The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-08-15

against il. We also differed on bill
.t0hibiting intoxicating liquors TO Do
sold in the territory of Alaska. IA
vored and he opposed the prohib:uon.
Possibly he had views on dlspensary
and rebates there.
On the final passage of the army bill.
we differed. | voted for it and had
with me Senator'S Foster. Lindsay,
Morgan and Sullivan. We voted to-
gether for amendments extending the
constitution of the United States over
the Philippines on strict party Lines.
On the question CT governing our
outlying possessions he and voted
together and it is this that determines
the matter CT Imperialism, not the
possession OF the territory. | voted
to take possession and rule justly. He
voted not to take possession but to
rule.
He and voted together on all party
questions except those concerning the
Philippines which my judgment exer-
cised as a Senator and representative
of the people, told me was question
of foreign relations, involving entire
ly new problems and, therefore, not
properly a party question and on which
my political judgment told me the
country was practically united. The
Democratic party was wrecked by be-
ing forced in this matter into a policy
opposed to its own traditions. and the
overwhelming sentin ent OF the coun-
try. against my pre.est and that OF
other loyal Democrats. Developments
have proved that those who maintain
ed that the paciiication of these ialands
was impossible. that the people would
never accept cur control and that
their retention would be Improbable
and disastrous were wrong. | am
ready to ge before the people Of South
Carolina and show them the facts. Do
you undertake to say that | must re.
sign and put myself out Of my party
because favored upholding the digni-
ty CT the American flag after its
troops had been fired On, and oppos I'd
a cowardly abandonment Of the peopls
on these islands TO chaos? Is the prop
osition to punish me, because l did
not believe Aguinaldo to be the equal
Of George Washington or ccncede that
the Filipino5 could instantly and IN.
guided organize for themselves stable
government and a high civilization?
| have been at some pains to show
from the records, by volume and
page, that where Senator Tillman and
| differed in Congress it was not on
party questions; and that he voted
with the Republicans at least as often
as | did. and that in every case where
we divided | had with me Democrats
who possess the confidence OF the
rarty throughout the country and
whose Democracy not even his reckless
and slanderous insolence dares TO
assail | could 60 further and show
other instances in which he has voted
against the great majority CT his
party and even against his own decia.
rations-probably on the Platt amend
ment to the Cuban bill. He had de-
clared his purpose to oppose and
fight this to the last ditch; but he
voted for it. Some cf S present
newspaper friends said at the time
thai he did it to curry favor with the
Charleston vote, hoping to trade the
exposition bill through. If that was
the case, he was the shallow victim Of
a political green goods game and
sold himself for sawdust Eut | have
said enough, think, to prove to you
and to the public that you-like many
who have risen and gone before you
have permitted yourselves to be made
tools Of by Senator Tillman, to pro-
mote his own base and brutal ends
and to protec. him from the struggle
he fears to face, because he knows
that the facts and arguments are al
against him. His hope Is to keep those
facts and arguments from the psople
Of South Carolina
Accept my coincidence on the unha9-
py and absurd situation into which
this would be dictator has led you
You may be assured that he vii! find
a crevice through which to crawl, leay-
ing you to stand the fire when it be.
comes hot, and that having used you
he will cast you aside like many he
has formerly used.
l desire to proclaim to the world
that you do not represent the in;elli-
gence, the Democracy or the people OF
South Carolina; and to you and Sena-
tor Tillman that he has never been
my master and shall never be; that
he shall not escape the vengeance
that must surely fall upon him VII n
the people have been made to under
stand his motives. his methods, his de-
based character and his shameful re-
cord. To that grand conservator Of
free government, the reserved patriu.
tism and common sense OF the people.
[ make annaal auainr, narti,an