Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-28
.EDeEFIELD, S. G. "WEDNESDAY sEPTRNBER Is 1871.

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to cultivate foreign markets, The last
words, Of this President wh5 had won
lthe affection Of his cotntrymen-- bought
TO be studied by every man who. has
any doubt. Of the necessity of, a reduc;;
ton in tariff rates in the interest Of the
manufacturer They present with clear.
hess situation and d PROPOSED REMEDY
that prompted the. provision .ih our
platform which declares declares that, aWe
favc..- ..-nperaE trade arrangements with
Canada; and with peoples OF other couh.
tries where they. can be. entered inte
with benefit to- american agriculture
manufactures, mining 9r coInmefes:"
Fhsspsrrssistsnit refusal9of the Repub-
lican majority in the Federal Senate to
! iratifyastheE reciprocity treaties negotl-
ated i'm pursuance fzthe policy. Eadyoi
Gated alike by Mr.: Blaine and MI, me-:
jkihiaYs and .6xbre essiS ssantioned:trt the
lsDiiigleysactsitself;;'i is aediscouraging iex-
lhibitsons Of abads faith. AS ALREADY men
ltioned by me, the exorbitant duty Inn.
lnosedson! manSs all stmpoftea article :Rs
little Dingley Tariff was avowedly IN
lEtended by its author not to be: per-
lmanentS but to serve temp poEarily as Z
limaximum, from which the Federal
Observation-Disclosures empowered tc 1ffe1
|Ia reduction, In return.for.an equiv alent
Iiconcession on the part of foreign
lcountry. President Mckinley qn9ertoos 1 !
Ehcnestly tolcarrR 1Gt the Trtpose of the
Tact. AZ; a;number Of reciprocity agree
Ements was negotiated, which, if rati-
| fed. would have had the, two-fold re-
suit of cheapening many imported pro;
ducts for oAmerieai, consumers, and e1
/ hpeniig and eRiaFgihg foreign markets
to.Ameriean ncers.sNot one nlsse, q q
! those agreements has met with the ap:
proyal, of, the, Republican. masters ot
the Senate: Indeed they did not even
permit their consideration. In view oi
the attitudesof the present Executive
no new agreement, need be-, expected
from hin. Nor does the Republican
platform contain favorable reference
to; one. of the suspende led treaties. The
recipracity clauses of the Dingley. act
Seem. destined to, remain monumen,
&c legislative ,cozenage and political bad
faith. unless the people take the matter
inStheiriown; hands at,Tthe, ballot boz
command : q reduction Of duties il
/ return: for reciprocal concessions:
INDEPENDENCE FOR THE FILIPI;
NOS.
Iii some Quarters 1t has been assum;
! ed that, in the discussion Of the Philip
\ zine Question in my response, the
phrase selfsgovernment," was intend
cd tos mean something less than .inde'
pendsneess 1t Swass not intended that 81
/ should be understood to mean, nor dc
1 think-as used it: does mean less than
| Independence However, to eliminate
4 ali possibilitNefor conjecture, nov
4 sfate$tfat1a aams in hearty accord with
I th atsplanksinyou our. platform msthat. favors
doingsfor the. Filipinos what we have
! aIready done for the Cubans55 andsI ia
Torsmaking the.promise them oH
4 that we shall take such action as soon
! asheEare fsasonabl prepared for 1t
f-independ dencesS such.ias thetCu6ans
enjoy, cannot be prudentlg granted tc
5he Fif1pinoss at 18th isstime, the promise
tfIat ataitsshall the moment they are
capable Of receivingnit, will tend tc
| sfimulafg rafh ttiians shihdef theirsGe-
Eyelopmsnt: And This hould-be done not
|aaiy liz justice to the Filipin0s. but. to
t.ireservef 61rseWn rights; ggfor>a free
lTeople 5%aHIob withhe I'D d-4fFeed edom from
ianotbar people and themselve remain
gssI snfs on9 off !, yrannys ], sogsl y q
and seff-goyernment, ana
weaken our power Of resistance to IN
sidious usurpation Of our constitutional
rights. s.-x..y.5,s. s.5,.s.<rs
y - AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.
The pledge of the platform to secure
to our citizens, without distinction o.
race or creed, whether native born OF
naturalized, at home and abroad, the
6iiiial.iprotection Of the laws and the
enjoyment of all the rights and privi-
leges open to them under the covenants
of our treaties, as their just due, should
be made good to them. In the accomp,
lishment of that result it is essentlal
fhat2a passport issued by the govern
ment of the United States to an Ameri-
can citizen shall be accepted the world
over as proof. of citizenship
s.ssr-;a CIVIL SERVICE.
The Statute relating to Civil Service
is the outcome of the EFFORTS OF
thoughtful, ,2unselfshyand public spirit
cd citizens:.sE Operation under 1T mas
frequently been of such a character as
10 offend. against the spirit of the stat
ute. but the. result achieved, even under
q partial enforcement Of the law, has
beer. such asytos both deserve and com com
mand the utteranceSof the Democrat1c!
rarty that it, stands committed to the
principal of 'CiviT9 Service reform and
demands its just and impartial en-
forcement.
- PANAMA CANAL..ssssss;.ssssF5ss5. -.
AS Isthmian canal has long been the
hone of our statesmen, and the aVoW-
;edsainsofsthestw great parties, as their
'niatforms in the past show. The Pana-
ma route having been. selected. the
building of.:thesc canal should depressed
tc completion with aall reasonable eX-
pedition. SO.
Theamethodss. by; which, the Execu-.
tive acquired the Panama Canal route
and r1SQISSsdTGsSdsS6O S6OulSC VI AS5AS " w
many. To then,sthe. statement that
therebyea great public Work was sassur-
ed to the profit of our people is not a
sufficient answer to the charge of vlo-
lation of National good faith. They ap-
preciate that the principles and healtny
convictions which ins their.sWor king out
bave made Gus free and great. stand
firmly against the argument or sugges-
ton that we Shall be blind to the ma
ture of the means employed to promote
cur welfare. They hold that adherence
.to principle, whether it works for our
good or i'll, will have more benehcent
influence. on, our future. destiny than
all our material upbuilding, and that
we should ever remember that the idea
Ct doing a wrong to smaller, weaker :,
nation that we, or even all mankind,
may have a. resultant good is repug-
inant. to, the principles; upon which our
government. was founded.
Under the laws of the United States
the duty is imposed on the Executive