The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26

valley of the shadow of death thai
the division brought about-we have
passed through it and our party l.
now united, and 1t d on tho right
side. (Acplausa The Republican
psrty Il lst enaerinR that valley OF
the shadow o; death daughter } Ano
it has to 60 through tue same process
We did. Oar fight was an internal one
to decide which would control the
Democratic party, tho voters or the
generations. That was our fight, and
we won it. And our fight has been
won by the people; and We are going
forwsrd with the Democratic party to
meet the questions and to decide them
on tire peoples side. The same strug
gle through which we passed the Re-
publican parry must pass, we may PITY
them, 80 may be sorry for them, but
we cannot help them. daughter }
They have got to 60 through 1t; they
have got to decide in their party as
we decided in ours.
Oar party is to be conduct In the
interest of the ms 1rtty aud not IN tho
interest," Of organized wealth. Now as
that division ap; ears more and more
distinct the leaders on each side stanc
out with greater and great promi'
nence. Some Republicans say some
thing must be done some reform mus
be undo takeL; others sa;s nothing is
aeces sary.
Mr.. Shaw is oae OF tho ones who
thinks nothing Is necessary, and Is
one o. the stand patters," one OF tht
leaders on that side who declares that
the R publican party has done every
ching it ought to have done and left
nothing undone that it should have
done, and that there Is no unrighte'
usness in 1t.
Now he made q speech and I want
to say to you he has not paid the South
very high compliment In making
she speech down here that he tried IN
Iowa and it was rel ,cted He comes
down here and palms cff second hand
clothes Of Republican farmers OF Iowa
for brand new suits, and he tries to
get the people down here to accept
what the Republicans Of Iowa refuse1
to accept.
SHAW WAS ROUTED
Shaw went to Iowa and made
.pesches, and he pointed out the
!anger Of tar;ff reform, but he was
routed In his own party. Now ne
.ones down here and makes In the
South a spsech that he cannot max.
n Iowa any moro. But I am glad he
pade 1t, because the Democrats can
prove their positions by the Rspub'
,icans. All you have to do to prove
,our position Is to take q Republican
speech of any length and you will find
that the Republican not only contra
licts himself, but contradicts all the
policies and principles OF bis OVID
party. Now Secretary Shaw Is tho
scretary Of the treasury, and as
SCI. tAry be has to do with the tariff
q question, and he knows all about ex
ports and imports, and In this speech
1t Salisbury he started to show that
xhere we exported and sold abroad
cheaper than at home 1t was FACT
that we give q rebate on raw material
imported for use in making the thing
xported.
He tells you the or j,ct Of the re-
oaUe is to enable the manufacturer to
sell &broad cheaper than at home.
When we first asserted it they
denied it, and now they admit 1t and
attempt to explain it. In the illustra
Jon he gives in his speeca he not
only admits our n snufaciurers do sci!
abroad cheaper than at homo, but be
admits the draw back Is given-thus
snaoling them to sell abroad cheaper
Than &C home.
What else does 1t prove. It proves
that the consumer pays the tax. A
draw back is given to him because he
paid 1t, or else you must regard tbs
Republican administration Very
oenev VIOLENT to give q man money
lnder false pretcnsss. For years We
insisted that tho consumer paid the
sarlff, and for years they denied 1t,
and In their own speeches they Illus
sraSe 1t; but IL makes 3 great deal OF
{. # 7rence who pays tho tariff. Mr.
Shaw has first proved that We do sell
abroad cheaper than at home, and
secondly that the consumer pays the
taxes, and thirdly that the Amer
ican laborer does not need protection
to enable him to receive better wages.
In tho first part of his speech he
'ays that they had an investigation,
5hat it continued for three years,
that the evidence filed l8 volumes
and Senator Gallinger, . New Hamp.
shire B publican, had gore through
tho volumes and collected the data
and stated in the senate that annual.
iy there was sold abroad four millions
worth of goods cheaper than at home.
That is the staten ent In tho very
beginning Of his speech and he backs
it up by Inference to tho 18 volumes
Of evidence taken in three years. It
is eptom zed by e Republican senator
and endorsed bY Secretary Shaw. He
contradicts himself. It Is nothing
oew to hear an advocate of the tariff
Is it is contradict himself, he cannot
make q spscch without it.
SHAW CoNTRADICTs HIMSELF.
When q man gets through defend
ing high tariff he contrad.cts himself
50 often we are reminded of tho fel.
:ow who was travelling through the
noun tains-he said that he travelled