The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-22

iuence from the cotton mill presidents
| and stockholders and their northern
bosses, but they cannot boss the opar-
atives. Why did he not go to Kansas
City and try to straighten out the
party? He wanted McIaurin 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 III 1896 and represented
the people in the fight on Cleveland
Tillman then related the birth and or
ganize!ion or BRYAN 1Jemucrarx |,
never uttered q word against it and yet
to-day he says 1t Is not. He was salts
fed with what the people would do for
McI@aurin-they won't do "a thing for
him and he Will be left at home. He
harps on Democracy being sectional
party were not our opponents more
80? Are we to crawl in the mire cf
c!acc hunting tc get few crumbs and
get few concessions? Are we to sell
out for nothing? l want him to go
over the State. CT course he can man
ufacture invitations. Any public man
can do SO. as did this ore to suit my
self. refused the first and told them
what kind OF an invitation wanted,
and got it, Id rather be- defeated
thousand times than desert my true
Democracy. He told them when he
voted for the fast mail subsidy, 1t was
steal. but he simply wanted q small
piece OF the steal for the south that
paid such large share o. the taxes.
He reviewed hc~ mitch money the
north was getting from the south fo-
pensions, river and harbors and the
like. The south pays $3.50, 900. 600 and
gets back s25,000,000. Then he took
up expansion briefly, and talking Of
McLaurins speech saiu: Il talk Of
his stolen speech. / can say I eau
provo that one OF his speeches was
taken in chunks from DR.. VanDyke. I
can say he stole it. and then he talks
Of my pitchfork. But God bless you,,
that fork sings It's own tune, and Is
not stolen" Then he took up McIaur-
ms advocacy Of ship subsidy. He talks
OF our prosperity. Why can't We
build our ships? It. is nothing but
another steal-the rankest class legIs-
lation. 1t is just a grab OF $50, ,O0O.-
600. He talks about the mill trade in
China. He took UP the official figures
and showed that the total exports were
1,3?0, 100000 and the total shipments to
all foreign ports last year of cotton
SOONo mCAC @S3,UVV,UUV duu Tue COtdi
shipments OF all cotton goods to China
was only sSS0,000. and yet for this We
are to sell out! Two counties will
raise this much crude stuff. The cot-
ton mills are here to make money and
they made 100 per cent. and It is
thought bad business If 80 per cent. is
not made. They think they can boss
the mill vote. They tried that game
c/,{
primary comes off he will see what the
man behind the looms will do He will
see and never forget It,
Then he took up the prosperity Of the
State and insisted that nothing NICK n
ley did helped to build the mills In
South Carolina. They be.al under
Cleveland. and he did tho south no
good. We get the China trade by sell
Ing the best goods at the lowest nr. ce
and not because of any Republican poll
icies. We ourselves are responsible for
the States prosperity, and no one else
II he advocates and endorses all Mr.
Mckinley Gays and does, as he says he
does, let him go to the Republican
party and II he were as honest as he
used to be I'll take him by the hand
and say. johnnie. wish you all the
success in the world" The Kansas
City platform Is the only way we can
test Democracy. The fight must be in
the party. But God knows afWRys
did and always will despise hypoc-i- :
tism. il hurt him TO have McI.aurin
and his friends and his kinsmea
think Ill of him but he believed in
fighting fairly and squarely.
He proposed that McLaurin resign
now and go before the people and then
he will have the candidates meet him.
and he promised he would keep out OF
the fl ht and his mouth shut. If yon
elect him I'll take it as notice that you
do not want me. II he is Democrat
I am not. All the other fellows want
Is a chance to meet him on the stump.
let him resign and test the situation.
He said he. would like to talk longer,
hut wanted to keep to the agreement.
and stopped amidst. applause.
Then came Senator McIlaurins re-
ply. which was we'll done. He said he
expected great things. but mountains
have been in labor and brought forth
a mouse. He came here with some treI-
idation, but the speech of Tillman was
thnt Of a man who knew ne was wrong
and had no heart in tho work He hal
tried to make logical speeches but his
friend persistently appealed to c.ass
prejudice anu class feeling. He knsw
Tillman and his style OF work. He
wanted the movement kept up for
others than himself. He did not want
to try to stir UP strife between facsory
operatives and the presidents and taeir
own. He appealed to the operatives al
we'll as to the owners. for he had as
n toll, Il u "a
man. Tillman had said some very hard
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