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\ i VOL. XVI. A HOT DEBATE. Senator McLaurln Qoes to Anderson Unf xp?ctedly. HF. DEFENDS HIS COURSE. Cof, Johnstone Followt Him in an Abli 8p?t ch Biting Sarcasm and Irony But No Abutr. Tho distinctive foa-uro of tho political mooting Friday at Anderson was the debato botwcouCol. Johnstono and Sonatur MoLaurin, who had uncxpcotodly ariivod at Andoraon. It eoomcd to bo absolutoly unoxpootod, and most pooplo aid not teliovo it. WhonCoti grcBfcman Latimer had about concluded his argument a noto was handed Chairman lfre?zealo to tho ctloot that Sonator MoLaurin would arrivo about 1:30 and ao, after a oonforonoo, it was dooidod to adjourn tho mooting until aftor tho arrival of Senator MoLaurin and to lescivo tho remaining spoakcr, Col. Gcorgo Johnstono, to reply to him. Congressman Latimer and Mr. Ilomphill did not havo the opportunities of tho aftomoou sosaion, whioh was full of onthusiasm and firo. m'lauhin arrives. Senator McLaurin camo into tho hall with tho most hearty of woioomcs. His f friends ohcorod himtimoand again and ho must havo foit well over it, bcoauso ho mado a oapital spoooh and ho who boiioves MoLaurin oanuot take oaro of himself is woofuliy mistaken; but ho met a foe of rtmaikabio ability in Col. Geo. Johnstono. Mr. MoLaurin opened up tho sooond section ot today's mooting in a speech of ovir an hour, and duiing that timo ho was heartily applauded at frequent intervals. Undid not mnnfmn 'I\ I lm??. throughout his spocoh in any way and ho uiado uo rofcrcnoo to Latimor, who had puuohod him good and hard during his spoooh, but it was moro os pooialiy in his second or roply spoooh that ho m&do his boot effort. It was then that ho look oil his collar and got down to businoss, and it was then that ho throw real fooling into his spoeoh, replying to biting saroasm of Col. Johnstone relative to his holding tho puise strings to public parcouago and othor things that ho urged showod tho drift towaid Republicanism. Sonator MoLaurin had tho voioo of John Auhloy and all know what that moans; to uiado so many interruptions that someono wanted him puritiou. But thero woro others for MoLaurin if ohoors ocunt for votos and tho whooping was steady and long. Soino say it oauio largoly from ouizeus of other counties who oamo horo with MoLauf rin, who hold olhoes or wanted them. k 'lheru were outaidora hut thnrn mam \r othors?many others who oheored for MoLaurin and if ohoors arc to bo votos thero will bo many hero for Commoroiai Doiuooraoy, it no ohango comes. Tho MoLaurin folks bad plonty of ohoors but no ono who knows ought of Carolina politics oan oount that way. johnbtone's masterly reply. Just after iMr. MoLaurin oamc Col. Qoor&o Johnstono, and ho was uhooiod and onoouragod as ho has no doubt novor boloio been by an Andorsun audionoo. Men who had opposed him for oongross got up and hurrahed whoa ho ran nis sharp poinaid of ridioulo or sarcasm doop into tho political body of MeLaunn. And how ho did ill it had tho ring of Maik Antony's oration ? "und thoso aro honoraolo goutieuieu," and then a jab?and so ho would say ho beiiovod what MoLaurin ft aid and then a punch and then ho woutd again testily to believing MeLaunn s stato mont about tho public oihocS and another out to tho ooro. it was neat, it wasoitan, it was masterly aud it met tho ibbuo?tho whole of it. I hat tho audiouoo thought well of it they showed and boyond question. And how Johnstone did biibtor a son-in-law oi Citizen Ashley who rung in Tillman and who gavo Mr. Juhnstono just tho opening he wanted to grow eloquent in burying partisan feeling aud insisting that MoLaurin of ail men had no right to altauk Tiiiuiau. Such an opening did Mr. Johnbtoiio givo MoLaunn in ono of his premises of faotB aoout ahip BubHidy and MuLaunn bh the small boy aaya "ma not do a thing" but tauo the advantage of tho aliogcd inaoouraoy of faot and pummel his opponent on that point. It was a olcan, but a 6harp and vigorous dobato and the kind that ought to toll. Mr. McLaurin did not say ^ whothor he would attond any other moetingH if invited, tie said ho had hastened on from Norfolk and was still seasiok. THKRB LLCOM K ANOTUER DAY. Congressman Latimer and Mr. Hemp hill had heart burning that it was not their foituno to have tho rub with MoLaurin but they aid not antioipnto the lun to ask for last plaoe, but thore will oome another day. Thero were from 600 to BOO in tho oourt house, most of whom woro seated and of that number not moie than 150 to 200 in all bothered to make all tho noise, but 25 Anderson men oan make a good noise. The , bpeeohes lasted until a few minutes boit fore the party left the court houso for the train and the skeletons of the j speeohos?mere skeletons?are well ..... worth reading. M I.AURIN HEARD FROM. Senator MoLaurin said he had no idea yesterday he would be here. On every great qaestion there was more than one side and he asorlbed to all who differed with him honorable motives. His oourso has been misxepre II. N. Sessions 1ms bet 'instable under \ *0 (ill t ln? plai'O (i tinned. V^toiners Id ecntod to suoh an extent that whon h? saw tho papors at Norfolk ho dcoidcd to bo at this mooting, no mattor what tho expenso or pain. Ho had boon charged with trying to holp organizo a llopublioau party iu this Stato. ThiH was uuiruo and ho UDcquivooally doniod ary aud all suoii biaiomonts. There aro now too manv parties and too many politicians. Ho novcr had boon a party to tho insinuation that ho was lulping tho Hopublican party. Thon ho took up 'ho conditions in IbiH) ar.d how tho ltoform movomont and primary startod and tho primary system, ho said, was ono of tho wisest uoves that oould bo startod. Democr?tH oould then d ff r and have their rights settled by tho whito voters. Ho had pursued a proper omrso and ho believed as tircnly as ho oil that thoro was a God iu Hoavon that his position aould in tiiuo bo vicd'oated. Ho foil that his every action had boon right and in tho iutoro9ts of tho pooplo. W hether olootcd or not his ponition has put tho people to thinking aud looking io tnoir uwu weiiare, ana if it doos nothing olso ho hoped his oontest would oloVAto tho piano oi aoootost of issues, iio said ho oouid havo easily avoided tho hoart burmugs, troubles and tribulations and taunts, but ho took his positions for tho good of tho pooplo ho roproeontod. Iio thon wont on to lake up tho is suoa and first hanulod oxpansion and hold that tho Dooiooratio dootrino had boon to add territory. Until tho Spanish war tho polioy of tho Republican party had boen to oontraot and tlio Democrats favorod expansion, and thon ho disouesid whether it was a wieo, just and oxpcdiont jolioy to pursuo. tie took up tho ovonts loading *o tho Spanish war and tho industrial oonditions of Cuba. Everything that has ooourrod sinoo that war oauio on, ho nullhl nnl. ?m< linuj nAnHilifum nnnM n?o -w ? ? ww UVIT vv/MUivtvuu uuuiu y\sa~ uibly havo boon widoly different from what they aro today. Mr. Uryan, ho thought, oould not havo materially changed conditions. Tho Philippines did not oorno as a foroBoon rosult; it was an aooidunt moro or Iobb and booauBC tho gud of war was on tho Amorloans sido. Ilo took up tho oonditions in tho PhilippiDOB and ho always concluded that tho war was a Democratic war. ilo oxplaincd at oonsidorablo length his voto and spoooh on tho Paris treaty and based his voto upon tho bold faot that tho oountry was in oon11 tot with an armod foo and stood by bis own oountry and pooplo, whothor right or wrong. Ho had just gono through a boated campaign; ho know what it was to bo maligned and slandorod and ho know it would bring him oouBuro, but ho novor for a minuto rogrottod his voto. Ilo oonsultod no ono. If tho treaty had not boon ratifiod Spain and tho Unitod Statos woro again roady for war and Franoe and Germany wero muoh in sympathy with Spain. Thon Sonalor McLaurin took up tho quostion as to whothor this is a good polioy. Thoro oan novor bo imporialism undor tho Amorioan form of govornmout, and no man would opposo imporialism moro vohomontly than ho would and ho voted againat ovorything looking liko imporialism in tho Philippine government and ho folt in timo liioso pooplo would bo givon solf government. Ho olaimod that no pooplo woro moro interested iu tho rotontion of that bootiou than was tho south, which is bo wrapt up in ootton and manufactured cotton. Any oountry to tooomo rioh must use lid raw material, and bo ho drifted on to show tho opportunities of this markot. It was foolish, ho thought, tor Amorioan merohants to try to got into tho foreign markots without tho protootionof tho Amorioan flag. Ho did not bcliovo it possiblo with existing oondilions for tho United Statos to havo maintaiuod a footing in tho far caut without its holding tho Philippines. This oountry would have boon ohoked out by port uhargos if it did not havo tho Philippines as a stai.d-otf. In roply to ilomphill ho said the insurgents had to bo subdued for tho ioputatiou of the oountry and that was an cxpouso of the war proper, but tho trado in China will bo worth a hundred times what it will oost and ho predioted that in fivo yoara no public man oould bo found in South Carolina who would advooato turning looao the Philippines. Tho value as a baso of operations has already boon shown in tho roocut Chinese trouhios and has made firm fnonds of tho United States and China. Nobody is attompting to shoot religion into thoso pooplo. This oountry couid havo left thoso pooplo to bo murdorod and plundered. Having do* stiojcd their only lorui of govcromont it was inoumbent to establish a new government. Only ono tribo ho hold was ovor lighting this oountry. This oountry had and haa a duty to porform and this pooplo will not shirk a duty booauso it oosts. Snoakinif of Mr. Litimnr'n mfrtrnnnnfi to ship sumdy, Mr. MoLaurin denied hia statomont. Mr. Latimer said by way of correotion ho had been unintentionally misquotod and ho did not say at Walhalla that MoLaurin voted for tho ship subsidy bill. Mr. Latimer aaid he aaid MoLauxin spoko in lavor of tho bill. Mr. MoLaurin said ho used Tho Columbia State as authority and that ought to bo fcojd authority for Mr. Latimer. Mr. Johmtone boggod to make a disinterested statement, and aaid Mr. Latimer waa oorreot in what he had aaid at Walhalla, iho explanation waa aooepted, and Mr. MoLaurin wont on to make a brief speech in favor of ship subsidy and aaid he would lator prepare and publish his views on ship subsidies. He opposed tho pending bill and a totally different bill is now beinc prepared. The ory of the nigger in the wood pile was dead and every drop of his blood would be saorilloed for bis native State. a appoint DIKD magistrate . . f John II v " \ ' v f bom Maj\li IStli Ib'iI, ;J i?i^ homo in Sm as tec. \ o, Insist on ! 1 '()], ho was ii 'u'i i >?1 tin* our Wan - laud had sl.xtooi i\.iltl n. 1 l)o ' llor* an! <'i,<.r'i! n Mtrvivc This is mourn his loss. =^' jNWAY Ho said hoio s mug on any coat tail. Voice?Tho old oou rotton, anyway. M?Laurin wont on to nay his oppon onts soomcd to think expansion was a lost ohanoo and so thoy rnado tho most of ship subsidy aod ho olaboratod this point. MR. JOHNSTON* IN HKl'LY. Mr Goorgo Johastooo was roooivod with muoh applauso. in faot an ovation, and said if it woro not that ho thought tho Domooraoy was in dangor he would not bo horo. Ilo nooptod MoLauriu's statcinont that ho was trying to orgauizo a liopublioan parly, but ho insistod thut tho adoption of MoLauriu's polioios must and will load to Republicanism. When tho hour comos when tho groat Domooratio party will disintcgrato man by man ho would Stand with tho last raitiinir hi* voioe for tho Doinooratio party. If MoLaurio's positions do not load to tho ruin of tho Domooratio party then ho did not know what Democracy was Ho said soino of his firmest friends thought like Mr. MoLaurin. Ho would say nothing to hurt tho feolings of thoBO men or MoLaurin, but ho would do his duty to his party and if it mado any mad ho would onduro it. Thon ho pointod out tho difforcnoo bctwoon MoLaurin's expansion and what ho oallod Domooratio expansion. Domooratio expansion camo with tho oonsont of tho govcrnod and was only of Amerioan torritory. Thoy woro asked to havo local Bolf-govornraont and thoy oatno in at onoo as oo partnors. That is Democracy. Tho foroos with whioh MoLaurin i* oporating aro establishing dospotio govornmont, and theD ho ridioulod tho argument that tho Filipinos had no govornmont; and thon Mr. Johnstono ehowod tho present oonditions in tho Philippines and to thoso MoLaurin himself said ho gavo assent. Mr. Johnstono urgod that theso pooplo are govornod by tho autooratio powor of tho prosidont alono. You who havo boon pinioned by Sioklcs and Uanby aro pointod to tho spootaolo of tho Filipinos govornod in tho samo oondition as tho south was yoars ago. Mr. MoLaurin justifios this autocratic govornmont of tho prosidont and sanction tho unlimitod power of tho proBidont. lloro it is claimod that Domooratio oxpansion with solf govornmont is olaimod to bo tho samo as autooratio govornmont?tho samo as you had with Canby and Siokles. Thon Mr Johnstono roasted Mr. MoLaurin's argumont that tho islands Btiould Do hold for trade. MoLaurin himself tolls you thoy wear no olothos. Tho proper thing to do is to oxtond tho Monroo dcotrino to thom, mako troaty agreomonts and friends of tho pooplo. Thon ho jumpod into MoLaurin's ship subsidy proposition, if it was to be dono for tho farmor why not givo tho farinor tho $1 a balo directly and so on. Givo tho inonoy direct to thoso Mr. MoLaurin says it will holp and not to tho rioh ship ownors. What ho commontod on ospooially was tho ohango of Mr. MoLaurin on tho treaty. It was for him to oxplain, and tho wholo thing was that MoLaurin was misled and mistakon and would not seo it. lie enthusiastically favorod tho isthmian oanal and urgod that tho railway interests of tho oast and wost woro fighting tho oanal projaot. This canal would givo tho southern manufacturers and sliippors tho roal advautago. Ship subsidos fostor tho oastorn and wostorn ports and tho longer thoy aro kopt up tho longer will tho oanal bo kopt off. llothen insistod that MoLaurin had admitted his fallibility and that ho had mado mistakes. MoLaurin had upheld tho Alliauoo and now hold thoso views to bo horoBios. AN OPKNINO. Voioc?Did not Tillman ohango too? Mr. Johnstono wont on cloquontly and foroibly to say ho was not a personal supporter of Tillman, but ho was not for pulling down rooords. This was not tho time to revive past hostilitios and ho for ono was too patriotio to say ono word against Till man 10 nurt mm or ma footings if ho ooald. lio was not now fighting anyone, but ho was fighting a prinoiplo, and God knows wxion Tillman and Hampton stand togothor for a principle it must bo light. (Great appl&uso ) Ho askod and prayed that tho pooplo would support moo upon prinoiploa and not for poiaonal fociiug. it soouiod to him that if anyone was to denounco B. it. Tillman, John L. McLaunn was not tho man. (iutenso applause ) Ho hold him up as tho greatest of leadorn, tho greatest man sinoo John C. Calhoun, and it ill became him to now donounoo Tillman. (Applause.) Or is it auothor conversion? ANorniEH. It was Mr. Cnnfield, a son-in law of Josh Aahloy, who askod if Tillman had not also changed his viows on tho third party and Allianoo and tho roast and sarcasm ho got was really sublimo. Then he pioturod tho duty of a Christian pooplo to tho Filipinos and he showod what Christ would have dono. MoLaurin says ho has no purposo to ostablish a Republican party, but he is horo traduoiog tho Hemooraoy of Jefferson. Then he wont for ship subsidy with glovos off, and how it differed from titate support of railroads. He says he wants no Republican party and yet he said in Washington MoKinloy ought to bo reelootod by aoolamation. He says ho does not proposo to organiu a Kepublioan party and ho beliovoa him and yot he seems to hold the ltopnblioan purse strings of publio patronage. Is MoKinley likely to help build up the JDemoeratio party ? MoKinley never voted a Demooratio tiokot in his life, and is he suoh a philanthropist as to give all the publio offioes to MoLaurin for a stronger Demooratioe party? What a magnificent pioture it is this V s ' ^ ^ A, ec {Ma. '?$/ ||P ? \ widow fter ^7; f him to ,.Qp* t s. ? " T J r\ 1 'i.'lA, k k > 4MM ** WBMMT V <MHI ? Mc.K u. 'i-*'* ^ ?u? good Democrats to help build up iiia party. Thon ho glowingly piotured how Loo and JackHon had Hent thoir muuitiouH of war to their oppoucutB! It was miraouloua how thoso appointuionts oamo without solicitation or augtfoation. It waa marvolous how MoKinloy and apooial providvnoo ooiuoidod with MoLauria' view. M'liAUlUN REPLIES. In roply to Mr. Johostono'a argument Senator MoLturin, in oonolusion, said relative to tho utatomout that ho had aaivl MoKinley ought to ho rooleoted by aoolamation, that ho had said it would bo wrong to dofeat MoKinley bocauao of tho oonduot of tho war. If tho iaauo wan to bo mado on tho oonduot of tho war he ought to have bocu rcolootod. lie raid it waa an imnropor oauao for a fight for MoKinloy had dono fairly, appointed southerners, ito. If ho had 0 insulted his own pookotbook and ounfort ho would have aoooptod tho position on tho Philippine ootumis sion. Lt was a oaao of dauimd if ho did and if ho did not. lie did not aooopt becaufio ho did not proposo to roiiro under firo and ho imondod'to ooiuo back and render an aooount of t is sorvioo. After Mr. .Johnstone was itofcntod ho was going to sou if ho ooutd not got him a position out thero. (Muoh applauso and lauglitor.) As to tho patronkgo in South Carolina ho said all ho wished wa* to havo boon in Grconvillo. Suoh spooohos as Mr. Johnstouo's woro as old as tho coon story. Ho told tho prosidont ho oould not bo givon any fcdoral position and ho told him if ho wantod to do any ?K! L:_ i- i- _ 111 1 * * i mug lur ma poopio no WOUld DC giail tO oooporato with him. Tho prosidont is no autoorat; ho iH a bravo, humano and broad-uiindod man. llo explained tho position hero to tho president and ho had triod to put tho offioos in tho hands of South Carolinians, llo could not put Domoorats in all tho offices, hut ho tried to got tho best ho oould, and if ho oould not got Domoorats ho got tho most aoooptablo Republicans, llo wont to tho sonato to roprosont his peoplo and do tho host ho oould for thom. llo highly oomplimontod Mr. Johnstono on his spoooh for ability aud oourtouy. Col. Johnstono had inado a groat blundor in his subsidy argument. 'J ho strongest lobby in tho sonato was tho Paoilio railway's, and they did not favor tho subsidy as ho olaiins, but fought it. Mr. Hill, prosidont of tho Northern Paoitio, fought tho subsidy bill all tho time. Tho subsidy bill and tho oanal bill havo to got togothor, and to this Josh Ashley said tho tonth timo, "That's tho God's truth." Tho south will novor havo shipping intorosts unlosss it givos and takoa in legislation. Afl 1a liia oilwAK *,?M ?V uiu B1IIU1 Yitffo, I.1IULU w#n o man but a fool who nover ohaagod his mind, ilo and Uol. Johnstono woro too progroasivo to stick to a wrong position. Ilo ohangod his mind ovory timo ho found ho was wrong. Ho novor attaokcd anyono but triod to dofond himsolf as best ho oould. Souator MoLaurin mado mony ovor Mr. Johnstono's mistako as to tho groat railroads favoring tho subsidy bill. With fo3ling ho said ho would abide tho remit of tho primary. What ho rogardod as truo Democracy was tho voioo of the whito pooplo of South Carolina at tho ballot box and ho wantod no oommittoo or bosa to oomo botwoon him and tho pcoplo, and if tho whito pooplo Baid ho was right thon, Col. Johnstono would havo to oomo to him. (Laughtor.) If thoy did not endorse him ho would abido tho rosult and stand by tho whito pooplo. It gavo him pleasuro to discuss matters with 6uoh a man as Col. Johnstono and ho would liko to disouss tho subsidy bill with him. Col. Johstoco agrood to this, and this olosod the mooting at noarly 1) o'clock?just a few minutoa I S A I * * - * uoioro train iiuie. August IVolnj. Morris Silver, Norih Stratford. N, H.: "I purchased a bottlo cf Oao Minute Cough Curo whon suffering with a oough doctors told uio wus incurable. One bottlo roliovotl mo, the second and third almost curod. To-day I am a well man." Dr. E. Norton. An Important Decision. An important quostion has boon dooid od by the assistant attornoy general in rolation to tho authority of sohool trustees to appoint toaolicrs boyond their own term of offico. The tiujtoos of u school district in Greonviile county who wont out or ollijo last spring, olaimodtho right to oioot a tcaoher at Duncan's chapel who was to tcaoh tho summer sohool aftor thoir own toriu oxpirod whiohthc now trustees thought was an invasion of thotr rights. Tho oounty bupcrintondent of oduoation submittod tno quostion to the attornoy genoral's ofiioo, and tho following is the reply. ' You requost to bo advised upon tho following quostion: 'Is it legal for trustoos for any sohool yoar to mako oontraots for toaohors to sorvo during the school year suooooding tho year in which thoir oommissions oxfriro, and if l?r? ira llinii1 annnsiioA.a 1 .. ? V ?MV?> RUWOdOVin uuuuu to oxeouto oaid oontraotsV Sohool trustees, boing creatures of statute law have do powor not spocifioially delegated by law, and suoh powers are striotly oonstrued. No authority is givon to public sohool trustees in the sohool law of this stato to eleoi teaohors boyond thoir term of offioo nor oan suoh poworb o implied. It follows, of course, that any elootion beyond thoir term would be void Otherwise a sot of truateos now in office oould oontraot with a toaohor for an unlimited period, and suoha teaohor would be free to aot regardloss of the wishes or the welfaro of the peoplo." H. W. Pursoll, Kintersville, Pa., says he sufferod 25 years with piles and oould obtain no relief until DeWiU's Witch Hasel Salve effected a permanont oure, Counterfeits are worthless. Dr. E. Norton : " --r 'TIMBER 5, 1901. RESUMES ITS WORK. The Pollt'cal Summer Fchocl Opens Once Mors. SENATOR McLAURIN ABSENT. A Mill President Presents the Commercial Democracy's fiiH* rf Iho Aroiim??i? ..... . 1 he Ohio Speakers, The Stato 1'olitioaI Summer Sobool rofluined operation at Spnrtanburg on Tuesday of la?t week. Tho mootrug was dovoid of sensational foaturos. Tlicro wore present Mesers. Homphill, Johnstone, licudorson, Latimer and Kvans, but a new volunteer looturor on tho toxtilo industry?(Jol. Caroy, a mill president, cutcrcd tho arena. HON. J. J. 11 KM I'll ILL. Tho lirflt speaker introduced wan tho Hon. ?). J. Hemphill who dolivcrod a rattling good speech; punctuated with jokca, and rnado a good improsBion. Ho rcmindod ono of a trainod athloto upon a gymnasium floor, boing oasy and gracoful as wall as displaying tho powor bo poBscsso 1. Ho took it for granted that tho pooplo had asecuiblod horo to discuss iseuoB that woro vital to thomsolvcs and the oountry. Thoso iflsuos oamo an now issues in namo, but thoy woro as old as tho fundamental principles of tho great partie3. Ho hold (hat thin necessity had arisen by reason of tho efforts of one man to raiso wholo plauks from tho Republican platform and put them into tho Demooratio platform and thon foroo tho people 'to stand upon thorn. Tho loadme issuo of oourso was tho question of expansion ?modem expansion. Kxpansion was founded, ho hold, upon Domooratio prinoiples; but this now varioty was on an ontiroly difforcnt plan?ono uttorly foreign to our oustoms, institutions and modes of thought. Tho spoakor tbon dosoribed tho i'hilippino islands and prosontcd many faots and tiguros to show how many cotton goods An r'oa sold thorn last yoar. Ho figurod t) at tho islands bought from us got ds amounting to 7 oonts por capita, and that if tbis trado is dividod up South Carolina will got ono hundrodth part of a mill. Ilo discussed tho small trade to bo soourod and appliod tho sarno roasoning to China. Then ho oomparod tho rosultH of trado with thoso foreign oountrios with thoso of our trado with Canada, showing that Canada with fivo millions population did hundrods of times inoro businoss with us than China. Ho wanted truo expansion pushod but with tho pooplo who had somothiug to expand. Ho wont on to show that Spain had all along boon a woak nation and if any of tho big powers had wanted tho Philippinos they could loDg ago havo takon thorn. Ho was opposed to tho ship subsidy absolutoly and wantod all laws putting restrictions upon ships floating tho Amoricau flag ropoalod. Thoy should bo built and owuod in this country. Thou ho ontortd into tho much vaunted ship eubaidy of Great Britain and showed that sho had u oroly paid for iuo carrying oi tno mails as wo do, but alio was paying only 10 cents p?r tou against our $1 2.'i for thu samu service. IIKNDEKHON PLAIN SPOKEN, iion. D. 8. Ilcndorson wan thon introduood and ho rnado a forooful Hpocoh, thoroughly commanding tlio attention of hia hoaroru. lie oailcd attontion to tho fast that today way tho annivor nary of tho d*to of tho primary for United States senator to bo hold ono year hoDoo. There was on foot a do liberate eflort to ovorturn the principles of Domooraoy, those prinoiplos as old as tho oountry itself. Ho had evory faith in tho poopls and believed that thoy would stand to those principles and kill out this offort cow in its vory inooption. Senator MoLaurin had told thorn at Charlotto that it was about timo for them to abondon theso principles and embraoo thoso of Kopublicanism Ho was sorry tho junior sonator was not presont. Ho wantod to boo him on tho stump in order that thono issues ho hasraisod might bo fully discussed. MoLaurin had shown a disposition to avoid theso meetings. At O&llnoy Tillman had takon him unawares. When tho opportunity oamo to discuss thcHO things McLaunn was always unavoidably detained. IIo would not rmsstato tho sonator's position. Tho sonator had boou oalling for Kopublioan prinoiplos -what ho advooatod was merely Democratic in name. Mr. Henderson road copiously from Senator MoLaurin's spoooh doliyorod a fo?v days before tho ratification of tho Paris treaty, in whioh hn liAld nial policy was unoonMtilutional and that it was not proper to aproad religion at tho point of the bayonot. Mr. llondorson oallod attontion to that position and that now assumed. Uould thoy tako saoh a roan as a loadoi? If later on whon it naroo to tho State convention to oloot dologatoa to tho KinHas City oonvontion ho hold those views he should havo oallod on tho peoplo of Marlboro to send him to that oonvontion so he oould have prosontod thoso views boforo thoso ohargod with the mxking of tho party platform. Mr. llondorson paid high tribute to Qon. Wade Hampton, boing heartily applaudod, and road from the general's rooent interviow. The spoaker then ran over tho political history of the oountry showing what were the fundamental prinoiples of Demooraoy and contrasting them with llepublioan prinoiples. COL, JOHNSTON . Col. Goorgo Johnstone made another oharaoteriitioally strong speeoh and by his ^expressive delivery snd foreofol ? - - pi. k <> ? way of putting thing ho won friends just ah ho did at Union. Ho said it wan tko imminent poril ho oonuidorcd South Carolina to bo in juat now that brought him boforo tho pooplo. Ho gavo, as at Union, tho reasoning by whioh ho had reached his oonoluaion on tho issues now boforo tho pooplo. Ilo had observed South Caroliua'u onward movomont Hinoo 1870 aud believed that South Carolina would scon bo tho loading textile Slato iu tho Union. Ilo had looked oarofully at tho men who advocated these now principles and found hoiuo who had voted for Bryan expensing publioly tho hopo that McKinloy would bo clcotcd. Tho principles involvod in all this woro thojo of out forefathers, thoso Jr.ilort'ou bad fought for. They woro oallirg it Commoroial Democracy. Ho didn't knew exactly in wuat it wab oommoooial unless it was in federal patronago This was iho artiolo of oommoroo aud tho poatollioe tho exohango of small trado. Ho dwelt upon tho faot that tho Domooratio party had always been tho broad parly; that it had always had tho truo expansion'policy. But this is a very ditfvronl oxpausion lrom that wo aro now called upon to adopt. Ilo said thoro had bcou no expansion from tho older Adams on down which tho Democratic nartv had net, nrij/inatnd- l/lrn. wiso Ihoro had boon no troatics. It did and docs Htaud fur those thiuga. It wan propoBtcrous now to twit tho Dcmooralio party with Htagnation and iuaotion. Col. Johnstono thon clearly pointed out tho difForonoo bolwoon tho expansion of thoao days and tho imperialism of tho proaout day. Tho contoat wo aro now ougagod in, ho aaid, ia no ordinary ono. It ia a death grapple of tho forooa of Kroodomand Monarchy and in it ifl tho gorm of doatruotion of tho inHtitutiona whioh wo havo hailt up and atood for. Col. .Jobnstouo thon took up tho religious destiny idea, and disclaiming any intention to bo irrovorout asked as at Union, how Christ would look in tho uniform of an Amorioau goneral marohing at tho hoad of an invading army, oarrying religion with nllos to 'o thoso who did not want it. ANOTHER MILL PRESIDENT. Congressman Latimer was prosontod as tho noxt spoakor. Moforo ho could say anything a man in tho hall wantod to ask him somothing about a Populist oonvontion. llo told his <{uostionor ho would answor lator and prouoedod to say that thoro ha l boon an idoa all oat Binoo tho Union mooting that Bomo attack had boon uiado on tho oolton mill proaidonts and ho wishod to givo a portion of his timo to ono of them to mako a roply. llo thoroupon prosontod Col. J no. B. Caroy, president of tho* Look- , hart mills. Mr. Oaroy was grootod with vigorous applauso and was giyon a most rospootful hoaring. llo mado 1 Jitc an oloquont dofonso of tho ootton mill prosidonts. llo said an honor ablo olaaa of won had boon attaokod at Union and thoir oharaotor had boon aaaailod. Ho waa not a politician, but moroly wiahcd to proaont a fow faoia. Ho gavo an intorosting aooount of who thoBo will won woro, moat of thow true South Uaroliniana; (Jonfodcrato aoldaors and aona of Uonfcdorato aoldiora. Othora woro thoao who had oowo and oast thoir lot awong ua. Ho pioturod what thoy had dono for tho Stato. Ho donounood tho politioiana for having brought on thin war, and aaid that now it waa on wo ought to aooopt tho oonacqionooa and do tho boat poaaiblo. Tho will proaidonta woro all won of poaoo. Ho gavo an outlino of expansion aa tho will won aaw it?an oxr naiou of trado. Ho aaid, "Expansion' ..a tho mill won uudoratand it is tho roaohing out from our own ahoroa and oxtouding into tho warta of tho world, with our ahipa sailing undor our own lUg, ladon with Aunorioan products of tho loom, of tho shop, of tho wino and of tho iiold." LA TIM Kit IIITH HAUL, Mr. Latimor then took tho stand again aud mado a vory vigorous speooh whioh took woll with tho crowd. Tho wan in tho audionco who quoationod him whon lie first aroao aoouaod Latimer of having boon in a Populist oonvontion at Kansas oity. Mr. Lati wcr doniod this, and aaid that aftor tuo uomooratio convention ia Kaunas City tAd oomplotod its business Another had assembled, but ho had not boon a member of it; nor had ho had anything to do with it. Thou tho congressman divod into Sonator McHau rin with tho gloves off, aud vigorously Uenounocd him. liosaid MoLaurinhad botraycd ovorything ho had over had anything to ao with. Ilo had started out opposing tho Koforui movomont. 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