Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-29

ahd between these amounts tho dis
creuon was left to the President. At
that time the ins1rrection was In pro.
gress, and my common sense told me
tnere was but one Of two things to do
Elther put enough men In the field to
crush the rebellion, or quit and come
nome. | believe in the former plan.
and so voted.
Fellow-citizens, there Is great
deal OF clap-trap talked even in the
United States Senate. About one.
half Of those mournful speeches on
the great danger Of "Imperiallsm''
and "Militarism" wore for home con.
sumption and the most Of them were
made after q comfortable beefsteak
and bottle Of "Mumm's Extra Dry"
see that since the rebellion Is over.
the President says that he will take
the minimum amount. Surely, fol-
low-citizens, l could afford to trust a
man on n question of that kind whom
the people Of the United States had
elected to the Presidency. Why not
exercise little common sense-it
is a simple application Of the rule Of
three. II an army Of thirty thousand
men Is required for population Of
%5,0O0.000 people, Is an army of Co.
600 men too much for nation of TO-
000.000? Congress has for years
been spending money along the coasts
and buying expensive guns. and abso-
lutcly many Of them are lying out
and rusting for want of men.
THE SUBSIDY BILL.
Now. fellow citizens, this brings
me to the much. discussed Subsidy
Bill. In the first place, it Is aston.
ishing to me what misconcoption
there is as to this matter There has
never been n vote on the Subsidy Bill
and vet even my good friend, General
Butler, whom love like n father
speaks Of "McLaurin's vote On the
Subsidy Bill. There never was ~
voto on The Subsidy Bill, and
Il was well understood at the
time that mado my speech
that there would not be a
vote at that session. If desired to
worthy part | might just IS we'll
have kept silent and not had ikgt ij
7Hc in t,,is campaign; hut | felt tl.rt
5hc people Should be educated on this
iNpOrtGnt measure. My vote was Of
no practical value under any cir
cnmstanccs. because If it could have
hocn brought to vote, there was =
majority Of eighteen to twenty in
favor Of tho bill | did not intend
Just at that time to mako set
speech on the bill. arose in ny
seat to present the resolution OF the
Cotton SDinncrs Association. and be
ore knew it | had driftcd into Il
>necoh on the general principles of
thc bill. What is known as the Han
naPayne Bill has already been
changed SO much that the authors of
the bill would not know it if they
net 1t in the road. There was at tho
tine Q great many amcndments pend
bill Of that sort will he until it passes
he Conference Committee between
'ha two Houses; this bill never went
so far as to get vote. let alone q
conference. SO far as | am con
cerncd. do not profess to be mas
tor Of the subject. When you enter
the realm Of ocean frcights, with the
relative cost of high knot and low
knot speed, tonnage and wages. |.
takes nn expert to understand 1t.
Senator Frye is a very able man. and
do not believe there is a more hon.
cst one in the American Congress
!.e has devoted TWENTY-FIVE years 70
'hc study Of these questions, anil vet
have no doubt that you could find
come members OF the South Caro-
Ina Legislature who never saw =
bigger ship than q canoe on mill
pond, who know more than Senator
Frye. or anybody clsc. on the sub
ONLY \ "STEAL" WHEN NOT
COMING THEIR WAY.
One Of the great objections 10 tho
subsidy is they call it 'stcal." We'll.
fcllow-citiZcns. that is n very poor
argument; opponents Of the river AMI
harDor postoftice, or any other bill
can make the same charge. was 4
little amused 10 SEQ the headlines Of
+hc News and Courier. The Ship
Subsidy Steal" when in the same
"eek tho Mayor Of Charleston ana
the editor of that paper were in
Washington wanting nine million dol
lars spent on naval STATEN and 4
subsidy Of quarter Of million for
.he Exposition. 1t seems that a sub
iidy is only "stoal" when 1t is not
coming their way. B.' such foolish
denunciat!cns Of tho subsidy prin-
ciplc 1t has been di!Ncult to get 81
fair consideration. Talk about lob
bies. There mover was n moro pow
crfuI lobby in Washin.tOn than that
''tl'oStt' " ''ic ''tpSl''' ibi hiNi ~ lhS
~ront trans-contincntal railroads and
hc foreign steamship owners. may
say something later Un this subject
which will cmbarras.; sOrlc people,
Nut win refrain at this time. There is
nothing in the principle Of the bill
i.sc!f which involves stealing, DC
'rauding the government o. sectional
advantages. There mav have been
some abuses in granting subsidies
when it was in tue cxpcrime tai
stage. but there is no reason now
why there should he abuses. In the adj
.ninistra,ion OF any "a" there is a