The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-07-14

sod Ma, n>'d also speak-NcLsuy,n was
Iodisp1s.d.
It's said thai the campaign meatine
! at Walterbcro an Thursday was s
dainty affeic. Taree OF the vould-oe
Senator's we1a on band TO tell why the
go11 people Should vo:e fer taerG.
The audiecce did not seen to enthus2
wcrth cent. The political arpea's
were accepted With about the ssciid
faces as g lecture on geology might be
beard. TIE huc1or OF Col. Irby took
veil and he furnished relish to TIE
81 ostantia! talks Of the tTo arst spoa
jSers, ex Governor Evans and Mr.
Mayfeid. Business kept Mr.. Duncan
away, and Senator AcLsurin teia'
oraphed that he was too Unwell to 2e
| present With an entirely sooec AID
| good natUred audience CT shout one
| hundred, there YVES no occasion foE
the speakers to get mad. They msde
speeches wiki pith and point.
Mr.. Evans vas first Introduced by
Acting Chairman Howell, He WAS Ts,
caiYed with approval and said he
| wanted to take up at once the pew
evsngel of Senator McLauria. This
new doctrine sought to De thrust upon
the people of South Carolina, he said,
| is q reversal OF the policy OF the De
| nocracy OF the Safe which has pre-
vailed since the cnuociation by Cal
houn. Our conditions have not
| caaDged and we are today as much an
agricultural people IS ever. Oar p-ln.
cipal manufactures are Of cotton AID
this needs no protection; what We
! need is absolute fres trade; bat the
democratic doctrines Of tariff for rev
| enue only is the easiest manner ol
supplying funds for the government.
The difference between the D.mccra
aaG Republican creeds is eseily deGn
| ed. The Republican party IS owned
ard controlled by the manufacturers
| of the east, who have grown fat un-
der the protective system, now sought
70 be eagrafted On US. When man
who Today occupies the sest OF Cal,
houn in the Senate openly declares
that the trouble with our people IS
that we have fingered and loated too
long around his grave Il is time for
patriotic South Carolinians to rise and
| repuaiate him.
Tire first idea advanced by Mr.. Nc
| Lsurin is the imposition OF q protect
i've duty on Egyptian and Peruvian
Gotten, and he seeks to gain votes by
cosing as the protector Of the pocket
books OF the people. This fallacy,
Mr.. Evans said, was sssiIy explained.
There is absolutely no comp=Iition as
| 10 Peruvian and Egyptian cotton and
sea island cotton. Tae production Of
sea island cotton 5as increased from
25, 1913 in 1888 to 105, 900 IL 1886 81,
showing increase IN production IN
sc:te Of foreign importation. Ameci-
can spinners last yesr took 42. 800 6ales
Of sea island cotton against only II,
674 bsles in 1884 II cannot be con
tended that Egyptian cotton has sup
oIanted sea island cotton The fabrics
manufactured from sea island cotton
IN no way compete with those manu
featured from Egyptian or Peruvian
cotton. It will thus be seen that this
position cannot be defended except IS
Republican doctrine.
This is not only the vote Of McLau
rim in favor OF Repu olicsa protec:lon
Mr.. Curtis, in his letter tc the Chicago
Record. saws: "Mr. McL2urin is pro
i,c c.ionist. During the last session Ct
Congress re voted with TIE Repucll-
csns on the committee o. ways ana
means" TIE secretary OF the AmerI-
can ? Protective Association praises Mn
as a recent convert. llS:ead Of pro
tecting the pockets o. :he people OF
South Carolina this bill draws from
the pockets 20 PEI cent. more Tor goods
manufactured from those imported
cot.ors. If this be 90 Iali;y then Mr..
Evans wanted to be saved from Il.
The say Ia which cur Senator has
bsen fooled IS best illustrated from tae
fact that McLaurin's proposal was re-
ceivsd with open arms by the Repuo-
iicaus and without dissenting 7ote.
pae tariff on Gotten waS granted. Tne
Gexs day the manufacturers demand
ed compensatory duty on manufac-
cured products and it was granted.
Thus the consumer pays az addshonat
20 per cent. as bounty to the manu-
fac-urer without any return.
Mr.. McLaurin tries to tie hlmsai! tc
Tillnsn, bat, as Mr. E-aEs under
stood it, TiiImans position was tGas
the entire bill was robbery, wrong in
principle, and he end6avored TO make
it as offensive SIS possible to the farm
ers. Mr.. McLaurin, however, defends
it rs Democratic priaci pie and thus
atternps TO commit his people 10 the
principles OF the rohber tariff barons
TilIman did not defend j: as right, but
simply to show tue outrage upon the
South, and demanded bounty upon
cur ex ports, which would have brought
some recompease for the burdens.
We can neser hope TO gaia any
!hiEg from the Republican, party or
oy trading = a.ocra!ic principles fer
q mess OF p3,:;ss=. South C=2oliHa
must staGd by Tue Dmoc-atic party,
| as from that aloue caa eQual rignts ae
obtained.
| Mr. Evans said be vas defeated last
gear on account OF Malicious SANDERS.
He said that now as al candidates
7 we're Raforners the voters coula align
themselves accoIoi2g 60 The Demo
aca.ic PRINCIPLES involved
! Senator Msyfie!d said he WAS a little
uuweil ard would not, in the absence
q McLsurIn, attack lis tariff vieTs.
w;tl winch he did not agree. He
! ,hor9fora took Up tae n 7ney AID dis
/ aerssrg issues aut uIgsd t0A-1 the c!'
| collation. should BE- Increased % pec,
| m:l.lDg baakS 10 issue 0n&sr certain
restrictions, up 10, say, - psr ce4t.
| OF their cep!;&l. There woaId be no
raaI prosperity, hoTevec, U1.il the
money issue vas settled
As 70 the Disna2&Ary he reiterated
MS views expressed II Charleston, aud
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