The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-04

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any mad be would endure it.
Then he pointed out the difference
between McLaurin's expansion and
what he called Democratic expansion.
Democratic expansion came with the
consent of the governed and was only
Of American territory. They were
asked to have local self-governnert
and they came in at once SIS co part
ners. That is Democracy. The forces
with which McLaurin is operating sre
establishing despotic government, snd
then he ridieuled the argument that
the Filipinos had no government; and
then MI. Johnstone showed the present
conditions in the Philippines and to
these McLsurin himself said he gave
assent. Mr.. Johnstone urged that
these people are governed By the auto
cratic power Of the president alone.
You who have been pinionso bg Sickles
ana Cauby are pointed to the spectacle
Of the Fllipinos governed in the sama
condition as the south was years ago.
Mr.. McLaurin justiies this autocratic
| government of the president and sano-
tom the unlimited power Of the p1e5i
dent. Here it is clsined that Dent-
cratic expansion with self f-government
is claimed to be the same as autocrstlc
goVernmsnt-the same as you had vita
Candy and Sickles,
Then Mr. Joanetone roasted Mr.. Nc
Lsurin's argument that the islands
should be held fer trsde. McLsurin
himself tells you they wear 70 clothes.
The proper thing 10 do is to extend
the Monroe doctrine to them, make
treaty agreements and friends Of the
people. Then he jumped into McLAu-
rims ship subsidy proposition. Il 1t
was to be done for tie farmer Why
not give the farmer the 81 bale d.
reotly and So on. Give the money di-
rect to those Mr. McLsurin says it will
help and not to the rich snip oEners.
What he commented oQ especially
was the change Of Mr.. McLaurll on
the treaty. Il Wss for him to explain,
and the whole thing was that AeLau-
rim vas Eisled and mistaken and
would not see it.
He enthusiastically favored the 18TH
nian canal and urged that the railway
interests of the east and vest Wers
fighting the canal project. THIS csnal
would give the southern msnufac&ur-
ers and shippers the real advantage:
Ship subsides foster the eastern and
western ports and the longer they sra
kept up the longer will the canal be
kept of.
He then insisted that MoLsurin had
admitted his fallibility and that be
had made mistakes. McLsurin had
upheld the AIlisncs and noW held those
views to be heresies.
AN OPENING.
Voice-Did not Tlllmsn change toe?
Mr.. Johnstone went on eloquently
and fo,cibly to say he was not per-
sonal supporter Of Tillmsn, but he
was not for pulling down records.
This was not the time to revive past
hostilities and he for one was too pa
trlotic to say one word against Tilt
man to hurt him or his feelings if he
could. He was not now fighting any
ore, but he was fighting principle,
and God knows when Tilluan and
Hampton stand together for principle
it must be right. (Greas applause.)
He asked and prayed that the people
would support men upon principles and
not for personal feeling. 1t seemed to
him thaG if anyone was to denounce B.
X. Tillnan, John L. MoLsurin vas not
the man. l[ntense applause } He held
him up as the greatest Of leaders, the
greatest man since John G. Calhoun.
and it i'll became him to now deDounce
Tillman. (Applause.) Or is it another
conversion?
ANOTHER.
It was Mr.. Canfeld, a son-in Law Of
Josh Ashley, who asked if Tillman had
not also changed his views on the
third party and Alliance and the roast
and sarcasm he got Was really sublime.
Then be pictured the duty Of Chris
tian people to the Filipinos and he
showed what Christ would have done.
McLaurin says be has no purpose to
establish Republican party, but he is
here traducing the Democracy Of JET.
ferson.
Then he went for ship subsidy with
glovos off, and how 1t differed from
State support Of railroads. H. says he
wants no Republican party and yet ne
said in Washington Mckinley ought to
be reelected by aoclamation.
He says be does not propose to organ
izs 6 Republican party and he believes
him and yet he seems to hold the Re-
publican purse strings Of public patron
age.
Is Mckinley likely to help build up
the Democratic party? Mckinley never
| voted Democratic ticket in bis life,
and is he such philsnthropist as to
give all the public Offices to McLaurin
for q stronger Dsmocratice party!
What magnificent picture it IS this
| Mckinley hunting for good Democrats
! to help build up his party. Then he
glowingly pictured how Lse and Jsck-
son had sent their munitions Of war to
their opponents!
1t was miraculous how these ap-
! pointmenss came without solicitation or
SUGGESTION. |. was marvellous hoW
Mckinley and special providence coin-
cided with MoLautin' view.
MLAURIN REPLIES.
In reply to Mr.. Johnstone's arg1-
nent Senator McLsurin, in conclusio2,
said rels;ive to the statement thst ne
had said Mckinley ought TO be reeiec-
ted by scc!anstion, thst he had said II
! would be wrong to defeat Mckinley ne.
| osuse Of the conduct Of the Esr. II
the issue vas to be made Oh the con-
duct Of the war he ought to have been
reelected. H. said it was al improper
cause for s fight for Mckinley had done
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