The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-09-03

"eitFeTy system. to did not claim
to originate tho plan, but he had
pushed the idea in congress, and now
the government was paying three
million dollars. He had been asked
to withdraw his proposition to pro-
vide al appropriation. He told how
he had gotten it. The postmaster
general had wanted his (Latimer's)
son to lay out and take charge of the
work in this district. He had tried
to get old soldiers provided with
this job, but they were ruled out on
account of ago. John L. McLaurin
and his backers, who we're running
over the State selling out for post
offices, are delaying the people in
getting their rights and the rural
delivery in the district. 1t would
come in October. This man Mo
Laurin was standing in the way, try.
ing to get his heelers to whoop and
howl for him and help him to got
back to the senate, men to help him
who are paid by Mark Hanna's
money. This man tells you to 90
back on all your country ever stood
for This man stood by VIM. Nc
Kinley and he stands by the repub
lioan party, and that party turns
over to him the patronage here. He
then repeated the history of tho
jumping jack political record of Nc
Laurin. This is not the first time
he has proved traitor. He put his
little battery on Paris Mountain and
had been firing through that little
republican sheet, the Greeuville
News. When they had started in
after him be ran away to the exposi-
ton, instead Of staying here and
facing tha music. He was like the
fellow who said: "John, this hotel is
leaking, let's find another" Oaugh-
ter. "He's hunting another now.
There are three classes at people
supporting McLaurin, the pap suck
ers pure and simple, a few cotton
mill presidents who voted for VIM.
Mckinley, and the disappointed fell
lows who were in the reform mnve-
ment and are soreheads." Congress-
man Latimer then went over his
speech elsewhere as to the New Eng
land plan OF robbery and said it was
strange that any man could think he
could lead the people Of the South
into it, McLaurin is not big enough
to organize Il republican party in a
single township. He then proceeded
to discuss "this foreign policy busi-
ness." He repeated what he said at
Spartanburg and Greenville, about
the cotton mills. He was opposed
to special privileges to any class of
| mon.
He dealt at some length with the
favored nation clause IN connection
with the Philippines and referred to
orr enormous expense III holding tho
Philippines by hi itary power Me
Lnnrin said, with Larry Can't re-
pe"ting it, that if you add one inch
to the shirt tails of tho Chinese they
will nse all the cotton goods we can
make. The only way to get into
China is under treaty and we can
get no advantage there because of
the favored nation clause. The only
way to get the trade of China is to
make tho kind of goods they want
and send agents there. Why is not
McLaurin here to tell you of any
other way? He had found out that
they could do without tho alliance
demands and yet prosper, because
this country is too big. There was
no. Mig in the New Testament teach.
ing that Americans should 90 to the
Philippines and Christianize the
people. If it's right, why not be
called to Christlanize China7 Ex.
pansion should be peaceable and
business like.
He devoted the last twenty min
utes Of his speech to the views on
the ship subsidy. lie held that the
subsidy would build up the Eastern
ports to tho destruction of the South.
ern ports. A grand monopoly would
be formed. This WAS Republican
measure of the rottenness kind and
John l.. McLaurin had voted for it..
The author Of tho con- II narcial de-