Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-05-29

and am here to tell you the Gods truth.
sent him word last night that saw
no need for personalities, calling me
boss, and other hard things, and yet he
started in on me today. I am not go
ing to let you all forget certain things
Of his utterances. He Is here as the
representative Of Commercial Democ-
racy." It seems we are no longer plain
Democrats. He then read the party
platform which McLaurin, he said,
seemed to delight to sneer at and criti-
else. He left McLaurin with the plat
form and the people. His policy seems
to be Get money, my son; get money
honestly If you can, but get money and
put in thy purse" It has been my
proud boast that no election could be
bought in this state by Wall street, ani
1t remains for you to say what the mon
ey Of Hanna and others, If to be used,
can do. Now as to "bossism." Who
wrote your last platform but Colonel
Hoyt, and yet a few monthes later he
had to oppose him for governor. Till
manism IS nothing but fair fight, ev-
cry man voting and counting the votes.
He does not believe in any "best" peo-
pie. This man stands here and talks Of
by being in bomb proof" Ugh. It
was foolish. No representative Of the
yet he has stood behind me in my
bomb proof" ready, as he says, to
sacrifice life for me! When the Demo-
cratic platform was promulgated what
was Democracy, it must be considered
settled. He ought to have resigned II
he could not stand for the Democracy
Of his party, or have gone before the
people for reelection. He was genuine
Democrat and not sham and humbug.
I have gone further than my friend, or
my former friend. have told the Re-
publicans in the senate in their policy
toward the Negroes that they were ar
rant hypocrites. have talked boldly to
them, yet had the confidence and good
will of all the senators who were gen.
tlemen. He related the complimentary
notice of himself by Senator Hoar. Nc
Laurin changes his politics five times in
10 years and yet won't let Teller change
once in 80 years. He believed Teller
good candidate, but the delegation
would not go with him and that settled
it, and so 1t was with Towne. Bryan
voted for Weaver under the advice OF
Cleveland, as party expedient. In
this game of politics II you do not
watch right close you can play the
rascal, and If you do not follow the
leader Of your people you can come
man spoke Of the dangers Of trying to
cut down the congressional delegation.
This new commercial doctrine simply
means, we are for sale! Bid up Hanna.
Postoff1ce jobs, any old thing, bid up!
He says so. My doctrine has been If
the stealings must go on I want my
share for you. He talks Of cutting
loose from my coat tails and he has
the felicitation and Joy Of having a
whole lot hanging on his coat tall.
gotta few jobs during the Spanish war,
but did not sell out for a mess OF pot
tage. I did not abuse my party as ne
Is doing. He says he can't be defeated
unless barred the primary. God bless
him, he can't stand in the primary.
want him to preach his doctrines to
the people that he says jump when I
pop the whip. See If yousare for sale
for money and Office. I want him to
go before the people. I shall oppose
any and every opposition to keep him
out Of the primary. If he takes the
oath. he Is now under an implied oath.
Has he broken it? You know. Let him
20 before the people and use all the In
fuence he can from the patronage. Let
him get all the influence from the cot
ton mill presidents and stockholders
and their northern bosses; but they
cannot boss the operatives. why did
he not go to Kansas City and try to
straighten out the party? He wanted
McLaurin to declare himself on the In
come tax: he and McLaurin took the
same position as he did on Cleveland.
He did not start or finch in 1896 and
represented the people In the fight on
Cleveland. Tillman then related the
birth and organization Of Bryan De-
mocracy. He never uttered word
against 1t and yet today he says 1t Is
not. He was satisfied with what the
people would do for McLaurin-theY
won't do "a thing for him and he will
be left at home. He harps on Democra-
cy being a sectional party; were not
our opponents more so? Are we to
crawl in the mire Of office hunting to
get a few crumbs and get few con-
cessions? Are we to sell out for moth
ing? I want him to go over the state.
OF course he can manufacture invita-
tions. Any public man can do so, as
did this one to suit myself. I refused
the first and told them what kind OF an
invitation I wanted, and I got 1t. I'd
rather be defeated a thousand times
than desert my true Democracy. He
told them when he voted for the fast
mail subsidy, 1t was a steal, but ne
simply wanted small piece Of the steal
for the South that paid such large
share Of the taxes. He reviewed how
much money the North was getting
from the South for pensions, rivers and
harbors and the like. The South pays
$3.50 0OO, 900 and gets back $25,000,0 900.
Then he took up expansion briefly, and
talking of McLaurin's speech said: I
talk of his stolen speech. I can say
can prove that one Of his speeches was
taken in chunks from DR.. VanDyke.
can say he stole it, and then he talks
of my pitchfork. But God bless you
that fork sings its own song and is not
stolen" Then he took up McLaurin's
advocacy Of ship subsidy. He talks Of
our prosperity. Why can't we build our
ships? It Is nothing but another steal
the rankest class legislation. 1t Is just
a grab of $180,000.000. He talks about
the mill trade in China. He took up the
mill figures and showed that the total
exports were s1,370, 000,0 900 and the total
shipments to all foreign ports last year
OF cotton goods were $24 900, and
the total shipments Of all cotton goods
to China was only $3.50, 900, and yet for
this we are to sell out! Two counties
will raise this much crude stuff. The
cotton mills are here to make money
and they made 100 per cent, and 1t Is
thought bad business II 30 per cent. Is
not made. They think they can boss
the mill vote. They tried that game
before. They did not do it. When the
primary comes off we will see what the
man behind the looms will do He will
see and never forget it.
Then he took up the prosperity Of the
state and insisted that nothing McKin-
ley did helped to build the mills In
South Carolina. They began under
Cleveland and he did the South no
good. We get the China trade by SELL
Ing the best goods at the lowest price,
and not because Of any Republican pol
icies. We ourselves are responsible for
the states prosperity, and no one else.
If he advocates and endorses all Mr..
Mckinley says and does, as he says he
does let him go to the Republican par