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

delivery system. Ho 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 "n appropriation. He told how
he had gotten it. The postmaster
general had wanted his (Latimer's)
son to lay ont and take charge of the
work in this district. He had tried
to get old soldiers provided with
this JOB, but they we're ruled out on
account of ago. John l.. McLaurin
and his backors, who we're running
over tho 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.
Laurln was standing in the way, try.
ing to get his heelers to whoop and
howl for him and help him to get
back to the senate, men to help him
who ere paid by Mark Hunna's
money. This man tells you to go
back Oh all your country ever stood
for. This man stood by VIM. Nc
Kinley and he stands by tho repub-
lioan party, and that party turns
over to him the patronage here. He
then repeated the history of the
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 littlo
republican sheet, the Greeuville
News. When they had started in
after him be ran away to the exposi-
tlon, Instead of staying here and
facing the 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 of people
supporting McLaurin, the pap suck
ers pure and simple, 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 a republican party in a
single township. He then proceeded
to discuss "this foreign policy busi-
ness" He repeated what he said at
Spartanburg and Groenville, about
the cotton mills. Ho WAS opposed
to special privileges to any class of
men.
lie dealt at some length with the
favored nation clause IN connection
with the Philippines aud referred to
onr enormous expense IN holding the
Philippines by hi itary power. Nc
Lanrin said, with Larry Can't re-
peating 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 got the trade of China is tc
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 yot prosper, because
this country is too big. There was
nothing in the New Testament teach,
ing that Americans should go to the
Philippines and Christianize the
people. If it's right, why not be
called to Christlanize China? Ex.
pansiOn should be poaceabIe and
business like.
He devoted the last twenty min.
utes Of his speech to the views on
the ship subsidy. He held that the
subsidy would build up the Eastern
ports to the destruction of the South.
ern ports. A. grand monopoly would
be formed. This WAS a Republican
measure Of the rottonness kind and
John l.. McLaurin had voted for it