The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-09-04

f. rim was misled and mistaken a
would not see it.
He enthusiastically favored the is
NJ mlan canal and urged that the railw
interests of The cast ard west W,
lighting the canal project. This ca,
would give the Southern manufac
rers and slippers the real advantas
G. Ship subsidies foster the eastern a
western ports and the longer they a
1t kept up the longer will the caral
es kept off.
to He then insisted that McLaurin h
-, admitted his fallibility and that he HI
&c mace mistakes. McLaurin had uphc
IS the Alliance and now held those vic,
to be hcreses.
Voice-Did not 1illman change to-
7 MIR. JohnstOne went on eloquent
IS and forcibly to say he was not pc
il sonal supporter of Tlllman, but he W.
: not for pulling down records. Th
: was not the time TO revive past host
8 lilies and he for one was too patriot
: TO say one word against Tillman t
c hurt him or his feelings If he could
. lie was not now fighting anyone, bu
; he was fighting a principle, and Co
knows when Tlllman and Hampton
stand together for a principle it mus
be right. (Grcat applause.)
He asked and pray ed that the peopl,
would support men upon principle.
and not for personal feeling. 1t SCENE,
to him that if anyone was to denounco
Is. Il. Tillman, John l.. McLaurin was
not the man. (Intensc applause.) lie
held him up as the greatest of leaders,
the greatest man since John G.. Cal.
houn, and il ill become him to now de
nouncc Tillman. (Applause.) Or is
it another conversion?
1t was Mr.. Garfield, son-in.law of
Josh Ashley, who asked if Tlllman
had not also changed his views on The
third party and Alliance and the roast
and sarcasm he got was really sublime.
Then he pictured the duty of !. Chris
tian people to the Filipinos and he
showed what Christ would have done.
McLaurin says he has no purpose TO
establish Republican party, but he i.
here traducing the Democracy of JEFF
fcrson.
Then he went for ship subsidy with
gloves off, and how it differed from
State support of railroads. He SAYS he
wants no Republican party and yet he
said in Washington Mckinley ought to
be reelected by acclamation.
He says he does not propose to or
ganize "A Republican party and he be-
lieves him and yet he seems to hold
the Republican purse strings of public |
patronage.
Is Mckinley likely to help build up
the Democratic party Mckinley |
never voted a Democratic ticket in his |
life, and is he such phllanthropist as |
10 give all the public offices to McJau.
rim for u stronger Democratic party ? |
What a magnificent picture il Is this |
Mckinley hunting for good Democrats
to help build up his party. Then he
glowingly pictured how Lee and Jack
son had sent their munitions of war to |
their opponents
1t was miraculous how these APP
polntments came without solicitation or
suggestion. 1t was marvellous how
Mckinley and special providence coin
cidcd with McLaurin's view.
M'LAURIN REPLIES.
In reply to Mr.. Johnstonc's a"gu-
ment Senator McLaurin, in conclusion,
SAID relative to the statement that he |
had said Mckinley ought TO be re-
elected by acclamation, that he had
said 1t would be wrong to defeat Nc
Klnley because of the conduct of the |
war. If the issue was TO be made on
the conduct of the war he ought to
have been reelected. He sad it was
an improper cause for fight for Nc
Kinley had done fairly, appointed
Southerners, etc. Ii he had consulted |
his own pocketbook and comfort he
would have accepted the position on
the Philippine commission. 1t was a
case of damned if he did and if he did |
not. He did not accept because he did I
not propose to retire under fire and he |
intended to come back and render an
account of his service. After Mr.. |
Johnstonc was defeated he was going |
to sec if he could not get him posi- |
tion out there. (Much applause and
laughter.)
AS to the patronage in South Caro-
lima he said all he wished was to have
been in Greenvllle. Such speeches as
Mr.. Johnstone's were as old as the
coon story. He told the president he
cOulu not DC gwen any fcdcral posi-
ton and he told HIM if he wanted to
do anything for his people hc would be
glad to cooperate with him. The presl-
dent is no autocrat ; he is brave,
humane and broad-mnded man. He
planned the position here to the
.esldenL and he had tried TO put the
ilices in the hands of South Carolin-
ians. He could not put Democrats in
all the offices, but he tired to get the
best he could, and if he could not get
Democrats he got The most acceptable
Republicans. He went to the Senate
to represent his people and do the best
he could for them. He highly COM
plimentcd Mr.. Johnstone ON his speech
for ability and courtesy.
Col. Johnstone had made a great
blunder in his subsidy argument. The
strongest lobby in the Senate was the
Pacific railways, and they did not fa-
vor the subsidy as he claims, but fought
it. Mr.. Hill, president of tho Northern
Pacific, fought the subsidy bill all the
time. The subsidy bill and the canal
bill have to get together, and TO this
Josh Ashley said the tonth time,
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