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ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1902 TWICE A WEEK.1.50 A YEAR AN OVATION TO GEORGE JOHNSTONE SENATORIAL AND CONGRES'IONAL MEETING IN NEWBE1CRY TUESDAY. A Good and Orderly Meeting, Attended by a Representative Newb rry Audience , of About 800 Persons, including Ladies.-Speeches Free from Personalities-It Was a eo. Johnstone Day. The candidates for the United States Senate and for the National House of 'Representatives from the Third Congressional District spoke in Newberry on Tuesday. The meet ing, which was held in Jones' Grove, was attended by probably 800 per sons, including a number of ladies. It was a representative Newberry au dience, and during the morning hour all the speakers received close atten tion. % A JOHNSTONE DAY. Col. George Johnstone was on his native heath, and the reception ac corded him by The people among whom he has lived and worked and who know him best was cordial and genuine and heartfelt. His speech was one of his best efforts and was a gem of oratory. As he said in the opening of his address, there was no need for him to state his position to the people of Newberry, no need for him to tell 'these Southern people where he stood on questions affecting the interests . and the prosperity of the South. There was deep feeling, a feeling fully shared by his close listeners, in the ringing eloquence of his words as he reviewed many of the incidents in his eventful life, inci depts interwoven into the history of his county and State; and he was of ten interrupted by the applause of old comrades, who had been by his side in the efforts of which he told, to free Newberry County and outh Carolina from the heel of the despot, and negro and carpet-bag government. Some applause was received by Uemnphill, Henderson, Evans and Latimer, but it was scattering, and was several times drowned by hurrahs for Jchnstone. The speeches were free from per ' sonalities and were in the main pitched upon a high plane. In fact, all six of the gentlemen 'aspiring to the Senate are brainy men and proved it on Tuesday. ~he meeting was orderly through out. Several times the speakers were interrupted by some one in the au dience, but general good feeling pre vailed. .Chairman Gogetans presided in the usual fair and happy manner. At night the candidates for Con gress held forth at Senn's Store in West End. Hon. F. H. Dominick presided over tbe meeting and made a good chairman. Following is t he story of the morn ing meeting: THE EXRCISES were opened with a fervent and elo quent prayer by ReA. W. L. Sea brook. Chairman Goggans, in a few brief introdnctory remarks, bespoke for all the candidates the earnest attention of the audience, and introduced the candidates for the United States Sen ate. HON. wM. ELLIOTT, of Beaufort, was glad to be here to assist in doing honor to his oppo nent, Col. George Johnstone, a na tive of this city. It was a bad thing on an occasion like this to be on the firing line, and it was particularly unfortunate to be the first of thirteen. He had had the honor to represent part of this State in Congress for fourteen years, and gave his record, and discussed some of the measures which, during his service, had comE before that body. He had advocated a measure to allow the election 0: United States Senators by populai vote, but:this measure had been sc amended by the Republican majority that upder it, instead of the will of the people, the will of the authori ties in Washiogton would be reg istered; and with this amendment n<( Democrat could vote for it. There never had been a time, for ' number of years, when the Democrat: had such a fair prospect of victory. The Democratic minority in Congress had been accused of doing nothing to oppose the Republican majority, but the accusation was not true. The Democrats supported the Republican measure to reduce duties on sugar imported from Cuba, and when the bill came up proposed an amend ment striking a blow at the great friend of the Republican party, the sugar trust, and after this the Repub licans fought it tooth and nail, with all the power at their command. But the Repablicans were defeated by an overwhelming majority, and it was announced to all this land that sugar could come in free of duties. Under old Democratic doctrine, he had always advocated every meas ure conducive to an increase of local self government. The most important matter for con sideration today was trusts. The Republicans had sought and were seeking to give Congress such power over the trusts that all power of the States over them wo'ld be destroyed, -a blow at local self government which the Democrats were consist ently opposing. He had gone to Congress, not be cause he wanted to go, but because he was chosen by his people to fight negro supremacy in his District. Since he had held that position he had devoted himself to the material upbuilding of his State and had brought more money into this State than any other Congressman Discussed, in conclusion river and harbor appropriations, and the good which they have done. HON. J. J. HEMPHILL, of Chester, said Col. Elliott had taken occasion to tell of a number of things he had done in Congress, and it was good and well. But the question was v-hether that was the best that could be done for the Democratic party. Seeking appropriations and trying to kill a bill here and there that was not the policy of the Demo cratic party in the olden days. And now that all trouble had passed aside in Soath Carolina, the hope of this country lay in the fact that one man would be selected out of these six who would contribute his share to putting the party upon the high plane it then occupied. He wouldn't be in the race if the only thing he believed he could do was to get to the Republican cornerib and get a nubbing here and there. The Demo cratic party needed to get control of the government, and that was what these people wanted. There was a cardinal difference between the Democrats and Repub licans. One of them stands for the rights of the people. The other be lieves that every time a man is born into this country it is only another contribution by the Almighty to the great mass upon which taxes can be laid. They believe a man is born to be taxed. That was the Republican idea, and they have the system of tariff taxation, by which a man is taxed from the time he is born till his winding sheet is wrapped around him 'and he goes to his last resting place. They taxed the people, by this method, more than was necessary for the support of the government because they wanted the people to buy from the Northern manufactu rers. His doctrine was that a man had the right to spend the money he made wherever he pleased. That was good Democratic doctrine and he held to it. He did not want to say much against the Republicans, because he made allowance for them. A Republican was a man who was born wicked, and grew worse every day he lived, but he couldn't help it. He discussed the ship subsidy bill. The Republicans proposed that all the people should be taxed at the rate of $9,000,000 a year for twenty years, which amont was to be turned -over to the ship owners in order that their ships may fly the American flag. His idea about that kind of thing was, whenever you get a chance hit it. He concluded with the thought that the hope of the people was not to get small appropriations here and there from the Republican party, but to put the grand old Democratic party once more in power. He sat down amid some applause. HON. JOHN GARY EVANS, of Spartanburg, always felt at home in addressing a Newberry audience. His ancestors on his mother's side were here born and reared. But he had no time to throw boquets at the fair women and ugly men before him. The South and West were the ag ricultural parts of the nation. This country might be divided into three great divisions, the agricultural South and West, the mining far West, and the manufacturing North, East and West. It was the duty of a statesman to seek to reconcile these conflicting interests.- Each wanted as much as it could get, and it was but natural and just that it should. We produces the wealth of the United States? If we can find this out, it is the duty of the government to protect him. The wealth of the government comes from exports to other countries. The Southern farm er last year produced 10,000,000 bales of cotton, only 4,000,000 bales of which were consumed in this coun try. 6,000,000 bales were shipped, which brought in gold to this coun try $321,000,000. Not - only that, but other farm products brought into this country $927,000,000. The mauufactured products brought into this country last year only $421,000, 000. You will see from this that the foundation of this government is the Southern farmer. He was the wealth producer, and deserved protection first. And yet be was the poorest man in the country today. Where was the trouble? Not in the for eign policy of the government. The Philippine question had been settled anyway, and he was in favor of hold ing the islands for a time until they were enlightened, and then turn them loose on condition that they re fund to this government every dollar spent, with the reservation, however, that this country should control their foreign policy. The Republican prty wanted to hold them because their products could compete with those of the Southern farmer. The internal policy of the Repub lican party was what hurt the South. ern farmer-the policy of protecting trusts and manufacturing interests at the expense of the agricultural interests. The question of tariff for protection had divided this country into the two parties and had made the South Democratic and the North Republican. But how are things to be remedied? Shall we send a man up there to say, "Give me a little crumb, boss, and I will lhek your boots and say you are the best Republican I ever saw"? The appropriations could be got that way, and the Republicans would only be too glad to give them. No, the only remedy lay in an al liance with New Engla nd. She was today ready for tariff reform, ready to join hands with the South on a just and equitable measure. We thought we...saw a light in the West and followed it and it proved to be a jack.o lantern, because the West is the home of Mark Hanna, where tariff lunatics are bred, and where votes can be bought like sheep. The only hope of the South was to join hands with the Democratic New England of old, and he believed New England was ready and willing for the.bargain. He concluded with some little ap plause. HON. A. C. LATIMER was glad to come back and see the men whom for ten years he had striven to serve in Congress. The people wanted a man in the Senate who could voice the sentiments of the people. There. was not a man here today who could go to the Sen ate and change the Republican party's policy of protective tariff just dis cussed. His distributing seed in the South and the appropriations he had se cured for the South had been con demned, but he wanted to ask, wvhat was got before he went? All the South could get was seed, and bulle tins and appropriations, and he had got aIr he could, And yet he had been condemned for getting a few seda.-nd it had even been said the seed were rotten-and that this was all he had done. The speeches con demning his course in this matter amounted to nothing, and had only been made to fool somebody. What the people wanted was results. He couldn't change the Philippine pol. icy and the protective tariff policy. He condemned it and voted against it, and could do nothing more. He had been condemned for getting a small appropriation for Newberry College, and it had been said that he did not get it. It was true a lawyer had a contract of about twenty years standing, but he had planned and introduced the bill, and he got the results. He was having the soil surveyed now in order to let the farmers see what crops could best be grown. Had got some of the new public land for the thirteen original States, which had got none until he went to Congress. Practical results were wanted, and lawyers were not the only men in the county who could get them. Are you going to put these lawyers in Congress just because you think they can speak? Voices: "No," "no." He had never spoken in Congress unless he had something to say, and when he did he could say it about as well as any one else. He didn't be lieve in buncombe. Wanted business lines and busi ness methods and practical results. Wanted Northern capital in the South first of all. HON. D. S. HENDERSON, Df Aiken, knew from his experience in twenty. four counties of this State, that the people were discussing mat ters and thinking for themselves upon the great questions before them, and this was a healthy state of affairs. He didn't claim to be better than any of his opponents. He had been told that it was useless to come into the Third District, but he didn't believe it. In the Senate something more was wanted than a mere bureau man, a man who can secure appropriations and seed from the Republican party. Next to the President a senator had the most power of any man in these United States. -The people had been told today that there was no use to discuss tariff and ship subsidy and other things, they couldn't be changed. That v as exactly what the Republi an party wanted tbe Sonthern peo ple to think. They were perfectly willng to give them a few little appropriations and bundles of seed if they would only let their pet meas ures alone. Mr Latimer didn't like lawyers. Yesterday he met Mr. Latimer's son. He never met a more noble looking young man. He was study ing law, and he (Henderson) told him if he ever came before the peo ple of the Third District seeking votes, he hoped the fact that he was a lawyer, would not be used against him. He condemned the Republican paty in the Philippines, and be lieved in speaking out against it. Everybody is in favor of honest ex pansion, and the Democratic party under the lead of Jefferson expanded and took in Louisiana. We have expanded to the Pacific, but it was with the consent of those people. The American nation was in the Philippines today with the Bible in one hand and the rifle in the other. On humanitarian grounds and also for the reason that the produncts of these islands would compete with those of the South, he condemned the policy of holding the islands. The worst enemy of this country was not trusts, imperialism, etc., but the producers of these things. In concluding, he paid a compli ment to Mr. Johnstone. He's a gal lant fellow and long may he live! (Applause.) HION. GEORGE JoHNsToNE was received with great applause and hurrahs for Johnstone. He especially thanked his people for their generous, kind reception. He also thanked them that they had been true Newberry poeple and ex tene a cordial welcome to his Big Cost Sah Nothing Eve SNEWB DAY BY DAY the crc should we not do the first place I can show you any three stores in the tov bought for SPOT CASH f America. My New York me ase-. 5 pcs. Colored Orgar 1 lot that's not wortY some worth 15c. We plac only one price 5c. yard. All Odds i And Short Lengths plac Half Price. One dollar at Miwnough's Will Do The 1n ALL GET RI SJoin the 4 MI MNA The Birthplace ompetitors, for there was not one view some of the from whom he had not been the re- and these people t cipient of kindnesses and for whom he together. In 1874, was not glad for the reception ex tion on bis part he tended them. Legislature. In 18 Thee was no use for him to dis whitened heads her cuss issues. These people knew him. facts-he was not Were he to tell them he condemned any position. All E the Philhppine poliecy, the answer Iwhite government. would come back hot and fast. We Ipie knew the trials o knew it before you spoke. We knew he closed up his las you would not favor a policy of sixty days rode thr slaughter. ty. How they to So it was with ship subsidy and the midnight hour had tariff. We of the South have lived thir. secret counsels of ty seven years since Lee's surren- part) and routed the der, and produced thirty. sevena cotton He referred to the crops, and you would tell me that which only a hair's you knew as well as I thaft-the South- between him and deE er people have dug from the soil ple remembered thi 300,000,000 bales of cotton amount- that trailed at his hi ing to a money value of $9,900,000,- miles, when he was 000. You would know where I stood I the generous soldie: on the tariff. roand him when he : What was the use for him to Time rolled on a discuss national issues ? The Sonth- vacancy in the LegiE er people knew where he stood on people nominated all questions affecting the South. him in the legislativ But it would not be amiss to re- Carolina. There iW Continues. rLi6eICI} E R R Y. )wds increase. WHY business? In the more new goods than rn. All new clean goods rom the best houses in buyer has just shipped idies, not a yard in the lOc. and 12 1-2c. 'and e the big lot on sale at Lnd Ends ed on Centre Table at Cost Sole 7ork Of Two. EADY AND Crowds. UG H'S, f Cut Prices. ents which he white hair in bis head. The part he d encountered had taken in reducing the debt of ~ithout solicita. his State and county was remem was sent to the bered. 6-there were My friends, time went on. Eight who knew the years of your kindness kept me there, candidate for and at the end I asked you again to wanted was a let me retire to private life. Your ut these peo. debt had been funded, the county that hour, how debt retired, and election frauds vofice and for eliminated. Six years later you ough the coun- placed me in nomination for a seat gether in the in Congress. Two years I served broken into the you there, and those are mistaken he Republican who say I brought niot a dollar into ir ranks. my district. Look at the Mexican Smrariot, in War pensioners for an example! Srat to But he had fallen short of what th. These peo he wanted to do. He wanted to lay howling mob the foundation of a further career of els for six long greater nesefulness. His career was only saved by;cu short. He complained not of a who gathered that. But he was grateful that eached the city. from the day he entered public life d there was a under all circumstances for a quai-. lature and these 'ter of a century the votes of New irn and placed berry County had been at his back, Shalls of South and God knows how grateful he was! as note a. (Continued on fourth page.)