The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-09-05
THE POLITICAL ISSUES OF THE DAY.
Cpl END]D MEETING IN GREENVILLE.
Hemphl, Latimer, Henderson and Johnstone MAKE
Strong Arguments Against the New "octrlneS OF
+ho Commercial DemOCraCV
Ill, Aio,,ntaine eer, Aug. 81.

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citation Of the calm, deliberate arguments
Of the gentlemen who we're appearing 70
their reason and common sense, ho' "n'
dcrtsking to inhamc their PASSIONS %
excite their prciudices.
The court house was we'll hI!eo "hc'
the speakers entered at II cIocN' anu
immediately afterwards every seat WAS
occupied and many were s'an0lhs III VIC
o;s,os The meeting WAS called to "rdcr
bv Hon. ]. Thos. Austin, county ch"'i'
man who requested DR.. T. NJ McConhe;!'
nsstor Of the First PrcsNytcrlan chNicn.
10 make the opening prayer, III WIS"
the favor Of God WAS asked upon '.!'s
country snd It's people, andtnAl a. >N''"'"
be cuiIcdto the selection OF EHV'!'N' ~
and God -honoring men 10 "Nm'u's'V' '-'
affairs Of this government. ,....
Chairman Austin said II WAS III" .'';
OF regret that the inclement "eAiN'I HH,.
kept so many from attending toNA!, o"N
he was glad to greet the large a"" v''''
Move ,ssembled, VINO are ready 10 hear
argument upon the issues before lH'H'
The gentlemen who have come III ah
swer to our iuv;taIiun Wi! %FG"t ,"'
great questions with Ncnen; !" 'A'
nuhNc. and they are commcnUeN ~ "
csrefuI hcsrinr Of these arguments.
Hon John ! HcmNh!,. WAS then III,
troduced ss the first speaker. who sAIC
he was glad 10 meet the citizens "l
GrecuyiMe. The Piedmont section Was
PROSPEROUS and had maIe great progress
in 2j vearS, and some argued tha' inns
prosperity would make !, necessary to
change our political principles because
we had more dollars than toImcl y.
True, but why should We h"Ne less pc
mocracy on account Of having more
dollars Is it necessary ~ join the
Republicans in order to keep our collars:
Do we need expansion: lsthis country
not large enough The Philippine IS
lands are 10000 miles away from me
capital OF the United States. They have
already cost us 25O TO 800 millions, ana
we are spending :,5,UOQ,0Oo III these
islands every year. We are spending
81 900 every day for cablcgr"ms to COM
municatc with the army we are support
The race problem is insignificant here
compared with the undertaking to gov.
crn 10000, 900 pCODlc who are ten thou.
sand miles away from us. Four genera.
tons Of Americans have been paying
pensions for the Revolutionary war and
four more generations will be paying the
pensions for the Filipino war. One OF
our Senators said that he changed his
opinlon in regard to the Paris treaty be.
cause the Filipinos fired upon the flag of
our country Our army was there to
conouer them. and il is pusillamOus,
contemntible and cowsrdlv to claim that
Ibcv hul no rirbt to resist the invasion
Of their native country, It WAS rirh,
and proncr for them 10 rcsist under The
circumstances.
Our friends say that cxnansion is
busincss nroDos;iion. The mills of TIN
Piedmont are manaped satisfactorily an,
their rr, sidcnts descryc credit for tn
deyelopn,ert of this industry, SO lon
"a ,hev usc IN, ir own money and man
age their own niIai1s il is well. but whc,
It comes to using the mower Of the gov
crnmcnt in their behalf the Dropositio
is very different. 1t becomes a uucslio
of great political importance whcthc
armies are to be sent across the seas t,
stimulate and protect these private inter
csts. The one hundrcdth part Of mi
is our share of the profits in this treat
action.
There nre varieties in cxransio,
England, Holland and Hclpium hay
dense populations and they must cxpnn
their territory. The pressure of subsi
tence naturally urges them to 90 ON
Europc has a Dopulation far in excess
the Recommendations in it's area, bat "
are not in that fix. All the area urodu
ing cotton in the South at this tin
would not cover onc.sixth of the teri
tory in Texas, and there is an almost u
limited onnortunity for EXPANSION Of !,
kind on our continent within the Unit.
States. A farmer with ten BOYS may n
have land upon which to settle them a
but thore are scores of others around wi
have surplus lands to rent or sell. Th
country can furnish homes for .lOO, ,OOO, OF
people, five times it's present population
and not be at all crowded.
Mr.. Homphill related All anccdotc Of
church member who was arraigncd upo
various charges, including drunkenness
gambling, stealing and ying, to all G
which he plead guilty, but in mitgatio
Of his numerous offences he told the pas
tor that through it all he had never ios
his religion. Mr.. Hcmphill urged upol
those who were going astray in politics
Notwithstanding their laxty and lrrcgu
laritics not to lose their Democracy
He started to discuss ship subsidies
whom Eont NJ K;,,, l,;,>,