The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-10


As far rs South Carolina is concerned.
it Is and always has been tor the nomi-
nccs OF the Democratic party have
read tn" platform adopted 1T Kansas
city last week by the Democratic Con-
vrntion. II has thrown out, in Il con
else form, the issues of this campaign,
ana have great hopes that Bryan and
stevenson will be the next President
and Nicc-president. (Chccrs.) !fthey
40 not succeed, most assurcdlS they
ought to succeed. IIryaH, i?c match
less statesman. the man who towers
abo'e all others in American politics
To-Day, IS the 1T man to present the
issues IN this campaign. These issues
the most important that have ever been
presented the people Of this country
f1rst OF all arc the principles Of a Re
publican form Of government, whether
1t shall be obtained, or whether undrr
Mckinley and his party we shall be
thrown into an empire, under what
they claim is Republican form Of gov
crnmcnt. You may read the constitu
tlon and any constitutional lawyer will
tell You that that is unconstitutional
that wherever the lag may go, whcr-
ever 1T may bc hOiStcd, the constitu-
ton shall follow. The Democratic par
~ has taken strong grounds against
the acquisition Of the Philippine Is
lands, because it cndaneers our civili-
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gers civilization. The Republican idea
is that that is false idea. They say
we will have II Republican form of gov
eminent here and different govern
mcnt in the Philippines. The Demo-
cratic party has taken strong ground
against Mckinley and his party, and
rightly so. That is why have strong
hopes for the party. Because the rco-
pie Of the whole country, when they
see it--whcn they see that this policy
IS dnnEcrousto the liberties orthr roan-
try--thcy will support the Democrats.
IL the Democrats were in power and
say to these people, we don't watt your
territory, it wOul1 end this phii!ppinu
war. Statesmen Of this country. Of
England, France, GcrInany, Russia,
al powers Of the world are con;u.yd in
regard to matters in China. China
with her 100, 600 coo people is aroused.
The German Minstrr has been asSassi-
mated, Christian missionaries have
been assassinatrh, and today the uucs-
ton that prCsrut: itself i, whether the
government Of China is not resp )r,,ii]r
tor these mAssacrGS. fit be r"SrorSi-
bic, then China will bc held to Il stric,
account. But when it comes TO divid-
ing out territory when conquered is
why the Republic III party st4'ds on
middle ground. When it. comes to ac
QUESTION of forcl@n territory, the Dem
ocrats are against it, and they arc
right. thank you for your attention.
j &. Chalmers made II short speech
in seconding the resolution, after
which they were unanimously adopted.
REPORT Or COMMITTEE ON NEW CLUBS
Col. George Johnstone reported for
the committee, us follows:
The committee recommends that the
petition from No. 10, for the Colony
Club, be granted outright.
That the petition from No. 8, for the
fairvicw Club, and the one from No.
., for the East Side Club, and the one
from Nanghanvillc, be referred to the
Executive Committee with the recon-
mcndation that they be admitted when
the necessary 25 names Of voters are
retained and it was found on invcsti.
gation OF the Executive Committee
That enough names were not taken
from other clubs to reduce their men,
bcrship below the required number.
j. G. Nccl stated that if the Colony
petition was granted it would disband
the JohnstOnc Academy Club.
Il, u. {. Hunter moved as Il substi
tnte Tor the committees report, that
The Colony Club petition be referred to
the Executive Committee along with
the other petitions to be acted on i'm
like manner. Adopted.
j. Fred Schumpcrt thought that il
was unconstitutional to admit clubs
with less than 81 members, but as many
things were done unconstitutional, he
wanted to put himself on record as fav
oring the idea OF allowing all the clubs
desired.
a. f. +. Bcdcnbaugh moved that
all clubs hereafter be allowed one dele.
gate for every Is members or maiyrity
thereof. Adopted.
Col. Johnstonc moved that where the
words twenty-five appeared in the re-
port OF the committee on petitions for
new clubs, ii be stricken out and fifteen
inserted. Adopted.
a. +. u. Bcdcnbaugh moved that
should the petitioners for new clubs sue
cced in getting l5 names, they be al
lowed to organize, elect officers and an
Executive Committeeman on the first
Saturday in August. Adopted.
CHAIRMAN BEDENI;AUGu RESIGNS.
Mr.. Bedcnb0ngh handed his rcsiyua-
ton 81 County Chairman IN ,lc .,;