Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-03-21

Charlotte, N. c., special.-One OF
the mostsigniticant uttesauces that
has been NJ. :e in The South in many
a day was delivered here Friday night
by Judge Alton B. Parker, the nat.
lonal leader of the Democratic party,
when he declared that the next Dem.
ocratic nominee for the presidency of
the United States should come from
the South. He argued that the sec
ton of the. country that furnished
the votes should also furnish the head
Of the ticket.
/ Ilr the course Of his we'll prepared
speech Judge Parker used the follow
ing Interesting language.
| While tllis conscientious devotion
to an idea has commended itself to
the Democrats of tile whole country
and has thus made and, kept the party
rational, during recent years the peo-
pie Of the South, without variable
ness or shadow Of turning, have been
its mainstay. Sinking i,b. Responsible
lity. seeking ne 1lationel rewards; pro-
noting no special interests Sr move
nients, they have neither been trucu-
lent i'll victory nor discouraged in de-
feat, Going on III their way, regulat-
ing their own affairs, without llppe of
commanding subsidy, paying cheer
fully to carty out policies in which.
they could have no part, they have so
impressed themselves upon their time
that the one special problem coming
to them from the past has been solv-
ed i'll such: q way that the whole coun-
try has not only been forced to APP
prove and applaud but to initiate as
the only way TO deal with it,
But The time has comic when new
duties and responsibilities must be
undertaken by the Democrats ff the
South 1t is more than two score
years since, the war closed aud Your
people find themselves upon the
threshold of what promises to be the
ostsTemarkable business develop
;ments u che world has ever known within
the same time aud apaee. Some of,
your men have gone forth command
the highest success, inS the most hon
o'rabl ;sin the creates financial i
and onmereia smo Yemeiists 81: the;
time tl me become tic lt mana
ge1: j s1s
have deteiope Tlt
enterp ibessalid d@5mos Is difficult Of ali,
your people as d whole, have. sosmaiill-
taiiiea and increased Their 7own posi-
tion and the dominance. Of the coull-G
try in one of the greatest products of 4
the soil as>to make them the wonder
and the admiration of the world.
In spite Of your devotion to prin-
ciplc aid consistency, IN the face of
importance that was pre-
ponderant, in politics only have you
stepped aside. From the earliest days
since self-government was restored
You have sent your best men into pub
lie life. They have beed at otce mod
est, able, devoted; patriotic and HON
est. No Jail or penitentiary has open
ed its hospitablc doors to admit youl
Senator's, Representatives or Cover
nors, nor have the officers Of the law:
from detectives to attorneys-general,
been. compelled to haul them into the
courts. In the face Of this
record you have not only permitted us
IF the North to present to you candi- /
1ates for President and Vice-Presi-
lent, but you have insisted upon our
loing so and have then Voted for them
and that, too, when some times no
other States did so.
The occasion was also graced by the
Of Governor Glenn of North
Carolina and Governor Hayward of
South Carolina, each OF whom made
:alks that were highly interesting to
hose present. Judge Parker left dur
ng the night for his New York home.