Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-09-12
CHE 9ulitital Nnrld.
PLAIN DEMOCRATIC DUTY.

A good bit of the responsibility of po-
litical defeat in every campaign lies On the
shoulders of the stay-at-hOme voters VINO
are actuated by Indifference or over contl-
dence. With the Indifferent citizen little
can be done. He might be galvanized INTO
some semblance of q proper and becoming
interest in the welfare of his country by
law %suspending his citizenship for non-ful-
fillment of it's duties and compelling him
TO 90 through the forms of naturalization
to regain his vote, but it is doubtful.
The ~over-confident citizen is of a differ
emit kind. He either concludes that his
party and principles are bound TO win,
whether he votes or not, or that they are
certainly doomed to defeat, and so stays at
home. There have been a large number OF
over-confdent Democrats in pennsylvania:
They give up a campaign before 1t IS 1ought
and when the returns come in, eIacuiate,
81 told YOU So" There are indications
that these are all going to wake up this
wear and go into the fight to win. There
never was a better chance for a Democratic
victory in the old Keystone State and
Democrats should recognize the fact.
The record of the last Legislature and OF
the present State administration are ia
grant. The obedience ofboth to the slight
est wishes of the monopolistic corporations
have been fully illustrated and are we'll
understood. In every section OF the State
the farmers and the laborers are ready to
r%enounce former allegiance to the RepuD-
lican party if any hope of better things is
given them. The shameful juggling of
the general revenue bill was a crime per
petrated by the Republicans on the whole
people of the State. The defeat of the
pipe line bill was an outrage and an insult
to the western counties. The smuggling
of an honest checkweighman bill was a
stab at the bituminous coal miners, n
the cool contempt with which the anthra-
cite miners petition affecting the Reading
railroad was received, wasin keeping with
the whole history of Republican subserv.
fence to powerful corporations as opposed
to the rights of their employees.
In every section of the State la6orers
and farmers were ignored and capitalists
have been given whatever they asked.
Every farmer in the State petition ed TOR a
law to enforce the anti-discrlmlnatlon
clauses of the State constitution, and CHAIR
man Cooper's Republican caucus commit
tee offered them an emasculated version OF
the Cullom interstate bill, remodeled by
Frank Thompson, of the Pennsylvania
railroad. Even that was not passed, lest
it might pave the way for al amended bill
that would be operative.
1t is the duty of every Democrat in this
State to get rel istered, pay his taxes and
turn out to the polls in November to cast
his honest vote against such methods and
in favor of proper legislation, to be follow
ed in two years by a vote for the proper
enforcement of the laws and the constitu-
ton. Honest Republicans throughout the
State will join in the movement, and vic
tory is certain. And while aiding the
cause of honest government in the State
the good cause of tariff reform and reduc-
ton of taxation in the nation need not be
forgotten. Now is lifetime to do the work
of Notwithstanding Post.