The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-22
DDsiivefed on may q. 1901, to q
Large Audience.
TM SENATOR EXPLAINS HIS VOTES
0n Party Questions and Ills ge.ss.c=
TO the Administration-Not Seek.
Ing Federal Eavors.
FARMER's AloYEMEMr.


FARMERS MOVEMENT.
FelioW.citfzens: The political RAfor.
enAuon OF 1890 had for Its main object
tno independence Thought and ac.
ss:zc1 On the part of the people in po.lt.
a0l affaire. 1t was this that made me
@ "Reformer.:' "A white primary.
whore Ihe wnite people OF the State
could settle their differences among
themselves. In part Il has accompIish
90 its object In spite OF the efforts to
AWarf It Into a 0no-man movement.
1es Leader has not been cont emit for It
90 be complete. and has attempted
more than once to dictate who should
and who should not be elected to ofiice.
All revolutions OF this kind go farther
Shan 1tB originators de:dEn, no power
can control them.
Men who suppose that tho 'move-
ment" OF 1890 was mere efferves-
cence TO give Office to a favored few
ere greatly mistaken. Some OF the
s.ess Ssaa truest nave never ,held OF
nee and the time is coming when
0hOSe who betrayed and prOstituted
enls great movement into "one-man
power" ar1 mere scramble for the
''loaves and the fishes" will be held TO
an account. i stand to-day Just as I
stood In 1890, with the added expert
ancs OF ten years OF study and contact
with public men and affairs. thank
God that one tning has been accom.
pltshed. The people Isave been olsen
ehTalled and enlightened, ecd will
never be satisfied with the accom-
DMshment OF anything less than the
2ull purpose OF the movement-free
&hought, free speech, O fair ballot and
rule OF the people. This must and
9hall be the final outcome. No at.
eempt TO break down the reforms
nearly. accomplished can succeed The
1atural and Inevitable consequences OF
that revolution must follow, Nothing
can stay ttean. Il,
THE "ALLIANtCE."
Fellow citizens: 1t affords me great
pleasure to address you to-day. 1
"dhank you for the honor and the op-
portunity. recognize the fact thRt
am your public servant, and am ac-
countable to the people who elected
me for my Stewardship. This respon-
sihility Of public Office is the great con-
Servative and preservative force In our
republican form OF government It Is
the province and duty of kepresen-
questions and form q judgment as TO
their effect on the welfare OF the pep
pie. To do this, he must at times act
Independently and lead public sent
ment rather than blindly follow what
Is reputed 10 be the majority. It is
his duty to sturdy national problems
end vote according TO his best lights
and honest convictions, leaving the
6nal decision as to the wisdom of his
course to the people. AS for myself,
acknowledge no master save the
sovereign people, speaking at the bal
Iot!box, and rrefuse to obey the dc
&ates Of any political Boss. either In or
outside OF South Carolina. This Is my
conception Of the rights. duties and
position OF a Senator. My couree since
my election hSs been projected along
the line OF discretion and accountable
ity. In voting Oh great national ls-
SUES have considered the best in
terests Of the South and the country
rather than the impractic al results 10
follow from q uigtd adherence to
party lines It Is passing strange that
some OF the men elected to Congress
sn 1892 should criticize me for doing,
what they solen1nly pledged tlnainse!
YES to DO. Go.ft you reI9oember that
an Alliance Delegation was elected in
1892 pledged No TO be- bound by a
nemocg:aftstG caucus, but to vote for
Es5asures calculated TO benefit the na-
ton at Large, irrespective Of party?
feel like recalling the words. ''Oh,
Lord God OF Hosrs. Lest we Forget,
Lest we Forget"
PRINCIPLES HIGHER THAN PAR
TY.
PnHficaJ y,ay-ftoa yrpdor mr. forvr, oP
government are q necessity. They
crow out Of the political relations es-'
I eablished by the government itself.
There have been since the birth OF the
nation and always win be two great
political parties. df there ware no real
issues they would divide and fight over
che meSe spoils OF ohica These differ
e0,ces originated IN the Diverse Views
entertained when our Constitution was
adopted as 60, what constituted the
proper functions OF the government.
Party platforms have always been
supposed to be the exponents of these
views. IA bloody Civil war settled
che question OF States rights, and for
@ quarter pe q century the v2vinng Of
the "bloody- shirt" ON the one side and
the f;nigger in tne wood pile. on the
other constituted the dividing lines. I
say that every man. on 8 purely sec-
Uomal question, like white supremacy.
1s a traitor and "a renegade who does
not stand by his own Section ana his
own people. l say thar any man, oa \
domestic problems. prof5le,ns OF inter
nal concern, shoufi., - Iar as possible, !,
bow 90 tbs 5si55Stts OF his party. IL he
cannon agree with his paGty on ques-
Mons OF tins kind ne should, Il po-S.-