The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-26

man stands hero tonight u Newbcrry
man before Newberry people-asking
you to send him back to the place from
which, it is the proudest thought of my
life to know, that they did not retire
mo. ] come tonight as candidate,
but not to speak OF myself--as individ-
uals blot us from the face Of the earth.
What concerns you Is the interests of
Che country and the people. 1t is now
more than 70 years since you culled me
forth and asked Inc to guard your in
terests and help In wrenching this coun-
try from the hands OF the alien and ne
gro. and in all my life l have never put
self before tho interests vt my country.
The past should remain in the past
we are to live in the future. What ure
our interests in the present and future?
We hnve just emerged from success
fnl war, which is the initial of u series
ot wars, for which II war measure has
been passed to me ct it's demands that Is
burden on the poor Of our country.
The poor man has to pay2 cents to draw
one dollar OF his money from tho bank
while the millionaire has to pay only 2
cents to draw his millions. This should
be. .rcmCd died. Asiatic commerce should
be transferred from Northern to South
ern ports through the Nicaraugan Gu
nal-makiny the Southern ports $500
miles nearer than England. Tho prac-
tical view of all questions is the best.
AN important question Is the financial
issue. Our currency should be elastic.
1t should expand and contract. What
does man in Washington know what
it takes to run the enterprises, etc,
here in Newberry? a system of State
banks should be devised, allowed to is
Sue circulation equal to demand. This
war has brought now situa-
tion upon the people of America
L will not say with Mr.. Boggs tha,
we will have to camp outside the COZ
stitution to meet the situation We
must remain within it's limits or amend
the constitution. 1t brings us faco to
face with many questions which has to
be met and wisely determined. My
life has been spent among you. What
1t has been you all know. What
would have it been you do not know
but 1t has fallen far short of what I
desired. L can and will say that
through my career, whatever thought
have had, l have endeavored to be u
patriot. | have an ambition which |
express here frankly tonight. and,
that is to serve you in tho National
House OF Representatives whore /
shall ever guard the interests and well
fare of the people Mr.. Johnstone's
speech was one of the best Of the cam
paign and this synopsis does not do it
justice.
HON. A. G. LATIMEm, OF ANDERSON,
was the last speaker introduced aud
his speech in the main was an attack
on Mr.. j tombstone and an explanation of
what he had done in Congress. He
spoke in substance as follows:
L have been in Congress five years
and have met you people only few
times. 1t is incumbent upon me to
show you that am competent to fill this
Office. You have watched nv record
for the past few years, and if YOU be-
lIeve that either of my opponents can
better serve you, it is your duty to send
him there. do not claim to have the
experience that either of them has had.
l ask you to take the record of Mr..
Johnstone for the two years he was
there and show me what he did--what
bills he introduced to benefit the peo-
pie Of the third district I have
brought into this district since nv cleo
ton 10 Congress $223,OO0. What did
lie bring in? All he told YOU he did
was that he was called few times to
the Speakers chair. That is not worth
the snap of your finger. I have been
offered that several times. That is
only courtesy shown when the S peak
er desires to step aside and smoke u
cigar. What you want is results. He
was born and reared here and ought to
have known that Newberry College
was destroyed on damaged by Federal
soldiers, and that the government was
paying like claims to other institutions
Did he introduce IL bill asking for the
$4,000 for Newberry College? went
in there without experience, intro
duced bill for this money and sue
ceeded in getting it through the 54th
Congress. | knew nothing of paying Il
lobbyist any part of it until after the
bill had passed and they sent to me to
get the money and send it here. | in
troduced IL bill to compel railroads in
the hands of receivers to pay taxes the
same as individuals and not allow them
special privilcdges-and its law. In
dollars and cents [ have brought into
my district or State, 1928 900; estab-
lishedH75 new postoffices and 40 postal
routes sand all done since Grover
Cleveland went out CT Office. Your