The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-04-25
Junior Senator Discusses Politics and
Other Things
AT A CHARLOTTE, N. C., BANQUET
Defends His Several VoteS-HiS Con-
ception of the Duty OF Southern
Statesmen.


dered by the Manufactures CLUB 20
Chinese Minister WI in Charlotte, n.
c., on Thursday evening Of last week.
The Senator was one of the speakers
of the occasion. and addressed the bril-
liant assemblage present in part as
follows:
Mr.. Toastmaker and Gentlemen:
| desire to make a statement OF
somewhat a personal nature before
proceeding with this speech, which !
intend to deliver tonight. a certain
newspaper correspondent in the city
of Washington has p2rEistenuy spread
the report that was coming 10 Char
lo.te to make a speech which would
launch a new party in the south. The
report is absolutely false. If had any
such intention coed Ia te would pre-
vent me from taking advantage OF an
oproI IsuLity of this kind. l am con-
tent TO advocate within Democratic
lines the policies which l believe to be
best for the south, and when can no
longer do this l am ready to retire 10
private life.
In the south we are today realizing
some Of the dreams Of its far-reachlns
statesmen and business men OF hfty
years ago. With prophetic eye, they
saw the industrial and commercial
possibilities Of our highly favored
southland.
With an advance of thought that is
really surprising they suggested en-
terprises of wonderful magnitude for
its upbuilding and commercial doml-
nance. From 1888 to 1860. conventions
were held to voice the demands OF a
deepseated public sentiment for in
dustrial progress. The story OF these
movements is chronicled in South
Carolina publication, which. under the
name of Debow's Review, did f;r the
old south what the Manufacturers Re-
cord is doing for the south today.
The same spirit which enabled our
fathers 10 leave the field Of de eat with
nothing but their courage aud their
characters left. still lives in the south,
and inspires you today in your great
undertaking.
The plans of the great southern busl-
ness men and statesmen OF fifty years
ago are no longer idle dreams. Post.
poned by q cruel war which destroyed
our social and industrial system, ana
which for years reached cooperation
in national undertakings almcat i'm
possible. such men as l meet here 10.
night are making these dreams actuai
living realities
WHAT WARS SETTLED.
Talk about the New South the
name is misnomer. It is the same
old spirit revived which sixty years
ago made the south the dominant
power in this nation-a position II
which nothing but war could have roo
bed her. What we need now to again
attain that proud eminence IS the same
broad conception and the same com
prehensive grasp Of the true situation.
The last ,wenty years have wrought an
Industrial revolution in the south,
which must find expression III Cur So
cial and political life.
The time is past for the discussion
as to whether this government is 10
be one consolidated in its structure or
a loose aggregation CT (so-calledl SOW
ereian States. The civil war settled
that
1t is useless to discuss the question
of whe. her this is to be purely theo
re,ical Democratic government or an
expanding and giant Republic. The
Spanish war settled that. Why not
then accept conditions as they are and
make the most of them?
The agitation of such issues only
serves to sidetrack broad American
doctrines and should not be made
party questions because they grow out
Of actual political and economic con
diticns, whichs it is beyond the power
of either party to change. I care no:
OF what political faith the occupant
of the white house might have been;
for. if a true American, mindful Of the
honor and dignity of the nation, the
results of the Spanish war could no.
be widely different from what they are
today.
Why should our people be the only
ones to close their eyes to what Is
going on? Why should we move along
in the same old ruts and insist that
political policies and old traditions
long since dead, are vital living issues
and depend upon them for the saliva
tion Of the south.
LESSON OF MKINLEY'S TRIUMPH
The triumphant reelection OF Nj
Mckinley in the last campaign is full
of Significance. 1t is a stubborn fact
confronting the Democratic party TO-
day. suggestive of reproachful remem'
brances and fearful menaces. What q
reflection that this new Democracy
did not carry q state where the issue;