The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-05-10
Nows & Courier, 9th

puDllcanS ii cOnsldofod by some to
be method adopted by Senator Nc
Laurin to spread Republican bacilli
in this State. 1t remains to bo seen
whether or not theso germs will
prove Of 4 contagious nature SO
many motives aro nscribed to Scna-
ter McLaurin for tho part he is now
playing that it is of great interest to
hear the views of someone on the
outside, and especially 10 this tho
case whore tho speaker is tho Hon.
James Hamilton LOWS, Of Seattle,
Washington, man peculiarly fitted
to criticise such q movement. The
Hon. Mr.. LOWS spent ycstordCy in
this city, and during tho morning he
was interviewed as to his estimate Of
Senator McLaurin's alleged move
(, ment. He "hesitatingly intimated
that he considered tho Senator a
'bogy' and considered that tho intro
p ductlon of Repblicanism into this
3 State would eventually mean the as-
condancy Of the negro. Elovating
the Philippines to the dignity of
province of tho United States, which
is the struggle tho Republican party
was making, he said, would bo the
means of introducing cheaper labor
into the South, Of tho erection of cot.
ton mills on foreign islands, SO that
cotton goods could be manufactured
cheaper than here, and tho final
crippling Of tho Southern mills. The
Hon. Mr.. Lewis has worry decided
vlows as to tho treatment of the
Philippines, and in the course of bis
talk he declared that the very thing
>"Senator McLaurin is after would
mean the loss of much trado to the
State of South Carolina.
HIS OPINION OF M'LAUR1N.
"In criticising Senator McLaurin
| do so as an onloollcr from Venice"
he said. "While in Congress I was
thrown considerably with Senator
Tillman, but l know comparatively
nothing Of Senator NIcLaurin as
man. But in tho movement he is
now carrying on do not waste any
timo in calling him bogy. The
people Of this State should realize
that the Republicans are after moth
ing moro than tho voto of republi-
can party. Tho negro is being ig-
nored because the Republicans rea-
lize that the white people Of this
State will not consider him rs q fac
tor in politics. But Senator ATcLau.
rim makes a mistake in trying to be-
gin q white Republican party in
South Carolina, for as sure as he
succeeds it will mean the ascendancy
of the negroes. something that the
people have been trying to fight
down over since 1876. Were it not
for the negro votes in Ohio and Illi-
nois there would not be such q large
Republican majority. The negro
votes in those States are nourished,
and if the negro is not taken into
consideration in South Carolina in
building up the now party so much
sentiment will be brought to boar up
on the movement by the negro voters
in the border States and some of the
Northern States that the South Car
olina negroes will find themselves in
the ascendancy. And I will 90 fur
thor and say that il that time does
como wo will SEQ the organization of
negro party. President Cleveland
and Senator Hanna did not strike
bad plan when it was suggested to
place white mon in such positions in
the South as postoflices and put the
negroes in charge of the internal
revenue departments. In that way
white mon would como in contact
with officers more frequently than
they would with the negro Office
holders.
"There is one thing I would like
to hear Senator McLaurin answer on
the stump: How is the negroes going
to bo got rid p They are in politics
for two reasons. First, for some griev.
ance againt the white people and,