The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-16
Senator Smith Thinks its Days
Are Numbered.
PEOPLE IN EARNEST
And the Tariff Bill viii Cause the
Undoing Of the Repubicans-Ihe
Democratic Party Has the Oppor-
,unity, Under skillful Manage
ment, to Get New Life.

Hon. E. D. Smith, Junior United
States Senator from this State, spent
Monday in Columbia on personal
business. The State says hr. Smith
is in the very best Of health and
spirits and his work at washington
agrees with him. although he said
that really he prefers cotton cam
paigning" with Its activity and work
TO the more sedate occupation as
member Of the Senate.
Mr.. Smith was generally congrat-
u!sted upon his stand on the tari1
question and many of his friends
expressed their qualification that be
had received such fattering attention
and such complimentary notice up
| on the occasion of his speech In the
Senate last week.
Mr.. Smith declares his belief that
the tariff bill is the rock Upon which
the Republican party ship will get
jar which will send It to the bot
tom in the next presidential cam
| paign.
In this present tariff bill, in tie
present discussion" he said. 1T is
made apparent that the Republican
tariff policy has at last reached It's
| logical outcome. The principle has
been applied and It's disastrous ef-
fects, understood when this bill
becomes law, will defeat the Re
publian party. And, in order to
prevent this logical result OF their
outrageous policy. the Republican
press is attempting to magnify what
seems to be the disloyalty of some
Democrats.
"By holding this up before the
public, they are hoping to distract
attention from the disastrous ef'
fects Of their own applied policy
The difference between the Dem
ocratic situation and the Republi.
can situation is that the Republi'
can principle has been applied, has
been tested, put into law and ha<
proved disastrously disappointing.
Its advocates have been loya
practically unanimous. while, on thu
other hand, the Democratic doctrine
has not been applied. and the few
Democrats who have seemingly &c
serted have in <nowise affected the
principles of Democracy but have
simply emphasized the misleading
and pernicious doctrine OF protec
t!on.
Therefore, the hope Of the coun
try Is in pruning the Democrats
forces Of such as will not stand fol
Democratic principle and the appli
cation of the plans Of Democracy ir
government.
"The people must not be misleae
in thinking that Democracy as Z
principle Of government Is fall
ure because a few men may be un'
true to their pledges. but It is true
that the Republican protection prin'
c!ple is a failure. because the Re
publicans have been true to their
pledges, carry them into effect and
the result is that the people vii,
repudiate it.
If the press of this country will
keep this distinction and will ins!s.
on the Reputation OF the graft sys-
tenn now on US. and will plead fol-
the principles of Democracy being
put in practice by the genuine Dem.
ocrats. I believe that the next cleo
| ton will witness an overwhelming
victory FOR the Democratic party
The line of distinction between the
two parties. as I see It now, IS not
sectional to the extent that it has
been, but is the line between the
masses and the protected interests.
This will be the battle ground
of the coming conflict; and if handl-
ed properly, have no doubt Of the
| issue. / think the interests of the
people would be better served If more
prominence were given to the dis
| tinctions between the present
system and real Democracy,
than to magnify the shortcomings of
some few Democrats"