The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-08-01
party once more in power.
He sat down amid some applause.
HON. JOHN GARY EVANS,

HON. JOHN GARY EVANS,
of Spartanburg, always felt at home
in addressing a Newberry audience.
His ancestors on his mothers side
we're here born and reared. But be
had no time to throw boquets at the
fair women and ugly men before him.
The South and West we're the ag-
ricultural parts of the nation. This
country might be divided into three
great divisions, the agricultural
South and West, the mining far
West, and the manufacturing North,
East and West. 1t was the duty OF
q statesman to seek to reconcile these
conflicting interests Each wanted
as much as it could get, and 1t was
but natural and just that it should.
We produces the wealth of the
United States? If we can find this
out, it is the duty of the government
to protect him. The wealth of the
government comes from exports to
other countries. The Southern farm
or last year produced 100000
bales of cotton, only 100000 bales
| Of which were consumed in this coun-
try. 100000 bales were shipped,
which brought in gold to this coun-
try S321,000,0O0. Not only that,
but other farm products brought into
this country s927,OOO,0OO The
manufactured products brought into
this country last year only S42l ,OOO,-
600. You will see from this that the
foundation of this government is the
Southern farmer. He was the wealth
producer, and deserved protection
first. And yet be was the poorest
man in the country today. Where
was the trouble? Not IN the for
eign policy of the government. The
Philippine question had been settled
anyway, and he was in favor OF hold
| ing the islands for time until they
were enlightened, and then turn
them loose on condition that they re-
fund to this government every dollar
spent, with the reservation, however,
that this country should control their
foreign policy. The Republican
party wanted to hold them because
their products could compete with
those of the Southern farmer.
The internal policy of the Repub-
lican party was what hurt the South
ern farmer-the policy of protecting
trusts and manufacturing interests
at the expense of the agricultural
interests. The question of tariff for
protection had divided this country
into the two parties and had made
the South Democratic and the North
Republican.
| But how are things to be remedied?
Shall we send q man up there to say,
"Give me a little crumb, boss, and |
will lick your boots and say you are
the best Republican I ever saw" {?
The appropriations could be got that
way, and the Republicans would only
be too glad to give them.
No, the only remedy lay in an al
lance with New Engla nd. She
was today ready for tariff reform,
ready to join hands with the South
on a just and equitable measure.
We thought We saw a light in the
West and followed it and it proved
! to be jack,o lantern, because the
West is the home Of Mark Hanna,
where tariff lunatics are bred, and
where votes can be bought like sheep.
The only hope of the South was to
ioin hands with the Democratic New
England of old, and he believed New
England was ready and willing for
the bargain.
He concluded with some little ap-
plause.
HON. A. C. LATIMER
was clad to come back and see the
men whom for ten years he had
strlven to serve in Congress. The
people wanted a man in the Senate
who could voice the sentiments of
the people. There was not man
here today who could 60 to the Sen
ate and change the Republican party's