The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-05-24
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N''>tIN ..tt. May -..--I he 0NlllCt.
Ga. nc"uorIary might very We, be the
nas:.2 ot the Dew political party form.
n..y launched 81 G:ccuville TO-DAY. Ii
was rataer premature launch, for il
Wi. bc a fall yesr before tie new ship
W. Gci CAt in;o the broad sea ana
saNG i1c port @! o!NT.ma:y. l; may never
yaN port, and i ii does Il viii. have an
exceedingly rough passage uni:. il gets
- ;>t poc; .: N".e.eCi!on. lust yet the
>'ll' i Il entire charge Of It's captail
Senator John L. McLaurin. Material
| IN The shape o, a crew presented itself
today. tui the passenger list has not
yet been made up, because those in.
| cIued 10 be passengers see shoals
| ahead; fear the dynamite Of Tillmsn:
| the suaEs OF Democratic opposition.
| ana the dangers OF rotting tied up 10
the Startihg point.
II WAS an eventual launch, and one
ttaught with much interests, not only
| TO The captain. senator McLaurin. and
his crew. but 10 the State at large.
That the captain is now IN earnest and
bent upon making the port Of re.elec.
| ton is certain. Today he came to
Greenville 10 show the people OF the
state what manner Of boat he had to
| launch and how he expected 10 make
the trip.
Early in April a committee, consist
ing OF Mcssrs. James l. Orr, J. ii. May
well, Nj. d., J. A. Mccullough, Frank
Hammond, W. NJ. Thackstou, Lewis
w. Parker, w. c. Beacham, W. d.
Mctts, A. a. Bristow, A. G. Furman
| and A. j. $. Thomas, invited Senator
Mclaurin to come to Grecnville and
| make formal presentation from his
| standpoint Of certain national issues
now before the people. 1t does not fol-
low that as Of these gentlemen are sup
portcrs OF Senator McLaurin, but they
| did want to hear his views, and did
| want others to hear them. That was
| why Senator McLaurin was here, and
right boldly did he proclaim his views.
First OF all, he insisted, 81 am Demo-
crat, but, regardless OF party lines or
| fcalty, ! stand for industrial success
and commercial triumph. All through
| the speech the very core Of it was,
| "locally and scctionally | am Demo-
crat,' but, he added, II assert, fellow
| citizens, however, that it is almost a
crime tlor any party to make great,
| broad non-political American meas
urcs, involving the political and COM
mercial development OF the nation, the
test OF party fealty." Then 1t WAS that
| he insisted that expansion, subsidies
| and the like commercial doctrines were
in line with the Democracy of our
| fathers.
There were several special features
of the address today which stood out
like the spires Of q church, and when
enunciatcd they brought forth applause.
| Those features we're:
lst. irrespective Of party lie stood for
the great commercial and industrial
interests of the nation.
2nd. "I have broken up" he said,
negro government and carpetbagism
in South Carolina"
Bird. l am Democrat, in spite of all
the ISLANDERS that have been circulated
against me.
4th. recognize no boss, In or out of
State, and am free from Tillman's coat
tail.
9th. Nobody but Il fool would now
make speech on free silver.
| 9th. am an cxpansionists.
| Tth I f0 vo, a 4 ~ ~ l. - a,,l.
sidy, but am not committed to any par
ticular bill.
Sth. A ''steal" is not "steal" when
it is going tho way of other folks.
| 9th. The Isthmus Canal means South
ern prosperity.
10th. aLl in the senate tor what I
can get for South Carolina, not further
my personal interests.
! ilth. The friend and advocate of
Capcrs and Chaffee.
18th. He has kind words for the
Charleston Exposition.
18th. He insists the only way he can be
defeated is to be forced out of the pri-
mary.
lith. II am honest" Honest in the
belief that he is right in principle and
that principles are above party lines.
! There was great deal more in tho
speech, for it lasted moro than two
hours, and when it was over Senator
Mcl'aurin was thoroughly tatigued and
| looked somewhat worn. 1t was q crisis
for him. He realized 1t and he threw
all the fervor and feoling of his spirit
into what he said. At times he rose to
| decided cloquenco, full of heart and
meaning, and then he won't to tho
ridiculous, iibing at Tillman, or Lati.
mer, or Homphill, or Gonzales, or the
News and Courier, or tho State.
NOT a LARGE AUDIENCE.
The meeting was held in Greenville's
new Opera House; q dainty structure.
1t Is said 20 scat comfortably 1900 per-
sons and, allowing for tho unoccurtod