The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-09-04

crsts, but not of the Cleveland type,
and what said about leaving the party
then was not the prevailing sentim ant
In South Carolina
| made speech in Memphis and one
In st Louis in which
DENOUNCED CLEVELAND
and his policy as Un. Democratic and
proclaimed my willingness sDd purpose
to fight to recspture the Democratic
party from the wreekers, and, failing
there, to organic, genuine Democratic
party, which should maintain the prin
eiples OF Jefferson, the father. l an
nounced this policy as the Spokesman
of the Democracy of this State on the
floor OF the Senate on the lst of Nav
1896, in debate with d. b Hili;'
announced it in speech al Dsnver
one In Wichita, one at i ,xington, KY.
at Dallas, Texas, aud Atlanta, Ca. il
all OF which the slogan was ''16 to o
bust" The South Csrolins State Con
-ssas.;s>--ent d5IegaTeE 70 tffa
Chicago Convention in 1895, was so
thoroughly imbued with the purpose to
have a different kind OF Dam ocracy
from that of Cleveland aud his follow
ers that they sent delegation to that
Convention with instructions to with
draw and return homo for further oouu-
sci in the event we did not get plat
form to suit US.
IHAvE NEVER AT ANY MOMENT
or any time or any place given voice 20
any feeling or sentiment about tue
Democratic party that was disloyal to
the will Of the majority of my fellow
Democrats in this State. l havs al
ways claimed to voice the will of the
majority Of the people of the
State and to be repre.enta
tive OF the majority, snd every
well-informed man In the State knows
that what L have spo ken is capable OF
proof from the records. and, therefore
L repeat what said st u aion, that any
man who charges me with disloyalty or
with any purpose at any time OF oppos
ing the genuine Democracy of South
Carolina IS represented by the msjority
lies, and knows he lies.
AN CALLED A POPULIsT now
by Republican and gold bug papers
nat are SO much in love with Com
mercial Democracy. al aeys hsve, and
always will, spurn Clevelaud's D,mo
otscy as nothing but thin!y di.guised
Republicanism, and MoL,urin's De-
mooracy is eve q less respectable. Clevs-
land never played the hypoorit,, while
McLSurln was as eager once to press
Porulism, pure and simple, as he is nov
to advocAte 'McKinleyis N, and Bow
den, the apostle of Populism in South
Carolina 10 1892, WAS the first man be
gave a job to after his appointment to
the Senate, and it is said that this
same PopuGst leader is now stronC
supporter of Senator McLAurin's last
brand OF politios.
Some Of the fts%spaper editors aud
other ardent supporters OF Senator Nc
L'urin have been very much shocked
and outraged by what | said at Union
as
A WARNING TO MILL PRESIDENTS
not to attempt to coeroe Their opera
tivss. 1t is considered an uuIardon.
able sin thst | should dare to threaten
to interfere in this matter. What l
said on that occasion was for the pur.
pose of warning these mon against ct
tempting to so too far. | I~ec0gnize the
right OF every man to try TO persuade
others TO vote with him, but | deny
that the employment Of men in mills
carries with it right on the part of
the mill to corece or control the votes
CT the employees. The relation be
Eween the mill owner and the worker
Ia the mill is one of mutual advantage,
aud the mills we're not built for the
purpose of giving employ yment to labor,
but for the purpose Of making mo1ey.
All men who work in the mills give Ia
bor for the money they recsige. The in
forests Of mill o gner aud the mill aad
may be Identical or may be antagonis-
tic. 1T has been oom non in the North
for the lab0rers EN- mployed in the maau-
featuring establishments 10 be driven
when they cannot be cajoled into vot
ing the Republican ticket, and the
threats OF disohargiug laborer5 aud
closing down works in So sad even in
tbs LAST Presidential election no doubt
secured the Mckinley triumph.
THE OWNERS or COTTON MILLS
that have sprung up 30 rapidly in South
CArolinS are In many instances North
ern men, and possibly more Northern
capital has been invested in this indus
try in the last ten years than home
capital, but that does not carry with il
any obligation on the pant of the opera
tives to vote for q Repuliosn who comes
either openly or in disguise. The mills
IN South Carolina have been treated By
the State Government, which is Demo
cratic, with great liberAlity, but if
thoir owners attempt to drive our ma
tive. born South Carolina Dam ocrat.
into the Republican camp the other
Democrats of the State will not calmly
submit to il, and the operatives will be
tho FIRST TO resist su3h action. There
Is no proof in the world that mAnufao
turing In South Carolina owss anything
to the Republican party. The
MILL OPERATIVES ARE NATIVES
Of this and adjoining States. They are
as thoroughly grounded in Democratic
principles as the farmers or any other
class OF our citizens. They are as )od
people IS We have, and | only declared
my purpose, if sn attempt to coerce
them was made, to 60 to the mills al
night and explain to these people just
wherein they are being miSled or boius
unduly Influenced or driven. In doing
this | do not propose to array lab u
against capital, but do it for the pur-
pose of warning capital to attend to itl
own business aud not attempt to make
slaves of our white people. If the
mills are closed on campaign days, &C
rs to allcT the men 10 hear the speeches
there would be no need Of anyone COINS
to speak at night. But am resolved