The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-05-31
American Congress voting upon broad, I
vital, non.partisan American quostionsI
from purely sectional confederation. il

xiVaAf hVu. PhItlSdu 1Au0rlOan question
from purely sectional confederation. #
am Democrat, honestly desirous 70
remaining go, and witnessing tho tri
umph Of tho party to which I am ct
taohed by association and heredity.
was nevor contemplated by the found
ors Of that party that it should hco I'm,
o purely sectional sfsir, yet ia: day
thoro is no Democratic party capable
Of nesing itself folt outside Of The
SoutA. In the North and Wost, it il
\. permeetod with socialism, and has dwin
died away into tho psrty Of &C cction, pol
c nation. do not propose, however
to pursue this lino CT thought; 1t i:
painful nId oan accomplish no good pur
poBe.
TIE MONEY QUESTION. y ;
/ Beginning with the panic Of 1893 there
| bss never been such rapid indus!r.a
|chnEges in any country, These ohangcs
were in progress, and cur W II with
Spain served as O fash light to show IL j
what, was going on, In 1896, VIC had a
campaign upon tho monsy tausatiait-
Everything was depressed. Men seek
ing employment, cotton underhve cents,
wheat bolow the cost of production, and
jdlouess, discomfort, d;s'rust and misery
everywhere. We woro told that the sal.
vation Of tho couatry deponded upon tho
FREQ coinage ofsilver | believed thon,
and l believe now, that theoretically We
vera right; but nov and unforeseen
forces camo into play, and have
enough sonse to recogniz tho faot that
| tho restoration ofoontdenoe, abou i,
which Mr.. Cleveland talked, and about
which did not know enough at the
time to underatand, the discovery Of
gold in tho Klondykc. the influx Of
money from abroad seeking Investment,
and tho increaso in banking facilities,
for tho timo at least, have settled the
monoy question, and nobody but fool
would make 'froe silver" speech now.
lnstead of a depleted treasury, there
is in it to day the largest amount of
gold in tho history Of the country, and
actually tho Secretary Of the Treasury,
q few weeks ago, deposited money in
Spartanburg bank, something that has
never boon done before in the history of
our State. l have been listening for
somebody to ory out ''Republioanism,
because was instrumental in beginning
a movement which l hopo in the future
may enable our farmers and merchants
to secure money at lower rate Of in
forest.
Another great change as the result Of
tho panic Of 1893, is the rapid develop.
ment of our export trade. Our home
maj kes failed us, manufacturers found
themselves With immense stocks of
goods on hand and nobody to buy them,
this forcod them to sock markets abroad,
and one enterprisiDg firm in Birming
ham, Ala, shipped $50 ton Of iron to
Europe. At that time iron could be
bought for $6 90 per ton in Birmingham
and this small shipment six years ago
was the beginning Of the $3.50, 600, 600
worth of iron that We shipped abroad
last year, 800, 900 tons going from Ala.
bama.
To day, entire Earann-is ,alsrsa.a.a! sa.a.a! - . !.
rasssg, !, Mary atsrilng, +. A. Cabin, a.
We sos every day lndlysEnly Harris -,
combine on tho part o@s Mary Lair. 81
tho Unitod States. @boylt Dan. ST
world, instead Of depassaSgE ocs Tato -
rope as we did soyen yesfaS. -
money, Eagland, GermanyS 81
have recently had to como to ", &c
to placs their government loans. VI -
givon nothing but mere outline, and
Jot l ask any man within the sound Of
my voice if those facts do not present
totally changed condition. Tho Spanish
war suddenly. ewoke us to the fact that
our country was ono Of the great com
morcial and political powers Of the
world.
HOW GAN BEST SERVE THE INTEREST
g OF SOUTH CAROLINA? M ,e
Believing as I do that there are vital
issues which, growing out Of changed
industrial conditions;. are higher and
broader than moro party questions, I
have, as your Senator, looking beyond
the limo marked by sectionalism and par,
tisanship, striven to promote tho mate
rial political and commercial interests Of
our oommoa oountry--for in 80 doing,
can best sorve tho interests Of the State
Of South Carolina. For this | have boon
arraigncd boforo tho people of this State
and charged with ailying myself with
the Republican party. Criticism, abuse
| and gross MISREPRESENTATION has boon
INDUCED in. Not content with this un.
fair method of attack, some of the
papers in their vilo psrse oution hayo de-
ocived the people by Withholding informa
ton on one side of those great nation II
issues and emphasizing and publishing
everything on the othor. They have
porsistently heldime up az a renegade,
and on mora than ono occasion alleged
that l intended to resign and aooept a
Federal appoint mont Amid all this
persecution | have maintained my si-
lonoe, eonfident that when an opportu
nifty was offersd the people would see
that / received fair play, and that they
would OF loaBt accord mo honesty Of
purpose.
There are two question thatI submit
to tho people Of South Oar olina; First
Am honest in the views / advocate
Second. Am I mistakon2@
| AS to tho first. All that I have tt
say is that my people have shod their
blood for South Carolina in evory con.
tost in which she hos ever boon ongag
cd. I was born in South Carolina,
took my vito in South Carolina, ant
whom ! dio l expaot my bones to bt
laid bosido five generations of honeB
mon and true. women who bavo gon,
beforo. have childron who must hea
my name, good or bad. Every dolla
that | havo is inyestedin this State
excopt'a small amount lin North Caro-
lima and Florida. My interests arc in
separably interviewer with tho interes