The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-04-10
Dead and Live Issues.

bchu uuu live tSSueSs
Now and then and not i~nfrequently,
h Is Democracy Is asked with SUPER
ctlious air. The "Virginia and Ken
century ago by Jefferson has been for
that period accepted as the creed. Per
haps not one in ten Thousand Of those,
who claim like Hill, ST am a Demo-
craft has read them, and II he had
would swear implicitly by their mod
r or this day trend. And there are
many issues of every days cropping out
that cannot be referred to their arbitri-
ment. Can McLaurin be tried in the
Primary of August 1902 for the CON
ceded sin of voting with the Republi-
cans In 1900? Can Il political sin go
out of date? AS a rule it does not. 1t
may happen, it is not probable that
the Democratic party of this State, in
1902, may sustain Mckinlcy's and Han
a imperial expansion policy; it may
be so; but then republicanism will be
triumphant, the Democratic party hay-
ing shed its skin and become Repub,i-
can. The Issue is rot dead. The
Democratic Convention of 1902 will al
low him to enter the lists. If he wins
"Imperial Caezar" is the word, and
the Democratic party imperial and re-
publican.
Alexander, the Great, conquered all
Asia, the then known world "and wept
because there were no moro worlds
to conquer He was delighted with
the soft and delicious Orient, and after
many years in velvety luxury died in q
debauch' A syndicate of the Western
Powers, including the new Empire this
side The Atlantic, have looted the far
East, presumably skinned it and now
Russia proposes 10 absorb Manchuria,
the chief Province bordering Corea
and threatening Japan. 1t looks very
like England, Germany and Uncle Sam
will be bulldozed and let the steal pro-
coed. Thus the Cossack Rough Riders
Of the North of Errope will shame the
achievements of tn iilustr!ous Prince
OF Greece, as veil as the Western Pow.
ers of this day. China, the Sou.h vas
Interested to keep vide open a. 4
market for ner chief stap'e 1t is still
a greater shame, after spending thou.
sands OF millions in Eastern adventure
to surrender everything o these North,
ern uesperadoes upon the demand
"stand and deliver" Mckinley made
haste TO rush TO the help of the
mongrels of Cuba and at Paris his
henchman carried out the Philippine
gobble. On the heels OF this bluuder he
rushed over to China. 1t was all baC
laundering, but the fight ought now t.
come and the wild Beers be checked
The advice OF old Polonius to Laertes
was sound: Beware of entrance to s
quarrel, but being in; Bear II, that the
opposer may beware Of thee"
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Hon. John l.. McLaurin applied tt
the President and the high Hanna gov
c0ckOlorums at Washington
and secured the promise of a govern.
ment Exhibit at Charleston, provided
a house Is furnished for it. And nov
tho lnhnv Grrn nc ny.nf ~, wi ~ n l~,. &.-
b. II. rs failure.
III L. had been standing to the gov,
eminent gentry as johnny he would
have brought down the White House
II not the capitol, Dolly Maddison's pic.
ture included And who wouldn't enjoy
a glimpse of the last?
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''Gets There all the Snme.o
The annual convention of the South
ern mark the word) cotton s%pinners
VIII be held at Atlanta on May 9th
and 10th. Hon. John l.. McLaur1n will
be one of the speakers.
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Senator B. r. Tillman has accepted
an invitation from the literary socie.
ties of Newberry College to deliver
the literary address to the Students a.
commencement In June. His presence
will add much to the interest of the oc
casion and a large crowd may be ex-
pected.--Herald and News.
The Senator is accepting a good
many invitations, but there Is such 9
trick as utilizing an old rmo
*~s
And now the grave issue IS ripe: wbC
II the government exhibit TO,
the Charleston shoR? Tillman's an
nouncement that "if the stealing had
TO proceed he wanted his state to pe,
her SHARE" is bearing fruit. We are
enlarging the old-time qualification,
Tor congressman.
Thousands upon thousands Of mule:
have left the great Northwest for The
British service in South Africa. AnC
now the Beers and their friends wan
the business stopped Stop the water!
OF the Mississippi Inc the Missouri
from seeking an outlet at that port. |
an easy task Is wanted.
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81 There seems TO be some little zeal
ousy sprlDging between S%partanburl
and Greenville, if their several news
papers are true eXponents. We take
leave to cite them to the little borough
towns, Atlanta and New York.
Robbed the Grave.
a startling incident OF which Mr.
John Oliver, Of Philadelphia, was tb,