Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-29
N LAURN'S GRE[NV|LE SPEECH.
silent force, the reserved patriotism i
the people.
DEMOCRACY BROADER THAN SEC
TICNAJLc(M

TIONALrSNI.
Fellow citizcns: There is no greate.
menace to tho stability Of our govern.
ment than large minority in the
american Congress voting upon broad.
VITAL, non,partisan American ques.
lions from purely sectional consldera.
tlons. | am Denocraa honestly de.
sirous OF remaining so, aid witnessing
the triumph of the party to which am
| attached by association and heredity.
1t was mover contemplated, however.
by the founders OF that PARTY that it
should become a purely sectional af-
fair, yet today there is no Democrat.
&c party capable of making itself fe.t
outside of the South. In the North
and West, It is permeated with social
ism. and has dwindled away into the
party Of a section, net a nation. do
not propose, however. to pursue this
line Of thought; 1t Is painful and csn
accomplish no good purpose.
TILE MONEY QUESTION.
beginning with the panic Of 1893,
there has neyer been such rapid indus.
trial changes In any country: These
changes were In progress, and our
war with Spain served as a flash-light
to show us what was going on. In
| 1885, we had a campaign upon the
| money question. Everything was d..
pressed. Men seeking employment,
| cotton under five cents, wheat below
| the cost Of prC.lucticn. and illeness,
| discomfort, distru2t and misery every
where. We were told that the saliva
'ion of the country depended upon the
free coinage OF silver. believed
then, and believe now, that theoreA-
cally We were right; but new and IN.
foroseen forces came into play, and
| have enough sense to recognize the
| fact That the "restc:lation OF conf.
| dence,' aiott whlcn My. Glcn .,Mi
| talked, and about which did rot
! know enough at the timeto understand,
| tho discovery OF gold in the Klcnlykc,
Ihe influx OF money from abroad se,k-
| 'ng invCstment, and tho increase IN
banking facilities. for the time at lc%si
| have settled the money question, ald
nobody but fc3l would make a "rres,
| silver" speech now. Instead of n de-
| plcted treasury, there is /. 1t to-day
| the Largest am mOnnt CT geld in The his o.
~ Of tho country, and actually tho
| Secretary Of the Treasury a few weeks
| ago, deposited money in a S;,a.tanburg
| bank, something that has never BEEN
Z.
| | have been listening for somebody to
| cry out "Republicanism," because
was instrumental in beginning move.
mont which hopo in the future may
| enable our farmers and merchants ID
secure money at lower rate Of Inter
| est.
Another great change as tho result
OF the panic Of 1893, Is the rapid devci.
| opment OF our export trade Our
| homo markets failed us, manufac.u.
| rcrs found themselves with Immense
| stocks OF goods on hand and nobody
| 10 buy them, this forced them to seek
markets abroad. and one enterpris 'ng
firm In Birmingham, Ala. shipped $50
| Tons Of Iron to Europe. At that time
| iron could be bought for 5000 per ton
! In Birmingham, and this small ship
mont six years ago was the beginning
CT the $l3O.0O0,0O0 worth Of iron that
we shipped abroad last year, 100000
! tens going from Alabama
To-day, cntlre Europe is alarmed at
the devclcpm ent CT our commerce. and
we see every day indications os a
trade combine on tho Fart OF Europe
against tho United States. In the "A.
nancial world, instead cf depending
upon Europe rs wo did seven years
ago for our money, England. Germany
AID Russia have recently lad to como
TO Now York to place their govern.
mont loans. l have given nothing but
4 mere outline, unl yct ask any man
within tho sound Of my vcice II those
iacts 40 not present totally changed
condition. The Spanish war. suddenly
awokc us to the fact that our country
was ono OF the great commercial and
political powers OF the world
HOW CAN BEST SERVE THE IN.
TEisEtST OF SOUTH CAROLINA?
believing as do that thCre arc vi
'al Issues which, growing out OF
changed Industrial conditions. a,e
hsGhc. and hr3c1fr than mere party
questions, | have, as your Senator.
looking beyond tho line marked by
sccticnalism and rartisanship. strivcn
so prGmotc tho mater al political ana
commercial Interests Ct cur common
counry--sor in 50 doing can brst
So"vc tho Interests Of tho State o.
| South Carolina. For this have b.an
alH'ai2ncd before the people Of this
state and charged with allying my ~
wth the Republican party. Criticism.
abuse and gross misrepresentation has
! been indul8Cd in. Not content with
;hcir unfair method OF attack. some OF
the papers in their vile persecution
have deceived the people by withhold
ing information on one side Of these
great national Issues and cmphasZin,
and publishing everything on tic
ether They have porsiSscntly held
mo UP as renegade. and on more
than one occasion alleged that in.
tended to resign and accept a Federal