The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-08-30

'' hSi''io, 90 icpicSViltStt ny
tho ma ajority, lies, and no knows he
llos. L am called Il populist now by
republican and gold bug papers that
are so much in love with commercial
democracy. ] always have and al
ways will spurn Cloveland's democ-
recy as nothing but thinly disguised
republicanisnl, and McLaurin's do
mocracy is oven loss respectable.
Cleveland nevor played tho hypo-
crite, whilo McLaurin was as Dagger
once to press populism pure and sim
Pic rs ho Is now TO advocate NTcIIin-
leylsm, and Bowden tho apostle Of
popullsm in South Carolina IN 1892.
was. the first man ho gavo q Job to
after his appointment to the senate,
and it is said that this same popu
llstlc leader is now strong sup
porter Of Senator AIcLaurin's lust
brand Of politics.
THAT MILL THREAT.
"Some of the newspaper editors
and other ardent supporters of Sena-
tor McLaurin have b"on very much
shocked and outraged by what l said
at Union rs warning to tho mill
presidents not to attempt to coerce
thcir operatives. 1t is considered an
unpardonable sin that / should daro
to threaten to interfere in this mat
ter. What L said on that occasion
was for tho purpose of warning these
men against attempting to 60 too far.
81 recognize the right of every man
to try to persuade others to vote
with him, but deny that the en-.
ployment Of mon in mills carries with
it the right on the part Of tho owner
of the mill to coorco or control tho
votes of tho employees. The relation
between the mill owner and the work
or in tho mill is ono Of mutual advan-
tage and the mills were not built for
tho purpose Of giving employment to
labor, but for tho purpose Of making
money. All mon who work in tho
mills give labor for the money they
receive. The interests of tho mill
owner and tho mill hand may
DO identical or they may he an.
tagonistic. 1t has been common
in tho north for the laborers employ
cd in the manufacturing establish
ments to be driven when they cannot
DO cajoled into voting the republican
ticket, and the threats of discharging
laborers and closing down works in
'06, and even in the last presidential
election no doubt secured McKinley's
triumph.
"Ihe owners Of tho cotton mills
that have sprung up so rapidly in
South Carolina are in many instances
northern mon and possibly moro
northern capital has been invested in
this industry in tho last ton years
than homo capital, but that does not
carry with it any obligation on the
part of the operatives to vote for a
Republican VINO comes either openly
or in disguise.
"Tho mills in South Carolina have
been treated by tho State govern
ment which is democratic, with
great liberality, but if their own
ers attempt to drive our native born
South Carolina dom ocrats into tho
republican camp tho other demo-
Gratis Of tho State will not calmly
submit to it, and the operatives will
be tho first TO resist such action.
There is no proof in the world that
manufacturing in South Carolina
owes anything to the republican
party.
"The mill operatives are natives
of this and adjoining States. They
arc as thoroughly grounded in dom
ocratic principles as the farmers or
any other lass Of our citizens. They
arc as good people as we bave, and
[ only declared my purpose, if an at
tempt to coerce them was made, to 90
to the mills at night and explain to
these people just wherein they are
being misled or being unduly innu-
enced or driven. In doing this I do
not propose to array labor against
capital, but I do it for tho purpose of
warning capital to attend to it's own
business and not attempt to make
slaves of our white people. If the
mills arc closed on campaign days