The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-04-23
SENATOR M'LAURIN
FIRES HIS FIRST GUN.
REAL "ChMPAIGN OPENER" AT
CHARLOTTE LAST MIGHT.
Dofonoe Of His Several Votes-His Con.
oeption Of Work for Southern States-
men-Insists on Being I'm
trammoled on. Great
ISsues.
Especial to The State.)


was an eventful day in the history Of
the Southern Manufacturers Club.
The Chinese Minister, Mr.. WI Ting
Fang, was the guest..of Honor, while
next in rank among the" prominent
guests was John l.. MoLaurin. His
address, which he read, is q declara-
tion of the Senator'S position in poll
tics, and while the address was en-
titled "Our Present Condition in the
South and Our Duty in the Future"
it was in reality the first gun in his
campaign for the reelection to the
senate from South Carolina. He in
dicates the lines along which he will
fight. He has left the "ruts," he
says, and for 80 doing defends him
self, and indicates the line in politics
he thinks the south should follow.
Mr.. McLaurin spoke as follows:
DENIES A REPORT.
Mr.. Toastmaker and Gentlemen:
l desire to make statement of
somewhat personal nature before
proceeding with this speech, which I
intend to deliver tonight, A certain
newspaper correspondent in the city
of Washington has persistently
spread the report that was coming
to Charlotte to make speech which
would lurch a new party in the
south. The report was absolutely
false. If had any such intention
good taste would prevent mo from
taking advantage of an opportunity
of this kind. I am content to advo-
cate with Democratic lines the policy
which I believe best for the south,
and when I can no longer do this I
am ready to retire to private life.
In the south we are today realiz-
ing some of the dreams of its far
reaching statesmen and business
men of fifty years ago. With pro-
phetic eye, they saw the industrial
and commercial possibilities of our
highly favored south.
With an advance of thought that
is really surprising, they suggest en-
terprises of wonderful magnitude for
its upbullding and commercial domi-
nance. From 1888 to 1850, conven-
tions were held to voice the demands
of q deepseated public sentiment for
industrial progress. The story of these
movements is crhonciled in South
Carolina publication, which, under
the name of Debows review, did for
the old south what the Manufacture
ers record is doing for the south to-
day.
The same spirit which enabled our
fathers to leave the field of defeat
b with nothing but their courage and
characters left, still lives in the
|s Aad inspires you today in your
8s|| llertaking.
of the great southern
men and statesmen Of fifty
70 are no longer ideal dreams.
oned by q cruel war which de-
spr social and industrial sys-
9eo jch for years reached CO.
;em' and whSstional undertakings
operation in nSa,,oh Won 90 Tmaot
almost impossible, ss$ses,x thaae draams
here tonight are makingwA
actual living realities.
WHAT WARS SETTLED. ~Ssas,
Talk about the "New South" ~ IA.
name is q misnomer. It is the same /
old spirits revived which sixty years
ago made the south the dominant
power in this nation-a position OF
which nothing but war could have
robbed her. What we need now to
again attain that proud emlnence is
the same broad conception and the
same comprehensive grasp OF the
true situation. The last twenty years
have wrought an industrial revolt
zion in the south, which must find ex.
preston in our social and political
life.
The time is past for the discussion
as to whether this government ie to
be ono consolidated in it's structure
or loose aggregation of (so-called)
sovereign States. The civil war set
= tied that.
It is useless to discuss the question
zof whether this is to be a purely