The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22

argument was needed to show the import.
tance OF these markets. the effect OF recent
troubles in China la sufficient. Cotton goods
are stacked in warehouses unstable, ana
when the beat Judges thought last fall that
cotton would be twelve and one.half 10 nj
teen cents per pound, II has declined more
than three cents.
McLAURIN LIKE DEMOCRATS OF OLD Is AN
EXPANsIoNIsr
am an expansionist-I favor the
the political. commercial and religious
expansion of our country. This ia along the
line OF progress. We cannot attain certain
growth and then stand still. AS In the 1ndl-
vidual 80 In the nation. We either move lot.
ward TO perfection or backward towards
decay. There are certain crises in the life OF
them pass and the chance Is lost forever
The capacity 10 take advantage OF opportun-
ity constitutes the difference between Inc
man who succeeds and the one who falls ana
ed our opportunities, and l for one am In IA
vor OF pushing II 10 the limit. During the
past century we have been absorbed In test.
ing the great q,nstion OF aepre ei
America.
Err PROSPERITY IN THE SOUTH.
The time has now come when we
must have foreign trade and not merely SUBJ
sdary to our industrial development at home
but as necessary TO our continued prosperity
Our resources and population demand world
wide avinues of trade and we annot separate
the com mercal and political elements IN
volved. What are we to do with our surplus
products? This Is the question engaging the
attention of all the civilized nations or the
earth. The only field unoccupted is in the Or.
lent. believe that The time 1s lear at hand
when the cotton trade OF the South will be
with the Orient When our commerce on The
At lantic will be Insignificant compared with
that OF the Pacific. Minister WI gave us
some valuable information at Charlotte
SOUTH CAROLINA WOULD REAP a RICH RE-
WARD.
Our manufacturers are reaching out for this
trade, and what better can / do as yoDr Sen.
ator than help them. No state will reap 9
richer reward than South Carolina, with all
the water power and manufacturing develop.
ment in the Piedmont region. and with three
such harbors as Charleston. Georgetown and
Port Royal. How can better serve the farm
ers OF this State? They will share In the ben.
eflts OF this trade. Here Is the United States
idwey between Europe and Asia. Almost
an island when the canal is cut-with the Gull
OF Mexico on the South and the Great LAX es
on the North; the Atlantic on one side and
Of TWO continents bidding for our products,
the possibilities dazzle the Imagination. 1t
Is no idle dream. believe that most OF the
people within the sound OF my voice will
Pacific power with 1000 miles OF coast on that
ocean: with the Hawaiian Islands and Aleu-.
tian Islands as resting places, and the Phili'
pines as a key to the "Open Door," we are
the only nation strong enough TO compel Rus.
sia, with her trans-Siberian Railroad, to res.
pect the in ntegrity OF the Chinese Empire. AS
long as the United States and Japan say NO
the Chinese empire must remain intact and
the door be left open to our products. When
1 think OF how strangely 1t has all come
about, ca not but believe that the hand OF
God Is guiding this governmen and that ne
has watched over and directed us along the
ity. W
THE SOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
ISLANDS WILL BE HUMANE.
I cannot undertake to discuss the ques.
ton OF government for these outlying pos.
more complex nature, and cannot but be.
lieve that a solution will be found just, hu'
name and satisfactory TO all concerned. My
vote on the Army Bill has been attacked.
NOT THE FIRST TIME SOUTH CAROLINA HAS
RISEN ABOVE PARTY.
II was along the line of supporting the
foreign policy of this govern ment Let me
say right here, that am not the first Con.
gresham from South Carolina who has voted
against his party and supported the President
when 1t came to question OF foreign war
Three OF the greatest men that South Caro-
| lima has ever produced Calhoun, Lowndes
and Cheves, supported the government
Cheves used these words, which repeat from
| the bottom of my heart: retrospective OF par
| ty, for the great interest OF the nation"
| In connection with the fight now In pro
,I,,ot hn HrGf mr. r
ever introduced was by South Carolina Re
| presen tative, Lowndes, and advocated by
Mr.. Calhoun in one Of the greatest speeches
| OF his life. This Ia not the first time that our
gallant little State has risen above section
and acted Tor the interest OF the nation.
| The Army Bill provided for maximum o
| one hundred thousand men and minimum
OF sixty.f1ve thousand. and between these
amounts the discretion was left to the Presi
dent. At that time the insurrection was In
progress, and my common sense told me
| there was but one OF two things 10 do. Either
put enough men in the field to crnsh the re-
bellion, or quit and come home. l believed
| In the former plan, and so voted.
Fellow-citlzens, there is a great deal OF clap
trap talk ed even in the United States Sen ate
About one.half Of those mournful speeches
ON the great danger OF "Imperialism" and
! "Mtlitarism" were for home consumption
and the most of them were made after com.
Portable beefsteak and bottle OF "Mumm's
Extra Dry" see that since the rebellion is
L
minimum amount. Surely, fellow.cltlzens, l
could afford to trust man on question oi
that kind whom the people or the United
States had elected 70 the Presidency. Why
moi exercise q little common sense-it is q
simple application OF therule OF three. II an
army OF thirty thousand men is required for
q population Of 35.0OO,OOO people, Ia an army Of
G5 COO zen too much for n nation OF 7G.00O, 900
Congress has for four years been spending
money along the coasts and buying expen.
riye guns and absolutely many OF them are
lying out and rustlng for want of men.
THE SUBSIDY BILL.
Now, fellow-citizens, this brings me to the
nuch- discussed Subsidy Bill. In the first
place, II ia astonishing to me what q mlscon-
ception there Is az to this matter. There has
never been a vote on the subsidy Bill, and
vet even my good friend, General Butler,
whom love like father, speaks or "McLau-
rims vote on the Subsidy Bill" There never
was vote on the Subsidy Bill, and IT was
we'll understood at the time that made my
speech that there would not be vote at that
session. If desired 10 deceive the people
and play an unworthy part, | might Just as
we'll have kept silent and not had that issue
In this campaigni but felt that the people
should be educated on this important mea-
sure. MY vote was Of no practical value un-
der any circumstances, because, II IL could
have been brought 10 vo.e, mere e,as was ma ma
biii I did not intend Just at that time to
| make q set speech on the bill. arose IN my
| seat 10 present the resolution or Inc Cotton
Sninners' Association, and before knew 10 l
had drifted into speech on the general prin-
cinles of the bill. What Is known as the
na.Payne Bill has already been changed
so much that the authors of the bill would
not know IL II they met In the road. There
was at the time a great many amendments
pending, and nobody ever knows whata bill OF
That sort will be until 1t passes the Confer
ence Committee between the two Houses
Ills hill never went 30 far as to get TO vote,
let alone a conference. So far as am con-
earned, 10 not profess 10 be a master of the
subject. hen you enter the realm OF ocean
freiyht h the relative cost OF high knot
and Ic not speed. tonnage and wages, 1t
iaIe. -, expert TO understand 1t. Senator
Erv. a very aole man, and do not believe
there ia q more honest one In the american
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