The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-10-31
The Promised Reform.

ministration the mutton ever h,d fails
to satisfy it. Everything in the shape
of governmental alflirs need reformation
and every timc Democracy is the only
party pure enough to bring it about
Tie thief, when pursued by the officers
OF the law, will oltcntmes direct public
attention Irom his own efforts to escape
by crying at the top of his voice, stop
thief! stop thief" So, Democracy dr
ven from its fields of plumber and close
" pursued by the moral sentiment Of
the country, cndcavOri To divert the
righteous punishment whi;h is being in
iiicteI upon 1t to al inloccat party by
crying out reform reform! We must
have reform :.
1t has deceived a few people and been
succcssluliu somc sections. Texas fell
victim to its seductive cl;,m)r, ana to
day is paying dctrly for Don ,cra,ic re.
form. It's excellent s,lo,l schp,l sys
tcm has been reformed out of cxistcnc.
anl"its children, both white anI blcck
will grow up in Ignorance unlras true
reformation is brout in Demo Gratis poll
cy,,o:hy the return to power of the Re
PUBLICAN party, Its Supreme Court,
compdsc! o.: god mcn With loyal scnti
mcn;s, has been so reformed that none
Of its loyal mnterial is let, ani in its
place VIC lind the old State judges un
der Confederate rule. The same re
form has been practicel in cvery Office
under State control, 50 tint ut the pres.
ont timo loyal m,n in the tru, sense
"i the term; is ab lut u, hard to fad
holding :, loo Il OH &c in Texas rs Il ray
of Sunshine in the milst Of night In
G d If offices being reduced in nun
ber they have been maltiplc |, all the
reform tat was to save money to the
St't, will cost it at least q third more
{ IAN the administration which it sup
planted. The elective franchise has
been s. purified by til, Texas party Of
reform that bit few Replbl leans in the
rural districts dare appclr ut the polls,
ahd rtl''rm prescription has been S,
thoroughly practiccd hit in Il few years
Il Kepuhiic,n vo er in Texas will b., as
rar, cu.,nsi;y rs an. aoo;lonist was
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lake reform has taken possession Of Geor
giu, North Gnro.ina, Virginia, and 9th r
Sou,hc II States. Bad as some OF the
carpet Ja: = g,vcrnmau w.ro thol,' lit to
lie ihe suh>,i ii N in tari.' y .r. Of
Democratic ,rciorni Ia; mule u,,t,rrs
worse, and W. arc no: su.p:iie .il,t Ia.
beit,'; class q! D.a,,:fat, WI, wata Ill
10 y l;c"c IN I!.a promised REFORMS hrv.
Il rva,:y rcvo d ,gl:nSt then aaa to
day arc crying for d:li c.l.c. from
their friends. The broken promises of
Demo .racy in Vir-,i MIA are wei, Sc,
forth ia the l'a:l-rs5utg State Journal
an ablJ conducted paper in that Stat.
The Article is cntitlcl "Dcmocratic
Promises Violate'l,' and is so t.u.h.ul
picture OF like violations ii every State
where Democracy has yainc p, wcr that
We rcpr 'dacc it here: We we re prom
isel, says the Jourul-
J hat the convention anl le.i,l ,,ion
growing out oft wou'd cost bat S3o .0DO
they have already cost over $50,
900. ..eaalw N 2lr
IT at the sessions of the Legislature
should be biennial they have b,en 50
! ia" semi annual.
That there should be greater econo
my in the administration of State at
lairs - tho cost in every department. of
the public State service has largely in
| creased ,o
| That a Legislature should he chosen
that would guard the State Treasury
tie most natab!e act Of that holy was,
to appropriate $40 900 Of the peoples
money for il 'Christlnas spree
That pirty would punish every dis
honest public oihccr--it has shiellal II
pccuatOr, convicted by u cormittc, Of
his own selection, of overch,rses to the
amount Of thousands OF dollnrs.
Thnt.it would give us Il constitution
shorter, better, and palmer than the oil
one--it has given us one that is twice
as long as the Oil one, aud 80 compica
ted that neither the public nos tho max
crs Of the Instrument can understand
it. a,
That it would diminish The number
of ofccrs--it has largely incro.s2l
them
That it W, ull diminish The number
id 5cs--.t has multiplied the nun.
Der.
That It would diminish the number
of members for tho Legislature it has in
creased them.
That twould give us cheaper coun
ty organization it has given us more
expensive one. y-
That it would lower tho salaries of
public officers it has in every c,so in
creased them.
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