The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-02-12
McLAURIN CONDEMNED.
SPIRITED AND SCATHING RESOLU.
TION CONDEMNIEG SENATOR
M'LAURIN
For HIS Active Cooperation and Alliance
with tho Republican Party in Some of
It's Most Daring AbrogatIons OF tho
Principles Of Constitutional Govern-
mont and Audacious Raids on
the United States Treasury.

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the House met tonight it had reg
ular surprise party. Mr.. John Nc.
Master, of Columbia, had laid on
the Speakers desk resolution
which he asked to be Immediately
considered. It was not just the
pending order, but Mr.. McNTas-
ter insisted on the reading of the
resolution.
Clerk Withers road as follows
Whereas, the Hon. John L. Nc
Laurin, Senator Of this State in
the United States Senate, has man.
ifested opinions and belief at vari-
ance with those of the Democratic
party Of South Carolina, to which he
is indebted for his elevation to the
high and honorable position he now
occupies, through his vote favoring
the ratification of the treaty of Paris,
whereby the Republican Admins
tration at Washington was enabled
to purchase an infamous war at a
fret cost of $20,000,0OO, to which
many hundreds Of millions of dollars
have been added, together with the
loss of thousands of precious Ameri-
can lives, all with lamentable failure,
the war in the Philippines being no
nearer conclusion today than when
the first shot was fired; through his
vote favoring an increase of the
standing army to one hundred thou
sand men in Republic whose
strength in the past and whose hope
in the future, in times of trouble,
have lain in her free-born citizens,
loving their homes and firesides, who
have never failed to defend the same,
If need, with their blood and their
lives; and through his speech In ad-
vocacy of the subsidy bill, most
gigantic and monstrous plan to per-
NIT the huge shipping interests of
the United States to plunder the pub
lie treasury, under the guise of legal
authority; bill introduced and man
aged on the floor of the United
States Senate by that great friend of
monopoly and the trusts, Mark Han
ia, the embodiment of plutocracy,
which today controls and shapes the
policy of the Republican party, and
conceived out of a desire to repay
those interests from the peoples
treasury the money contributed by
them to the Republican campaign
fund.
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Repre-
sentatives of the State of South Caro-
lima, That the course of the Hon.
John L. McLaurin, in the particu-
lars noted above, receive earnest con-
domination, and that we express here
by our regret that a son of South
Carolina has 80 far wandered from
the faith Of our fathers and forgot
ten the wishes of our people.
Before the reading was half over
Mr.. Ashley moved to indefinitely
postpone tho resolution.
Mr.. McMaster asked that the read
ing be concluded, which was done.
ON To-DAY's CALENDAR.
The Speaker then said the ques-
ton was whether the resolution be
considered Immediately.
Mr.. MoMaster asked for Immediate
consideration.
The Speaker: "Do ten members
object to the immediate considera-
tionp"
- Up sprang twenty members, as
T. they had other measures up for to-
night than senatorial politics, and
upon the objections being made, the
resolution went. over until tomorrow
on the Calendar. Thus ended the
matter. The resolution is not likely
to be reached on the Calendar this
session.
THE HOUSE FAvoRs FREE pAssEs.
Mr.. Speers made vigorous and
effective speech on his bill to repeal
the anti free pass law. He argued
that it was a standing reflection on
the Legislature, and argued that if a
member was to be bought passes
were not the only method of 80 do.
ing. He had too high a regard for