The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-08-13
THE UNION MEETING.
so EAR II SEEaIs TO BE KarIIHK
TAME;
john B Cleveland, Defends the Movement
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| 'o"i ''' iiH' ta95 SPeHklil6 OF tho
political mcct,ng Six Of tho dom
ocratlc leaders Of tho State mudo
interesting addresses and all tho men
wero hoard with closo attention and
with much respect. Thoro WAS very
ltllo enthusiasm but great apparent
interest in tho national issues. There
wore no State issues rofcrrcu 10 and
no personalities indulgcd in except a
fow by Latimor directed against
NlcLnurin. Tho speakers wcrc ID. S.
Henderson, senator from Aiken coun.
ty; }. L. johnson, congressman from
tho Fourth district, and j. j. IIomp.
hill, formcrl y congrcssmHn from tho
Fifth district, in tho morning, and
Jno. Is. Cleveland Of Spurtanburg,
Asbury &. Lntimcr, congressman
from tho Third district, and Robert
Aldrich, senator from Barnwoll coun
ty, in tho afternoon.
Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Aldrich
said they wcro not candidates for
any Office Mr. llondcrson's speech
was on a high plano and was directed
toward placing his hearers in posses.
sion of information rs to tho subjects
discussed. Congressman Johnson
mado somewhat brief sEspocch, but
handled tho economic questions
now in tho public mind in his usual
cIcar and lucid atylo.
Mr.. lIcmphiIl delivered woll pro,
pared speech Of about two honrs'
lonGth in Il most effective and enter
tanning manner. lIo dealt cxhuus-
lively with questions which uro di-
yldng tho democrats Of this State,
his position being strongly sol forth
rs against what is known ns "com-
mercial or progressive democracy"
lilo intorsporscd his speech with
many stories and anecdotes and
proved himself u can'pnlgnpr Of un-
usual ability and effectiveness. When
tho moeting opened after dinner
Jno. b. Cleveland Of Spnrtanburg,
the only representative Of tho So
callod "commorciul democracy" pres
ont delivered & worry fine and caro-.
fully prepared speech setting forth Il
business mans views Of tho political
questions Of tho day. Tho speech
WAS highly instructive and hold tho
undivided attention Of tho audience.
A good doal Of Mr.. Clevcland's
speech was information oven TO tho
woll informed. He frankly stated
thnt tho cotton mills have not for
.months, and arc not now making any
money, and that somo OF thom arc
losing money, the question with thcm
was providing for the hundreds who
wore dependent upon them for thoir
daily bread and that the mills must
bavo moro markets and if necessary
they should fight for them. Iio nr,
gucd that expansion aud subsidy had
always been democratic principles
and gavo numerous evidences to
prove this position. 1ie was pro-
foundly convinced that thoso things
woro right and benelciul and wore
roady to riso above party when
necessary for tho benefit Of the State.
lle explained how and why the
manufacturers Of the United States
cannot got into South America and
othor foreign markets and showed
how expansion and subsidy would
help them. Mr.. Latimor departed
somewhat from the speech he had
prepared and made talk Of old
times and caught tho crowd, creating
moro enthusiasm than any of the
speakers mad done. He sailed into
Senator McLaurin with gloves of
and charged the junior senator with
forsaking evory party he had ovel
boon with. Ho spoke with much
vigor and oarnostuess. Io stirred
up frequent response from the crowd
favorable to his contentious, one
from q soldier latoly returned from
tho Philippines, being especially SO on
account Of his reference to McLnurin
Mr.. Latimer's speech stirred up tho
crowd more than any of tho speakers
did as ho jumped on McLaurin ant
insisted that he had deserted every
party or faction ho ovor started with
that no and his friends wero buying