The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-15

were as y rule sectional, and the in
lluSfces camo almost entirely from
1 tho North and East. The commit
tee room was filled al.l the corridors
of the capitol packed with manufac
turers and other business men from
that section, anxious and persistent
to have their lines Of industry we'll
cared for"
"Was the South represented
"No. Outside of the sugar indus
try one would hardly have suspected
that the South was in any manner
interestc' in tho character of tho
tariff bill,
THE SOUTH HAS BEEN NEGLECTED.
"As | stated on tho floor of tho
house, the material interests of tho
South have been neglected by con-
gress. w. They aro being neglected
now, and in my opinion will continue
t9}po neglected until the wealth pro-
II'Aucers of the South, through their
representatives, demand equal and
exact justice. I am greatly pleased
with your two senator's from Geor-
gia, Nlcssrs. Bacon and Clay. They
both madc eXccllont and telling
speeches, which were listened to
with marked attention. They both
camo out squarely in dofenso Of tho
material interests of the South and
endorsed my position fully. They
arc both good mon, in whom the poo-
pie of Georgia can safely rely.
"Somc one has said that the
quickest way to repeal bad laws is to
rigldly enforce tho moro objection
able features. SO | believe one ef-
fcctivc plan of dealing with New
England, W hon others have failed, is
to givo her large dose Of her own
medicine"
"I notice, Senator, that you arc
charged with being protection.
ist?"
Yes, Il few newspapers are circu-
lating that absurd idea, but it has
failed to cut any figure, since the
people are not SO easily fooled as in
times past. believe that in the
near future those charges will return
to torment the inventors. The
Northern papcrs arc making the
charge with hope of creating
dissensions in the Democratic ranks
and drawing attention from the
damaging statements made in my
speech.
Ills POSITION IN A NUTSHELL.
! "Almost at the beginning of my
! speech | quote an able article from
! tho Charleston News and Couricr, in
which a demand was made for duty
. on long staple cotton. Immediately
after this quotation I made tho fol-
lowing, which I will clip from the
speech itsclf for your uso:
Mr.. Chairman, what This article
demands for cotton should be de-
manded for every industry, agricul-
tural or mannfnctu uring, in the South.
| say this not as a protecfionist
! (sinco | believe in the practical ap-
! plication Of u revenue TARIFF. but as
, q matter OF justice and fair play
among all The people, Of all the SOC
tons OF our common country. At
this pointI propose to give some
| facts and statistics concerning tho
| different sections Of the country with
reference to tho increase Of wealth,
TIA accumulation Of wealth, the dis
tribntion Of capital and wealth.
expect to disclose such an unequal
distribution in favor of Now En-
gland and tho North as to force in .
1uiry as to its cause and its rcmcdy
from all who love equity and dospisc
favoritism.
81 followed the declaration with q
statement and table from tho Con-
stitution which proved my conton-
ton beyond n question Of doubt.
In fact, ! repeated many times in my
speech that | was not protectionist,
that l did not approve Of that doc
trinc, but if we arc to 1.-Two under it's
plundering systom ] protest against
tho South boing its only victim. l
disclosed SO completely tho plundcr-