The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-05-29

u ol an honest and economical COVER,
ment. We condemn all class legisl,
g ton such as tho Ship Subsidy bll
y "hich we believe to be a rich man
II rad on the public Golfers, and we ais
: condemn all sectional legislation, sue
as the Crumpacker bill, which we be
lleVe was intended to arouse section,
anImOsities.
: We hold with the United States Su
premc Court that the Declaration O
independence is the spirit of our gov
ernment, of which the consti.u i.ution
the form and letter.
We declare again that all govern
ment instituted among men derlv
their epowers from the consent 0
the governed; that any government
not based upon the consent of the gov
erned is tyranny, and that to impos,
upon any people the government o
force is TO substitute method of i'm
peralism for those of a Republic.
We hold that the constitution fol
Lows tho flag, and denounco the doc
trlne that an executive of Congress de-
| rlving thoir existence and their powers
from the constitution can exercise law
ful authority beyond it or in violation
OF it. We assert that no nation can
long endure half Republic and halt
Empire, and we warn the American
people that Imperialism abb Dad will
lead quickly and inevitably to dcspot-
ism AT home.
We condemn and denounce the
Philippine policy of the present ad-
ministration. 1t has involved the Re-
public in unnecessary war, sacrificed
the lives Of many of our noblcst Sons,
and placed the United States, previ-
ously known and applauded through
out the world rs the champion of free
dom, III the false and un-Amerlcan DO
sitlon Of crushing with military force
the efforts of our former allies to
achieve liberty and self-government.
The FIlipinos cannot be citizens with
out endangering our civilization; they
cannot be subjects without imperiling
our form of government, and as We
are not willing to surrender our ciyili-
zation to convert the Republic into an
Empire, we favor an immediate dec
laration of the natlon's purpose to give
the filpinos first, stable form of
government; second, independence,
and third, protection from outside in
ference.
We are not opposed to territorial ex-
panslon when 1t takes in desirable ter
rltory which can be erected into States
in the Union, and whose people are
willing and tit to become Ameri-
can citizens. We favor expansion by
every peaceful and Legitimate means,
but we are unalterably opposed to the
selZlng or purchasing of distant islands
to be governed outside the constitution,
whose people can never hecOi,ia citi-
Zens. We are III favor of extending
the Republics influence among the
nations, but we believe that influence
should be extended, not by force and
violence, bui through persuasive DOW
er of n high and honorable example.
The burning issue of imperialism
growing out Of the Spanish war in
wolves the very existence of the Re.
public and the destruction of our free
institutions. We regard it as the D az.
amount issue of the coming campa gn.
TIE HORSE CREEK TROUBLE.
Inc Diense resolution relating TO the
Horse Creek trouble was taken up,
with the favorable report, and Senator
Gruber asked foI the minority report.
The minority report was read as fol-
lows
We, the undersigned members on
the committee on platform and resolu-
tions, to whom was referred the reso-
ton of Mr.. Cole l.. Blease with ref
erence to a certain lockout of cotton
mil operatives in Aiken County, beg
to submit this AS a minority report !:
That we cannot concur with the views
Of the majority report, as we have not
sufficient information to form correct
opinion and because we believe Mr..
GEORGE II. REMBERT,
JAMES MORTON,
ALTAMONT MOSES,
ID. il. COOPER,
j. II. LESEsNE,
CIIAs. II. HENRY,
j. l.. TRIBBLE.
There were | members of the COM
mittee, Mr.. Rembert said, who had
favored the minority report. Mr.. Rem.
bert told why the minority had acted
rs it did. The minority had no pollti.
cal thunder to turn loose, and they did
not wish to adopt haphazard resolutions
affecting any cltiz,n, no matter wheLh-
er that citizen be interested in corporate
enterprises or not. Haphazard resolu-
tons could never be avoided until poll
ticians seeking cheap thunder were nc
more. He appealed to calm judgment
and asked if it was right to condemn
without hearing. MIR. Rembert dealt
with the interests on both sides, anC
referred to the votes to be gotten.
Col. Talbert as a member Of TIT
majority of the committee said h,
hoped the minority report would b'
consigned to oblivion. If there wa
any law 1t was if advantage is TO b.
gwen, it should be given the poor ant
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