The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-28


paign upon waiohtwe sball soon outer.
l fof one Will have no objection II the
tariff is inside a part of the next
campaign. l have been discussing
tariff now for about 28 ysars. I have
never heard q Republican make q
Fpsaoh on the tariff that ,ntd not be
answered by q school boy.
A man said to me one day, INC
Bry an, / am glad to see you, I have
always voted against you, but while l
have voted agsinst you 1 have a son
VINO Is q very warm supporter of
yours, ! have sent HIM to college," I
Bald. That ls q miBtske you have
made, no Republican should send his
son to college and expect him to re
main y Republican-if a boy goes to
college no Is apt to become q tar. Fl re-
former"
| have never doubted you could
make people rioh by law, I think that
about the easiest way q man can ge,
iloh, 10 to get your taxes, for q man to
have the power to put other peoples
money In his pocket, and he will grow
ron rapidly. You can make your
State prosperous on the same prinoi-
pies OF law that have made some Of
cur manufactures prosper jus.
SUBSIDIES DERIDED
Supro2e your Oily council decided
that there ought to be more nice
hou5oa In this to"n, although you
have many nice houses now-suppoSe
our cou oil decided to collect Q 90 900
every year and divide the same among
ten CT .'zaus to be selected by council
on condition that each citizsn will
use the $40, 600 in building q nice
house on a good street. Now that
you have ten 910. 600 houses and PEG.
pie coming here and riding along your
atreets would say how this city has
grown, how much more beautiful 1t IL
aud the men who live in the $40 900
houses would make am 1avits that
your CITY bad q better city govarn
mont than any oity in the nation.
daughter Whist about tho others
who paid the taxesp Why, on Sun
days, when they had time, tn, y could
walk by tho houses and look at them
and eLj0y what they had done In
building up the oity. (Lsughtar }
hat Is the situation In this country.
We collect money from the people
and give 1t to o fow people, and are
SO glad that thase few people show
juch Signs CT prosperity. II IL a very
simple process.
! learned something about 1t whom
quito small. Ny father lived on q
farm at that time. l used to 20 Gu.
we had rai) fenceS-I vas not big
enough to help with the fences, but
was big enough TO carry ground
chunks. We would find Tho corner Ut
the corner down in the ground, and
tho men WHO were doing the work
wvuld take q FALL and put one rSil un.
'pr the corner Of the fence and would
o4li mu to bring the ground chunk.
| got the largest chunk l could and
laid IT und8r che rail, and they got
under the rs!l aud bore down on it,
tne fence corner went up and the
ground CHUNK Welt down. 1t illus
trat5S what we have done by law; we
try to raise our Industries by special
iegtslstion-We have taken the pro-
;cctivo tar'G as tue rail, and put one
end under industry, then what do we
do for a ground CHUNK? We look
around for some good fat farmer and
let him down as Che ground chunk
and we bear down the rail, and VI
gees Industry and down goes the
ground chunk In the ground. (Laugh.
ter)
T.iat's the process. / can under
STAND how g man under that rail when
he could not help It, would bear tue
rail up and Rr.5 MS teeth, nut l never
could under tand how Republican
farmers who had felt the pressure
several times would era wi under IL
sgain and say. Try it once more, /
think. l can stand IT,"
Tais tariff q lestlon is only n qnes.
Giop, but the f&cG Is that IN the N Jrth
There are evidences that these who
we're once In favor Ct this policy are
now opposed to 1t. This fact gives
great encouragement to us. 1 want
to give you q word OF encouragement,
the things which we have been con.
tonding for are growing. l can give
eVi6ercos OF 1t that no one will dis
lte. What Is tho situation In this
country =?
Ten years ago the Republican party
came ia poWeI by q largo M ! trity, IL
aon til pres doncy. senate and house,
1t has the supreme court and nearly
all the U7ited States judges. For ten
years that party was enabled to 90 ali
1t wapted to do, it could pass any law
it liked or Ii could repeal any law 1t
didn't Ike, 1t ia had unlimited rule,
for ten yesrs IL laa been on trial. II
locks az If the Lord intended to take
away that excuse thoy had when they
TO give the people m re money,
by directing the eCple where to fad
more gold mines, 80 We had more
money inspito Of the Republican par
ty aad we have SO per cent. more
CIV.
ROOSEVELT A DEMOCRAT.
The Republican party has fallen &c
they only have che mar in the
party who las any chance OF election,
sccord.ng to their own papers, II the
were now, and that ia tie
pr sldent OF these United States-h he
s tho n pOpuli r man In the Rapub.