The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-02-12
LAUDS TEDDY
For the Brave Stand He Has TAX
en- For the Peepls.
IN A LATE MESSAGE.

SGAI4S a. &S~-oSo = &SS&NNAS
Roosevelt for His Message, Which
he Says Outlines the Conditions
Under Which Bryan Becomes the
Ordained Champion.
During the consideration Of the
Indian appropriation bill in the
House Mr.. Townsend, Of Michigan,
delivered a speech in which he re-
hearsed the history Of Republican
legislation, which. he said, he did for
the purpose Of "disputing the unwar-
ranted claims OF our Democratic
brethren"
He was not. he said, defending
the present Administration. 1t needs
no defence with the American peo-
ple,' he said. Its record will ilu-
mine the pages Of United States his
tory and mark an epoch in popular
government. He declared that the
student Of the future would point to
it as 1.-The period when the people
came into the possession Of their own
by esta blishing by facts the theories
Of Republic, whereby Federal law
is enacted for no class or financial
condition, but for all the people"
He said that the legislation Of the
last two Congresses had been charg-
ed with producing the late financial
disturbance, and he undertook to
refute the charge as untrue. He re-
ferred especially to the railroad leg
islat:on and said that Democratic pol
iticians, finding that the legislation
was good, desired to adopt it to
themselves as a political asset in fu-
ture campaigns.
Declaring fault finding to be the
largest part Of the capital Of the
Democrats, he declared "the Demo
cratic party has nose for carrion,
it can scent corruption at very long
range, but it has no refined oistinc-
ton as to the kind" Every little
while, he said, he heard or read Of
some Democrat saying that the rate
bill. the anti trust law and the en-
forcement Of them were Of Democrat
ic origin; that Republicans had stol-
en- Democratic thunder; that Presi-
dent Roosevelt, ''to use classical
expression Of Mr.. Bryan's," had been
wearing Bryan's cloths. Ordinarily
he said, he had not thought it wise
to notice these things, but the state
ments had been made so loud and so
long that some Of the younger gene--
alton might believe them, land the
Democratic party may come to claim
them by right OF possession under the
statute Of limitations.
Mr.. Townsend denied that the rate
law and the principles it represented
were Of Democratic origin or con-
ception, and he inquired if the Pres
ident had departed from Republican
policies which it had advocated. He
then discussed antitrust legislation
and compared the action under the
Cleveland administration and under
the Roosevelt administration. As
compared with Cleveland's admins.
tration he said there had been under
the Roosevelt administration four
times as many bills in equity fled
nine times as many indictments
found and seven times as many CON
victions, with nine indictments cases
still pending Antitrust law, he
said, was not Of Democratic origin
and it's enforcement was not to Dem
ocratic credit.
Cochran Answers Townsend.
Representative BourEe Cochran, OF
New York, Democrat, denied the &C.
curacy Of Mr.. Townsend's statement
and said that since the beginning OF
the Republic there had not been a
single policy prominently incorporat-
ed into law that was not of Democrat
ic origin.
Wild Democratic applause greeted
Nr Cochran when he remarked that
the policies of Jefferson, adopted to
avoid war with France, had been ap-
piled by the Republicans to "the con-
quests Of the Philippines and the
purchase Of men" He compared the
PHILIPPINE acquisition with the Louis
lana purchase, "one glorious posses
sion Of our country" and said the
Republicans were seasick Of the Phil
lippine bargain they would be will
ling to blame Providence for it.
He asked If the Monroe doctrine
was Of Republican origin. It was
not, and yet, he added, it frequent
ly had been involved by them.
Mr.. Cochran spoke Of the civil war
and said that while it was true Re
publicans led the Union forces, Dem
ocratic patriots manned the army.
The message which the President
sent here Friday raised question
that goes to the very existence Of
the growth Of civil government" he
said.
After we pass the portion con-
taining complaints We come to the
part where We all applauded, and that
was the paragraph relating to charges
that business distress was brought
on by the Government, and the para
graph saying that the knife should
be freely used in cutting out rotten
ness
eff there be any forces outside Of
our penitentiaries who would pre-
vent the enforcement of such action
they themselves assert that rotten
ness is the foundation of our pros
perity.''
Denounces Dishonest Officials.
Mr.. Cochran denounced bank pres
idents and corporation officials who
had been guilty Of Illegal acts. In
s"eaking Of the recent financial crisis
he said it has been caused by sue
ces>ful revelations Of dspravity in
high PAGES in the financial world.