The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-14

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who want to look ont after all interests
They are not making much of q racket
yet but perhaps like snakes in the grass
the are sneaking around TO sting you
When you do catch them you are going
to crush their heads.
The Democratic party's doctrine is to
teach the people and then trust them.
If have any hold on you it is because
L have trusted you collectively. L have
always been trusted and you have fol-
lowed me; I'm not always right, but
you Lave been with me. Ny proudest
boast In Washington is that [ rep
resent my people; that when | speak
you speak. When feel that [ have
lost your confidence and respect then
N going home. And it Is that sense
of power-because [ feel | do repre-
sent you-that maks me so sassy.
(Lsughter,) 1t was that which made me
last week 20 into Republican strong
holds in the northwest. 1t was aluxury
TO tell them to their teeth when they
asked me to discuss the race question
that they didn't know blame thing
about it. told them that L would
lead mob to lynch negro or any one
else guilty of the crime of rape snd
they applsuded me TO the echo. Blood
Is as thick up there IS it is here.
spoke of the fact that Uoion had
made great progress. want to say
that few co ton factory men sre be-
hind the stoty that this new doctrine
Is strong In these industries and in this
section. | deny that. know Of ono
mill presidents who are not. | give
them credit for having some sense and
II they do try o co ,rce you they will
butt stone wall. | believe thst YOU
will stand to the. principles of s3If-
government, because yoI love your
rights aud will sustain them. | want TO
give word OF warning TO these c)tton
mill men who have gone north and
come back with these new ideas. There
are some of these weak people around,
maybe they include one. half of these
officers. When did cotton milling In
South Carolina begin to grow2 In 1890
We mad only handful. Ii began when
Cleveland was in the White House.
Did it owe Cleveland anything? | deny
1t. Since Mckinley has come in the
mills continue to go up. The buildiu z
of mills continue because it was dis.
covered that 1t was more profitable to
build and operate mills here than any
where else on earth. Then why should
We all join the Republican party
Where Is the contentious basis? 1t Is
humbug and lie. 1t is as plain "a
two and two makes four. Why do our
mill presidents then wish to fall in be
hind these new ideas2 l can see no
other hypothesis unless they have been
bootlicking tho money men north. lie
order to curry favor they must take the
whole doctrine. They osn't take the
operatives with them. Why won't they
bs persuaded or coerced? Because
they are men-some of the best men
We have. want to tell these men why
l know they won't follow. When you
were working night and dey to make
the big profits, did the officers raise
your wages, ETC.? No, in some in
s.anoes they out wages while doubling
their money inside OF q year, and then
they say you must be Commercial
Democrats because it is to their inter-
ests. They tried to vJte these people
against me in 1890 and in 1892, but
they didn't do it, and when they try
to make them vote for John l.. McLau-
rim to go to the senate next year to
misrepresent the State they are not
going to do it. (Cries-"H Hurrah for
Tillman. They tell us we must allow
latitude for the mill owners to control
the mills. With the new constitution
how dare these mill presidents come
here to lead these people into the Re.
publiccsn party and turn them over to
Mark Hanns2 The time may come to
call down those who have no right to
meddle and try to run the politics of
South Carolina. Are we to havs this
rule of wealth come here. If you have
sunk 80 low as to be herded then it
will come; if not, it won't; suppose
there will be row raised. | am not
arraying the mill operatives against
employers. I'm telling factory owners
to attend to their own business. That
Is all. If they try to coerce operatives
l pledge you | will goto every village
and talk to these free white mon and
tell them of the inquities they are try
ing to prsc .ioe upon them.
South Carolina has fostered cotton
mills. The constitutional convention
lett the thing open and there has been
no adverse Legislation, but there may
be.
They tell you that the negro is out OF
The say. Ny God, don't seduce your.
selt into believing that. Evory man
who was IN the constitutional conyen.
tIon knows that the Sword of Damocles
hangs over our head; that the suffeage
provision Is only temporary al best,
as long as the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments are a force. IL explained d
the provisions.
When sWhite msn becomes Infamous
the ore educated he is the more infA.
nous ne Is. In the K -vJlution not ope.
half Of the men who made South Gar
DINA free could read or write. You
can't put the yArdstlck of education
Then there is the question of c.ste.
Whether We are better than the negro
we sre going to run this country. The
effort 10 revolunonizo the party means
that the negro who Is educated will be
tho balance of power between the
blacks and whites and the white man
who comes nearer being q niger will
get the m)st woes. Let me show YOU
something. He cited the Ohio Republi.
can platform just adopted-in the pres.
iden.'s own State. He read the clause
relating to tho south's depriving the
negro of his franchise and demsnd that
representation be given on basis OF
population. Mark Hanna presided aud
here is lis lieutenant down here pa
rsding ~ and down telling you tre
negro won't bother you any more
that the ghost is dead.
This scheme will take away so of on,