Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-08-06

federal taxation with deputy mar
shais or collectors going over the
country for collection of such taxes.
America was fast becoming the iron
KING and the South was fast command
ing the lead in the iron market. The
coal and the iron OF the South give her q
considerable advantage in the industry
and commerce of the world. We should
preserve our rights by wise national
| Legislation. He believed In expansion of
the rural mail system. Congress should
ald the State in building good roads. He
favored the Appalachian Park bill. The
Panama canal when completed would be
boon to the South. He closed with
sunflower.
Hon. William j. Stribling was intro
duced as Oconee's son. He was greeted
with loud applause. He told in an inter-
esting manner the story of Cateechee-
how she went from Fort George to
Ninety-Six about $50 years ago and gave
warning TO the white settlers there of
the threatened uprising of the Indians
for their massacre. The names she
| gave the water courses from old Fort
| George to Ninety-Six are still preserved.
In this century and half. Flourishing
cities, large industrial plants, fine farms,
have taken the place of bare forests
| throughout this region, but some things
remain unchanged. The water courses
How as they did then, so it is with tho
eternal principles of truth, right and
justice. They change not. The princi-
pies on which our government was
founded 125 years ago by our fore fathers
are still of vital force. Three of the
great pillars placed in the corner stone
OF the temple erected by our fathers
were that all governments derive their
just powers from the consent of the
goyerned;, that all men are born free
and equal; and, that government must
be of, by and for the people. The
course of the United States in the Philip
pines could not be squared with these
principles. There we are ruling by the
sword, bayonet and bullets. He did not
believe that God ever made people
totally incapable of self-government.
there to suit ourselves, but that was not
the question. The government might
not suit them. Every people should be
permitted to set up government of
their own fashioning. He gave vivid
account of peace song in which Uncle
Sam was pictured in most inevitable
light. The Republicans are mad with
power and have run wild with our gov
ernment. The corner stone has been
knocked completely out from our govern
mental iabric by the Republicans. He
believed in industrial and commercial
enterprise. Wanted to see all our re-
sources developed, but he did not want
to see this at the expense of our man.
hood and independence. High tariff laws
gave birth to trusts and combinations, and
stif1ed competition. The creature should
not be allowed to rise above the creator.
He believed it had been given to our
Sunny Southland to lead in this fight,
and stand as bulwark for civic virtues
against the insidious encroachments of
| c1,
back to first principles and not be led
away by the glamor surrounding the So
called captains of industry. He closed
with applause and was the recipient of
| flowers.
Hon. W. N. Graydon. of Abbeville,
SAID that he had been born and reared
on farm in Abbeville county. He did
not ask for support on account of the
place OF his birth. No county should be
known in this race. 1t should be simply
a question of man and merit. He had
served four years in the State Senate and
he felt that while there he represented
the people OF Oconee county as we'll as
ago he began the fight against the Vir-
ginia- Carolina Chemical Company. He
did not believe that they had the right
to buy up all the cotton seed oil mills
and fertilizer plants in the State He
| introduced resolution authorizing the
Attorney General to investigate these
purchases and take legal proceedings for
the general jury law, which was regarded
as one of the best laws ever placed upon
the statute book. He introduced bill
providing for the reduction of fees for
recording mortgages from S1.25 to Is
cents. The great need of tho day Is
men of ability and will in Congress.
The Glasses should not be granted spe-
cial privileges at the expense of the
masses. He was a Democrat and stood
for Democratic faith and practice. On
the leading Federal questions of the day,
he and his competitor were substantially
agreed.
Hon. l. II. McCalla, of Abbeville, came
didate in tho race who still lived on a
farm. He had been studying national
questions for years and thought he knew
what was demanded for the betterment
of the interests of the agriculturalists.
He was an early advocate of the white
mans primary. Said he had four law
yers and one doctor to beat. He would
and hoped they would stay at home,
where they were so badly needed. He
would, however, nominate the Doctor
for Superintendent of the Insane Asylum.
Great questions had grown out of the
Spanish American war. He believed in
the Democratic doctrine that the consti-
tuition follows the flag The Filipinos
should work out their own destiny. He
was opposed to ship subsidy, trusts and
combinations. On national questions he
was Democrat and believed in the time
honored principles of the party. His
heart beat true to the people. He be-
lieved that every man should carry his
vote in his pocket and cast it freely as
his Judgment approves.
| Dr;r nf ,lo
was the last speaker, and, though it was
getting late, he spoke in an interesting
manner. He did not think it was ques-
tion of county, but of district, and the
man who is best fitted should be selected.
He had served in the Legislature. For
four years he was chairman of the
railroad committee of the House.
For two years he held second place on the
Ways and Means Committee and presided
in the absence of the chairman. He
never wore any mans collar. He did his
own thinking. He was an old-time JEFF
fersonian Democrat, and if he went to
Congress he would go as Democrat and
abide by the Democratic caucus. Don't
expect that any one man can turn this
government upside-down. No one can
DO much there until he learns the art of
legislation, or the tricks of the trade, so
to speak. He thought it no accident that
the Philippines had fallen into our hands.
We don't want them, but it is our duty
to see stable government established
there. We can't afford to hold them as
q colony, but we must dispose of them
In accordance with the enlightened con-
science of mankind. He believed the
negro to be the only race that could
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