The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
South, | see q threat in the papers that
the confirmation is to be fought. IL that
!. politics, If that is Democracy, then
God save mo from such ipfamy.

| uou save mo from suoh lpfamy.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MEXICO
There is one thing that l have not
heard much Of kick about, the loan
OF the goverument exhibit at Bjfalo
to Charleston. L believe, however.
somebody else claims the credit. That
Is all right with me, it matters not who
gets the credit, jdst so the city of
Charleston gets the friendly hand of
this government In great enterprise in
which the whole State is Interested.
Irrespective of personal and political
DIN. rences, | am willing to join hands
with my colleague in tho S,nste and
the members In the House 10 securing
an appropriation to reimburse Char
lesion ioc ali expenses incurred. II
We lay aside little differences and every
body q TO work as o1e man, il can be
done. Eart TO say here, il justice
to Senator Tlllman and myself, we are
both capable of rising high enough not
to prcmlt anything to interfere with $
matter OF such general interest to the
State. j will even go ops better and
sgeee, if CHARLESTON gets the appropria.
tion, TO give all Of tho cridit 10 the
Gentleman from Mexico"
| WILL NOT BE DRIVEN
| have Jnst one or two moro things
to say on the first question [ am discus.
ing. My intimate friends know tha
1t has been my desire to retire from
public life had determined never
again 10 undetske the canvass of this
State, and were it not that felt that |
owed 1t to the people of South Caro-
lima to discuss these issues and enable
them to sct intelligently by placing
themselves in touch with the bess
he thought of the age, | would not
here 10 dag. The people of this State
gave me the grandest eh,nce that any
young man hiss had since the war aud [,
fully realize the opportunity and duty.
L never doubled for ono moment but if
allowed 10 PRESENT my case fairly to the
peoi lie, would be re-elect, d TO n > Sen
ate. have not made vote that can
be succ ssfu!ly assail,d, save upon mar
row partisan grounds. | had, however,
determined not to ruu oD account Of my
health. The campaign OF 1897 left me
Ia physical and mental wreck. My
physician has repeatedly said that [
could not slaud either mentally or
physically the strain of suca another
campaign Within the ten months past
however, my health has been wonder.
fully improved and am ready for the
fray. l desire here and nov to tell the
BIOS ies' (in and out of the Statt) who
have decrecd my political death, that
defy them. The only way they can de
teat me is to rule me out Of the pr mary
and thus prevent the people from ex
pressing themselves. Let them, if they
dare, prevent white men from psssiug
judgment at the ballot box upon these
great national issues. One thing more
on the question:, Am | honest? Those
who know me and are my friends will
never behave any thing else, To- thasa
wno are fair and unprejudiced, / say,
give me an impartial hearing, and if you
are not convinced vote against me, then
we will still respect each other. For
my enemies, those who would condemn
me unheard, the growlers and winners,
L care not red cent what they think,
so long that know that | am honest.
L desire now to take up somo Of my
votes and speeches, and address myself
to the question, Am l mistaken? When
| was placed on the Ways AID Means
Committee Of the House, 1 began sys
temstic course of reading on the tariff
question with reference to its effect upon
the people of the South. In March,
1897, l made a speech in which | en-
bodied my views. | had offered an
amendment for a duty Of two and one.
half cents per pound on cotton imports,
and had made f yht in the Com nittee
for proper schedule on rice, pine lum.
ber, turpentine, cotton seed oil, oil cake,
jute' bagging, cotton ties and the coarse
grade of goods made in our Souther1
mills. This is neither tho time nor the
place to 60 into discussion of the tariff
can sum it up in the statement that
did not discuss the question from theo
retic or philanthropic stand point, but
mt rely claimed full share for the South
of all the benefits to accrue from legis
lation. recognized the fact that oul
revenues were TO come from the imposi
tion Of import duties, and asserted thai
this being true, it was but fair to give
each section and industry share OF tht
benefits, as the burden must be bcrrt
by all. l attacked the doctrine of free
raw material as q clandestine and un
just form of protection. | traced it!
history and showed that it was devised
aud offered to the manufacturers of the
East by Mr., Cleveland iu his first race,
a form of protection. In other words
Roger Z. Mills, the Chairman Of the
Ways and Means Committee of the
House, was sent up into the New Eng
land States to otf-r them this loft
handed protection, while free trade wa
talked In the South aud West 1t was
nero party expedient to catch votes
think that no political party will eve
attempt again such moostrous ipj ls
tice. 1t mesns that the farmers In thi
country shall be forced to buy in a ro
strlcted market and then sell all Of thei
products in competition with the paupe
labor of the world | mado this fgh
for Southern industries while memoe
of the House, when had no idea in tht
world of going into the Senate You al
remember what universal chorus of ap
provsl there was Senators TlllmAn
Bacon, Clay and Others took up th
same line in the Senate The News sn,
Courier, the Columbis State and nine
ty por cent. of the papers OF the Soutl
commended my course. | hsz1rd Iittl
in saying had | never been clndidst
: for the Senate, the wisdom OF my coura
would never have been questioned.
was strongly urged to run for the Senat
in 1896, but!I did not wish to leag
the Ways and Means Com mittcc, ant
besides | was thoroughly disgus,ed wit
: tho condition of affairs in South Caro-
lima. | could hear of nothing bu
"charges of corruption, bond deals,
, "whiskoy rebates, etc. | did not wis
to bo mixed up in such en- affair; how