The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-07
TEDEIsaL LoAvEs AND FISHES

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n Grecnville Candidate for Sccro'
tary Of Agriculturc--Thc Nc&r"
Must be Unloadcd and tho Cotton
Mills Have Protection
Special to the News and Courier
South Carolina has gonc into the
cabinet making business, and DR.. JOS.
Il. Latimer, Of Grconvillc, is to be put
| forward as the proper material to aid
In tho construction OF the very impOr-
tant pieco OF political furniture in the
household OF the Mckinley administra-
tion. A prominent member OF the
South Carolina colony returned to
Washington to-day, bringing with him
| the Information that II delegation Of
! South Carolina Republicans will jour
ncy to Canton in Il few days TO present
tho claims cf DR.. Latimcr to Presidcnt-
| elect Mckinley. DR.. l.atimcr nspircs
to tho position Of Secretary OF Agricul-
turc, for although he has for u number
of years been IN eminent physician,
| he has also boon ono OF the most sue
ccssful planters in tho South. In adj
ditiOn to deriving Il handsome income
from his practice aud his plantation
he acquired by Inheritance " large for.
tune, which would cunblc him 50 hold
up the social end OF tho Administra
tion to II better advantage than many
OF the other gentlemen from the South
whose names have been associated
with Il cabinet position.
| In politics DE-. Iatimcr has been q
! lifelong Republican, and is known
| throughout the Southern States as one
/ OF the few men who stood up for the
/ cause OF the Union. although his own
! lathrr was ON the opposite side Of tho
civil conflict. DR.. Latimcrs friends
/ Will proceed to Canton prepared to
show Mr.. Mckinley that there is Il
/ prospect OF turning The Palmetto State
over to the Republican party If prOtcc-
. ton and no; the negro question is
made the paramount issue in that
state. That in the up-country the
cotton planters and cotton manutac-
turrrS are ready 10 join hands with the
. rice planters in the lowe country and
establish protcctivc party in South
Carolina Il the new Administration
Vii recognize such men as DR.. Lati.
mcr in the li$tr: button OF the Fedora.
patronage. They assert further tina;
III" negro question IS being rapidly
eliminated IN South Carolina while
the benefits Of protection are becOm.
ing more ana more apparent 10 those
who are lnduStviOus!y inclined. 1t is
lie Is not an Office. seeker. for he de.
cincd To accept the position OF collec.
tor of customs at Charleston under III,
Harrison Administration. His sup
pnrtcrS claim that he OutrankS Gun
nlngham, Russell, Webster or Small:
, when Il comes to high grade Repub.l
can!Sn. and they Will present al! OF his
Qualifications to Mir. Mckinley in the
, most glowing cOlurs Imaginable. II 4
Cabinet position i denied him he vii
, probably be urged for something
equally as good, As the professional
place hunter puts it, hence the Pre-
: siucnt-c.cct may rs well prepare him
. self for "A long and Interesting chapte
e On south Carolina politics when tn,
;, Latlmcr delegation reaches Canton.
: Those who profess TO be close to Mr.
" Mckinney ana VINO have been per
q mlttcu 10 take peep inio the cabinet
4 making shop at Canton, insist tina
II John +. Hanson. Of Georgia, still lead
q the Southern contingent and retain
e his place on all the preliminary slate
!. outlined hy the l'rcSidcnt-elcct-an
- Mark hanna. 1t is not ncccssary fu
Y the Georgia Republicans to send de
q og"i iuns TO Canton to cnlightcn Nj,
;. Ack nt"y as 10 Major HaDson'S quail
y tcailons for Il seat at the binet lablc
, ms long persona. and political friend
2 snip wl,h both Mckinley and Mari
} Hanna renders him the most dunrerou
rival that Dr. Latimcr, Clay Evans
, Gen. Powell Clayton, James y. Gary
, Governor Bradley and their army o
, political supporters have to contend
against.
Mark Hanna is expected in Wash
lngtOn soon after the new wears opens
ANA 1t Is an, urstOod that DR.. Latimcr
has made arrangements to be in this
. clty also at the same time, and talk
over the situation in South Carolina
, with the rcdOubtablc Mark MANY
, other Republicans, politicians and
, place hunters, will journey to Wash.
ington with the hope and expectation
, OF having their names recorded in
Marks book Of favors TO be granted.
r Among those who will court Mark
Hanna, with the hope of future re-
ward, is Col. Robert Wallace, OF Sum
ter, South Carolina, who wants to be
United States marshal. He was nomi-
mated by Harrison and defeated
through tho efforts OF Senator NJ. G.
Butlcr. Lawson ID. Melton, of Colum.
bla, expects to be district attorney,
and 1t ia undcrst TODD that Tom Johnston
would like to return to his former love
in the Charleston Custom House. Up
| to date no one has vcnturcd to Suuiut
in the direction OF the Charleston Post
ollice. Postmaster Mowry has made
such durable record in the Office
| under the Harrison and Cleveland adj
ministrations that he is regarded in
the nature Of a fixture in his present
| location.
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