The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-05-29

aii the civilized nations Of The oorlh
me only field unoccupicd is in ,hn
, orient. l believe tha, the time is nea,.
at hand when the cotton trade Of tho
, south will be with the ORIENT. when
our commerce on the Atlantic will hn
lns'?nlilcant compared with that of tho
racine. Minister Wu gave us soma
V'iuaDle information at Charlotte. Our
""uiaclufers are reaching out for
Wis lrtoe, and what better can do "a
your senator than help them. No
'otatc VIII reap richer reward than
9oulh carolina, with all the water
power ana manufacturing devclopment
'he Iicdmont region, and with
lhrce such narbors as Charleston
"eorgetowni and Port Royal. How
can better serve the farmers of fms
H.a'rf Ihcy will share in the benefits
Oh lhls trade. Here is the Uuired
states midway between Europe and
ASIA. Almost an island when the
canal is cut-with the Gulf of Mrxico
on the South and the Great Lakes on
the North; the Atlantic on one sidr
and the Pacific on the other. and with
lhc people Of two continents bidd,no
iol our products, the possibilities dol'
zIe the Imagination. 1t is no ;dIe
cream L believe that most of Tho
people within the sounI of NV voicc
VIII live to see ii realized. We have
DeCoihe IacliIc power with 5000
l1iies III Oh coast on that ocean; with the
Hawaiian Islands and Aleutlan Islands
as resting places, and the Philippines
as Key to the "Open Door" we are
inc only nation strong enough to com
pei Russia, with her trans-Sihcrlan
hailroad, to respect the integrity of
the Chinese Empire. AS long as the
Uhlled States and Japan say "No,n
inc Chinese Empire must remain in
Iact ana the door be left open to our
products. When l think of how
strangely it has all come about, | can
not but believe that the hand of God
Is guiding this government, and that
he has watched over and directed us
along the path where lie greatness.
peace and prosperity. l cannot under
take to discuss the question of GOV.
ernmcnl for these outlying posses
slons; we have settled other problems
OF more complex nature, and can
not but believe that Il solution will be
found just, humane and satisfactory to
all concerned. My vote on the Army
Bill has been attacked.
1t was along the line of supporting
the foreign policy of this government
Let me say right here, that ann not
the lrst Congressman from South
Carolina who has voted against his
party ana supported the President
when 1t came to question of foreign
war Three of the greatest men that
South Carolina has ever produced,
Calhoun, l.owndcs and Chcvcs. sun
ported the government against their
party during the war of 1912. Chcvcs
used these words, which repeat from
the bottom of my heart: "Irrcspectiyc
of party, for the great interest of the
nation"
In connection with the fight now in
against me, the first protcc-
1--WE iallll Dill ever introduced was by
a South Carolina Representative,
l-owndcs, and advocated bysMr. Cal
noun IN one of the greatest speeches Of
his llie. This is rot the first time that
our gallant little State has risen above
section and acted for the interest of
the nation.
The Army bill provided for maxi
mum OF one hundred thousand men
and minimum of sixty-ivc thousand,
and between these amounts the dlscrc-
ton was left to the President. At that
time the insurrcction was in progress,
and my common sense tolC ne ,hclo
was but one of two things to do.
Either put enough men in the field TO
crush the rebellion, or quit ana come
home. believed in the former plan.
ard 80 voted
Fellow citizens, there is 4 great deal
OF claptrap talked even in The United
States Senate. About onc-half oi those
mourniul speeches on the great DANGER
OF "lmpcrlallsm" and "Miitarsm''
were for home consumption and the
most OF them were made after a com
Portable beeisteak and bottle or
"Mumm's Extra Dry" / see that
since the rebellion is over, the prcsi-
dent says that he will take the mini
mum amount. Surely, fellow-citizcns,
| could afford to trust n man on Il
question of that kind whom the people
of the United States had elected to the
Presidency. Why not exercise little
common sensc-it is a simple appli IA
ton of the rule of three. If an army
of 10000 men is required for pop ila-
ton of 100000 people, is an my
of $4,000 men too much for ma ion
of S76,O0O,000? Congress has for
years been spending money along the
coasts and buying expensive guns, and
absolutely many of them are lying out
and sting for want OF men,
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