The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-07-11
$. c., JULY IL, 1900.
The Democratic Convention.

Caezar: "Thc ides OF March are come.
Soothsayer: Aye, Caezar, but not
gone"
The Kansas City Convention is his
tory 1T was done as the rest, with
much conference, much log-rolling
much elocuti0nisiDg, overwhelming en-
thusiasm. 1t was so at Philadelphia
1T was ever thus. There is nothing like
a noise--half the world Is fooled by il
The small 10y whistles rs he passes
the grave yard to keep up his courage.
After the hurrah, the leaders put on
their studying caps and do the brain
work to win. The result is Bryan, the
expected, ard Stevenson, who IS a SUR
yival Of Cleveland, and who had not
been considered.
The e..cot NEIL IN the Democratic
organization were in the convention,
marked feature. There was but one
Issue-whether to make the financial
p'ank predominant in the platform
the moderateS prevailed and the money
question is stuck upon tho outer cd d.c.
While imperialism, trusts and mil tar
Ism are topmost and centrally placed,
ana well studded with wrought and
toughened spikes. SO the forces are in
array and the fight is on. 1t was a har-
monlous body and this was unavoidable,
as Bryan dictated every step taken
the crossing Of is and dotting of is.
Bryan against Hanna and the United
States and for that matter the earth.
Look at the back OF your old school
atlas and see the picture of a frllow
bearing the globe on his shoulders
One strange feature was the IN ghty
toast that Hill, Of New York, proved
the Convention going into spasms
when his name was called or he showed
himself In the vast throng. This was
specially so with the Southern men
supposed to be pOpulists. And thus il
looks as II the Southern representa-
tives had not the courage OF their con
victions-swingjng to the ccat tails Of
their leaders when the pinch came
IlIlman leaned clean out of the per
pendicular towards Towne, the popul-
ist candidate and the South Carolina
delegation wore well selected for Lieu
tenants. Tillman was South Carolina
on II the committees, and Tillman
rad the platform for the Chairman +
Resolutions and did it in Til,mascsUliT
style with effect. - The committcem
from this State to notify Bryan is w
Is, wilson, OF Charleston and to notify
Stevenson is j. a. Mooney, of Grecn.
vile. OF course this State is all righ,
and all we can do is to insist upon our
rich men to show their faith by theil
Woih hS III ConGflDuIlnS llOera ly OF the
ainews of war to be used in doubtful
States. AS THE ADVERTISER A has be
fore said the election determine
whether this government remains
repub ic in fact or an empire wi h
great standing army ard foreign pos
sessions under the name and title, Re
public.
In the meanwhile, kind Lauren
reader, don't conclude that we thini
the Convention made q mistake in Sc
lecting Ben Tillman out Of the Soul
Carolina delegation for important posi-
tons. We have a notion that many q
the South Carolina delegation an,
many more OF the Convention, were il
sympathy with HIPS ideas. But ther
Is such thing as hypnotism in thes
times, ordinarily covered by ano,he
well known phrase. Here is about tn,
way of it-"And he had son, who's,
name was Saul, a choice Young man
and goodly; and there was rot amonG
the children of Israel goodlicr per
son~tiian he; from his shoulders and up
ward he was higher than any OF tho
people" The Democratic party il
thoroughly united and will fight like
tigers. 1t remains to be seen II their
lines are thick enough. They have
smokeless powder and the mauscr rifle
he best of the argument.