The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-09-03
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Columbia State rs authority and
that ought to bo good authority for
Mr.. Latimor.
MIR. Johnstono begged to make a
dlslnterostod statoment, and said Mr..
Lntimor was correct in what he had
said at Walhalla.
Tho explanation was accepted, and
MIR. McLaurin wont on to mako n
brief sp,,"h in favor of ship subsidy
and said ho would later prepare and
publish his viows on ship subsidies.
llo opposed tho pending bill and a
totally different bill is now being
prepared
Tho cry of tho nIgger in the wood
pllo WA. doad aud ovory drop of his
blood would bo sacrificed for his ma.
tive State.
He said he was not hanging on any
coat tail.
Noico--Tho coat tail is rotton,
anyway.
McL"urin won't on to say oppon-
"nts Soemod to think expansion was
lost chance 80 thoy mudo tho most
Of ship subsidy and he elaborated this
point.
MIR. TOMBSTONE IN REPLY.
MIR. George Johnstono was received
with much applause, III fact an ovu-
ton, and said that if it wore not that
h" thought tho Democracy was in
,inngrr he would not be hore. IIe
accepted McLuurin's statement that
h" was not trying to orgunizo re-
publican party, but he insisted that
tn" adoption of McLaurin's policies
must and will lead to ltopublicanism.
Whom tho hour comes whom tho great
Democratic party will disintegrate
man by man he wonId stand with
tn" last r"ising his voice for tho Dom.
ocrntic party. If McLaurn's posi-
tons do not load to the ruin of tho
Democratic party then ho did not
know what Democracy WAS 1Fo said
S"mo OF his iirmcst friends thought
like MIR. MclIaurin. He would say
nothing to hurt tho foelings of these
mon or McLnurin, but he would do
his duty 10 his party and if 1t made
any mad no would endure it.
Thon ho pointed ont the difference
between Nc Inurin's expansion and
what he called Democratic expan-
SION. Democratic expansion came
with tho consent OF the governed and
was only Of tho American Torritory.
They w"ro asked to havo local self
government and they camo in at once
| 40 W. l'"'''''H' Illh' 10 DSillOCIuCy.
The forces with which McLnurin is
operating arc establishing despotic
government, and then he rdiculed
the argument that the l'ilipinos had
no government; and then Mr.. John
stone showed the present conditions
in the Philippines and to these Nc
Lnurin himself said he gave assent.
MIR. Johnstone urged that these peo-
pic arc governed by tho autocratic
power Of the president alone. You
who havo boon pinioncd by Sicliles
and Cnnby arc pointed TO the spec
tncle Of tho Filipinos governed in
the same condition rs tho South was
yoars ago.
MIR. McLnurin justilios this auto
cratic government Of tho president
and sanctions the unlimited power of
tho president. Hero it ls claimed
that Democratic oxpanaion with self
government is claimed to be the
Same m autocrntlc govornmhnt-tho
same rs you had with Candy and
SckloB
Thon Mr.. Johnstono roastod Mr.
McLanrin's argument that the
islands should be hold for trade.
McL"urin himself tells you they
wo"r no clothes. The proper thing
to do il to extend tho Monroe doc
trlne to them, make treaty agree.
me''ta and fronds of the people.
Then he jumped onto McLaurin's
ship subsidy proposition. If it was
to be ono for the farmer why not
} give tho farmer the ST q bala d;root