Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-08-14

stay In the primary and thus be returned
to tho Senate to work for the upbuilding
of tho State, but suoh q lesson will be
road to bosses and their Truckers as will
be a notable example of fitting punish
peoples rights for two or three genera
tions.
AS will be seen his speech was laid
along the lines Of the one delivered at
Greenville.
Beginning by touching lightly on the
tariff, he showed clearly the meaning Of
expansion as against imperialism, and
this section, tracing the growth of trade
in the country for the past hundred
years from strictly an importing country
to the greatest exporting nation of. the
world. The internal development with
plenty of land for every one who wanted
homesteads the same to tho present time
when all the vast domain has about all
been takon, showing how during all this
time these great developments were
organized and carried out by Democratic
statesmen. The industrial sphere of the
question, tho Unitod States having such
enormous productive power that over
one-half of the great products must find
a market elsewhere, instanoing the de-
pressing effect of a war in far-off China
Oll Jul OWh COgJOh HAoWOAo Ill Ouio coO-
ton, and the manufacturers. How the
Spanish war revealed unexpectedly to all
tho world these great resources, and the
great world power of this country to
such an extent that all Europe is In
league against us. He also touched on
that larger question of tho duty of a great
and strong nation like our country to
spread tho gospel and tho benefits of our
civilization to those who have 1t not, and
the failure of any individual or nation to
accomplish the destiny intended by the
Great Creator to be held against that
individual or nation, oven in those days
the same way it was in the days of that
first great king, Belshazzar of Babylon.
The little incident mentioned in the
dress, two little girls, dressed in tho
Stars and Stripes, presented him with an
elegant bouquet of flowers, was quito
fitting and significant.
The following report is from the COR
respondent of The News
Walhalla, s. c., August 0.-Yesterday
afternoon at 6 O'Clock Senator John l..
MoLaurin arrived at Westminster. and
was entertained thore at the Westminster
Inn and later in tho evening went to tho
resideono of Mr.. w. p. Anderson for tho
night.
The good people of Westminster turned
out on masse and at $50 O'Clock called
on Senator McLaurin for an impromtu
speech. Tho Senator responded in a
most happy mannor. He spoke on high
plano and did not refer to Senator Till
the beginning of the revolution of 1900
and gave tho causes leading up to it.,
which he said was a fight against bossism
and king rule.
Ho briefly referred to tho tariff and
tho fights mado against him in 1897. He
thon dwolt upon expansion and tho ma
torial development Of tho South. He do
and the Senate. The people listened
most attentively and we're highly pleased
at tho logical, dignified manner in which
he spoke--freo from personal malignity
and abuse.
Early this morning many good people
throughout the county began to wend
their way to Oakway, whore Hickory
gave a picnic.
NJ. G. Barton, Council Commander,
made the address, welcoming the people,
mostly farmers.
At II O'Clock Jos. w. Shelor, ESQ.,, of
Walhalla, introduced Senator McI.aurin,
who WAS invited by tho Woodmen of the
World to speak upon the issues of to-
day.
Fully two thousand people wore pros
cnt and gave tho Senator their closest at
tention. He was frequently applaudcd,
and from the many expressions after
| wards it was evident that his speech
made profound impression. The tariff,
the Eastern markets and all the other
questions were touched upon as fully as
time would permit.
friends that he aid not deal Ii in Personal p
| abuse, but spoke calmly and convincingly
upon these important themes. His def
ant reference to king rule and bossism
| received hearty response from the
| crowd, and especially when he declared
that he was responsible not to q political
| boss or a committee of 21, but to the
| white people of South Carolina, speaking
at the ballot box.
At the conclusion of his address Misses
Jodio Haley and Mary Shelor, two OF
Oconee's most beautiful daughters, pre-
sented the Senator with beautiful bou-
quct, for which he returned appropriate
thanks.
After dinner, which was served upon
the grounds, which all heartily partook,
Woodman's address. Everything passed
off quietly. 1t was day of real profit
| and pleasure and everybody was singing
tho praises of the WOodmen.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
| NIcenNlllci August U.--ocudIOr MClIdu-
rim delivered an address at Oakway to-
| day, some ton miles from Westminster.
Something over two thousand people
we're present and listened with marked
attention, and gave him generous ap-
| plause whenever he made telling hit.
Ills address was before and under the
auspices of tho Wcodmcn of the World.
His line of speech was similar to that
made at Greenvillo, and he had the
crowd with him fully on his exposition
of expansion, merchant marine and the
Paris treaty. Inno case was the applause
more hearty than that which followed
his denunciations of possession, ring rule
and puppct committeeman. The large
crowd was totally unexpected, and lis
reception for tho first time before a
strictly farmers meeting makes his
friends and followers quite jubilant.
Tuskcgee, Ala, July 2S, 1878.
DR.. G. j. Moffctt-My Dear Sir: Jus
tice to you demands that l should give
you my experience with your excellent