The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-09-04

Ii changed conditions. The Philip in
l. did Tot come as foreseen result.
a was an accident more or less and /
cause the god of war was on the Anne
II ican side. He took up the conditio
3 in the Philippines and he always co
q cluded that the war was Democrat
: war. He explained al considerab
G length his vote and speech on the Pan
treaty and based his vote upon the bo
+; fact that the country was in contli
7 with an armed foe and he stood by b
own country and people, whether rigl
or wrong. He had just gone throug
heated campaign; he knew what
was to be maligned and slandered an
he knew it would bring him censure
but he never for minute regrette
his vote. He consu ted no one. If th
treaty had not been ratified Spain an,
the United States were again ready fo
war and France and Germany wer
much in sympathy with Spain.
Then Senator McLaurin took up th,
question as to whether this Is a goot
policy. There can never be imperial
ism under the American form of gov
ernment, and no man would oppose i'm
perialism more vehemently than he
would and he voted against everything
looking like imperialism in the Philip
pine government and he felt IN time
those people would be given sef-gov-
ernmeut.
lie claimed that no people were more
interested In the retention of that sec
tlon than was the South, which is SO
Wrapt up in cotton and manufactured
cotton. Amy country to become rich
must use its raw material, and so he
dlifted on to show the opportunities of
this market. 1t was foolish, he thought,
for American merchants to try TO get
into the foreign markets without the
protection of the American flag. He
did not believe it possible with exist
ing conditions for the United States to
nave maintained footing in the far
east without its holding the Philip
pines. This country would have been
choked out by port charges if it did
not have the Philippines as stand.
Off. In reply to Mr.. Hemphill he said
the Insurgents had to be subdued for
the reputation of the country and that
was an expense of the war proper, but
the trade in China will be worth a
hundred times what it will cost and he
predicted that in five years no public
man could be found in South Carolina
who would advocate turning loose the
Philippines. The value as base of
operations has already been shown in
the recent Chinese troubles and has
made firm friends of the United States
and China.
Nobody is attempting to shoot relig-
ion into these people. This country
could have left these people to be muir
dered and plundered. Having de-
siroyed their only form of government
it was incumbent to establish a new
government. Only one tribe he held
was ever fighting this country. This
country had and has duty to perform
and this people will not shirk duty
because it costs.
MIR. TOMBSTONE IN REPLY.
Mr.. George Johnstone was received
with much applause, in fact an ova-
ton, and said if it were not that he
thought the Democracy was IN danger
he would not be here. He accepted
McLaurin's statement that he was not
trying to organize Republican party,
but he insisted that the adoption of
McLaurin's policies must and will lead
to Republicanism. When the hour
comes when the great Democratic party
will dislntegrate man by man he would
stand with the last raising his voice for
the Democratic party. If McI.aurin's
positions do not lead to the ruin of the
Democratic party then he did not know
what Democracy was. He said some
Of his firmcst friends thought like Mr..
McLaurin. He would say nothing to
hurt the feelings OF these men or Nc
Laurin, but he would do his duty to his
party and if it made any mad he would
endure it.
Then he pointed out the differenC
between McLau in's expansion an!
what he called Democratic expansion.
Democratic expansion came with the
consent of the governed and was only
of American territory. They were ask
ed to have local f-eovernmcnt and
they came i'll at once as co-partncrs.
That is Democracy. The forces with
which McLaurin is operating are estab-
fishing despotic government, and then
ho iiohSuiou eho alBuiueHI luaL Ine
Filipinos had no government; and then
Mr.. Johnstone slowad the present con
ditions in the Philippines and to these
Nc Laurin hims slf said he gave assent.
Mr.. Jolnstone urged that these people
are governed by the autocratic power
Of the president alone. You who have
been pinioned by Sickles and Candy
are pointed to the spectacle of the Fill
pinos governed in the same condition
as the South was years ago.
Mr.. McLaurin justifes this auto
cratic government of the president ant
sanctions the unlimited power of tn,
president. Here 1t is claimed tha
Democratic expansion with self.gov
ernment is claimed to be the same a
autocratic governmental same q
you had with Candy and Sickles.
Then Mr.. Johnstone roasted MI
: McLaurin's argument that the land
l should be held for trade. McLauri
3 himself tells you they wear no clothes
a The proper thing to dois 10 extend tn
J., Monroe doctrine TO them, make treat
\. agreements and friends of the people
Q Then he jumped onto McLaurln's shi
/ subsidy proposition. If 1t was to don