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

do bis duty to his party and if it made
any mad he would endure it.
Then he pointed out the diff srenco
between McLsurin's expansion and
what he called Democratic expansion.
Democratic expansion came with the
consent of the governed and was only
OF American territory. They were
asked TO have local government
and thoy came 10 st once IS 90 part
neTs. That is Dem ocrscy. The 70 :oes
with which McLaurin is operating are
establishing despotio government, aud
then he ridiculed the argument that
the Filipiuos had no government; and
then Mr.. JohnHtone showed the present
conditions in the Philippines and to
these MoLsurin himsolf said he gave
assent. MIR. Johustone urged that
these people are governed by the auto
cratic power OF the president alone.
You who have besn pinioned b. Siokles
aud Usnby sre pointed to the spectacle
OF the Fllipinos governed in the same
condition as the south was years ago.
MIR. MoLsurin justifiss this autocrttic
government of the president and ssnc-
tion the Unlimited power of the presi.
dent. Here II is cTslMed De nc.
cratic expansion with self governDie:tr
is claimed to be the samo rs sutocrstic
goVernment-she same as you had wit,
Csnby and Siokles.
Anon Mr. 1v1as.vuv .ossCed MIR. Nc
Laurin's argument that the islands
should be held for trade. McLaurin
himself tells you thoy wear no clothes.
The proper thing to do is to extend
the Monroe doctrine to them, make
treaty agreements and friends of the
people. Then he jumped into McL,u-
rims ship subsidy proposition. Ii it
was to be done for the farmer why
not give the farmer the 81 bale di-
rectly and So on. Give the money d.
rect 20 those Mr.. MoLsurin says it will
help and not to the rich ship owners.
What he comm ented on especially
WAS the change Of Mr.. McLAurin on
the treaty. l! was for him to explain,
and the whole thing WAS that McLau-
rim was misled and mistaken and
would not see it.
He enthusiastically favored tho 18TH
milan canal and urged that the railway
interests Of the east and west were
fighting the canal prof 4ct. This canal
would give the southern mapufactur-
ers and shippers the real advantage.
Ship subsidies foster the eastern and
western ports and the longer they are
kept up the longer will the canal be
kept off.
He then insisted that McL,urin had
admitted his fallibility and that he
had made mistakes Mol ,urip had
upheld the Alliance and now held tho
views to be heresies.
AN OPENING.
Voice--Did not Tlllman change too?
Mr.. Johnstone went on eloquently
and forcibly to say he was not per-
sonsl supporter of rillman, but he
was not for pulling down records.
This was not the tims to revive past
hoJtilities and he for one was too pa.
trlotic to say one word against Til
man to hurt him or his feeIilgs If he
could. he Was not now fighting any.
orc but hewAs fighting principle,
ana cod kn0Ws W6cn = - Snd
Hampton stand together for prinoiple
it must be right. Great applause
lie asked and prayed that the people
would support men upon principles and
not for personal feeling. 1t seemed to
him that if anyone was to denouuce b.
Il. Tillmau, John l. MeLl lurin was not
the man. (Intense applause } He held
him up as the greatest Of leaders, the
greatest man since John o. Calhoun,
and it i'll became him to now denounce
Tillman. (Applause.) Or is it another
conversion?
ANOTHER.
1t was Mr.. Garfield, son.in Law Of
Josh Ashley, who asked if TillmIn had
not also changed his views on the
third party AMI Alliance and the roast
and sarcasm he got was really sublime.
Then he pictured the duty of a Chris
tian people to the FIliplnos and no
showed what Christ would have done.
McLaurin says he has no purpose to
establish Republican party, but he is
here trsduoing the Democracy Of j of.
ferson.
Then he went for ship subsidy with
glovos off, and how 1t differed from
State support Of railroads. lie says ho
wants no Republican party and yet }
said In Washington Mckinley ought 10
be reelected by scclsmstion.
Ii says ho does not propose 10 organ
izo Republican party and he believes
HIM and yet he seems 10 hold the Re-
publican purse strings OF public patron
age.
Is Mckinley likely to help buil6 up
the Democratic psTty2 Mckinley never
voted DemOOIatIc ticket IN his lilo,
and Is no suoh $ philsnthrcpist az to
give all the public offices to McLaurin
for s stronger Demouratice party2
What magnificent picture it Is this
Mckinley hunting for good Democrats
to help build up his party. Then 10
glowingly pictured how Lee and Jack
son had sent their munitions of war TO
their opponents
l. WAS miraculous how those ap-
pointments came without solicitation or
suggestion. 1t was marvellous how
Mckinley snd special providence coin
oided with McLaurin' view.
MLAURIN REPLIES.
In reply to- Mr.. Johnstones argu-
ment Senator McLAurin, in conclusion,
said relative to the statement that he
had said Mckinley ought to be reelec-
ted by acclamstion, that he had said it
would be wrong to defeat Mckinley be-
cause of the conduct Of the war. If
the issue was to be made on the oon-
duct of the war he ought to have been
reelected. He said it was an improper
cause for fight for Mckinley had done
fairly, appointed southerners, etc. IL
he had consulted his own pocketbook
and comfort he would have accepted
the position on the Philippine oommis