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

LAGtSuS lAlNI latS tdimcIS lukS COuus
try shall be forced to buy In re-
OF their products In competition
with the pauper labor of the world
made this fight for Southern indus.
tries while o member of the House,
when I had no idea in the world Of 60
ing into tho Senate. You oil remem.
her what universal chorus OF ap-
'proval there was. Senators Ti!lman,
Bacon, Clay and others took up the
same line In the Senate. The News,
land Courier, the Columbia State and
ninety per cent. OF the papers Of the,
South commended my course. 1
hazard little In saving had never
been a candidate for the Senate, the
wisdom of my course would never
nave ueen questioned. / was strongly
urged to run for tho Senate In 1896.
but did not wish to leave the Ways
and Means Committee. and besides
/ was thoroughly d!sgusted with the
condition of affairs In South Caro-
lint. could hear Of nothing but
Charges Of corruption bond deals"
"whiskey rebates" etc. did not
wish 10 DC mixed up in sucn au al.
fair; however 1t might eventuate. q
man could not but feel lowered and
degraded by C ling In contact with
such filth. felt reasonably sure at
that time that could have been
elected to the Senate. was assured
by one authorized to speak. that
Judge Earle would not be candidate
II l ran; but l concluded 20 60 on In
a modest. quiet way and work out nv
destiny In the House. This was not
to be. however. 1t was not intended
fhot limo oh n
places. That puro man. chivalrous
gentleman Gnd upright Judge. your
townsmnn and my predecessor. liveI
but q few short weeks. Governor
Ellerbe rendered me the nomination
realized the radical nature Of some
OF my utterances and votes. and while
l could not foresee what has hap
pened. knew my nature. we'll Ell
| ough to feel certain that having once
enlisted In the fight would neve''
turn back while life lasted. I. there
fore, refused to accept the appo mt
ment at the hands of Governor Eller
be unless he would guarantee that the
Executive Committee would order n
primary and permit the people to pass
upon the issues which I had raised
CAMPAIGN OF 1897.
It is unnecessary for me to refer
to that bitter fight. You all remem.
Der the meeting in Greenville, where
was insulted. bullied and baited
! like some wild beast, it was sample
| OF some Of the rest. For myself l am
" illing to LET the dead past bury
Its dead" have no i'll feeling to
wards any one on account of 1t.
spoke, I believe. In every county In
the State outside of my Congressional
District except three. advocated
my views not only on the tariff but
on what / considered the real line of
policy to be pursued by Southern
representatives. carried about
eighty-f12e per cent. of the vote cas-.
were lost from local considerations
by small margins. wish had time
to recount to the people what the rice
schedule. which ! got into that bill
has done for the rice planters on the
| coasts Of South Carolina. the waste
places 1t has redeemed. the thousands
Of dollars 1t has brought into this
State. What the duty on pine has
done for the lumber interests. which
we're being sacrificed to the white
pine imported free Of duty from Can
ada. The North. which is almost
bare or timber, instead Of going to
Canada. has been forced to go South.
and that has put thousands Of dol
lars into this State. There is no tell
Ing what an arrangement Of the
schedule on cotton goods 80 as to
prevent discrimination against coarse
fabrics, has meant to the cotton mills
Of the South
COTTON PLANTERS SACRIFICED
TO A SENTIMENT.
This Ia nc. tile r...ce tu explain
what the retention Of the home mar
|: ket means when manufacturer
seeks a foreign outlet. will rtf...
however. to the duty on raw cot on.
which / advocated at the time. \ Cot
ton. corn and wheat are our great ex-
ports. Now want 70 ask an man
CT rcac-n WIZ is 1t that duty cf
twenty-five cents per bushel is PIT
en- wheat, anal fifteen cents per husht |
on corn. while nothing is put upon
cotton? The three stand exactl1
nT,,Gh nulTI%G the same basis. 1t is this.
corn and txheat th!ea against imYsefri;tJjssSSisa imn.YseriSJsSSia
from Canada and and elSSerSw Serwhepe here. 'S WITT
cotton has been sacrificed to q mere
sentiment | think that I am the
first Representative in Congress tc
point out the dan~er to the cotton
planters arising from the impor,a
ton Of Egyptian cotton. Ten yeara
ago there were no importations To
speak OF. The year made this
speech there was in round numbers
fiftysix millions Of pounds. and last
wear there was almost seventy Elil
lions. an increase OF nearly twen-y
per cent. Since then two mills have
been built in South Carolina Tin one
of which am interested) usin.
nothing but Egyptian cotton. Now
contend. II the cotton farmers were
protected Ike the wheat and. corn
planters we could produce anv find
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