The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-05-28

: ously known and applauded through
Q out the world as the champion of free
: dom, In the false and un-American DC
/. sition of crushing with military fore
= the efforts of our former allies 1
achieve liberty and self government
3 The Filipinos cannot be citizens with
out endangering our civilization; the,
: cannot be subjects without imperiliu,
, our form of government, and as W,
are not willing to surrender our civili
, zation to convert the Republic into al
Emplre, we favor an immediate dec
, laration of the nation's purpose to Civ,
the Fillpinos-iirst, q stable form O
government; second, independence
} and third, protection from outside in
ference.
+ We are not opposed TO territorial ex
pansion when 1t takes in desirable ter.
ritory which can be erected into States
in the Union, and whose people are
willing and fit to become Ameri
can citizens. We favor expansion by
every peaceful and legitimate means,
but we are unalterably opposed TO the
seizing or purchasing of distant islands
to be governed outside the constitution,
whose people can never become citi-
zens. We are in favor of extending
the Republics influence among the
nations, but we believe that influence
should be extended, not by force and
violence, but through persuasive pow
er of 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 par.
amount issue of the coming campa gn.
THE HORSE CREEK TROUBLE.
The Blease resolution relating to the
Horse Creek trouble was taken up,
with the favorable report, and Senator
Gruber asked for 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 q certain lockout of cotton
mill operatives in Aiken County, beg
TO submit this as q 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..
Blease's resolution to be extreme.
GEORGE r.. REMBERT,
JAMES NORTON,
ALTAMONT MOSES,
ID. II. COOPER,
j. III. LESEsNE,
CHAs. III. HENRY,
j. l.. TREBLE.
There were | l members of the COM
mittee, Mr.. Rembert said, who had
favored the minority report. Mr.. Rem.
bert told why the minority had acted
as it did. The minority had no pollti-
cal thunder to turn loose, and they did
not wish to adopt haphazard resolutions
affecting any cltizen, no matter wheth-
er that citizen be interested in corporate
enterprises or not. Haphazard resolu-
tions could never be avoided until poll
sicians seeking cheap thunder were no
more. He appealed to calm judgment
and asked if it was right 10 condemn
without hearing. MIR. Rembert dealt
with the interests on both sides, and
referred to the votes TO be gotten.
Col. Talbert as member of the
majority of the committee said he
hoped the minority report would he
consigned to oblivion. If there was
any law 1t was if advantage is to be
given, it should be given the poor and
tho weak. Where was the lack of in
formation Have the majority not
read the newspapers in the last few
weeks 2 These people, good people,
had been locked out arbitrarily. There
should be no conflict between labor
and capital. The rich men had acted
arbitrarily. 1t was question of com.
mon sense, of humanity. The Dem
ocratic party should act in such mat
ter and not be 80 tender-footed about
it. (Applause.) He referred to the
allusions to the candidates. He was
a candidate and was not afraid to be
a candidate. He was willing to ad-
vocate what he thought was right and
take sides. He was not of the kind
who wore standing collar high enough
to look like whitewashed fence abb u !,
lunatic asylum. His young friend
would soon be candidate and was
even now budding. He would stand
by these good people of Horse Creek.
1t was question of corporation rule
vs. the people.
MIR. II. It. Jaynes of Oconee said the
Democracy of South Carolina was on
trial. Great issues should not be
swept aside by jests. Equity and
justice should be done all-mill men
or workiugmen. He told of Mr..
Courtenay's coming to Oc0nee and
building cotton mill there. This
mill was not planted there by foreign
capital. 1t has been stated that the
capital in the mills here came from the
north. Most of it comes from our own
people. There was nothing but wild
newspaper reports. Only this morning
the chairman of tins committee was
announced as candidate for the
United States Senate. AS soon as he
read it he said there's nothing In
that" We cannot rely on irrespOnsi-
BILE newspaper reports. No such
action should be taken in the absence
of definite information.
Prof. w. N. Marchant said the
words of the resolution were mild
words. If he could have written the
resolutions they would have been
much stronger. He knew all about
cotton mills; he worked IN the Granite.
vile factory years ago. He knew the
Horse Creek people. They were the
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