The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-26

not going to do it. The farmers are
in the majority and must rule. You
have more interest in this than any
body else. They break the law
and are not reproved. Unless we
combine, continual srrvitude awaits
us. Democracy means the rule of
the majority, if that is so, we will
rule. If any one is hurt it is you
and me- We pay the taxes. If we
take the reins and try to run the gov
ernment and fail we will not do less
than others have done.
Now, when they talk about the tar
ift expressing the farmer in State
politics, it is like placing medicine
for sick man where he can't reach
it. 1t might cure, but it is out of
his power to get it. So are we as to
the tariG- We cannot reach federal
politics. The candidates for Con-
grcss are here to tell you about that.
believe i'll home issues. Rectify
home evils-that is what I am after.
Clean up around your own house
get the mote out Of your own eve.
claim if we get in and get n Lcgisla-
turc III sympathy with us, we can
tighten the burden. Don't listen to
what Col. So and SO has to say about
small abuses, they all hurt. II we
fail, there IS nothing easier than to
let the old crowd in again. There is
more i'll this than my election. If
these issues are allowed to rest, You
Will go to sleep between your plow
handles and the padlocks will be on
you again. [ want to abolish the
convention and give us the primary
plan for all officers. II we could SC.
cure it, the best thing we could do
would be to secure Il white popula-
ton III the State. If the negro ever
should come into power again, the
days of good stealing would return
We had to have a fight in the party
We could not stand that crowd in
Columbia any longer. After this VIC
will bc all right, and when I am nom
mated next September, the boys will
take me by the hand and say, "NY eli
ol'b man. you got there, and now We
congratulate YOU" The speaker was
libcrally applaudcd as he took III:
srttt.,
Col. Y. j. Pope, candidate for At
torney-Gcncral on the Tilman ticket
was the next speaker introduced
Col. Pope began by saying that he
was glad to meet the people here
He had been sent here several year:
ago for his health, and Fickcns coun
ty atmosphere had done him good
He talked politics then and had come
back to talk some more. TIc said
there are some evils in our govern
mcnt that he would like to sec rccti
fled before he is laid to rest. There is
something wrong with South Carolina
Our young men arc leaving here for
more inviting fields, where they have
/" chance to come to the front. There
is no chance here on account of boss
ism and ring rule. Elsewhere they
soon become men of sintiuence and
promince. / have no rcproachcs for
anyone. This farmers movement has
struck q responsive chord
in the hearts Of the people.
We have been run too long by rings,
clicks and conventions. The people
have right to canvas thc records of
their officers. The citizens should
have say in the management of af-
fairs. They have right to demand
that their officers come before them
and explain why they did this or
that, or voted for this measure or
voted against that measure. He stat
ed that there was no danger to the
Democratic party from this campaign
agitation. All will abide by the de-
cision Of the nominating convention.
He charged that the public money
had been spent in favor of certain To-
calitics, and that the so.called ring
had done all in its power to prevent
the farmers from getting the agricul-
tnral college. Tillman had gone to
Columbia at his own expense to work
for the college, but the ring would
not let the farmers have what they
wanted. They only gave you an an
mex to the University. There has
been no reduction in the expenses of
the government except in the Lieu
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