The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-06-22
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UNPARLIMEHTARY.
REPRESENTATIVE AIKEN CALLS HOW
LAND or OHIO.
As To Cotton Prosecutions.
The State Bureau,
IL Post Building,
S, e.

Representative Wyatt Aiken gave the
Hon. Rowland of Ohio a sharp call doWn
in the house a day or two ago. about the
charge against the South Carolina delega'
tion. with respect to the tariff on tea. Ever
since Senator Tillman advocated in the
Senate q protective duty on tea and urged
an amendment to the tariff bill putting
this duty on tea in order to protect pr
Shepherds tea farm at Summeryllle
charges have been made by various kep'
ublicans that the Democrats OF South Car
DINA have turned protectionists. Mr.
Rowland a representative in the house
from Ohio, reiterated this in a speech on
the floor the other day. He would not
allow himself to be interrupted at the
time, but the next day Mr.. Aiken was
making a speech on the subject OF cotton
futures in which he took note OF Howlands
charge and denounced it as a falsehood
It was rather unparlimentary language,
but so far Mr.. Rowland has not made
reply or complaint.
ABSOLUTE FALsEHooD.
Mr.. Aiken began. his speech with the
following:
"Mr. Chairman: Today when the. gen
tleman from Ohio, Mr.. Rowland, made his
speech, he stated that the South Caroline
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protective duty on tea. He refused to be
interrupted and l did not attempt to in
terrupt him, but I want to denounce that
statement as an absolute falsehood. There
is not a word of truth in it, as I am posi-
tive that no member OF the South sCarollne
delegation of the house favOrs any duty or
tea at all. 1t is q fact that the only tes
farm in the United States is located in the
State of South Corolina, but none Of us
certainly in this body, has asked that theil
product be protected to any extent"
The immediate subject OF this speech
not heretofore reported, because Their
we're nine speeches that same day, which
the press reports did not cover. was the
cotton prosecutions. And Mr.. Aiken spoke
most vigorously in ~denunciation OF tn
attorney general which he said had come
to the aid Of the cotton bears in a tight
time. He said that the people had beer
| CRYING out against the burdens imposed
by the tariff law, against the monopoly. O.
the meat, the sugar, the flour and othel
necessaries of life, and asked what was
the answer. THE Government" said ne
has held the subjects while the robbers
the spoils in campaign contributions The
Southern farmer must pay 200 per cent
profit on his plows, 100 per cent, on his
corn and flour, 300 per cent, on his meat
and when he asks a fair price for his cot
ton, the attorney general OF the govern
ment, his government. steps in an says
'No". Can it be possible that the attor
ney general has taken q sectional view o
this natter I will not charge; L prefel
to think otherwise, and yet how else cal
his conduct be explained"
ALONG SEARCH.
Telling the story of the preacher, who
when he denounced various denomination!
in his pulpit was told that in each case n,
was losing contributions from the basket
and who, when he asked in desperation
whom he could denounce, was told to de
nounce the Jews, not one of whom was II
| the CONGREGATION, Mr.. Aiken said that tn
department Of justice was following tn
| same advice given the preacher OF denoun
ciug those who do not contribute to the
| Republican campaign fund. Said he:
The attorney general and his part!
| have heard Of the bread riots Throughout
| the north; they have heard the mutter
ipgs OF hundreds of thousands OF labOrlns
people who were forced to abstain from tn
barons threw into the Republican hat
In desperation, the whole horoscope o
commodities was searched in quest OF on
that had no claims on the good old part!
and at least, happy thought, they found i
down south, in cotton"
Mr.. Aiken said that he vas frank to say
he did not know whether it would be wis
or not to break up the cotton exchang'
entirely. He rather inclined, he believed
| to a proper regulation of them so as t
| eliminate the professional gambling feat
ure. But it is high time for congress t.
take a hand in the regulation Of thes'
exchanges.
Zach McGhee.