The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-03-19
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Editor Intelligencer "Nothing to
investigator is another editorial which
appeared in the Daily Mail on the 18th
inst. and, as usual, The Senior Senator
is not to blame, according to tho edi-
tors version. Dynasties .ay disappc ar,
empires rise and fall, political parties
reach development and final decay,
continents sink. but Truth will for
ever stand.
All the editorials that may be writ
ten, all the braying of the "political
spell binder" all the arguments that
can be used, MI the tricks rcsortcd to,
will not prevent truth to rise in ma
jestic form, crushing error and false
hood whenever it appears. TO review
the entire editorial would bo too tcdi-
ons and dull reading, hence correct
version OF tho ratification of tho treaty
will answer all the misleading state
mcnts Of that editorial, "Nothing to
Investigate" OF the other Democratic
Senators besides Senator McLaurin
voting "for ratification" were: Sena-
tors Clay, Faulkner Gray, Kcnncy,
Lindsay, McEnery. Morgan, Fettus and
5, 'ivan. Not "a voice was raised
against any of these nine Senators, nor
did anybody charge them with having
deserted the Democratic party, having
joined the Republican pie counter.
The ratification of the Paris treaty
was not i'll the strict sense q party
measure as some would have us be-
licve; it was strictly speaking an inter
national diplomatic affair and Wm.
Jennings Bryan advised it's ratiGca-
ton. Why then single out the Junior
Senator from South Carolina as being
tho only ono whose vote has been Sc
cured through improper influcnccq
ls it because lie spoke against "rati-
iication" and afterwards voted for it
that the charge of improper influence
has been mad"7 IIas any one accused
Senators Hale, IIoar and Pcttigrew of
having been bribed because they voted
against ratification when n majority of
Republicans voted for it? Would that
signify that they have deserted their
party and sold ont to the Democrats!
AS for the position taken by the Junior
Senator in having voted "fOr" when he
had spoken against" ratification, in it's
most doubtful form, would only be sur
misc and suspician as to why ho
changed his mind.
The greatest men tho world over
produced have invariably, and almost
without exception, changed their minds
on all great issues. "Wise men change
but fools nevor."
When this government paid bounty
of 3 cents per pound on cotton, John
G. Calhoun was high-ycs an extreme
-protcctionist, hut afterwards, when
conditions changed, he changed with
thcm, against protection. John G..
Carlisle Mt one time, before he was
familiar with monetary science. favored
free and unlimited coinage of silver,
but as soon ns he grasped this question
from the academic standpoint, he op-
posed bi-mctallism and voted for and
supported the gold standard. James
G. Blaine, tho great American Estates
man" and most ardent supporter of
high protective measures, changed to
reciprocity.
The late VIM. Mckinley, the father
OF the Mckinley tariff, stated only a
day before he was nssassinated, that q
modified schedule and reciprocity was
desired. And SO we might quote thou
sands Of other instances where wise
men have changed, because either con-
ditions changed or they we're honestly
mistaken.