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

separable. They will either fail to-
gether or succeed together. When
that time comes, freights will move
North and South, instead Of East and
West. Our ports will be the gateways,
and the South will develop with un-
equalled rapidity. Cannot any man Of
sense see that the money power head.
ed by G. p. Huntington and Hill. with
great railway systems running East
and West, do not want freight de.
nected South? With this change. the
Seaboard. Coast Line and Southern
would rival In greatness the three
trans-contincntal lines. The pro.
dacer Of raw material will prosper,
just In proportion to the demand for
his product. All that our Southern
people have to do now is to be wise
and conservative. and favor the great
public measures looking to the pro-
motion OF the material and Industrial
interests of the country and the honor
and glory OF the nation.
DO YOUR OWN THINKING.
Fellow-citizens, with so many things
to talk about, it has not been possible
for me to do more than skim the sur
race, but hope havo been so fortu-
nate as to excite desire on your part
to investigate for yourself and not let
some old moss back. who does not
know that the war has ended, do your
thinking. These are practical vital Is
sues AS your Senator | have frankly
stated my position. There are two sides
70 these questions. respect an honest
adherence Of opinion. but no man can
impugn my motives successfully.
NOT AN AUTOMAT-N
never could answer the ends of an
automat on In politics or bus ness |
yield to the dictation Of no man. 1t is
Of q Scotcbman to think
and act for himself. have asserted
and will always assert my personal
and political individuality. havo
biazcd out my own path more than
once in County, State ana National
politics. and followed it without re-
2a!d to popular applause. made
Peace aud unity" very popular once
in this Statc-too popualr, in fact-for
some OF those who once denounced tho
Leader Of tho Movement" now gr0vol
III the dust at the feet OF their old time
zoe humh!y content with the curses
ihat fall from his lips, for the sake Of
thc few crumbs that drop from the
tab,c.
REFUSES TO PREACH THE Cos
PEI. OF DESPAIR
IL reelected. as far as in me lies my
voice and vote will be used in behalf
or those measures which make fer hu-
man progress and human happiness in
the present world; measures which
will unite and knit mon into wider
recognition Of the brotherhood OF man.
My voice will so, not to invoke party
prejudice and party passion, not TO
preach gospel Of despair, not to help
10 create bitterness, but to assist in it's
Tho rancor Of party prejudice, the
fomcnt Of party spirit, the agitation
for public spols and selfish ends, these
are the fctters that clog, the manacics
that impede our national development,
and threaten our national life.
y COMMISSION TO STUDY CHINA
IMPORTANT TO THE SOUTH.
When a measure is before Con-
grcSs proposing the creation OF non
partisan commission of trained busi-
ness men TO visit China, to investigate
and report how wider markets for
American products may he obtained
among the eight hundred million Of
people who live in that portion or the
globe, n measure which would he Of
more benefit to the cotton growers
and cotton spinners OF the South than
almost any single economic measure
ever introduced into Congress shall
blindly follow the lead of the modern
apostles Of Democracy and veto
against it because the mea:.
uro originates UP the Repu>
lican side. and hrcausc Republican
President would have tho naming of
such commission? For ono. have a
higher conception. not alone Of my
privilege. but my duty, to stand by and
advance by every honorable effort the
interests of those people through
whose favo,s have place in the
halls of legislation. When to be sue
ccssful politician one must cater alone
10 prejudice and follow blind passion
in it's leadership, | shall even If taunt-
ed by the latter-day saints OF Dcmoc-
racy, prefer to believe that my con
duct is in strict accord with the poll
cies Of those grand old Democratic
heroes OF the past, who in their day
aud age, gifted with patriotism and
wisdom, made the Democratic party
known throughout the nation as the
party Of progress as we'll as the party
of power.
IS PROSPERITY so TRlGHTFUI. A
PtI ANTCHI?
Whenever prosperity is so frightful
g phantom that | must either got scar
cd at that phantom or a.snl by tho is
ancs that promote prosperity, YOU need
3Ct fear that shall dodge. Whenever
certain "laticr-day saints" attempt TO
force me TO the acceptance OF the dos
trinc that dead issue Of the past is
a vital force in the living present. |
shall make my personal protest. When