The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 12, 1900, Image 6
THE COUNTY RECORD.
Published Erery Thursday
? AT ?
tlKQSTBEE. SOUTH CAROLINA
?BY ?
C. W. WPLFE .
Editor and Proprietor.
Tlie Naval Annual, an anthoritative
English publication, asserts that Great
Britain's naval strength is greater
than France's and Germany's combined.
One man connected with the Philadelphia
zoo has crossed the Atluntic
fifty times in charge of animals. He
has sold many huge American frogf
at $2.50 each to owners of Germat
eetates to be used for "decorativo purposes''
in the ponds and lakes. The
basso profnno of our bullfrogs is high
ly valued abroad.
It is estimated that there are twenty
thousand persons of both sexes in
the United States who write for publication,
that is to say, authors; and
it is probably safe to venture the as
sertion that at least nineteen thousand
nine hundred and ninety-nine of them
have at various times and places expressed
opinions not wholly complimentary
to the editors to whom they
have submitted their manuscripts. Of
these writers, the great majority are
either not successful, or 'only aggra
atingly so.
The Hartford Telegram discusses
the proposed adoption of the metric
system by this country at some length
and says: "The United States now
have a decimal system of money, and
its market convenience should teach
Americans the value of the decimal
system wheiever numbers enter or
calculation is involved." The Telegram
ventures the prediction that
"before the expiration of many decades
the United States Congress will
prescribe the use of the metric system
throughout the United States."
The Chief of the United States
Weather Bureau contemplates the establishment
of a hydrcgraphic division.
A system of water forecasts is to
be accomplished by means of man^
stations in different localities, the object
being the study of all rivers in
the country, and observations relating
to nrecipation and the height of river
waters. The stage of water in all
rivers is to be reported daily and from
data so obtained forecasts for the following
twenty-four hours are deduced
and telegraphed to the central
office at Washington.
The farmers who own their farms
and pay as they go are the most independent
people on earth. If the rising
generation ot farm boys could
gee the things as they really are, they
might be willing to start on a small
gcale and extend their borders as they
ire able, thinks the Farmer's Guide.
The boy should not expect to start in
'ife as "well fixed" as his father i?,
ifter working for a lifetime. Farm
ife lias more sunshine, balmy breezes,
jood health,bird songs,lnseioas fruits,
Dure water and air, wholesome food,
;han any other,*an l if the farmer is
jut of debt and has a clear conscience,
fie has less anxiety than people of any
other calling.
The announcement that a line of
automobiles is to go into service in
competition with the street railways
naturally gives rise to much speculation
as to the effect of this form of
local transit service on the street
.railway business, says the Chicago
.Record. There are those bold enough
to predict that the car designated to
ran on rails laid in the streets win in
time give way entirely to self-propelled
vehicles, that require no other
street foundation than the ordinary
pavement. If this should prove to
be the case the street railway problem
wiil be much simplified. It will only
be necessary for the authorities to
provide lirst-class pavements throughout
the city, when all who desire to
engage in the business of carrying
passengers can do so. Thus cost and
quality of service could be left to
regulation by competition, which now
is out of the question, because but
u single corporation can be permitted
to lay tracks and to operate cars in
any given street.
[platform in full
I
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r\o .ivj. 4mwu u? iiiw l/wiiiuviuiiv .iu
lional Convention.
"IMPERIALISM" A LEADING ISSL'E.
The 16 to i Piank Endorsee] Without
M ditication ? The R;pub!icao Foreign
Policy Denounc.d.
Following is the official text of the
platform as agreed upon by the committee
on resolutions and presented to
the convention:
We. the representatives of the Democratic
party of the United States, assembled
in national convention, on the
anniversary of the adoption of the
Declaration of Independence, do >caffirm
our faith in that immortal proclamation
of the inalienable rights of
man and our allegiance to the constitution
framed in harmony therewith
by the fathers of the republic. We
hold with the United States Supreme
Court, that the Declaration of Independence
is the spirit of our government,
of which the constitution is the
fnrm nnri totter. \Ve declare again
that all governments instituted among
men derive their just powers from the
consent of the governed; that any gov- j
ernment not based upon the consent
of the governed is a tyranny; and that
to impose upon any people a government
of force is to substitute the
methods of imperialism for those cf a I
republic. We hold that the constitu- j
tion ollows the flag and denounce the
; doctrine that an executive or ConI
gress, deriving their existence and
j their powers from the constitution.
I van exercise lawful authority beyond
j It. or in violation 01 it. We assert that
no nation can long endure half rcpub|
lie and half empire, and we warn the
American people that imperialism
abroad will lead quickly and inevitably
to despotism qt home.
Dnbm nifiv r.AW DENOUNCED.
j Believing in these fundamental prin|
eiples, we denounce the Porto Rican
; law enacted by a Republican Congress,
against the pretest and opposition of
the Democratic minority, as a bold and
open violation of the nation's organic
i law, and a flagrant breach of the national
good faith. It imposes upon the
j people of Porto Rico a government
without their consent, and taxation
| without representation. It dishonors
i the American people by repudiating a
selemn pledge made in their behalf by
the commanding general of our army.
: which the Porto Rieans welcot>-I as TI
peaceful and unresisted occupation of
i thrir land. It dooms to poverty and
distress a people whose helplessness
! appeals with peculiar force to our justice
and magnanimity. In this the first
act of its imperalistic programme, the
Republican party seeks to commit the
UniteCStates to a colonial policy, in|
consistent with Republican ins.itu.
i tions and condemned by the Supreme
Court in numerous decisions.
' FULFILMENT OF OUR PLEDGE
TO THE CUBANS,
j We t*rmand the prompt and honest
fulfillment of our pledge to the Cuban
' people and the world that the United
States has no disposition nor intention
to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or
| control over the isTanu of Cuba, except
for its pacification. The war ended
nearly two years ago. profound peace
reigns over all the island, still the adnfinistratiou
keeps the government of
' - * ' - - - - ?- ...UiU t/A
i the island irom us peopie, nunc uc1
publican carpet-bag officials plunder
its revenues and exploit the colonial
theory to'the disgrace of the American
i people.
PHILIPPINE POLICY CONDEMNED.
We condemn and denounce the Phil;
ippine policy of the present adminisj
tration. It has involved the republic
j in unnecessary war, sacrificing the
: lives of many of our noblest rons. and
i placed the I'nited States, previously
i known and applauded throughout the
world as the champion of fieedom. in
i the false and un-American position of
' auch as has been given for nearly a
j century to the republics of Central
! and South America.
! TRADE AT THE EXPENSE OF LIBERTY.
The greedy commercialism which
dictated the Philippine policy of the
Republican administration attempts to
! justify it with the plea that It will pay,
i but even this sordid and unworthy
j plea falls when brought to the test of
! facts. The war of criminal aggression
i against the Filipinos, entailing an anj
nual expense of many millions, has alI
ready cost more than any possible
profit that could accrue from the entire
Philippine trade for years to
come. Furthermore, when trade is extended
at the expense of liberty, the
price is always too high. We are not
opposed to territorial expansion when
crushing with military force the efforts
of former allies to achieve liber?
ty and self-government. The Fillj
picos cannot be citizens without endangering
our civilization, they cannot
I be subjects without imperilling our
' form of government and as we are not
i willing to surrender our civilization, or
| to convert the republic Into an empire
we favor an immediate declaration,
] first, for a stable form of government;
, second, Independence, and third, pro'
tectlon frcni outsida interference,
it takes in desirable territory which !
can be erected into Statec in the Union,
and whoeT oeople are willing and
fit to become American citizens.
EXPANSION NOT BY FORCE BUT
BY PEACE.
We favor expansion by every peaceful
and legitimate means. But we are
unalterably opposed to seizing or purchasing
distant islands to be governed
I outside the com uinioii una wnuse
people can never become citizens. We
are in favcr of extending the republic's
influence among the nations, but believe
that influence should be extended
not by force and violence but through
the persuasive power of a high and
honorable example.
IMPERIALISM THE PARAMOUNT
ISSUE.
The importance of old questions now 1
pending before the American people is
in no wise diminishing and the Democratic
party takes no backward step
from its position on them, bnt the
burning issue of imperialism growing !
out of the Spanish war, involves the
very existence of the republic and the ,
destruction of our free Institutions. We
regard it as the paramount Issue of the
campaign. The declaration in the Republican
platform adopted at the Philadelphia
convention held in June 1900
that the Republican party "steadfastly
adheres to the policy announced in the
: Monroe doctrine," is manifestly inaini
cere and deceptive. This profession is !
j contradicted by the avowed policy of .
| that pa>ty In opposition to the spirit
of the Monroe doctrine to acquire and
j uold sovereignty over large areas of
territory and large numbers of people
in tne x^aeieru urmiapuurt:. ??c tusiaw
cn the strict maintenance of the Mon- [
roe doctrine in all its integrity, both
in letter and in spirit, as necessary ;
to prevent the extension of European 1
authority on this continent and as es-. \
sential to our supremacy in Americanl ,
affairs. At the same time, we declare
| that no American people shall ever bd
1 held by force in unwilling subjection' ;
: to European authority.
We oppose militarism. It means
| or.quest abroad and intimidation and (
i oppression at home. It means the
j means the strong arm which has ever (
: been fatal to fro institutions. It is
, what millions of < ir citizens have fled
from in Europe, .t will impose upon ,
I our peace-loving people e large stand
ing army and unnecessary burden of 1
taxation and constant menace tc their '
liberties. A s.-nall standing army and i
a well-disciplihed State militia are araj
ply sufficient in time of peace. Tlris
Hepublic has no place for a vast mill- <
j tary service and conscription
i When the nation is in danger the
volunteer soldier is his country's best
i defender. The National Guard of the
| T'nited States should ever be cherished
| In the patriotic r.oarcs ci a iree peopie.
Such organizations are ever an element
of strength and safcey. For the first
time in our history and coeval with
| the Philippine conquest, there has been
| an unwholesome departure from the
! time-hcnored and approved systems of
| volunteer organization. We denounce
| it as un-Ainerican. undemocratic and
: nnrepubllcan and as a subversion of
; the ancient and fixed principles of a
free people.
! UEPL'BLICAXS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE TRt'STS.
Private monopolies are indefensible
and intolerable. They destroy competition,
control the price of raw materi- ;
als and finished product, thus robbing f
I both producer and consumer. They
I lessen the employment of labor and ar
bitrarily fix the terms and conditions
; thereof, and deprive individual energy
ahd small capital 01 mei I UppUl V14UIWJ |
i for betterment. They are the most efficient
mean3 yet devised for appropri;
ating the fruits of industry to the beni
efit of the few at the expense of the
many and unless their Insatiate greed
; is checked all wealth will be aggrogatcd
in a few hands and the requblic de!
stroyed. The dishonest paltering with
! the trust evils by the Republican party
| in State and National platforms is couj
elusive proof of the truth of the charge
I that trusts are legitimate product of
| Republican policies, that they are fos.
, tered by Republican laws and that they
are protected by th? Republican admin;
istration in return for campaign sub'
scriptions and political support.
! WAR DECLARED ON MONOPOLIES
We pledge the Democratic party tc
an unceasing warfare in nation, Stau
| and city against private monopoly it
* Qorainsf
i every iorzn. Lxunuf, iun- UDU.~..
tnists must be enforced and more
sthfingent ones must be enacted providing
publicity of affairs of corporations
engaged in intjrstate commerce
and requiring all corporations to sbow
before doing business outside of the
State of tbeir origin, that they have no
water in their stock, and that they
have not attempted and are not attempting
to monopolize any bhanclies
of business,or the production of any articles
of merchandise, and the wIuH
nmt'itiiCnnal nnwer of ItcncreSS 1
interstate commerce, the mails and a LI
modes of interstate communication
shall be exercised by the enactment of
comprehensive laws upon the subject
of trusts. Tariff laws should be amended
by putting the products of trusu
upon the free list to prevent raonopolj
under the plea of protection. The failure
of the present Republican administration
with an absolute control over
the branches of the national government
r.o enact any legislation designed
to prevent or curtail the absorbing
power of trusts and illegal combinations.
or to enforce the anti-trust laws
already on the statute books, prove the
Insincerity of the high sounding phrases.
Corporations should be protected
in all their rights and their legitimate
interests should be respected, but ar.v
attempt by corporations to intorfere
tempt impossible.
such penalties as will make such at
DINGLEY TARIFF CONDEMNED.
We condemn the Dingley tarin as a
trust breeding measure,skillfully devised
to give few favors which they do
not deserve, and to place upon the
many burdens which they should not
bear. We favor such an enlargement
of the scope of the inter-state commerce
law as will enable the commission
to protect individuals and communities
from discriminations and the
public from unjust and unfair transportation
rates.
16 TO 1.
We reaffirm and endorse the principles
of the national Democratic platform
adopted at Chicago in 1896, and
we reiterate the demand of that platform
for an American financial system
made by the American people for themselves
which shall restore and maintain
a bimetallic price level and as
part of 6uch system the immediate reBtaration
of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at tbfe present
ratio of 16 to 1 without" waiting for
the aid or consent of any other nation.
We denounce the currency bill
enacted at the last session of Congress i
as a step forward in the Republican
policy whieh aims to discredit the sovereign
right of the national govern,
ment to issue all money. ? hether coin
or paper, and bestow upon national
banks the power to issue and control
the volume of paper money for their
own benefit A permament national
bank currency, secured bv government
bonds, must have a permanent debt to
rest upon, and .the bank currency is to
Increase with population' and business
the debt must also increase. The Republican
currency scheme is therefore
a scheme for fastening upon the taxpayers
a perpetual and growing debt
for the benefit of the bankers. We ar?
opposed to this private corporation
paper circulated as money, but with?a.
i?-' s,,.. 1 iHoc anH rlomnnd
JUL legal IVUUGI
the retirement of the national bank )
notes as fast as thia government's paper
or silver certificates can be substituted
for them.
SENATORS BY DIRECT VOTE. ETC.
We favor an amendment to the Federal
constitution providing for the
election of United States Senators by
a direct vote of the people and direct
legislaticmwherever practicable.
We are opposed to government by injunction;
we denounce th* blacklist
and lavor arbitration as a means of
settling disputes between corporations
and their employes. In the interest of
American labor and the uplifting of
the workingmen, as the corner-stone
of the prosperity of our country, we
recommend that Congress create a
Department of Labor in charge of a
Secretary, with a seat in the cabinet,
believing that the elevation of the
American laborer will bring increased
prosperity to our country at home and
our commerce abroad, we are prouu
of the courage and fidelity of the
American soldiers and sailors in all
our wars; we favor liberal pensions,
and we reiterate the positio^,i,aken in
the Chicago platform in 1896. that the
fact of enlistment and service shall be
deemed conclusive evidence against
disease and disability before enlistment.
NICARAGUAN CANAL.
We favor the immediate construction,
ownership and control of the
Nlcaraguan Canal by the Cnited States
and we denounce the insincerity of
the plank in the national Republican
platform for an isthmian canal in the
face of the failure of the Republican
majority to pass the bill pending in
Congress. We condemn the HayPauncefote
treaty as a surrender of
American rights and interests not to
be tolerated by the American people.
IMMEDIATE STATEHOOD PROM
ISED.
We denounce the failure of the Republican
party to carry out Its pledges
to grant statehood to the Territories
?! Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma,
and we promise the people of
hese Territories immediate statehood
ind hon>v rule and a territorial form
jf government for Alaska and Porto
Rico. We favor an intelligent system
of improving the arid lands of the
West, storing the waters for purposes
>f irregation and the holding of such
>ands for ar.ial settlers.
NO ENTANGLING ALLIANCES.
We favor the continuance and strict
?nforceraent of the Chinese exclusion
iaw and its application to the same
classes of all Asiatic races. Jefferson
said: "Peace, commerce and honest
friendship with all nations; entangling
alliancesf with none." We approve
this wholesome doctrine and earnestly
protest against the Republican departure
which has involved us In so-caJled
world politics, including the diplomacy |
nf Knrone and the intrigues and land- J
grabbing of Asia, and we especially
condemn the ill-concealed Republican
alliance with England, which mirst
mean discrimination against other j
friendly nations, and which has already
stifled the nation's voice, while
liberty is being strangled in Africa.
Relieving in the principles of self-government.
and rejecting, as did our forefathers,
the claim of monarchy, we
view wPh Indignation the purpose of
England to overwhelm with force the
South African republic.
SYMPATHY EOR THE BOERRS.
Speaking as we do for the entire
American nation, except its Republican
office-holders, and for all free men everywhere,
we extend our sympathies to
the heroic burghers in their unequal
struggle to maintain their liberty and
Independence. We denounce the lavish
appropriations of recent nopublican
Congresses which have kept taxes high
and which threaten the oppressive war
levies. We oppose the accumulation of
a surplus to be squandered in such
barefaced fradus upon the tax-payers,
as the shipping subsidy bill, which under
the false pretense of prospeTingAmerican
shipping, put unearned raillions
into the pockets of favorite contributions
to the Republican campaign
fund.
KEirjiJAL. ur wau lAAEa.
We favor the reduction and speedy
repeal of the war taxes and a return
to the time-honored Democratic policy
of strict economy in government expenditures.
AN APPEAL TO LIBERTY-LOVING
AMERICANS. ^
Believing that our most cherished^
institutions are in great peril; that the
very existence of our constitutional republic
is at stake and that the decision
now to be rendered will determine
whether or not our children are to enjoy
those blessed privileges of free government
which have made the United
States grea?. prosperous and honored,
we earnestly ask for the foregoing declaration
of principles the hearty support
of the liberty-loving America*
people regardless o- previous party affiliations.
THE MARKETS.
Current Price* of Cotton, Grain and
Produce.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.
Flour quiet; family $3.75 to $4.10;
winter wheat steady at decline. Spot
and month 78% to 79. August 8V t*>
8%; Southern by sample 68 to 8L'
Corn.?Dull; mixed, epot and the
month 47 to 47 1-8; August 46% to 47;
Southern white 49 asked.
Oats.?Dull; No. 2 white 31 asked;
No. 2 mixed 28 to 28 &.
CHARLOTTE COTTON.
These figures represeut prices paid
to wagons;
Strict good middling 9 3-16
Good middling 9%
Strict middling 9 3-16
Middling 9 l-s
Tinges to :?
Stains 6 to '."4
Market steady.
Not a Foreigner Alive.
London, by Cable.?"Not a single foreigner
is alive in Pekin," is the lateit
Chinese report which has reached
Shanghai. Other Shanghai report* de-?
scribe the condition of the British legation
as awful. It is said that the
rooms of the legation were filled with
sick and wounded, the killed lying un.
buried in heaps. It is believed that
many members and officials of the
Tsung Li Yamen perished when the
German guard, maddened by the mur
der of Baron ivetteicr, tne uerman
minister, set fir? to the building. That,
the foreigners at the Chinese capital
have been abandoned to their horrible
fate no longer seems open to doubt.
Government Finances.
Washington, D. C., Special.?Government
receipts for the 12 months of
the fiscal year 1300 just closed
amount to 1568,988,948, and the expenditures
$487,759,171, making a surplus
for the year of $81,229,777. The receipts
for the fiscal year have been derived
from the following sources: Customs,
$233,857,958, an increase over the fiscal
year 1899 of $28,729,577; internal
revenue $296,299,388, an increase as
compared with the former fiscal year
of $22,862,227; miscellaneous $38,831,601,
an increase over the year ending
June 30, 1899, of $2,400,000.
The expenditures for the lost fiscal
year were $11S,213,00S less than for the
fiscal year of 1S99.
The expenditures of the year by
items are given as follows: Civil and
miscellaneous $105,790,753, as against
$119,191,255 for 1S99; was $131,653,998,
as against $229,841,254; navy $56,089,892,
as against $63,942,104; Indians
$10,166,132, as against $12,805,711;
pensions $140,875,992, as against $139,394.920;
"interest $40,176,213, as against
$39,946,9V).
Brevities.
Union Democratic papers in Havana
are opposed to a Cuban constitutional
convention next September.
The appeal which was taken to the
Treasury Department in the case of
Fitxharris and Mullet, who are under
orders in New York for deportation,
has been decided against them and they
will be deported.
Capt. George W. Kirkman, whom
General Otis dismissed at major and
whom Congress reinstated, has beee
assigned to the Twelfth Infantry, and
will return to the Philippines.
Resolutions have been prepared by
the American Institute of Homeopathy
requesting the President to appoint a
board of physicians to secure uniform
medical legislation throughout the
United States.
It is improbable that any special
session of the Hawaiian Territorial
Legislature will be held.
Three men were killed by a landslide
on the- Louisvile and Nashville
Railroad at Hartsell Hill, Ala.
The Bell Isand mines, at St. John's,
N. F.. havo shut down, and the companies
will open mines in Canada.
The union cigarmakers of Chicago,
111., will contribute $1 .SCO a week to
the striking cigar-makers at New York.