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


and between these amounts the dis
cretiOn was left to the President. AT
that time the ins1rrection was In pro-
gresS, and my common sense told me
there was but one OF two things to do
Either put enough men in the field to
crush the rebellion, or quit and come
home. l believe in the former plan,
and so voted.
Fellow-citizcns. there Is great
deal Of clap-trap talked even in the
United States Senate. About one
half OF those mournful speeches on
the great danger OF imperialism
and "Militarism" were for home con-
sumption and the most OF them were
made after q comfortable beefsteah
and bottle OF "Mumm's Extra Dry"
see that since the rebellicu is over.
the President says that he will take
the minimum amount. Surely, fo.-
low-citizens, / could afford u trust a
man on question Of that kind whom
the people Of the United States had
elected to the Presidency. Why not
exercise q little common sense-it
is simple application OF the rule Of
three. II an army OF thirty thousand
men Is required for population CT
35.000.000 people. is an army of G5-
600 men too much for a nation of 7G..
2cG.c3oo Congress has Ger years
been spending money along the coasts
and buying expensive guns, and absO-
lutely many Of them are lying cut
and rusting for want Of men.
THE SUBSIDY BILL.
Now, fellow-cltiZens. this brings
me to the muchdiscussed Subsidy
Bill. In the first place. 1t is aston.
ishing to me what misconceptIOn
there is as to this matter. There has
never been vote on the Subsidy Bill
and yet even my good friend. General
Butler, whom I love like q father.
speaks Of "McLaurin's vote on the
Subsidy Bill. There never was q
vote on the Subsidy Bill. and
1t was we'll understood at the
time that made my speech
that there would not be u
vote at that session. If I desired to
deceive the people and play IN un-
worthy part I might just as we'll
have kept silent and not had that Is.
sue in this campaign; but felt tl.at
the people should be educated on this
important measure. My vote was Of
no practical value under anY cir
CuiibtduCcb, USCduoc, IL IL COulu nave
been brought to vote. there was q
favor Of the bill. I did not intend
just at that time to make set
speech on the bill. arose in my
seat to present the resolution OF the
Cotton Spinners' Association. and be-
fore knew 1t had drifted into q
speech on the general principles Of
the bill. What Is known as the Han
na-Payne Bill has already been
changed SO much that the authors Of
the bill would not know It If they
met it in the road. There was at the
time great many amendments pend
ing. and nobody ever knows what a
bill Of that sort will be Until it passes
the Conference Committee between
the two Houses; this bill never went
SO far as to get a vote. let alone a
conference. So far as I am con-
cerned, I do not profess to be q mas
ter Of the subject. When you enter
the realm Of ocean freights, with the
relative cost of high knot and low
knot speed. tonnage and wages, 1t
takes an expert to understand It,
Senator Frye Is q very able man, and
do not believe there Is more hon
est one in the American Congress.
He has devoted twenty-five years to
the study Of these questions, and vet
have no doubt that you could find
some members Of the South Caro-
lima Legislature who never saw a
bigger ship than q canoe on a mill
pond. who know more than Senator
Frye, or anybody else. on the sub
ject OF shipping and ocean freights.
ONLY A STEAL" WHEN NOT
COMING THEIR WAY.
One OF the great objections to the
subsidy Is they call 1t a ''steal." Well.
fellow-citizens. that Is very poor
argument; opponents Of the river and
harbor. postoffice. or any other bill
cs!n make the same charge. was a
little amused to see the headlines of
Subsidy Steal" when In the same
week the Mayor Of Charleston and
the editor Of that paper were In
washington wanting nine million dol
lars spent on naval station. and q
subsidy of q quarter Of a million for
tho Exposition. It seems that a sub
sidy is only steal" when it Is not
coming their way. B.' such foolish
denunciations Of the subsidy prip.
ciple 1t has been difficult to set n
fair consideration. Talk about lob
bies. There never was 6 more pow
erful lobby in Washington than that
opposed to the subsidy formed by the
great trans-continental railroads and
the foreign steamship owners. may
say something later On this subject
which will embarrass some people,
but will refrain at this time. There is
nothing in the principle Of the bill
itself which involves stealing. de-
There may have been
some abuses in granting subsidie;
when 1t was in the experimental
stage. but there Is no reason now
why there should be abuses. In the ad-
Of any law there is o