Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-29

try shall be forced to buy in re-
stricted market and then sell all
of their products In competition
with the pauper labor of the world.
made this fight for Southern indus
tries while q member of the House.
when had no idea in the world OF go
ing into the Senate. You all remem-
proval there was. Senators Tillman,
Bacon, Clay and others took up the
same line in the Senate. The News
and Courier, the Columbia State and
ninety per cent. of the papers Of the
South commended my course.
hazard little in saying had I never
been a candidate for the Senate, the
wisdom of my course would never
have been questioned. was strongly
urged to run for the Senate in 1896,
but ! did not wish to leaTe the Ways
and Means Committee. and besides
was thoroughly disgusted with the
condition Of affairs in South Caro-.
lima. I could hear Of nothing but
"whiskey rebates" etc. did not
wish to be mixed up in such an af.
fair; however it miSht eventuate, n
man could not but reel lowered and
degraded by coming In contact with
such filth. felt reasonably sure at
that time that could have been
elected to the Senate. l was assured
by one authorized to speak, that
Judge Earle would not be candidate
If ran; but concluded to go on in
a modest, quiet way and work out my
destiny in the House. This was not
to be, however. 1t was not intended
that my lines should fall in easy
places. That pure man. chivalrous
gentleman and upright Judge, your
townsman and my predecessor. lived
but a few short weeks. Governor
IGllerbc rendered me the nomination
| realized the radical nature Of some
of my utterances and votes. and while
| could not forcsce what has hap.
pcncd. knew my nature, we'll ell
ough to feel certain that having once
enlisted in the fight I would never
turn back while life lasted. I. there.
fore. refused to accept the appoint,
mcnt 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 had raised.
CAMPAIGN or 1897.
1t Is unnecessary for me to refer
Dor the meeting in Grcenville, where
was insnlted bullicd and baitcd
like some wild beast. it was a sample
of some of the rest. For myself l am
willing to Let the dead past bury
its dead" I have no i'll feeling to-
wards any one on account of 1t.
spoke, 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-fve per cent. Of the vote cast
and every county except three, which
were lost from local considerations
by small margins. I wish had time
to recount to the people what the rice
schedule. which I got into that bill,
has done for the rico planters on tho
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
were being sacrificed to tho white
pine imported free of duty from Can
ada. The North, which is almost
bare Of 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 so as to
prevent discrimination against coarse
fabrics, has meant to the cotton mills
Of the South
COTTON PLANTERS sAcRIFICED
TO A SENTIMENT.
This Is net the place to explain
what the retention Of the homo mar
ket means when manufacturer
seeks foreign outlet. l will refer.
however to the duty on raw cotton,
which | advocated at the time. Cot
ton, corn and wheat are our great ex-
ports. Now | want to ask any man
Of reason, why Is 1t that duty Of
twenty-five cents per bushel Is put
on wheat, and fifteen cents per hushel
on corn, while nothing is put upon
cotton? The three stand exactly
upon the same basis. 1t Is this,
Northern Representatives protect
corn and wheat against importations
from Canada and elsewhere, while
cotton has been sacrificed to mere
sentiment. I think that | am the
first Representative in Congress to
point out the danger to the cotton
planters arising from tho impOrta.
tion Of Egyptian cotton. Ten years
ago there were no importatons to
speak OF. The year made this
speech there was in round numbers
nfty-siX millions Of pounds, and last
year there was almost seventy mil
lions, an increase OF nearly twenty
per cent. Since then two mills have
boon built In South Carolina Gn one
of which am intcrestcd) using
nothing but Egyptian cotton. Now |
contend, II the cotton farmers were
protected like the wheat and corn
planters, We could produce any kind
Of cotton that is needed. South Caro-
lima Is the home Of the cotton plant.
No cotton comes into competition
with our Sea Island cotton, and