The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-06-06

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assailcd. He made another sprrrh ,t
Grccnvillc last week, H!linr ont and
developing his new theories, and took
pans TO indicate his perfect accord
with MIR. Mckinley and all of his POI,
iclrs. lie had appointments already
arranged to make speeches at at least
lhrcc olher PAGES 'allncy, Iorkvillc
ana SpartanhurW--an had hcgun an
acIlVc canvass for recollection fifteen
months bcIolc the regular CAMPAIGN
which wouid choose his SucccSsu", i'm
'hc Democratic primary of 1902. would
open.
1t was natural that these gentlemen.
who proposed to contest for his seat
should be unwilling to prcmalurrly am
nOuncc their candidacy and take the
ilcld against him. He had the diSprns.
my OF Federal patronage placed at hls
disposal by the Republican President,
and he had unlimited money furnished
| by his l;cruDhcan allies, "r McKinlcv
Democratic followers IN Soutl. Caro-
| lima, and his purpose wa, to 90 ,lp ana
down the State unorposvd and unau-
swcrcd TO organize his nrw pulitlcal
machine.
This was the situation up tu the
Gallncy meeting and ! WAS confronted
with the question Of what was my duty
under the circumstances. Hrcnllccl
| that | am Il member Of the National
| Democratic committee aS your rcprc
sentative. | was on the committed ON
| platforms in both of The .u,t national
conventions and helped frame the 4,
claration of principle and policy, upon
which we went TO battle. and | was
chairman of the committee ON platform
| III your last state Convention. Re
| member, too, that both at Charlotte
and at GlccnviIlr, directly and imdi.
rcctly, had been asSailcd by Mr.. Me.
i.aurin, and you will understand why
| was anxious to meet my colleague at
Gallncy, and when invited by Il larwc
number Of citizens Of Cherokee County
| willingly ace pied. The result Of
that meeting is now well known. Mr..
Mcl1aur!n was uneXpcctt brought
lace to face with the question of lcsl~-
nation and appeal to the people whose
confidence he had abused and whose
trusts he had betrayed.
lie tried To dodge the thrust hv
charging that ! was ATTEMPTING to die
tate and boss the people and interfere
in Il race with winch | had no concern
and was safely cnsconccd in my sea-
for six years and bad rn,hin- 10 lose.
but could well afford to lay down code
at moral ethics for another which | was
unwilling to follow myself. saw the
opportunity I" prccil,atc the battle at
h..
and ! offered Ia resign il he would, and
the result You know. acted from i'm.
pulse, tits true, but have always acted
upon impulse, nnd IL Il public man
can affirm with the SacrrGncss of an
oath that all OF my impulses nave been
to serve the best Interests Of the people
who have honnrcd me. had every
opportunity to wciyb the consequences
and get ont of IT without discrcdit, but
| felt then and still fee, that my duty
was 10 fore" The liyhnn" aud rid the
party OF all traitors.
The situation as ! understand it. is
this The pcopl" who are interested
in having tw" Senators at Washington
To do their will and stand by their
principles VIII have an opportunity Of
being honestly and honoraoly repre-
scnlcd. This has not been the case
during tic Hast W" gears and rs lnny
as Mcl.alrin remains in The Senate IT
could not he the case.
AS to the burdens OF the contest
The citizens OF Il given county will lose
but two day to bring about this much
desired rrSust--onc day to attend the
campaign meetings. and the other to 20
to the primary, while will have the
fatiguG and expense Of Il State canvass
which | could have easily avoided.
The contest between the Democracy
and the man who seeks TO bctray il
will be fought without amy local com
pIicalions whatever. Voters Will not
be influenced in this contest by the de-
sire to elect local favorilcs, and thus
swapping will be prevented.
The issues will be clear cut. The
organization Of the :" Commercial De.
mOcracy,' another name for MvkinlcV
| Democracy, will have to be conSlIm-
mated in Il much shorter time and
under much less favorable conditions.
Our party has The opportunity TO re-
bukc and punish trGachc'y at once rs
| Il warming To l1DSc WHO may be WaNcr-
ing. Many GOOD men Will bc prevent.
ed from becoming Rcpnbhcans in fact
though not in name. hy having the
issues explained before they have
aligned themselves under The new ban.
ncr. The Democratic uniform viii hL
struck OF Of those who have proven
unworthy TO wear 1t, and they will bt
made TO understand the difference be
tween honorable and dl>hOn Drablc dis
charges. Civic virtue, the sacred re
latiOns which should rXis. between tht
representative and his constituency
| will be more clearly understood an'
: true Democrats must rejoice at ih'
, result.
! For myself and The sacrifices hav
: made will say nothing. | prefer t'
let the people Of the State consider th
= matter for themselves, and pass up0,
| my conduct, so they may dctcrmin
whether ii was right and proper O
7 rash and quiXOtic. have served thci
2 TO the best Of my ability, with zeal an
p. honesty, since ! have been their SCI
| want, and shall continue to do 80
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