The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29

sm q Dem0crat, honestly Qe6lrou5 OF
remaining so, and witnessing tho tri-
umph of the party to which l am at
tached by association and heredity. 1t
was never contemplated by the found
ers OF that party that It should bee ,me
purely sectional sffsir, yet to day
there is no Democratic party capable
Of making itself felt outside Of the
South. In the North and West, it is
permested with socialism, and has dain.
died away into the party Of &c ction, not
q nation. | do not propose, however,
TO pursue this limo of thought; it ia
painful and can accomplish no good pur
pose.
THE MONEY QUESTION.
BCgluni g with the ranic of 1893 there
has never been suoh rapid iodus,r al
changes in any country. These ch h,uges
were in progress. and cue war with
Spsiu served as fash-ligh to show u,
what was going on. Iu 1896, We had
osmpaign upon the money question
Everything was depre ssed. Men sex
ing employment, cotton und. i've ceuis
whest below the cost of production, and
idIeuess, discomfort, rus ard misery
everywhere. We were told that the sal.
vstion of the cOuntry depended upon the
free coinage ofsilyer believed then,
and b,lieve now, that theoretically we
wers right; but new and unforeseen
forces came itto play, and | h.ve
enough sense co recognize the fact that
the restoration Of confidence" abou ,
which Mr. Cleveland talked, and about
which L did not know enough at the
time to understand, the discovery of
gold in the Klondyke, the influx Of
money from abroad seeking investment,
and the Increase in banking facilities,
for the time ct least, have settled tho
money question, and nobody but fool
would make free silver speech now.
Instead Of 3 depleted treasury, there
is in it TO day the largest amount Of
god in the history Of tho country, and
actually the Secretary Of the Treasury,
few weeks ego, deposited money In a
Spartauburg bank, something that has
never been done before in the history of
our State. | have beeu listening fer
somebody TO crv out "Repub!icsuism," !"
because was iustrumen al in beginning
a movement which h6pe IN the future
may enable our farmers and merchants
w rtSAIS hlpICg AZ ~ NtI IAlC VI III
tcIcst.
Another crest change as the re- suit Of
the panic of 1893, is the rapid develop
mept Of our export trade. Our heme
ma keis failed us, m manufacturers found
themselves with immense stocks of
goods on hand aud nobody to buy them,
this forced them to seek markets abroad
and one enterlrising firm in Birming
ham, Ala, shipped $50 ton of iron to
Europe. At that time iron could be
bought for Sc 90 per ton in Birmingham
and this small shipment six years ago
was the beginning of the $l30, 600, 600
worth of iron that We shipped abroad
last year, 300, 900 tons going from Ala,
bSma. -
To day, entire Europe is alarmed at
the development OF our commerce, and
we sec every day indicstions of trade
combine on the part of Europe against
the United States In the financial
world, instead Of depending upon Eu-
rope as We did seven years ago for our
money, England, Germany and Russia
hsve recently had to come to New York
to place their government loans. have
given nothing but a mere outline, and
yet | ask any man within the sound of
my voice If these facts do Lot present a
totally changed condition. The Spanish
war suddenly awoke US to the fact that
our country was one Of the great COM
merci,l and political powers of the
world.
HOW CAN BEST SERVE THE INTEREST
OF SOUTH CAROLINA?
Believing as l do that there are vital
issues which, growing out of changed
industrial conditions, are higher aud
broader than mere party questions, |
have, as Your Senator, looking beyond
the line marked BY sectionalism and par.
tisanship, striven to promote the mate
rial, political and commercial interests of
our common cOuntry-for In so doing,
can best serve the interests of the State
of South Carolina. Fer this have been
arraigned before the people Of this State
and charged with allying myself with
the Republican party. Criticism, abuse
and gross Misrepresentation has been
INDUCED In. Not content with this o.
fair method of attack, some of the
papers in their vile persecution have de-
ceived the people by Withholding informa
ton on one side Of these great nation Il
issues and emphasizing and publishing
everything on the otner. They have
| persistently held mo up as a renegade.
and on more than one occasion alleged
| that intended to resign and accept a
Federal appoint ment. Amid all this
persecution l have maintained my 81.
lence, confident that when an opportu
nifty was offered, the people would see
that | received fair play, and that they
would at least accord me honesty oi
| purpose.
There arc two question that l submit
TO tho people of South Car )lins; First
Am | honest in the Vows / advocate
Second. Am | mistaken2
As to tho fret. All that | have tC
say is that my people have shed theil
blood for South Carolina in every con.
test In which she has ever been engsg
cd. L was born in South Carolina,
took my wife IN South Carolina, anC
when | die | expect my bones to bC
laid beside five generations of honest
men and truo women who have gone
before / have children who must bea,
my name, good or bad. Every dollsl
that | have is invested in this State
except small amount in North Caro-
lima and Florida. My interests are in
sepsrably interToven with the interes
of nv State, no good can come to he
in which oanDo. participate, and nj
evil Of which | must not bear my share
If | wanted to have an easy time,
certainly choose the hard r1ad. | nigh
have driftcd with the current, sang IN,
too, and continued to hold Office.
had pretty good tutelage and an illust
IionI nXamnln In nv sArlu nnliticn