The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-10

aud another In open house. IL McLau-
rim was not n protoctionist he was In
awful bad company. II" read the it"-
publican newspapers welcoming Me
Lamin and did not know how the
"ni,sgGr" Republican paper know Ne
lanrfn opposed tn" Jim Grow ear hill.
lie aid McIMurin said on" thing IN
tho low country from what h" said up
here. He then went On to the "o't>
schedule and argued that the man who
wore tho goods saw the protective DIV"
tice. Senator Chiffon, Of Texas, io;d
thnt the tax on cotton was Il dcluEiOn
and that II did not come into compcti-
tion with Southern cotton. TO tax
cheap goods Ia to impose further bur
dcns on tho poor man.
| He said hia throat hurt him very
much, hut he wanted to show that pro
lection meant damnnti0n for these pco.
pie. lio begged the people not to 9
lead as'ray by honied words and fa',
doctrines. lie was chcurcd at the con.
cMsi0n of h.s speech.
| MIR. McLnurin waB received with np.
plausc, although he hnh never spoken
here before. llc said from the speech
just made one would suppose the Ding
Icy bin was prepared W Democrats.
He could not frame bin or bring
about h!a .lcnircs. II must be remcm-
horcd that the Republicans have com.
plcto charge, except IN the Senate,
whoro the vote In close. why discuss
free trade when told IL IL not practical,
or why make IL appear he wns II STUN
bling block. Tho way to get frrc trndo
and prosperity IN to make everything
at homo. Tho way to do IL 10 wear
American clothes nnd hats aud not he
10 anxious to get English clothes,
lIvnns "ns tho only man who wore En-
glish hnts. The clOthca Of tho mnssCs
nro cheap and arc mndc IN America.
llo doubted II anyone but Evans wore
Peruvian cnttnM clothHa. lii every
voto he rast he WAS nctuutrd hy sin
ccrn regard for tho interests und pros
pcrtty of his pnoplc. Evans put up II
man Of straw to fight him. Unfortn-
nntcly for Evans he was neither II Re-
publican nor II protrctionist. AZ to
l1rynn's FREQ tradn speech quoted II
great many thought It. was the greatest
factor In his defeat, for Il great many
insist tho South and West must unite
ON tho raw material question before
they vii, vote IN u unit. The condi-
tions now wcro very different to what
they were whom Bryan made hisspccch,
for since then M income tax hns been
dCclnrCd unconstitutional, and other
things have occurred. II Is Il fullary to
say tho cheaper the raw material the
cheaper the article. This was duo tO
the single standard In vogue. Tho man
In India has tho advantage of working
on nsilvcr hnsis In selling. Tho cheaper
tho manufacturer can buy the more he
makes. Suppose the money or tnritf
did not enter at all, the prices of man
ufactnrcd articles are largely regulated
by fools, while the farmers arc all COM
pctitcrs. That policy will grind down
tho farming classes. lo went over
Calhoun y position and said tho nearest
approach to Il Democratic tarfr was the
Walker bill, which did not recognize
FREQ raw materials. Calhoun defeated
free raw material. He devoted consld-
erablo timo to explaining his wool
vOtos. Tho importation of Peruvian
cotton would increase as long as our
dudish young men preferred Peruvian
TO American clothes. Ho won't over
tho cotton duty and said that tho Re-
publicans took good care to kill tho cot
ton duty In tho conference, and this
would not have been done had tho duty
been 80 welcome to tho Now England
manufacturers.
The sworn testimony all showed that
tho only ono who could have been bone
iltcd by having the rice schedule as 1t
stood was the brewers. After explain
Ing tho rico schedule he went over the
lumber schedule.
He wanted to know what he was to
do but tho best he could for his people.
Evans said nothing about his votes for
reduction OF the wool schedule. He
fully reviewed what he thought to be
his duty as u Southern representative.
, He said he had to answer three speeches
and then make his argument. Bless
! the Lord, aftcr no has totcd three for
n meetings he today had Duncan put
} on his back. Ho was going along
peacefully until the 3lst, and then he
l would buck and throw them al In the
ditch.
Mr.. McLaurin at the conclusion was
loudly applaudcd, and his speech took
/ we'll.
| Col. Irby said he was little sick,
and got up Mt o'clock this morning to
get here for the meeting. lie said by
: way OF preface that the people shall
. not bc deceived. But for the threaten.
Ing OF the agricultural interests he
would not have been in this race
Strange today the Governor, who he
, had helped 70 elect, who was cheated
| | Into hls frat pfIlrr fornu him tn ant -,