The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, June 25, 1901, Image 1

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trl CESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUJESDAY, JUNE 2$m,, 1901(W, WE,$.()AYPA Aui 1111flaIlUA n n11 ._ . . I.- j Vl HD1 UGL1UU llIi SENATOIC M'LAURIN MAYS Ilr 18 A 1ig1 (Iralo 1)oi,nmnera t, -- Ito Makee i 1.0ngthmy Reply to IHequeets Thut Ito show vhorokin 1o is Not at Rteplublican. The following correspondenco was givou ont at Bonuottsvile with the permission of Mr. Clayton: Florenco, S. C., Juno 3, 10 1. Hon. John L. ; cLaurin, Bonnotts. Ville, S. C. Dear Sir:-I have taken groat in torest in tbo political outlook and as a matter of instruction ask that you differentiate betwoen your views, and the views hold by loading Re publicans. Most of us. soo no differ once, but perhaps you can show some dilferenco, so ploaso do it, as I am not inclined to condemn you without a hearing. Your truly, v. F. Clayton. Bennettsville, S. C., Juno 4, 1901. Mr. W. F. Clayton, Florence, S. C. Dear Sir:-In you letter of June 3rd you ask me "to differentiato be tweon my views and the views of loading Republicans as most of us soo no difference." I am very busy at this time, but %ill dictato a few thoughts as they occur to me in re ply to your question. I do this with the more pleasure because you have been opposed to me politically, but show a desire to sook the truth. At the time of the adoption of the United States constitution there wore several distinct plans of government proposed. Of those plans the fight was made upon two; the Hamiltonian idea and the Jeffersonian idea. Alex ander Hamilton openly maintained that the British constitution was the most perfect instrument of its kind ever in existence. He wanted all laws for the government of the States to be passed by the congress of the United States. He wanted the presi dent of the United States and the senators to hold office during good behavior. le wanted the governors of the States appointed by the presi dent of the United States and he wanted the federal government to assume the debts of the statutes. He wanted a strong senate and a weak house of representatives and openly proclaimed himself that the people were incapable of self-gov ornment. John Jay was sent as minister to England in order to make a commercial treaty which would have placed our commerce under the control of Great Britain. The Ham ilton idea was so far carried out that he succeeded in preventing the in corporation of a bill of rights in the federal constitution. Under his lead ership the congress imposed the ex cise tax which made the rich escape the burdens of taxation and placed those burdens upon the poor. This brought about the revolution in Pennsylvania and camoe very nearly disrupting the new republic. Thomas Jefferson forced the bill of rights into the constitution as an amend ment. As minister to F"rance he suc ceeded in dofeating the purpose of the Jay treaty with England. 1Ham ilton favored and Jefferson op posed the granting of monopo lies, the establishing of a United States bank, and the assumption of the State debts by the federal gov ernment. Associated with Jefferson were Madison, Monroe, Samuel Adams, Albert Gallatin, George Clin ton and Benjamin Franklin. Asso elated with Hamilton were John Marshall, John Jay, John A dams and Pinckney. The Democratic party has been in continuous existence ever since the adoption of the consti tution while the federal party of which the Republicans are the suc cessors have passed through a num ber of changes. The federal party, at first successful, finally committed suicide by carrying their doctrine of a centralized government so far as to pass the alien and sedition laws. Under this law the president was authorized upon his own volition to expel from the country any alien whom he might suspect as danger ous to the peace and liberty of the country, etc., this radical measure created a powerful re-action. The Demiborats t.hen reained in iw euulv witnu interruption until 1860. During this time ill the torritory acquired by the United States up to 1898 was secured except thI torritory of Alaska, and overy foot, of it was encountered by the vigorous denunciation of the lo pubIllicans. )uring this ontiro time the )om ocrats wore the progressivo men. They held to the principle that the people should rule but that t ho gon oral governmont while keping tax ation at the lowest rate consistent with good government should expend the fund thus derived for the good of the whole people. In .1850 they favored subsidizing the Pacific rail road. About the same time they started the subsidy to the Collins line of steamships between the Uni ted States and England. Based upon the principle of the Jefferson inn commercial treaty with France, they had concluded treaties with all the principal nations and those trea ties are still in forco. They had built up our foreign commerce until it excited the wonder and admira tion of the ontiro world. They hid under Gen. Jackson stopped im prisonment for debt. They had fought two successful wars with for eign nations. They had established a credit throughout the world second to no nation on earth. They were fighting for principies of the liberty of thought and action and the free dom of American citizenship. Mat ters of internal concern, the loaders of the party differed about. Gen. Jackson was the first to reciprocity treaty was made by President Pierce. John Randolph acting against the leaders of his party voted against the embargo act and was finally suc cessful in defeating that legislation. Clay, Calhoun, Cheves and Lowndes actively opposed Presidont Jefferson in the matter of decreasing the army. The first proposition of a protective tariff for the purpose of protection came from James Madison and Cal houn and Lowndes joined with Madi son in its favor, the Federalists op posed protection. Clay and Cal houn favored internal improvement and Madison vetoed them. Our great distinctive foreign policy known as the Monroe doctrine was a .Demo cratic policy. The Democrats de feated the scheme of the Republi cans to turn over Oregon and Wash ington to Great Britain. The Democratic party has never yet denied to any man within its lines the privilege of free thought and free speech. It has never yet failed to correct mistakes when it has made them. It has lost no op portunity to build up the merchant marine and open up our trade with foreign ports. 'It opened up the Japanese 'ports when all of the na tions of the earth had failed. The party has never been incon sistent, and yet it has never stulti fied itself by adhering to previous platforms when the conditions which demanded them bad changed. Until 1856 the Democrats had denied the power to the federal government to n:ake internal improvements, and yet it wvas the first to advocate the great imnprovomen,t of' the Pacific railroads and the Nicaraguan canal. In the matter of tariff it was a protection party under the leader ship of James Madison; declared for free trade in 1848f for "mncidental protection" in 1868; a tariff for rev enue only in 1880 and in 1884 the convention said: "Moreover many industries have come to rely upon the legislation for successful continuance, so that any change of law must be at every step regardful of the labor and capital thus involved. The necessary re duction and taxation can and most be effected without depriving Ameri can labor of the ability to compete successfully with foreign labor and without imposing iower rates of duty that will be ample to cover any in creased cost of production which may exist in consequence of the higher rate of wages prevailing in this country." In 1888 the platform still recog nized that other things' besides rev enue [were to be taken into ac count in framing tariff legislation. It said: "Our established indus trios and outerprises should not be endangered." 'or more than half a contary Democratic conventionsi condemtned a national b antk and finally sup ported it mtotallic cIIrroney. In 1880, 1881 and I88 t1hm )omIiocratic party dociurod in favor of gol and Hilver and pap9"r co,nvortiblo into coin on doenand. In I892 it, favored the coinago of hot Ii Imotials under an in tornational igreimont. In I188 the Republican plattfori road: "Tho Republican party is in favor of the use of both gold and silver as money and condemns the policy of the Democrat ic administration in its o1lorts to doicmonot izo silver." in 1892 the Rhopublican platform was identical in principle upon this question with tho Democratic plat form of 1880, 188 and 1888. There hiavo been protection Domtt ocrats; over since Madison and Cal houn favored the protection loctrino. There havo boon freo trade Ropubli cans from the foundation of tho gov ornmont. Such mon as Samuel J. Itandall, John Randolph and John C. Calhoun always spoke freely and clearly whethor or not they wore in accord with the platforms of titair parties. The democratic party has ahways fit vored freedom of speech and action. The republican party has always sought to so centralize the govern mont as to carry out the idea of Alexander Hamilton. The Demo cratic party has been a party that has had for its policy the greatest good to the greatest nambor while the Republican party as a party has believed with Hamilton, its founder, in bestowing benefits upon the fow and only burdens upon the many. "Until those latter day saints," have lead the party into socialism, while as to expansion and subsidies, the Republicans have takei advantage of the situation and bodily got upon the Democratic platform. They are now upon the currency question practically where the Demo cratic party stood up to 1896. They are now advocating the reciprocity of Jackson and Price. They are now advocating the Democratic principles which are announced in the Demo cratic convention of 1856 in the mat ter of building the Pacific railroad. They want to apply that prnciple to our foreign commerce. When over the Republicans are forced to aban don their own policy they take up Democratic policies, and the Domo crats are asked to oppose those Democratic policies becauso they have been adopted by the Republi cans. The Democrats of this country must stand together and restore their party to the powver which was theirs. They cannot do it by condemning that which is good because the Re publicans endorse it nor can they do it by going off after strange and un sound policies in order to secure some votes which might otherwise be Republican. The fight of Hamilton and Jofl'orson is still on in this coun try and will be until it is fought to a finish. Either we wvill have an aris tocr-acy or wve will have a republic. If the Democrats are to disard their fundamental idea of the liber-ty of the individual anid freedom of thought and action by refnsing to recognize as members of their party those men :vho have always fought its battles in the past, but who in the present believe that some of its policies are not the policies of the true Demo cracy is a progressive party. It pro gressed as no other party ever has done and the nation prospered by reason of its wisdom and ita admin istration of public affairs. It can not prosper if it is to oppose the ex tension of our foreign trade, the cre ation of new markets, the upbuilding of our commercial and industrial in terests, and the freedom of ie indi vidual. If the Republican party, the record of which shows it to have been a party forbidding the free exorcise of speech, concentrating the wealth of the country in the hands of a few, burdening the people~ by3 excessive taxation, and conducting public af fairs for the benefit of private citi zens; if that party is to be allowed to turn its back upon its record and adopting the progressive features of the Domnocracy, becomno tho party of progress, thou tho Domuocratio party having allowed its opponent to ap)1pro )riato its principles caln n longer livo. 1 boliove that the Demrocratic party (oot not exist for the more purposo of opposing whatever the liopublieeal piarty.' llay suggest. I beliove that it lives as it has livod in timecos patst for the purpose of adopt ing t hat which is right aund discard ing that which is wrong and conducting the affairs of State so as to mako all mon equal under the law. (Sonator Mc.4aurin dwells at length upon the money question and its interost dos not warrant giving fall space in those columns.) He says in part: T'here is not at line in any Demo cratic platform fixing the ratio of silver and gold prior to 1896. There is not a line in any Republican plat form advocating or opposing the ratio of 10 to I or anly ratio. Ihere were strong leon in the 1.)emocrat ic party in favor of the froo coinage of silver; there wero strong mnttl in the Republican larty in favor of tho free coinage of silver. The Repub lican party adopted the first freo coinage platform. Although silver was domonotized by I Rpulblican leg islation in 1873, the only objection to that actimaldo prior to 1 S9O camo from the Ropublicans who had passed the mintage act under which silver was demonetized. What (lid those men find when they reached Kansas City ! They found westorn delegations in which not a single man luid been a Demo crat in 18b2. Those mon donlanded a reiteration of the 16 to 1 plank of the Chicago platform. The proposi tion was made to them that they could have both candidates, and they could have any planks they wanted which are not socialistic or anarchis tic and all the Democrats asked was that their party be preserved by main taining its reputation as a safe and conservative organization. John W. Daniel, of Virginia, as thorough abo liover in the free coinage of silver as any man in his party and one of the grandest characters in the United States senate, worked like a beaver day and night to try to convince these western delegates that their policy was suicide. Governor Smith of Maryland told them that the Dem ocrats could carry Maryland with bout that plank and could not car ry Maryland with it. The old line Democrats declined to be driven from their party by a man who during ton years of politi cail life had been a D)emocrat, a Popu list, and a socialist. The only office which William J. Bryan ever held he was elected by the Populists, it being impossible for the Democrats to seure an election in that district. He acted with tihe D)emocrats in con gress, but distinctly stated thlat he was not bound by a Democratic plat form. Senator McLaurin quotes tile con gressional directory to show that, Charles A. Trowne, adlvocated by Bryan for vice president, never ran for office until elected to the F'ifty fou rth congress as a I'epublican, against Meluin R. Baldwin, Demo crat, and Kittel Hialvorson, Populist. When a party of men are willing to see their party go down in defeat in or der that one issue may be maintain ed they either b)elie that this issue lies at tihe very foundation of all government or else they have some ulterior motive. The south produces no bullhon. It would have no need for maintaining a reserve in the east such as wvould1 be created for the benefit of the weost by the bullion. All of its contracts wvould be gold contracts. For all of its money it would1 be dependent upon the east and be compelled to pay whatever rates tihe eastern b)ank. sa1w lit to charge. Then a part of tile same schomori was to prevent the D)emnocratic policy of the repeal of the tax upon State banks, in order to prevent the ponth-. ern States fromri having any circula tion medium whiatever- for local pur poses. The west would have its silver as a basis for obtaining the gold and the east would control the gold, the south would be n..evented bu under the absoluto aund comple)lto and peorfect control of tho east and woeit. W1horn 111mado at tight inl thto hlo1so for tiht rol ptal of tlie 10 p)or ceJnt. tax, M r. I;iyiant votod agii nst it, anti I ilvito your att(ention to his utterance" at this Iiimo, which fuilly eon iri ih.at I siy. ( "ongrossn111m 1litiley, of Toxis, ono of th ablE I11n in tho United Stittes, eitleuI mt1y attontioll to this sinister attitudo of Mr. Bryan ait. theo tire. ''ho trolll)lo vitlh tlt south has always booen its clinging to traditions and its luck of practical wisdom, in p)rovutnting tho othor Sections froim iill)osinig 1101 themll by unitorhitnd inotans. Tho south is solidly I)emoo crattic, for nowliero I tho world is theor a gruater lovo for froodot of speech, liberty of thought and action and absoluto just ice, which aro I ho foundation stones of tlho Democratic party. hut they wero mloop in 1896 andl 1900 andt([ totally ignorant of the roasons for this now issuo being f"rcod Up)onl thl. It. wias inl the Democratic )ltt form and thy thoro foro voted for it. Now it. bh)looves them to consider why it wias in that platform, and thoy will loarn, that inlstond of being )o)iocriatic it was at countltorfeit to ho sp)unrod and cast asido. The south should now taklo advanttago of t' o falct that it controls the Dotocrat p arty and soo to it that thoso prieiples of justico and oinlality which lio at the foundation of Democracy aro not again departed from and that no scloimo for the1 en richment of any section, for thu hon . lit of any other section, 81all over again be incorporated into a D)om11o crttic Plat forml. You rs respect f' 1ly, 'John LOWIldoy MIcLaurin. SA i Tr O 'r?. E .A.. lars tho 110 hind You Ilavo Alays Buighl Bignaturo ..T of oA U 1 E I S l A N T E 1: N C O T T O N . Implortrnut Informtntlo:l Soon to bo 1'ub Ilihedl by Itn. Cceuq Itureau--wbnat It Me011A to) the South). Birnungham, Alat., Juno 1;).---See rotary I [ester, of the Now Orleans Cotton Exchiinge, who 113as just ro turned from Washington, where ho had a long intorviow with Superin tendont M[orriam, of the census bu reau, Says: "I was assured that overything possible would 1o dono to laston ro ports on acroage and manufactures, and Mr. North, of the MAomiphis bureau, xpressed th1e op)inlion( thaIt lhe wouild b)0 pleasod to mako1( p)ubhlic the alcrongo report by the middlo of Novembohr. "This is of the greatest impllortanlce to the South, for the oflicial figures as5 t.o acrenge will give ns a roliable basis of fact upon01 which to formi our est, imautos hereafter. Aceogo esti - maIrtes no0w are estimates moereJy. We have had no oflicial figures since thlose oif the con.sus of 1890, (loven years ago, and whoin tile census cot toni reports of that year woro made public they dlemlonstrated that the figures of the estima!ted acroero wvronlg to th1e extonit of several mil lion acres. "'The ollicial report, whlich1 we h10p) to receive in November, will give us the aictual niumber of acres planlted in cotton for the crop of 1899.1900, and we Carn 500 at a1 glimpse what p)rogress has beon made snice ihe last ofhicil figurost wore secured for the0 crop of 1880 1890. "Th10 report of tihe census on the cotton-p~rodu1cin1g idustry will, I am conlfiden.t, boe 1h m13nost nearly perfect anld altogether the most nearly poer feet aInd !togothier the mos0t satis factory ever issued ini this country, anid I would say as muchl conlcrn in3g the generall agricultural reports for tile entire country." Bearsa the lh__io Kimi You Have Always BougM Signaturo of In country (list ricts whore the pop ulatiorn irs from 100 to 150O to the square mile the dleathI rate is onuly 17 per 1,000, compared wvith 24 per 1,000 whoen there are over 300 to the srmare mile. SOUTH CAROLINA MINERALS, 'il'1V WIL.1, Il' DIst'LAY1:1 AlT TI1: 1!xl'OSITION. stueti (1ls1ghg:,t slu T I4neta 11i t nu In iir tI tti "Ial lInteiiKtl g L ttoer to I.eu. inl; Alen It Alt tis C u tntait nf lienst ttt. >4vs and (ourier, I ith inst. State Ge(ologis;t Earl o 8loan hals g,ono to work! ( uerg'+etialily to) 'ew to it that tho linera1tl resorltces of 8ou1th (arollina aro rightly displayed in the South Carolina buildinlg at the 'x positiotn). 11o halts plrelaretd ia circt. latr lotte'r whit-h hot is SSending; broad laot over tht' Stateo, am11 it wcill doubt. loz.s ittruct. witlsl reatdzt att et)ion. Tho ltt('r is ill tll cases IrtonIomltni1ed by forms Which cnn readily bo iled out. withi 4taluablo in formtionl looking to rendorilig th miltortl ox hibit coinplte aItnd inttrestin g. Th'o cirtular lotter prealilnrtt I)y the Stato geologist is 11 follows: Charleston, S. C., Juno 1.-), 1101. l\ly 1)oar Sir: At th last sietssion of tho Legislaturo of this Statto it was propOsed by Act that the Stato should erect. a sulitablo building ait tht South Carolina lter-Staito and West Indian Expositionl, to bo opnod D)ecember 1, II0, foir the exlbit ion of the products and resoitrces of South Carolina, and for the xocu tion of this purposo at board of con muissioners was appoint el, with th Governor 11 ex-onicio Clallillal. '1'hrougih agreemnent witi thost (Jcioiliissionlers it is the IIurposo of tho Siato geologist to co-op)erato with the citi'zons of this Stato inl securing such nl imposing displiy of tho mi eral products, and such1 tan e,xhib)t of tho industrial resourc''s of South Carolina, asi might oxcito Iuiterest in theso features and promote the fullor development of their values. Prom. ient spalce in the Sitato building vill be coded for i collectivo exhibit of tho miniorals, ores and tuanufact.ured mineral products from tit conttitOS of thi State. It is believed that sucih nll aggre;gated minterlal collec. tioni from all of the countis will be mloro imposing and will mor surely ongago the atteition of thoso visitors in quest of such iltertts than could ho accolnl)1ishod through intoplonl dont dis)layft by indivitlalil coulnt.i0s. It is proposetd to cat alogno accord ing to the rolating countties all mlin oral specimols, 811p11)les, wator powv ors, mineral springs, ole., anid include i brief description of Ol1ch del)osit or feature so that each county shall bo accorded du credit for such re sources as8 it muighit display ill this collective exhibit. . 'rintod copies of this caitalognoe s11ha b availablIO to interesteod parties. Due1 attention sha111lit be ccorded articles mantufact ured fr-om the mnin erail protducts of this State, such 1as dlecoraltivo terra cottat, rilling, oil prossedi 1rici(, jlre brick, vitriflod brick, etc., e. Ini addition to this collective min11 oral exluhiit the SLate geologist will will arranigo for a collection ex hibit of the forest products of this Stato. Ini awardling the przo oliered by the Stato :omimissioniers to the coun1 ties makmng the bestt oxhibits-, the judges will credit each county with full consideration for al11 mineral pr dulcts and1 forest products contributed b)y such county to the aggrefated collection. Tihoereforo the respiective b)oardls of the county commrissiohners to this Ex position and1( all others interested in these maltters are urged1 to co-operato with the State geologist, and you are asked to use your p)ersonal ifl 01nco to insure the success of this uin doertakinig. The importance to your commiunity of availing itself of this p)roposition is paramrount, therefore, kindly pnr vail upon01 the owvners of mineral ahnu lorest proporties or interests to fur nish such large select specimens as should affordi an alluring oxhibit. The specimens shall lie cared for and roturnetd upon the closing of the E'xpiositioni if so deosiredi; othorwise they shall be reserved for tile State geological collection to be pormaui nontly installed. Thlose who hold interests in quar ries or dononsits of bnudng stn-t art aisvlz:ed of tho ilp1or tanco of 11v ing their specimen blocks of stono clrofully cut a1nd (iressod with the tulost hocoilng linish,- and they are especially asked to send in addition to other Hizs0, ono block of their building stono meoasuring oight inchtes enh)o, becomingly dress4ed. If you oil her own or can aseor ta1in (the oxistenlco of any viluahio minoral dopOsits, quarries of lililti ing nlmterial, clays or water powers, Ililneral springs or otlher natural foat ures of industrial value in your lo cality, kindly securo the fullest pro cise avmllablo information as to the features outlined in tho accompany ilg circnlar sh00(t Nos. I and 2. If your locality affords any supo rior forest products kindly urge upon thos interested the importance of sondicg spocimnois or sanl)los for ox li)ition as provided in their sugges tions in the acconpanying circular sheeot No. 3. Itis o1arn1estly asked that 1111 com mon carriers and their local agents will co-operato it seCuring the nocos sary Hpecini11s and mo facili'ating this important work in all tot ritory tributary to thir respectivo lines. Whe 10 spocimoIs or sHanplos are i 'ady for shipment, apply to the htate geologist, for i shipping card which will entitlo the package, to which it is attached, to tranlsporta tion to Ihe Exposit ion grounds. Mark and coiwgu such paclklges to Earle Sloan11, Stato geologist, South Caro. lina luter-State and We'ost I1ndian Ex position groulnds, Charleston, S. U. You will also insert, an idontitica tion card, with llpocimnol or samnlplo, as will ilisuro proper recognition of the origin of the accompanying speci 1m11. Asking that you kindly ac cord these latters attontion at your otarliest convolnioneo and that you will give definito assurance of speci mon contributions to this exhibit, I amil, Youlrs respectfully, Eiarl Slonin, State Geologist. 1'iiir1',u1 1'tlhy 1'tiH cA. IN ( w York World.1 .Every rawcal i:l lint oxtremo 1)arti Hti11. (overnment for bondholder is ho coming qluito comonl inl the world nations g;ono into the hands of a ro coivor. Money is t uaken each year out of the pocketb (if th1 producer and goos to swell th e c'orruption fund of the privileged fow. E:vory agency that is blooding the counitry has1 11akon1 refuge under the wing of theo ltopulicanl party. The most dlifhlilt thling wo have got to got are honost laws, and thten they must be1111 adinistored. Tihoro should ho0 a taix onl all inl. combs of more thtan $1 ,000 a yoar. CJongressional logislation against trusts, as State enlactmonits, s00om uso0 10ss. All cand1idaitesl for office should b)o nominated b)y tile direct vote of tihe All Europeans should1( be driveni from the American continent. 'The cow bird 'deposits its eggs in tile neosts of othecr anid weaker birds for thlom to incubate. Only one egg is usually dleposited inl the rest. Tihe discovory of a sulimor tanager's nest a short time ago, in which four cow bird eggs reposod besides one of the proprietors, wvas considored a moost unulsul case by orn ithologists. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought B3oars tho Alignature of People are most liable to fever be twoon the ages of 15and 20; 209 out of (overy 1,000 cases are of that age. Tholre are only ten under live and two ovor 55. C~ .A. O *.P O __. 2 A.. Bears the ,Iho Kind You llama Alwa sBought Blgaaturo of 4 I 4 Thoo re stti mnany good openings foren wh01 vo wvant to sottle In theO West, tut before going they shlould settle. Chlicago Daily Nnws.