The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-05-30

lave told the Republicans in the SEN
ate in their policy toward the ne
sroes that they were arrant hypo-
crits | have talked boldly to them,
vet I had the confidence and sood
will Of all the senators who were gen
tlemen. He related the compliment
tarv notice of himself by Senator
Hoar. McLaurin changes his politics
five times in 10 years and yet won
let Teller change once in 80 years. he
believed Teller a good candidate. Dut
the delegation would not go with him
and that settled it. and so it was with
Towne. Bryan voted for Weaver nm
der the advice Of Cleveland as party
eXpedient. In this game of politics
if YOU do not watch real close you can
play the rascal and if you 10 not
follow the leader OF your people y"u
can come near being called a traitor
Then Tillman spoke Of the hangers
of irving to cut down the congress
sional delegation This new corr
mercial doctrine simply means we
are for sale, Bid up Hanna. POST
offices. Jobs. any old thing. bid up.
He saws so. Ny doctrine has been
if the stealing must be go on
want my share for you. He talks
of cutting loose from my coat tail
and he has the felictation and JOY
of having a whole lot hanging on
his coat tail | got few jobs during
the Spanish war. but | did not sell ont
for a mess Of pottage. did not abu g
my party as he is doing. He says ae
primary. God bless him. he cant sand
in the primary. want him to prea' h
his doctrine to the people that he says
lump when pop the whip. See if yor
are sale for money and office. want
him to go before the people. | snail
oppose any and every opposition 10
keep him out of the primary II ne
takes the oath. he is now under an I'M
piled oath Has he broken 1t? You
know. Let him go before the people
and use all the influence he can from
the patronage. Let him get all the In
fuence from the cotton mill presidents
and stockholders and their northern
bosses. but they cannot boss the op2r-
atives. Why did he not go TO Kansas
City and try to straighten out the
party? He wanted McLaurin to de-
clare himself on the income tax; he
and McLaurin took the same position
as he did on Cleveland. He did not
start or finch in 1896 and represented
the people in the fight on Cleveland.
Tillman then related the birth and Or
ganization or Bryan Democracy re
never uttered word against Ii and yet
to-day he says it is not. He was salts
fed with what the people would do tor
won't do "a thing TOR
him and he will be left at home. lie
harps on Democracy being sectional
party; were not our opponents more
so? Are we to crawl in the mire OF
office hunting to get few crumbs ana
get few concessions? Are we TO sell
out for nothing? | want him to 90
over the State. OF course he can man
ufacture invitations. Any public man
can do so. as | did this one TO suit N.Y.
self. | refused the first and told them
what kind of an invitation | wanted,
and ! got it. I'd rather be defeated
d thousand times than desert my true
Democracy He told them when ne
voted for the fast mail subsidy, 1t was
a steal. but he simply wanted a small
piece of the steal for the south tAat
paid such a large share o. the taxes
He reviewed how much money the
north was getting from the south for
pensions, river and harbors and the
like. The south pays $3.50, 900. 900 and
gets back s25,0O0.O00. Then he took
up expansion briefly, and talking 0t
speech sala: i talk OF
his stolen speech. / can say can
prove that one Of his speeches was
taken in chunks from Dr. EanDyke.
can say he stole it. and then he talks
of nv pitchfork. But God bless you,
that fork sings its own tune. and -
not stolen" Then he took up Mcl-au"-
ms advocacy Of ship subsidy. He talks
of our prosperity Why can't We
build our ships? 1t is nothing but
another steal-the rankest class le5is-
lation. II is just a grab OF $lS0.OO5.-
600. He talks about the mill trade IN
China. He took up the official figures
and showed that the total exports were
l .3T0. 900. 900 and the total shipments TO
all, foreign ports last year OF cotton
goods were $4,000 900 and the total
shipments Of all cotton goods to China
was only $780, and yet fer this We
are to sell out. Two counties VIII
raise this mu1h crude stuff. The cot
ton mills are here to make money and
they made 100 per cent. and Il ls
thought bad business if 30 per cent. IS
not made. They think they can bass
the mill vote. They tried that game
before. They did not do it. When the
primary comes off he will see what the
man behind the looms will do. He VIII
see and never forget it.
Then he took up the prosperity Of The
State and insisted that nothing Mex H.