The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-11-20
THE RESPONSIBLE PERSONS.


That they had it in their. power to con-
troll it was from the outset proved-first,
by the changed tone of certain bulletins !;
second, by the extraordinary agility with
which the majorities were sprung from
the columns where they didn't belong to
the places where they ought to go !;
third, by that extraordinary telegram
from Mr.. Jay Gould to Governor Cleve-
land, impudently congratulating him
that the people of the State which had
once before honored him had again done
their part to swell the patriotic tide that
aoated him to the very pinnacle of
American ambition.
The majesty of the people was never
more thoroughly exploited than by the
changed tone of certain monopolist
spectators and stock jobbers and their
organs on Friday morning. Yes; even
further back than Friday morning. On
Thursday night they began to realize the
tremendous proportions of the popular
indignation. 1t ran riot in every vein.
It stirred the inmost cookie of every
citizens heart; Republican and Demo-
crat alike, if honest, shared this indigna-
ton. No one pretends that integrity,
honor, decent sentiment resides in the
breasts of Cleveland men alone. Such
assumptions would be insane. Good,
true men exist in every party. Good
men voted for St. John and for Butler and
for Blaine as well as for Cleveland.
Naturally enough every man desired the
success of the candidate whom he had
supported. Naturally enough they hop.
ed even against hope, and thousands of
them hung on to the tail of forlorn
hope long after the animal bad jumped
the fence of doubt. But the conscience
of the people was aroused, and large
numbers, not alone those who favored
the success of Cleveland and Hendricks
the vast majority-said: Here, this
thing has gone far enough No 1876 in
ours! Grover Cleveland has been elect
ed. TO him shall the certificate be issued,
and if the thirty.six votes of New York
caps the climax of the already towering
column, so that victory shall perch upon
that banner, in the name of all that is
Just and honorable let that be the verdict,
and Jet the country return again to its
normal base of trade, industry and pros
perity."
TURN OF THE TIDE.
Well, without making an unnecessarily
long story of it--for dealing with gener.
alities is the best course, even now-the
end came.
Did physical fear have anything to do
with it?
Physical fear had a great deal to do
with it. Physical fear does not always
mean the dread of smashed head, a
broken nose, black eye or well thrash
ed anatomy alone. Sometimes it takes
into consideration burning houses, pillag-
ed stores, bloodshed in the streets, terror
in homes, broken and disturbed relations
in every sphere Of life, the suppression
of the legitimate ebb and flow of trade.
All those fearful scenes which those OF
the Herald readers who can 60 back to
1863 will quickly and wildly recall.
Yes indeed, physical fear had much to
do with it, and we'll it might, for there is
no doubt that the public mind had made
its conclusion that in the hand of Jay
Gould lay the secret OF the withheld
returns, the botched, incomplete, unsat-
isfactory conclusions, and for purpose.
That purpose, according to the popular
belief, was that he might have time in
which to concoct stock jobbing schemes
favorable to himself and of necessity
disastrous to the common veal. So long
as he continued his projects without
Interfering with the masses of his fellow