Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-20

llSt. he TOOK up Cne snip SUBSIDY pFOp-
osition, and said he thought that the
to spend it. Agreed with the darkey
who said 1.-The man who chewed hash
should swallow It," Could not see why
the government should take the money
Of the people and give it to Mr.. Nor
gan, Mr.. Griscum or anybody else.
That Is the Republican idea Of govern
ment generally, and the people should
send their best representatives to
Washington to fight such injustice. In
conclusion, illustrated his antipathy to
Republicans generally with the joke
about the man who being asked wheth-
er he wanted the body of his mother
in-law embalmed, cremated OF. buried.
replied: "Embalm, cremate and bury"
Laughter and applause].
Hon. William Elliott,
Was next introduced and began his
speech with some complimentary re-
marks to the ladies. He said he was
the candidate who had been represent
ed by certain Of his competitors as hav-
ing been member Of congress for four
teen years. and cited that fact as evil
dsnce Of the confidence his people have
in him. He told Of his efforts on his
return from the war to restore his ruin
ed home, and how, at the call Of his
party in 1876 he helped to rescue the
state from Negro domination, and did
more for South Carolina than any other
man Of his time except the dead
Hampton. Then, not because he want
ed to go, but because his people
desired him to, he went to congress.
He it was. he said, who first suggested
to the farmers the idea Of boycotting
the jute bagging trust, and then pref
otr = lie rrtfh hn ofof
that the people out Of office are all crit
icising those who are in office. proceed
ed to review, in part, the work he had
done for his district. Upon entering
congress he found that his Negro prede-
cessor had done nothing for the i'm
provement of the rivers and harbors Of
his district, and he at once began to ad-
dress himself to this work. Rivers and
harbors are absolutely necessary to the
transaction Of the business Of the sea-
coast, and as they cannot be put in con-
dition by private enterprise, he can
certainly think Of no other recourse
than to the government which Is itself
vitality interested in improvements of
this nature. He described at length the
condition of the streams in the lower
part of the state and told how they had
been improved and the transportation
interests had been developed. He said
that although he had secured the ex-
penditure Of 5000, 900 on river and har-
Dor improvements, he had never secur-
ed a dollar that was not necessary.
One of the gentlemen who had preceded
him had said that 1t was very well to
improve the condition Of the rivers and
harbors; but there Is something else to
be considered-the character Of our men
and the virtue Of our women. What
has the government at Washington to
do with these? He thought that the
men and women Of the south would
look after these things as they had been
doing. Spoke Of the industrial develop
ment Of the state, and the fact thatsthe
mills are consuming more than three
fourths Of the cotton raised IN the state.
Said America has the cheapest and best
labor on the face Of the earth, and the
best paid. The average value OF the
annual output Of the American work.
man Is 81 800; Of the English workman,
5000, and the German, $780, Ours Is the
best because 1t Is the most intelligent.
Compared the conditions in this county
with the conditions in Europe and pic
tured the progress and prosperity that
are surely to be ours. Said that the
tariff war has been going on always;
that Democrats are fighting all the time
to improve conditions; but opportunity
for improvement comes only once IN
awhile and what are we to do IN the
meantime II we do not devote ourselves
to the development Of our varied Indus
trial interests? Gave an explanation OF
the manner in which taxes go into the
treasury. He denied that our people
pay as much taxes in proportion as the
people Of the north. He said that un-
less a man uses foreign goods ne does
not pay taxes into the treasury. We
paw tax on sugar and that is about all.
The people who pay the tariff taxes are
the people who cannot be content with
American goods. The only other taxes
we pay the national government are
such as are paid by those who use
whisky, beer or tobacco. It amounts
to practically nothing as compared with
the amounts paid by other Wealthier
classes, and, therefore, when 1 get an
appropriation for good purpose, while
you get all the benefit, you only have to
paw a small part Of the expense. Said
il he went to the senate, he would do
what he could to secure the Appala-
chain park forest preserve for the pro-
lection Of our agricultural lands, and IN
conclusion, to illustrate his efficiency
as q senator compared with his eff1cien-
cy as a member Of the house, said ne
would be like the hound which had
been split from end to end and healed
-up with half a nose to the tall and nall
q tail to the nose. He would run both
ways and bark at both ends at the same
time. [Applause].
Hon. Asbury C.. Latimer,
Was glad to have this opportunity to
come to York county to talk to the peo-
pie. He was at a disadvantage in COM
ing last. because the subjects usually
discussed had been gone over. One OF
the speakers told of the $4,000, ,0OO.O 600
produced by the people of the south, but
did not explain what had become or II.
You might speculate until doomsday on
the question without being any wiser.
When the Democrats were IN power
they put O tariff law on the statute
books. Every man in this audience IS
opposed to this policy. You have Deen
voting against it for fifty years, ana
YOU have done all you could anu ex-
pect to keep on trying, but because l
say you can do nothing, they say am
advocating a morphine policy. II we
were in Indiana, where there was some
chance to make Democratic converts,
there would be excuse for argument.
Here every man within the sound OF
my voice knows practically as much
about the question as do. There Is no
use wasting talk on subject ike this.
The question Is what can we do TO re.
lieve our condition today? They tel
you that free rural delivery and the dis
tribution of seeds increases your taxes,
and 1 deny it. Do you want man TO
go to congress and speak the sentiment
of the people Of the state and get noth.
ing for you? What Is the sentiment OF
the people? Is it to participate IN the
benefits of the government or not!
With this, he proceeded to give an IL
lustration Of a county In whlcn the
two halves were taxed alike. One side
asked for money to build school houses
and roads and spent its money that
way. The other half refuses to take
money from the treasury because It
would increases taxes, and what would
be the result? The half that aValled