The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-05-31
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Elred, otssor, livedbut q fow abort wo,ks.
&GovernorSEll Ellorbo tonderod inc tho nom
aination. l realized the radical natute
3offomo Of my utterances aud votes, aud
swbile could not forosoe W rat has hop
pcnad, ] know my paturo well enough
to feel certain that having onco enlisted
In the fight i would mover tu-n back
whiloSlife lasted /, therefore, refused
y to accept the appointment al tho handa
of Governor Ellerbn unless he would
guaranteed that the Executive Commit.
& tee would ordor primary and permit
the people to rasai upon the Issues
which, had raiaod. W
81. cAMpAIds OF 1907. 3l
s8 II Is unnecessary for mo to refer 10 Tint
bitter fight. You all remember iia meeting
& IN Greonyille, whe Q was insulted, bullicd
and baited like somo wild beast, it was q
sample Of somo Of the rest. For myself
am willing 10 'I.et the dead past bury lis
dead" have no i'll feeling towards any
ono on account Of it. spoke, believe, in
evory county in The State outside of my Con-
gressional District except three. ] advocated
my views not only on the Tariff but on what
considered Tho real line Of policy TO no
pursued by Southern Representatives
carried about eighty per cent. Of tho vote
cast and ovory county except three, which
were lost from local considerations by small
margins. ! wish had ,timc 10 recount to
tho people what tho rice schedule, which
got into that bill, has dqhe for tho rice plan
ters on the coasts of South Carolina, ths
waate places ichasi redeemed, tho thousands
of dollars it has broAght into this State.
4 What the duty on pinei has done for tho lum-
Der interests, which were boing sacrifccd 10
the white pine Imported free Of duty from
Can9dss., The North, which is almost bare Of
tlmber, instead of going to Canada, hn, been
forced to go South, and that has put ,hous-
apds of dollars into this State. Thoro is no
telling what an arrange mont of tho schedule
on cotton goods 8 as to prevent discriminn.
tion against coarse faNrios. has meant TO the
cotton mills Of tho South.
COTTON PLANTERS SACRIFICED TO A sENTlM ENT.
This is not tho plaoo to explain whit tho
retention of tho homo market means whom q
manufacturer seeks foreign outlet l will
refer, however, 10 tho duty on raw cotton,
which advocated at tho tinie Cott IL, corn
and wheat are our great exports. Now
want To- ask my man of reason, why it is
that duty of twenty. five ocnts per bushel
is put on wheat, and fifteen oents por bnsnei
on corn, whio nothing 10 put upon ootton2
The three stand exactly upon The
same basis. It is this, North orn Rep
resentatives protect COIN and wheat against
importations from Canada endelecwhero
while cotton has been sacrificed 10 q
nero sentiment. l think that am tho
first Representative in Congress to point out
tho danger to tho cotton anters arising
frnr t0 iNDN Nil Of tsoS,
Ten years ago there were no importations to
speak Of. Tho year ! made this speech
there was inround numbers ffty-six millions
Of pounds and last year there was almost
seventy millions, on increase Of nearly twen-
ty per cent. Since then two mills have been
built in South Carolina Qn ono of which am
interested) using nothing but Egyptian cot
ton. Now contend, if tho cotton farmers
wero protected like the wheatnnd corn plan
tors, we could produce any kind of cotton
that Is needed. South Carolina is tho homo
4 Of tho cotton plant. No cotton comes
into competition with our Sen Island
cotton, and common sense tells me,
that we oan develop any grade needed
years ago tho s'Allcn long staple was
planted oil overupp South Carolina, and l
know Of some men who bought gins especial
ly adapted to this cotton, but they had te
throw them away. Egyptian cotton has
driven them out of tho business The red
hills of this up country are tho vory place
whore this cotton should bo grown, but hrv
can we develop it in competition with tht
cheap labor q Egyptf What are wo doing
now meeting q" Or" ,,h;1o :s Ss ,;; cS",.o.s ro
constructing dams in the valley Of the Nile,
which within Two years will add one million
and one, half bales or one eighth to tho cotton
Drop; while weare reducing tho acreage here
our competitors are inoroasing il, and we
are 70 flrnish tho market for the increase.
say, nway with the impractical statesm man
sblp Which VIII sacrifice the cotton planters
of South Carolina to those of Egypt. After
was elected TO tho Senate attempted 10
pursue the samo line in everything, but was
very Ill for long limo after my campaign,
confined to my bed at one timo for Hsoyen
weeks. These terrible campaigns of ours in
the heat Of summer, making speeches day
after day, sitting for four or five hours, your
clothes wet with perspiration, in the sun,
and ono half tho time without dinner, there
arc but few men who have gono through with
itand not had their health impaired. | have
no doubt but that il tshortenedt the days of the
gallant Earle and oyon rugged John Irby.
THE TREATY WITH SPAIN.
While was in this physical and mental
condition, tho war with Spain oame on and |
had to grapple with these new questions. |
was siok, heart, body and soul All that I
wanted was peace and to Se let alone, The
cruel talnts and sneers Of "Nepublican aud
traitor hurt me then, while can laugh at
them nov. made up my mind not to oroate
any further Issues, but tamely fell i'll and
follow tho lead ofJones, Tillman, Pettigrew
Y Co., and then TO quietly retire at the end
OF my form. My intimate friends know tL at
this was my intention. Whom they con.
ouded to defeat the treaty, | could not 500
what great harm could como to tho country
from forcing the Republicans 10 call an extra
session 1t would only postpone matters
by one month. At tho request Of some of
tho Democratic leaders, Imadoa speech, no !
against the treaty but against imperialism,
which Opeeoh was at the time, and with tho
lights before mo, my opinion. 1 had not
drawn tho distinction between Expansion and
imperialism, and fully intonded to vote
against the ratification ofthe treaty, was
90 tired Of being abused and accused of dis.
loyalty to my party. At that time, how
ever, contended in private that tho
rejection Of the treaty was unwise
even from party standpoint l had
then, as have now, very littlo confidence In
the political sagacity Of Senator James X.
Jones, and j believed that Senator Gorman
Was at heart an Expansionist, because he
voted for tho acquisition oftho Hawaiian
Islands. and suspected him of an ambition
after MIR. Bryan advised tho ratification of
the treaty, TO defeat IL and thus suppl IN.
him In tho leadership. Not that objected
70 this, for German 8 q conservative man,
and might have been elooted President tho
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