The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-21

cided majority, and ought and arc
able to carry out any necessary laws
for the protection and benefit Of our.
selves without infringing ON the
rights of Others. Now, if these
charges, none of which have been
proved, however, have the ghost of
probability, what are the chances of
agriculture and its followers in the
hands Of Congress as at present com.
posed? 1t would be very interesting
to know how many of our Represen.
tatives in Congress are the regular
attorneys for railroads, corporations
and monopolies, and how many of
their relatives and connections en-.
joy the same profitable berths; how
many pension agents, claim agents,
and every other kind of agents, gain
an easy and lucrative living out of
the people through legislation Gun.
ningly devised for this very purpose
What has Congress, after half q
years unseemly and, at times, child.
ish wrangling, accomplished this ses.
sion? With pension office fully
organized, and after the Republicans
own heart, these conscrvators of, the
peoples rights have flooded the couu.
try with a mass Of private pension
Acts to benefit parties whose claims,
in most instan ces, have been reject.
ed In" the proper quarter, and, for
tnnately, we have now a President
who has the courage to use his veto
power in these glaring cases, and has
not failed to do 80. What conserv-
ative majority, solemnly pledged to
economy ard reform, what apitiable.
spectacle is here presented wien one
man has to step in and, after care.
fully examining these Acts, feel COM
PEELED to veto scores of them, return
ing them to the place of their origin
as an unmistakable reminder of the
gross dereliction Of duty of members
who have so betrayed their trust!
A few words more to my fellow
farmers, and I will close. Are there
no farmers in tho Third District COM
petent to represent you, or do you
prefer a lawyer? That's for you to
decide one would suppose. But no
sooner isthere q vacancythan "some.
body intimates that lawyer ----
is just the man, and this, passing
around among other lawyers, more
combinations" are made to strength.
Ell his claim. Mr.. ---44---.. ----4---- is to step
into the incipient Congressman g
place; B takes his, G takes BIS, d
takes Cs. and so on. How simple
and innocent the whole thing is.
The poor farmer, busy with his
"crops," is kindly spared all exer.
tions of mind and body, and is not
even annoyed or worried with sin.
gle question on n subject Of so little
importance tohim! Why, what does
he know or care about who (mis) rep.
resents him? It's all the same to
him.; lie never has obtained any
benefit from Congress-, except now
and tt.en five cents worth of seed,
and does not hope, nor need he, for
any, so long as three hundred and
thirty.eight lawyers have seats in
Congress. > = y =
If we pay three.fourths of the taxes,
as enormously asserted, surely as a
simple matter Of courtesy we might
be allowed the poor privilege of send
ing two or three farmers at least to
Congress, where ut present we liter.
ally have no representation whatever.
While this is addressed to the
farmers Of this State, it is equally i'm.
portant that. this meritorious ques-
ton should be carefully considered
by every farmer throughout this
broad land, and by every man, no
matter how occupied, who wishes to
see prosperity and good government
... A PooR FARMER.
An Editors Duty.