The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-09-04

TEN, he said, was one Of the wisest
u owes that could be started. Demo
Gratis could then differ and have their
rights settled by the white voters. He
had pursued o proper curse and he
believed as firmly as he oil that there
was q @ cd in Heaven that his position
would IN time be vindlosted. lie felt
that his every action had been right
aud in the interests of the people.
Whether elected or not his position hse
put the people TO thinking and looking
10 their own welfare, and If it does
nothing else he hoped his contest would
elevate the plane oil q contest of issues.
He s.id he could have easily avoided
the heart burnings, trou bles and trib-
ulstious and taunts. but he took his
positions for the good of the people he
| represented.
He then went on to take up the is
sues AID first handled expansion and
hald that the Democratic doctrine had
been to add territory. Uatil the Span
ish war the policy of the K, pabliosn
party had been to conna,t and the
Democrats favored expansion, and then
he discuss ID whether 1t was q wise.
| just and expedient ,nling to p1rsue.
dc took up tha-events leading to the
J Spanish WAIT aud the industrial condi
tions of Cuban Everything that has
occurred since t&st war came on, hs
could not see how cohdnions could pos
sibly have been widely different t-Si,4
whist they are today. Mr.. Bryan, he
thought, could lot have materially
changed conditions. The Philippines
dad not come as foreseen result; it
vas an accident more or less and be-
| cause the god of war was on the Amer
icsns side. He took up the conditions
In the Philippines and ne always Goa
cluted that the war was Democratic
var. He explained at considerable
length his vote and speech on the Paris
Treaty and based his vote upon tho
| bold fact that the country was In con.
fIct with al armed foe and stood by
his own country and people, whether
right or wrong. He had just gone
through q healed campaign; he knew
what II was to be mslIgned and SLAM
dered aud he knew 1t would bring him
| censure, but he never for a minute re-
gretted his vote. He consulted no one.
If the treaty ha1 not been ratified
| Spain and the United States were again
ready for war and France and Ger
macy were much in sympathy with
Spain.
Then Senator McLaurin took up the
question as to whether this is good
policy. There csn never be Imperialism
under the American form of govern.
nent, and no man would oppose i'm
perlalIsm more vehemently than he
would and no voted against everything
looking like Imperialism IN the Philip
pine government and he felt in time
those people would be given self gov
ernment.
he claimed that no people were more
Interested III the retention of that sec.
ton than was the south, which is 80
|rGpt up in cotton and manufactured
cotton. Any cOuatry to beoope rich
must use its raw material, and so he
drifted on to show the opportunl ,es of
this market. 1t was foelifl be
thought, for American mereh suts so
- - gee itft6-ssAss tttsfFeiiea rkats-
without the protection of the American
flag, He cid not believe it possible
wlLn existing conditions for the United
States to have maintained footing in
the far east without its holding the
Philippines. This country would have
been cloked out by pore charges if it
did not nave the Philippines as a
standotf, la reply to Hemphill he
sad the insurgents had to be subdued
tor The reputation of the country and
that was an expense of the war propor,
but the trade Ia Chlpa will be worth
a hundred times what it will COS. and
he predicted that Il five years DO pub.
liz man could be found ID South Caro-
lima who would advocate turning loose
the Philippines. The value as a base
OF operauuns has already been shown
IN the recent Chinese troubles aud has
mGdo firm lIeDds OF the United States
snu CnIEa.
Nobody il attempting to shoot relig-
ION into these people. This country
could have left these people to be muir
| dered aud piuadered. Having de-
stIoJed their only form of government
1t Wss incumbent to establish a new
government. Only one tribe he hell
was ever fighting this country. This
country mad and has duty to perform
auo this people will not shIk a duty
because 1t costs,
Speaking Vi Mr.. Lltimor's references
to slIp eusldy, MIR. McLIurin oenied
hls statement.
hIr, LIumer said by way of correc-
/ ton Eo had DcGn unlntentI0nAlly mis-
quoted anu ne dId not say st Walhalla
! mat McL&urIn voted for the ship sub
sldy oil. Or. Launor ssid lie said
McLsEIin spoke IN favor OF the bill.
mir. mCLauTln sand ne used The Co.
lumblA State as authority and that
ought to be Good authority for Mr..
| LatimeT.
Mr.. Johnstone begged to mako dis
interested statemenC, and said Mr.
LstlmoT was correct In what he had
said al WslhallA.
Inc explanation WAS accepted, and
| Mr.. McLaurln won't On to make brief
epeech IN favor of ship subsidy and
said he would later prepare and pablish
his views on ship subsidies. lie op-
po5sed the pending bill a0d totally
different bill ls now being prepared.
The cry of the niggtr in tho wood pile
was dead and every uryp OF his blood
would be sacrificed for / a native State.
de said he was not hanging on any
coat tail
Voico-The old coat tail is rotten,
| anyway.
McLaurin went On to say his oppon
onts seemed to think expansion WAS a
lost chance aud so they made the most
Of ship subfi iy and he elaborated this
point.
SIR TOMBSTONE IN REPLY.