier, 1 do not kn what. All of them opposed to Si banks of issuo with proper safoguar and most other things wo need in aouth. This was called the "21 Democracy" in contradistinction ft tho old, and some of its leaders sta that its orcods wcro revolutionary i were so designod to be. To sow disoontont with indust conditions and distrust of tho govt ing power; to array olass against oli in tho hope of scouring fanoiod so and industrial equality, is to uiy m the first stop in revolution. Tho so is the American end of Amonca. no sootion is thero so small a fori element, so muoh conservatism, and puro a patiotism. What a political ly 1 paradox then it is for our people to be dc the allies tf profctbed lavolutionistB clsowhoio. pi, i It waa uot tho puro tvpo of south- be eiu Democracy that tho baiauoo of the of oouotry feared in tho last presidential iu clooticu. Thoy knew that jroperly in- w? tir,ictcd this was ojUBcrvativo and er bafo. It was well understood, howovor, mi what influences dominated, and that, wi therefore, tho south in national affairs qu , was still poworlets. Ouc doubtful tti northern Statu had thon and has now ti< more influence than tho ontiro south combined. Ouo party says, Why should wl I consult ycu, I cm liopo for nothing, di fho othirsays, L'vogotyou any way, tc and I will do as I ple^s;; holp yours ?lf th if you can. Wlata poBUion for a bravo, er J high-spirit', d people bound hand and ty > foot, the mis3rabto slaves of ouo party wi , and a football for tho other. th 1, f? r one, do nut boiiovo that tho oo . pcop'cofiho south tro ready to t ust cf this g v.ruuiesit iato tho hands of io nil v mrt.v In hi?jin I 'in l^v.ilintr iim nwfl ?r ) t ?- w wvO*- v?v.??e 51 r through tho exiciso of tho taxing nc powoi; and yet this in exactly what tr t this new j rcpaganda imar s and out di 3 side of tho touth it i1 proclaim d by hi j tho very same 0 ass who preaoh and 00 . practice foeial fquality between tho . races. The two d gluts aro inseparably of ? interwoven. Go into tho west, attend he ouc of tli ir campaign nr otings scratch ac > ben ath the skin and you will find the in ; baiuc old social qua.i y dogma, to tho ni r tunc of which tbu soul of John Brown By , is still "marching nn." Taxation for as the purpose of equal zing cr rodistribu to i ling property is rank socialism, not Do- bt . 111 o. racy Let it take hold iu the south a j and with it will go tho.-e barriors whioh w' , we have i rooted to maintain tho purity de of our race and tho intogrity of our pa civilization. ra 1 Another thing?to my mind it is folly m to oppose i xp-imion uudor tho name ec r of imper a sui It deceives no man of fu intelligence, lie undors'ar.ds that thore is to analogy between this country and th f tho llotna 1 Empire, and that those th wbo talk of imperialism do not take di 3 into account that power whioh is born tr 1 of our free institutions, a fortress in 01 3 tho hearts of our people stronger than wi 5 any evi r butlt of stone. As long as fl( this is thero they can never becomo di slaves; and when it is dead it matters Li r not whether under republic or empire, ni 3 they bcoomc an easy prey. It depends tli r upon the people, not tho governmoDt, tr , whothir they bo slaves or freemen. It pr t is tho people that make tho government be t not tho government the people. With pi 1 a brave, strong, intelligent peoplo, with ep 3 a free press and popular education, th r thero can be no imperialism. Why qi - should wo bo afraid to trust ourselves? Tho wholo tendency of tho times and ec flnSrit of ihn aero it ioararrl I), irtn.rra 4 V? ?UV V. %..V ^VUlVWiM bli [ tio instead of imperialistic ideas of gov- bt ) eminent. ^ The throno of tho ' Groat Whito of j Czar-' trembles today at tho roar of pi i the D< mocraiio Lion, and tho echoes tw M^od cvon from tho far off Orient, a libit?m* aotual territory or dominion cvSr peo?H| . that we seek, but tho expansion of is t American thought, ideas of government or . commerce and civilization. Political \\ d loaders might well learn that tho law tc t of progress will sweep away as chaff ai I those who would plaoo bairiors against n< t this mighty tide which is destined to oi spread the Deuiooratio idoa of govern inont to the uttermoH bounds of tho tl s earth. My dofiuition of Democracy is P e liberty for man, formulated into a si e theory of government. It means man's f< a inalienable ownership of himself, it ft i. means free thought and free speech. ci if _ln tho dark ages of tho past some n > poor slavo raised his bowed head and 1j n looking up into the blue sky caught in- p c spiration from God's frco air and sun- c >t shine that ho also of right was free, and tl d eversinoe. that vision of liberty has f( been an undying revelation for overy I y age and all oliracs. Greo;an and Roman a 5- Blaves saw,' the heavenly light, and f] ,y facing their masters' swords, bravely >f died. Saxon churl with wooden collar, tl i and cur own f&'.lu rs. at Cowpens ana c ;r King's Mountain, looked upon tho cc b )t lostial picture, and with a smilo of j >y y if gave u.) their lives. n r, Why need a -rue Democracy hunt fcr ^ ie issues in our relations with foroign 1 io countrus? It is upon domestic pr^b o )c IcmB, the rights of man aud mm, tho t o relation of labcr and capital and its fi ie stand upon these homo issues that lias f i>, endeared it to tho people in tho past f ig and upon which it must finally stand or tt at fall. Ilia foll> *to attempt to dwarf i s, *r;at national and international issues | s, into mire questions of party policy; it ( a failed in ihc last campaign, and will ( fail every lime it is tried t ir. Kvery member of tho American oon-ii ?i :? 4~ _ r ; . ? r.^11/... < Ill JUi'na, VVIIC11 ll c ui.n >u n i'lKuu |>wn?-jr lOt a foreign war, and artuy, a navy, a mero chant marine, or any other question af 3 fioting our honor as a nation, or our a prosperity at a pcoplo, should bo freo id and untramuioled to vote as his julgics mcnt and oojsc'enoe dioiatei. For niyby solf, I would not, under existing o< nts ditioos, bo willing to hold a seal ia tho os United States senate upon aoy torms. ea. To allow others to think for mo upon ite theso great questions is a cowardly eva at, sion of my responsibilities, aLdaorimi ,he nal ncglcot of the truein'erests of thoso ics who select mo. I am rr joined torrght lh- to hi in the pros nee of bo many of the ion groat captains of sruthern industry, of You arc ihc men whoeo euorgy-and en by terprise are developing our natural roidc sourojfl and thus laying the foundation ign for the fail enj >ymcnt by our seotion of all that must follow in tl o wako of ost the expanding glory of our Republic; sc- and this in spite of the faot that it has at beoome the fashion in some quarters to mi, sneer at what is termed tha ''sordid th- commercial' argument in favor of cxpani of nion and other national issues ad Our political leaders should not for roo got tho fact tl-at modern Domooraoy ind had its origin in this same commercial but instinct. Two hundrol and fifty years Re- ago it had its birth in those onion along iow the river Rhine, whero, through trad) ato and manufacturing, tho people cjuld .s.. mm,nr-1 it,,. f, nitnl lords to grant thorn i--; - _ ? D tho cjvil rights. Th? froo institutions of Jovr whioh wo boast grow up uador tho fos :om tcring care of ooinmcroe. Tho rights ,tod of tho individual expanded into rights and for his oity and thoso for tho 8tato, so that modern Democracy does not rial teach that thcro is an absolulo rulo for >rn- government, and that any particular ass, thoory of government is of permanont oial valuo ar.d adapted under all oirouiniind stancos for tho wolfare of man. Tho uth fathors of this Kopublio novor intonded In to lay a foundation whioh was to bo >ign always of tho samo oircumsoribcd pro 1 so portions, with a superstructure of nioo measured, parts all to oziat ptrma- i intly j ust as o instructed. < They aimod toorea'oa giant not a < gmy. For a nation the century has 1 on o intent to grapple with quoations < iottrnal dev Jopnient, but suddenly ( tho evolution of our natioaal destiny, < i have bcoouio one of tho great pow- < _ il. 11 J 1 a ui iuo wonu, ana can in longer ovo in a oiron wsoribod orbit. If wo < ->uld aiain'ain our tsupromaoy or even 4 lality among tho nations of the world, f o shackles forged by narrow, Bee- ( >nal pr. judicts must be broken i Tho quoi-tiou of tbo hour is not Luther ibid Republic is what ite foun- j ra (with tho iight before thorn) innded to make it; not whether this is | co:etieally an ideal Djmoeratio gov ( Doiunt, at all times in cxaot oonformi- ( to tho technical requirements of a | rittcn constitution, but whether with . c spirit rather than tho lottsr of that j nstitution, wo aro making tho mcst ? our natimal opportunities and meet- , g tho political economic conditions | owing e u>, of tho constantly ohanging | odd of the pcoplo. It is historically { uo that co form of government evir | d result from do'ibcrato choice; it | is alwa>s been tbo logical result of i nditiens. Tho nation is nothing but tbo typo , individual life, and as from child >cd to manhood wo outgrow garments id duties these aro put aside, so it is , the i jlutionary development of a , ition, social, political, and industrial stems that have their day aro thrust : too fur new methods and row sysns to meet a change and higher ato of existence. Wo liavo reached i stage of development in the eou'h , hero it is uaprofitablo to rako the >ad ash< a and oharrcd embers of the ist and where we muBt look forward | ih jr than backward. Tiue states | anahip. whilo vigilant as to tho prec it, looks with prophetic eye to tho , turo. The poople have a right to expect ] eir leaders to bo in advance of tho ought of tbo age, and not tamely "ift with tho ourront. In an era of anaition and ohango liko this, with , it some suoh foreoast, political parties i ill eling to dead isHUoa, and finally ( sunder iD tho maelstrom of faoiiooal visions and greed for offioo. When ouisiana, Florida, Texas, and Califor , ia wore acquired tho groat leaders of lo Demoorajy aoted upon this doe , ino, and so when thir war with Spain odueod oeriain results it would have i son tho part of wisdom to have mado irty platforms and policies oorre , ifind Villi HTutinu nnnd itinna ond loir natural and inevitable conscience*. Wo are now in the oommoroial area, intcsling with the other nations for to trade of the world. So far wo hava lilt up oar foreiga trade by intense (sorption in tho intornal development oar domestic industries. We now odaoe sufficient for the needs of rica oar population, and not to find market for our sitfplua jg to invite mmmflM# deoay^' lht mosfatnt oar export development the remarkable and constantly in easing demand for our iron and steol Within six years we havo advanoed to > the position where American iron id Bteel enteri into the construction F er<- bridge and railrcad in the world fixes tho prioe therefor. I saw in tho papers a few days ago tat tho Baldwin locomotive works in hiladelphia wore supplying tho ltusan government with 150 looomotivos ir the Trans Siberian railroad. The lots surrounding this salo arc of po iiliar interest. Tho Kusisan govornlent owns its railroads and maintains irge shops. It p?ts a duty of 4 oents er pound on imports, but whon it amo to supplying tho equipment for bis giant road of 8,000 miles, it was ound that thoy had to oomo to tho Inited States. And yet, seven years go t) o first iron shipment abroad was rem Birmingham, Ala. Another feature of American in uenoc is our mddenly aoquired fiaanial indenend.noo. For years we havo eon borrowers, tut during the two oars past wo have become londcrs of aonoy. Throe of tho largost European overnincnts, England, Germany and tussia, have found it ncoofsary to omo to Now York for important loans, bus showicg that tho ocntro of tho inanoial wor.d has boon transferred torn Lombard to Wall street. It is oily for tho political letdors of tho outh to oloao their cyos to tho truth bat the c:mmcaial expansions of tho united Spates is a fact of oonatantly iularging proportions, demanding ihanged governmental policies to meet io? conditions. In spite of higher wages, with labor ;aving machinery, tho suporior skill and lntelegonoe of our operatives, under a faotory pystoin better organized than any in tho world, is giving us industrial asoondanoy. It needs, how over, to support it a bioad statesman ship, not haedioapp:d hy sectional prejudices. Wo can differ about domestic matters and divide upon parly linos, but when it comos to utihz ng national opportunities, north, south, cast and west should unite in maintain iDg the supremacy of ihe U oiled Slates iu iho great strugglo among tho ca tions for the commerce of tho world. Tho south must play an important p?rt in our country's future For a third of a eontury sho has bocu ham pcrod by a struggle for uicro existeoco forced to devote all of her energy and statesmanship to tho maintenanoo cf whitg supremacy. Thank God, this is permanent and assured beyond poradvonturo of doubt. At last she has omorgod from hor forlorn and prostrate condition; freed from her en thrallmoot, she oan put herself intoaeh with tho best thought of tho ago, and again exercise an intluenoo in national lifo. 1 boliovotho tims will oouio when tho south will bo tho hope and salva lion of this nation. Hor marvoloue growth in manufacturing ontorpriscs, hor development of national rcsouroos, and her rapid advanoo in progressive thought and action, i? making hoi again tho leading sootion in this ooun try. Tho oontro of manufacturing in tho United Statos has boon transferred from Fall ltivor, Mass., to (Columbia b. C. Hut if wo would make tho mosi of our opportunitios wo must ronounoi sectional prejudices and support broae national policies, looking to tho orea tion of foreign markets, tho expan sion of trade and the upbuilding of i oommon country. We must domani and have for tho south a full shar of tho benefits as woll as the burdon of national lifo. Tho south is vitaU; interested in the Asiatio markets. He manufacturers are studying tho needs l| of the people in an intelligent effort to iurnout products suited to tl.090 mar tots. Tho olosing of the ohina markets jwing to reoont troubles has caused a Hit glut of goodi, whioh is atfaotcd by a ioolino of three o?nts a pound in raw 3 jtton. Tho administration is doing a great leal towards improving our commeroial C jpportuoiiios in the cast, by showing iomo regard for the intlienablo rights >f China, while protecting the ioDgiti- Ha * _ a. Ae : uia'u uiiii-tuuB ui iurui^u iiJiuroBio* Dewey's victory first c?iab i-luid Antr I can proitigo ?iorg tho Asiatic coast. Li was then that 800 million people in iho oriont learned respect for the United Sates and saluted us aa a firstjlass powor. The attitudo of the Uoi- q ted S a'.es sinoo in tho field of dipiocn toy in China has given coifilcnco and at ^ increased that respect. Tho United to a $:ate3 from tho first took lead, aid Mel 2von the warlike Emperor of G.rinany << has had to yield to ' U cole Sam's" , l"r;endly admonitions. Wo now occupy the vantage ground, because on friend* w?y ly terms with all the powers 1 make th? assertion that tho south has more l,r)1* to gain than auv other seetion from thic tho foreign policy now pursued by tho 0012 n.ministration, particularly when the D"50 Isthmian canal is constructed, as it pox will bo. 1 havo road extracts from the pS speech of my amiable and distin- Don guibhed friend his excellency, Minister defi Wu, recently made in Chicago. It is replete with wiedom and good seuso. ort" We cannot hopo and wo should not owo wish to break down the civilization of thoi China upon whioh is basod a polity, 'ho society and religion the blow growth of Qor 1,000 years. To do so is to destroy the 80ni Empire in tho attompt to suddonly Uio thrust upon her a western civilization tr<-? for whioh her peoplo are not prepared lra5 All wo can hopo to do is to vitaLzctlra o.d civilization with western ideas, Uiti science and inventive genius, thus 1 making it more potential in matorial be i achievements. This country has doao B2tjc well to use ovcrytfLrc by the bcDigD Prii influence of its political and ceinmcr- thai cial power to prcscrvo tho identity of W2l-i tho Empire and tho integrity of its botl civilization. Uader this policy, it is *' reasonable to expect China to become iter the constantly expanding markot for mo< our products, and as gradually her in trut terior iB fully developed by a network in t of railroads and all of her cities opened oral up to foreign oomojeroo, the oppor- oa.' tunities almobt without limit. Tho and South now oontiols most of this trade, prit and with 6uoh development, in the near rest future, it should ioorcaso tenfold. mat Wo are no longer a i urely agrioul hill tural scolion, but mining, manufaotur our ing and kindred interest have sprung into prominonoe and demand govern mental policies to proteot and develop I J ha1 them. A statcmauship bo partisan in ,**7 its character as to ei as govern me loms now oonfroctiBi^reB^^ffer^je!^ HB plo. Suoh a ata? man >hip cannot ?yproperly intorpreL present economic *nu movements, nor p^ivide by aggressive *s 1 and progressive thougtit for the radi cmlly changed conditions now oonfront- *bi ing us. 'or ooi; A Frightful Accident. Sot Four poople aro dead and seven prob j*al ably fatally injured as tho result of an Vj explosion Wednesday afternoon on the 8 J steamer Kamona whijh plies on tho ^ Frascr river. Oao of the plates in the 1 e rear of tho boilor blew out, tearing 1110 away the wholo front of the vessel ana ^e< knooking into tho water all thoso in that part of the steamer 1 ho accident ' happened when tho boat was in midstream opposite Fort Lacgloy, thirty *'a miloB from Vancouver, B. (J. Two u.'1 women. Mrs. Harry Morrison of Lang- ?ia Icy and Mrs. J. Bailey of Mount Lch- *PI man, were standing on tho front deck ?el and woro knocked into tho water a id J01 drowned. Two deck hands named Jeamos Mack and Audrow Pbipps wore *01 struck by oao of the flying boiler plates 0D and instantly killed, bjieg so horribly Pt: burned bv the escaping stream as to be unrcoogu.xiblo. A. Power, theiurser; otl .J. Maynard, mate, and Viotor Nowcll, lw tho fireman, win had goao on that day aD for the first timo, wore burned so badly that they cannot possibly reoovor. 801 Four Indians were dieadfully soalded and only one of thoto isexpeotcd to re- 8ei cover. Uuj ludiau baby is at theioint a of death. 'Japt. Seymour and ,Johu 'J3 Oliver, tho engineer, win o-vcei tho c" largest interest in the vessel, wero un ra hurt. Both Mrs. Morrison and Mrs. ^ Ba ley had left their babios upstairs in 10 the saloon and had oomo on dock tor ty lrosh air. The babies were unhurt Tho injured peoplo were brought to J*1 Westminister. Power, tho purser, has " gong insano and tao others aro in such T( a conciiioi that no hopo is held for their recovery. w, 01 How He Got it. " A. Washington diHpateh to the Char j, leston Ncwh and Courier, referring to U1 the appointment of Mr John U Capers 9, as United States district attorney for w South Carolina, says that "for sotnc ri tunc last he has been in frequent con- j foronoes with Senator Pnuhard of d North Carolina, Senator MoLaurin of d South Caroliaa aud other well known a southern men who profess to bo in j( torcstcd in tho formation of a white man's Republican party. One of the most active and influential suppirtcrs of Mr. Capers is Senator MoUaurin, who rooently declined to ooopcrate m with his former Demcratio associates in j the sonato and has since bocn olassod among tho independents or a new con , vort to Hopublican prinoiplos. it has | boon known for somo time that Sena'.or MoUaurin has been industrioudy at work in behalf of tho appointment of Mr. Capers as dis riot attorney fer ? 1 South Carolina." 1 c A Great Scandal. i > r Tlio London Globo moots a gross i aoandal in its alleged disoovory that two i i members of thogovernmental committee < 1 appointed a year ago to dctermino tho i , value of various explosives havo taken i t out patents in thoir own names. The ] s Globo says: Col. William Huberts i 1 Auston scoured a patent for improve ments in detonators whilo 8.r William Crookos has patented nitro explosives i for aitillcry. Whon the oommittco was i appointed Lord Lansiowno, thon war a minister, assured inventors and rnanus faotnrors that thoy might submit their y produots to the oominiUeo in tho utmost r oonlidonoo. >' d 'UURIN SCORED. i r or r?bl i A-raigimsnt bj Senator Tillman. HARQE8 OF DISHONESTY. iBu >hedfcr 8outh Carchnaor nil* Account and Northern Gentleman Have Shared Hit Feelings. oaior Tillman was noon at his home "ronton Friday night and replying i request for l is opin;on on Senatoi hauriu's Charlotte sjoooh, says: Lt is contrad.otory, full of paras and seems intondod to pavo the for tho stnafor'd pt.-pago into the mblioan oamp. It inay exoito eure outsido of iho rftat , but tho only ig whoh astonishes us hero is hie tiauod off. re to pose as a Democrat, aooraoy has a broad or general >aing and a spicial or local meanas applied to ouo of tho groat na al p?r ios. My oollonguo iays, 'My aition of democracy is liberty foi i formulated into a theory of govment; it mcaus man's inalienable ership of? himself, it means free ighi and freo speech.' This id not definition given in any dictionary, is it tho definition given by Jeficr , ana it is only intention to j astify senator's dosertion of hiB party, hie .ohery to its principles and his bo al of tho pcop'.o of South Carolina > have trusted him. Ttio Kansas > platform is tho only embodiment )?mloratio principles that oan now -eoognized and no man can bo con ired a Doinoerat who igaores the toiplos and policies laid down ic t platform and persistently vote* u tho Republican administration ic Is its foreign and domestic policies Senator MoLaurin iterates and re ates tho charge that the 'now Do:raoy'is a sectional pir.y and thoc hfully claims that the south whioh ho last campaign was alono Demo ic, 4is the American end of Amcri S rango that beoauso of this faol our Toneration and love for the loiples upon which our government s that this 'broad American states i' and new born Democrat oT i terto unknown type should eounoi people to 'accept conditions as the] ?nd make the most of them' Senator MoLaurin declared in '9? t *JlcKii.ley should bo renom'.natoc acclamation,' and if his speed ins anything it means that the Do ratio party ought to surrondor al is traditions wbioU ho olaims ar< grsinco dead,' become an echo t< J^^^^S^^^W^^flstandiDg army A.V, rything, and subside absolutely a Democratio party. 'If the administration party is righ at need is there for a political fac I have never believed that iu league Would dare face tho people ol r.li Carolina in any political cam gu again, knowing what I do abou n, but as ho indioatcB his purposg t 1 masquerade as a Democrat am ilo attacking mo covertly as one o i 'leaders' of tho so called new Dc cracy, it is his purpose to lead ou >r>le into the Republican camp, duty LipdIs mo to speak out and tell ccrtri D|B. ''Mr. MoLaurin made in tho sonat< nuiry 18'JJ, a speech which was a r* and ad pronounced in its denue ,tion of the acquisition of tho Phi titled andportr.ycd tho many dat rs which threatened our country i ascqucnoo as any ovtry delivered i it body. Up to Saturday night b< o wo voted on tho treaty wiih Spai Monday, F.bruary 7, 18:W, he ri atcdly told mi and other sen itoi was bitterly opposed to tho rat.I tion and would not vote for it. It ecn adjournment Saturday cvenic d tho vote on Monday the mantlet road Ainiricai statesmanship' d cnied upon htai and a few minut tore tho scnato went into caceutn Bsioo to consider the treaty and ta't vote as ageed, he gave a haitit d lame explanation of his intondt tango of frent His vote scoured l! tifioalion because- ou tho first to 11 >lr. Jones of Nevada who had a! Id us ho would veto against the ire , 'passed' when his name was calle id 1 ft el aertaiu if Senator McLiu* id stood by his party a ad by bunse r. J ones wou'd net at the end ha itod for ratification. "Conscious as he was that bis vc as the gcverLi g factor in the tra in imentous consequences so fi Botiing and torriblo and involvi le war of subjugation in the Pail: iocs, the expenditure of hundrois lillions of dollars, tho loss of tho inds of l.vos and other dire rcsu hioh no man oan foresee, it is nat il fo." Senator Mcliiurin to make espcraio ctfort to v.ndicato th3 rro tdl a policy in hid own aotion. I colaradon of independence of cou d an Abandonment of 'dead LraiitK 1 the policy of a man who behaves 0 hai dono. "Such a ujan has no conscience rinoiplua. Pho eloquent speech whi e delivered iu the sonato was larg toleu from a sermon dolivered by 1 tov. Dr. Henry Van D,ko on Than iving day, November lrt'JS, in the Dr 'Lurch of New York city, two nion lofoio Senator Mol.ajrin dolivorci n the senate. "I have not only had to blush lausj McLaurio had dcssrtcl his pi n a great crisis undor suspicious lumstanccs and contrary to ivoaed purpose but have kal tho u fieaio.i of having other senat lorthorn gontlemen, speak of tho c -adation to whioh South Carohaa joiiic in being rcj resented by ai who would boldly steal tho brain w of another by wholo sentences 1. 1 1 iL . _ tf 4 parakrujuifl iuu navu iuu turuuiti deliver it in tho senate. *' The people of South Carolina < Dot be further deceived or misled this man and I speak now in o that thoy may fully ioform themso on all of theso matters and stand rc to furnish the proof of evorythic say and if neoossary will meet MoLaurin faoo to faoo in any fo ho many ohoosc. If his proposed soh I of broai statemanship is Democraoy, M then 1 am not and have never boon a Demoorat, and as the poocrle of Sou h , Ccolina have recently reelooted me aa ' a Demoorat without opposition, I feel warranted in lotting the people outside of the State as well as those intide know jjst what manner of man tbis point is. I have kept silent heretofore, bo State oause 1 was ashamed to let the world QK wj know how our poople had been de coivcd in him." have The Evils of Divorce. Cape Cbarle* H. SvceneVj a wealthy cotton pro?e planter of Groenv.li, Ky , Thursday j-Qa ehot and killed his who and then committed suioide in tho apartment of his 1 wife's biiler, Mrs. W. L. l'biiips, aifo city, of a Chioaxo t^oaoco merchant, in tho aboul 1 Dofcujuj fl.ts, Rush street, near tho . : G rpoa ladft, hotel Chicago. MrB S*oe IronJ uey left her home at Greenville a rnoDth land aiuoofco ng toChioagc, it ist.aid, for the fu*ed purpcBo of scouring a legal separation. 1 S.veenoy is said to havo told his wfo ho 01 wou d kill her if she persisted in suing ae? a forudivoroo. Swcounoy reached Chi publi cago Thursday morning and carried out point hu threat. Mrs. Sweeney arrived a mend day or two ago and Thursday morning oan r during tho t'luporaay absence of h.r Carol sister, she wont down town shopping, wore She returned at 9 o'olo.k and stepping Cape into tho apartment, was met by hor hus Laur band who bal boon admittod by Mrs. know Philip's G year old son. Sweeney Hisf grasped her wrist and pulled h^r inside Soutl At tho point of a revolver he ordered t) o bablj boy to run. Crying out that a murder pondi , was being oom'uicd. tho child fLd to the Granada hotel, but boforo help oou'd *boui arrive two shots was heard and tho ho lawyi tel attaches found tho man and woman views i lying on the fl >or. Mis Sweeney was old li dead and in a few moments her husband make , expired. Mrs Sweonoy was tho daugh- vanti i tor of TaotuaS P. Morgan, an e xtensive some i planter of Greenville. of ?hi I ??????????? pCDSi KMOHT8 OF HONOR.. ied b i * folio* , A Pleasant and Profitable Session, pcrs' Order in Good Shape i K>nl? Tho Grand Lodgo of the Knights ourre of Honor met Wednesday night in Co will 1 lumbia with a good attendanoe of dele show gates. Tho reports of the grand c ffi -crs 1 wcro road and properly referred. The fcMowiDg working eommiitocs were appointed: Oa Memoirs to the Supremo Officers 1 ?P. K McCully, BG Clifford and D ??? < 5 Mclatyre. t Oa M< rnairs for Grand Lodge M< in- ?e , bcrs?N N Burton, A Berg and J O In " | Vrernoa. ?!art ' On Returns?Win Hoffman, M R J*Q . ' Hairnar and L D Harrall. j91 Oa State of the Order?SjI Blank, an(\ 1 ' W A Powell and Samuel Littlejahn. tanbi 1 On Appeals and Grievanoes?H R 0,:)ini] 1 Ryttonberg, J P Phillips and M S ?et.' U.l: Sr>l-l? I 1 UlltT. 1 On Press?B 0 DuPro, 0 W Birch- and,11 3 laore. tanbi 3 Kt-Oft?rnnr .l >l'n H and on ' night made an appropriate reaponao. 7 Aftor the readmg of the report on "K114 the state of the ordor, Hon. J 0 Shep- a8r6< 1 pard, anpcrme vice president, addreaaed (iuel the grand lodge, which waa greatly en- ?n ' joyed. SPar The grand lodgo determined to again employ an agent to repreaent and promnlgate the principles and benefits .of , P ? tho order. elect | Tho followiog officers were installed ?|iar by Vice Supremo Dictator Shcppard: ?-*n J W Todd, Seneca, paat grand diets 00ml r tor. t0 v 7 M P Kennedy, Charleston, grand &*AU a dictator. tiia.t P B Waters, Johnston, grand vice I,1?11 !, dictator. 7.? ka J B Lewis, Anderson, grand assist- *1"' i- ant d'e ator. D| I- L N Z aly, Columbia, grand repor- f"11 i- tor. thcr n J T Robertson, Abbevillo, grand cotu n treasurer. *?j s Rev. N N Burton, grand obaplain. 10 11 n T P td tarloa, Abbevillo, grand guide. a John Kennerly, Edgefield, grand fs guardian. N i W C Meredith, Pelser, grand sen- Cap J- tinel. attc ig J O Ltdd, Sumter; II -C Moaac, tun jf SummeiVtllc, and B C DuPro, Co um- cnt o b a truaroea. oan H .J (1 Tompkins, Edgefield, roprescn- poli 'J tativo to the supreme lodge tor two wit to years; John Kenn*.rloy, alternate. tail rg qui Invited to Greenville. wit Tlio following correspondence ei- P3?' ) plains itself: ?? 'a Greenville, S. (1., April 13, 1901. ji Hon. John L MH.aurin, Bonnettsvillo. in Dear Sir: Believing that a formal ?u, |(( presentation, from your standpoint, of j,' vo certain na'ional issues now bcforo tho coc peoplo will bo both intonating and t^c ,to helpful, wo ask permission to make an (uj ,in appointment for you to address the ?^c ir. public, in a meeting to be held in j j Cg Greenville, at suoh timo as will bo oon aro ij,. veniont to j ourself Wo would suggest 0(j 0f some date about tho middlo of May. u We will tako pleasure in making suit its ablo arrangements. ,u Hoping to hear at an early day and * favorab'y, wo b>g to romatn respect- lici si- fully, ley 'hc Jas L Orr, J. H. Maxwell, M. I), J,IlJ rj? Jos. A. MoCullough, Frank Hammond, y? 10 W. J. Thaokston, Liwis W. Parker, 111 ?s W. C. Beaoham, W. D. Motts, A. A. un Bristow, Aiestor G. Furman, A. J. S. a ' of Thouiap. a? oh ? cly Bennettsvillo, S. C , April 15, 1901. ?' Lho Messrs. J. L Orr, ?). H Maxwell, M. co' ks D., J. A. MoCullough, Frank Ham- w' tck mond, W. J. Tnaoktton, Lewis W. 6ei ths Parker, W. C. B jaol.au-, W. D. n? 1 it Motts, A. A. Briatow, A. G. Furman ?f and A J. S. Thomas, Greoaville, an bo 8- C. ,riy Gontlemon: 1 am in receipt of yonr "J c r. Idler of tho l.Uti instant, asinng per- -' Ik0 mission to mako an appointment for *? Jor me to addross tho public in a meeting 00 to bo held in Greenville at tuoh time |Cg" as may bo convenint to mo. I note hn] what you ay about making suitable USD arrangements. It will afford mo pleas hi r0ik uro 10 *oocdo to your wishes and to ad ^ an(i dress the publio in Qroonvillo from my y l0 standpoint of oortain national iaeuos a. now boforo tho people. I would augsan K?*t * convenient tirao for me the n< hy '22nd day of May, or thereabout. Until f( rJer that time 1 havo engagements in Wash- s Ivea ington and elaowhero. \ ;ady Thanking you for the kind interest C ig 1 you have shown in thus giving me an V Mr. opportunity to present my views on > rum these issues, 1 am yours sincerely, 3 emo Jno. L. MoLaurin. ? R. CAPERa* APPOINT MINT. ^ DEADLY FOE 3ld Line Republicans May Make a Fight. Mcsqjitoas Responsible for fh? e Washington Post save the ap- Spread of Yellc w Fevar. ment of Mr. Uapo-s to bo United b dittriot attorney of South Caroli- . ? ill be a great tiurpriao to roeidonts TO PREVENT THE DISEASE t^ at State, although rumors of it ???-? /. *jH boon afl ?at for bom uieo. Mr. y^8 United S'ates Government rs will pusoccd Abial Latlirop, the HI nt diatriot attorney for South Caro- Revolu'lonlz' i'S Method#. Mr. Capers is at present an attor- No Quarantine of Bag- VH n the department of jubt'oo, in this Ho has been in tho department gags Ntcasiary. 1 oi8ht !.??, b.mg come he:? 8nrsc011 Oonel4, SlMborg hu j?,k H| Srmt.h t\rnlinii?nr'no (Ko tllma i _?.t . ?o givoo niampprovji, wnnoai reservation, M administration. In 18W5 ho ro to iho report of 1 ho speoial board composto support Bryan for president, cd of Sargeonfl Rced Carroll and Agra_ igain wtrk-.d against the Demouia . A. ., w .udidato in 19U0. He some time monto aPon tbe ctlolo?y of ^l]oyr lignod h-mself fully with tlio tte- fever," in which thn conclusion vu can pariy. Mr. Lathrop was ap reached that tho moequito is reepjusied four years ago upon the recoui- bj0 for tho transmission of this fell latton of h . .. I'.pxb i^ d| Moreover, tho medicld.pMttational committeeman from couth ' . * . lina. It is understood no charges moQt of tho army is moving energetimado against Mr. Latbrop. Mr. cally to put into praotioal operation rs is a warm friend of SoDator Mc- methods of treatment for the prtveninand a tcion of ono of the bast- tjon Qf yeuow f0VOr, involving a radian families in tho ralmitto Siato. , , - . A. , .. , athcr :a Bishop Ellison Capers, of oal rovorflal of e*?ting ?^hods, which h Carolina. Mr. Capers will pro- form tho basis of the report. 7 take tho loadorBhip of an inde- Wednesday, Surgeon General Steraent element which is j ut nowf?.rg- ^nrg formally approveda circular pre- L PmI'l P d by Chief Surgeon Havard at J t 3b years old, of goou reocrd as a u b wUh M enlonemeni: W sr, and progressive n his ptl.t oal ..Iq m inion h Bt f .. It is expected tl at some if the onr knowledge fnllj injUCTthe pub- I ,no Republicans of the State will H . f ? oiro* p l a fight and may seek soma ad- The tcit of the oiroalar which will ige from a proseou ion against him form h in9trU3t5oo8 for aU medioal 1 years egi of a technical v.oiation ffi . ar . f fa | s pension laws in the conduct of a attaciod> The /noral order(f refer?d on ease. The ca c was investiga- tound(jr h d ? f(jr ^ Ub_ 1 y Attorney General Olney and was ^ q{ ^ J, ved shortly afterward bv Mr. Ca halohin 0Qt of mofq,lUo rggs. The V appointment as an attorney in the oircularsEaja; mm mm rtment of justice. Preaidoat Mc- ^ rc(jcnt imenta made in B cy was fully informed of this oo- IIabana th medical d artment of B nee, and Mr. Capers states that ho th havi d yellow be ready to meet any charges and fever Uke ma]arfal' f ia con%eyad his innocence. flhkfly> and rrobabJy ^l^veiy, by M t.Vi O hiln nf State Press Association. portant changes in the measures nsed e oorning annual meeting of the for the prevention and treatment of i Press association promises to bo- this disease have become ncocsary. >f tho mo t successful and et joy- "So far as j ellow fever is concerned, in its history The meeting is to infeotion of a room or building simply sld at Glenn Springs the first week moans that it oontain infooted moauly and tho membors expect to quitoos, that is, mosquitoes wlioh have at its conclusion on a trip to the fed on yellow fever patients. DisirAmerican exposition at Buffalo, feotion, therefore, means the employ ident Aull, of the association, ment of measures aimed at the doScoretary Langston went to Spar struotion of these mosquit es. The lrg last week, oomposing a special most effeotive of these measures is aittee. At Spartanburg they were fumigation either with sulphur, fort)7 the Mossrs. Simpson of Qlenn maldehyde or iojeot powder. The igs, Mayor Calvert of Spartanburg fumes of sulphur are tho auiokeet and ^ he looal newspaper men of Spar- tho most effeotive inseotioide, but are %> urg. Tho reception was a eordial otherwise objectionable. Formaldehyde^^ useful the editors had ever had. They ful; it "readily stupefies moequitoes, ?d on all arrangements. A ban- which drop to the floor and can be will bo furnished the association easily destroyed. ^ Miursday evening of the session. "The washing of walls, floors, oeil- ^ tanburg wishes tie association jDg9 and furniture with disinfectants is 1 >end at least one day in that city, unnecessary, a programme of eDtortainmcnt will ?,Ag it hig bocn demonstrated that rovided. Mayor Calvert and the yeuow fever cannot be conveyed by ,ric railroad company have this in bcddingi doth^g, effects, and baggage, ??* , ?\r: J*. : formerly of they Dted DOt bo gubjeot to any speoial is Litbi* . plugs, also met tho disinfection. Caro should be taken, iiittoo anu wants the association boweVer, not to move them from the isit his new springs. J ho pro- jnfeoted rooms until after formaldeimo will no douot be arranged eo hydo fumigation, so that they may not a big barbecue can be served the harbor any infected mosquitoes, ing editors at Mr. Harris springs. "Medical officers taking care of yelwhole Spartanburg programme jow f0VLr patients neod not be isolated; however, be furmshod. Secretary tbcy CJkn attend other patients and aagston by May 1, so that ho may get Sooiato with non immunes with perLhc full official programme as soon f00t aafety to the garri-on. Nursesand cafter as possible. 1 he executive attendants taking care of yellow fever mittco is now putting in some hard patients shall remain isolated, so as to t on the arrangements for tho trip avoid any possible daugor of their oon*io. veying mosquitoes from patients to nonri, ,, , immunes. Jannot berve Two Masters. .uaiariai rover, axe yellow lovor, is cticg tho fact that Mr. John G. communicated by mo-quito bites, and J era, tho towly appointed district is just as much of an infection disease /l irney for South Carolina, "will re- and requiros the same m'asuresof pro- * j to his native State as the cxpon- tection agiiast mosquitoes. On the of the strange doc rinc that a man assumption that mosquitoes remain in openly espouse the cause of one the vicinity of thoir breeding places, itical party andi^ claim affiliation or never travel far, tho prevalence of h another," the Greenville Moan- malarial fever at a pest would indioate iccr rcmarkb: "What more is re- want of prop r care and diligenee on red to placo him in full affilation the part of tho surgoon and oommandh tho Republicans? How oan a jQg officor." n masquerade as a Democrat when is doing the work of the R -publi- A Maddog Epidemic. <-? Senator MoLaunn and Mr. ocrs may think they have a light to J.N. Barwick, l*. E Meyers, Goo. W. sue tuoh a devit. us political ooursc, Avioger, R K. M. Avinge; and J. H. , they will find out thoir mistake Villo Ponteaux, oitixons of Oordesville, en it is too late, and they will bo in Berkeley county, have written the upelled to receive tho remainder of governor about a maddog epidemio in degrees which will entitle them to thoir section and asking for somekind 1 and complete membership in tho of aid. They say their oommuaity is iKinley llanna aggregation. Tho 90 infested with maldogs that it is liation feo haH boon paid, but there really dangerous for children and older other' xaotion9 ye', to boonoounter- folks to be out. They detail many in' Yc cannot serve two masters.'" stances- They say: "They have been going mad in Berkeley oounty for some Deserters Rewarded. ^mo an(^W6 writo asking ior protection. Tho mgroos of our county have halffhe Columbia Stato says: "Thcug- starved dogs bv tho sooro running at 9t feature about 1 resident luoKin- Urge," and that the owners pay no tax's appointment of Mr. Capers as Cs on thom aod thoy should beoonfined litod Statos district a'.tornoy for South ?t least. As tho State has not yet prorolina is that it disolaeesa man who vidid a hospital for madiogs, and the idmittedly a good officer and cntiroly legislature has always stepped aside to objeotionablo to tho publio although let all kinds of dogs pass, it is difficult .Republican of longstanding. In this to see what the governor oin do. And in other matters tho president, kicks this is one epidemio report that oannot e prinoiplo of oivil service reform out be "reforred to Dr. Kvans. tho door. Merit, it scorns, is not to iint in South Carolina's federal offioes ^ Doctor Murdered, ion policy demands the reward of dcrtcrs-from the Dcmooiaiy. We would Dr. II S Scruggs, Jr., who rosidod t bo surprised if Postmaster Kssor at Autona, a suburb of Memphis. Teuu., this oity, who has been a faithful was found sitting upright in his buggy d efficient officer, and is a Rcpubli- his homo early Widoesday. A n who has been held in much respect bullet holo behind the left ear showed^, this oommunity, whero ho has lived that he undoubtedly had been ssassior sinoo tho war, should be displaced natod by sonac person who climbed upon make room for somo shabby U rn- tho tack of tho vohiolo as the pbyaireturning from visiting a pa?? tiont. Tho horso wandered along the Tax Reform. roadway for several hours before the .. . . crime was discovered. There is no me nation?i umo reuirauon is io 0luc t0 thc murderor8. *ve ft DfttiOQftl confcronoo ftt Munalo, . Y., on tho great question of "tax form." Wednesday iho governor was It atal Collision. iked by tho srorotary of tho federa- A rear-end collision ooourrred in the on to appoint 10 delegates to repre- city limits of Danvilile, Va , Wednes>nt this State at ihe conference Tho day afternoon ootween a fright train illowirg were namod: W. J. Storou of the Danville and Western road with nd .J. D. Oappelman of Charleston; a freight train of the main line of tha V. A. Clark and 11 Means Davis of Southern railway, resulting in tha iolumbia, Geo. S. Mower of Newberry; wrecking of i* oabooso and box oar of V. L. Mauldin of Greenville; W. J. Southern freight and engine of Danlontgomory of Marion: 1). K. llydriok villo and Western and naming tha f Spartanburg; T. W. Bouohier of death of Fireman John MoBride of tha -larlboro; La Roy Springa of Lancaster. Danville and Western Engine,