The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29

from purely sector a. CONSIDERATION.
sm a Democrat, honestly desirous Of
remsiDiDg SO, and Witnessing the tri
umph ofthe party to which | am at
tached by association and heredity. Il
was never contemplated By the found
e7s OF that party that it should bee ,me
a purely sectional sffair, yet to. day
there is no Democratic party capable
Ct masking itself felt outside Of the
South. In the North and West, it is
permeatcd With socialism, and has dRin-
died sway into the party of a ctioD, no:
a os,ion. | do Tot propose, however,
TO pursue this line of thought; it is
painful xrd can accomplish no good pur
puse.
THE MONEY QUESTION.
B, ginning with the Panic Of 1898, there
hss never been suoh rapid industr al
changes in sny country. These chsnges
were in progress. and cur Wlr With
Spain served as 6ash-lipht to show Us
Whist Tas going on. In 1896, We had a
campaign upon the money question.
Everything was depre ssed: Men seek
ing employment, cotton under I've cents,
wheat below the cost Of production, and
id,eness, discomfort, d;s!rus: and misery
everywhere. We we're told that the SAL
vation Of the country depended upon the
free coinage ofsil7er. believed then,
and I believe now, thst theoretically We
we're right; but reE and unforeseen
forces csme into play, and l have
enough sense to recognize the fact that
the restoration of confidence" abou.
which M. Cleveland talked, and about
which did not know enough at the
time to understand, the discovery Of
gold in the Klondyke, the influx Of
money from abroad seeking investment,
and the Increase in banking facilities,
for the time ut least, have settled the
moaey question, and nobody but q fool
would make free silver speech now.
Instead Ct depleted treasury, there
is in it to dap the largest amount Of
god in the history Of the country, and
actually the Secretary Of the Treasury,
a few weeks ago, deposited money in q
Spartanburg bank, something that has
never been done before in the history Of
our State. I have been listening for
somebody to CRY out ''Republicanism, !"
because l was instrumental in beginning
a movement which I hope in the future
may enable our farmers and merchants
to secure money at lover rate of in
teIest.
Another great change as the result Of
the panic of 1893, is the rapid develop
ment Of our export trade. Our home
ma!kets failed US, m snufscturers found
themselves with immense stocks of
goods on hand and nobody to buy them,
this forced them to seek markets abroad,
and one nterrrising firm in Birming
ham, Ala, shipped 250 ton Of iron to
Europe. At that time iron could be
bought for $6. 90 per tonin Birmingham
and this small shipment six years ago
was the beginning of the sl30, 900, 600
worth of iIon that We shipped abroad
last year, 300, 600 tons going from Ala
bama.
To day, entire Europe is alarmed at
the Development Of our commerce, and
We see every day indications Of a trade
combine on the part Of Europe against
the United States. In the financial
world, instead Of depending upon Eu
rope as we did seven yesrs ago for our
money, Eagland, Germany and Russia
have recently had to come to New York
to placs their government loans. l have
given nothing but a mere outline, aud
! ct | ask any man within the sound Of
my voice if these facts do not present q
totally changed condition. The Spanish
war suddenly a8oke US to the fact that
cur country wss one Of the great com.
mercisl and political powers Of the
world.
HOW CAN BEST SERVE THE INTEREST
OF SOUTH CAROLINA?
Believing as I do that there are vital
issues which, growing out Of changed
industrial conditions, are higher and
broader than mere party questions, l
have, as your Senator, looking beyond
tie line 1narked by sectionslism and par
tisanship, striven to promote the mate.
rial, political and com nercial interests Of
our common country-for in so doing, |
can best serve the interests Of the Slate
of South Carolina. For this l have been
a1raigned before the people Of this State
and charged with allying myself with
the Republican party. Criticism, abuse
and gross Misrepresentation has been
indu! ged in. Not content with this un-
fair method of attack, some Of the
papers in their vile persecution have de-
ceived the people BY Withholding informa
tion on one side Of these great nation 81
issues and emphasizing and publishing
everything on the otner. They have
persistentIy held me up as a renegade,
and on moro than ore occasion alleged
that intended to resign and accept
Federal appoint ment. Amid all this
persecution | have maintained my ST.
lence, confident that when an opportu-
nifty was offered, the people would see
that received fair play, and that they
would at least accord me honesty Of
purpose.
There sre two question that I submit
TO the people Of South Carolina; First.
Am honest in the views I advocate?
Second. Am l mistaken?
As to the first. All that I have to
say is that my people have shed thei1:
blood for South Carolina in every con.
test in which she has ever been engag.
ed. I was born in South Carolina, [
took my wife in South Carolina, and
when l die l expect my bones to be
laid beside five generations cf honest
men and true women who have gone
before. l have children who must bear
my name, good or bad. Every dollar
that I have is invested in this State,
except a small amount in North Caro-
lima and Florida. My interests are in
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