The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1890-04-25
THE EA1tiHIsIsS' lTOI,IsaIEN1,.
a CAREFUL REVIEW py 4 FARMER.

Mr.. EDITOR
a farmer who is not in sympathy
with the present political agitation,
known rs the farmers movemcnt,''
can see inconsistencies and things that
are unjust, both in the movement it.
self and those that lead it (; and, with
no intention Of abusing anybody,
would direct the attention Of your
readers to few Of them.
1t is inconsistent in Capt. Tillman
to consent to enter the race for the
Goyernorship, when he has persist
emily said for tho last four or five
years that he did not want am Office
He 'aew that he was laying himself
liable to tho charge Of inconsistency
whcl in his speech at Columbia he
said, "Thcrc will he those ready to
proclaim from the housctop: There, [
told yoii SO, he HIS been wanting
office all tho time 1t is inconsist,
ent for men like Capt. Shell, who
havo held Office, and now holding
them, anG who wish to continue
doing the same, to cry out against the
iniquity Of ''aristocratic rings" If
they believe in the doctrine Of "rota-
tionin Office" why not be consistent
aud rotate Themselves ? It is hardly
consistent tor farmers to growl and
complain at the existence Of "rings''
that they themselves have helped to
form; torif "eristocratic rings exist
vt III, they are nf necessity n.ade ,p
|lofmatcrial that the farmers by their
vote ut primary elections and convon
tions, Nominated, and hence elected
to office. Suppose they elect all tho
officers, State and County, from TIL.
man down to Coroner, what gupran
teo have they that 7IIInaah will not
head the estate House Ring md
begin to put on airs and feel aristo
cratic in the Governors chair? And
VI the county officers heretofore elect.
cd have formed "Court House rings"
what is TO- prevent those hereafter
elected !. from doing likewise Till
man and his followers do not cons
scientiously believe tho Democratic
party is corrupt; neithc, do they
honestly believe in the actual exist
ence Of corrupt rings. All such talk
is bosh, and they kl,ow it, but in order
to reach The oDyges, they have harpcd
on that string Boiled down, Till,
manism is a fghtof the "outs" against
the sins" ~ eva 5sgf 4
Capt, Tilllnan has made the claim
Int "thesI,tih,erS have & been denied
1 tisir VI = y III, IN, ;s
unjust Since 1875 fourteen men
have represented our county in tho
lower house of Representatives, only
tWo Of which number have been law
yers, and all the others we're farmers.
The lawyers were SATISFIED to serve
one term each, while some Of the farm
crs lave been returned for two and
even three terms. Our county offices
have been FL cd by farmers in about
the same proportion, and tho same
ratio would be shown for I'll the
counties i'll the S,a:e, except Charles
ton, and perhaps Richlnnd The
Governors regularly elected have ali
been farmers, except Thompson
Simpson and Shepard only filled ont
uncxpircd terms. And certainly a
majority of the State officers hevc
been taken from the farms. The
farmers have had an equitable share
of the Offices, State and county, and
by Il IL vote have controlled tic cleo.
';ons in the State since 7G, and there.
fore they have not been denied politi-
cal rights in regard to Office holding !;
and if they have been discrimnatcd
against in the Legislature, they alone
arc to blame, for they have always
had n majority in the Legislature.
IL is unjust to other classes Of peo
pic in the Democratic party ,or the
farmers as a class to arrogatc to
themselves the right to control the
affairs Of the party. A farmers po-
| liticaJ movement necessarily excludes
other classes from working with them
A farmer would not intrude himself
into merchants or lawyers political
movement, and yet those classes have
the same right to organize themselves
apdsclaim that they are The Democrats
ic party. | am SICK Of the sentiment
that seems to prevail throughout the
land 81 am u farmer, therefore |
am entitled to this or that" Or, "bc
cause we are farmers, this or that
must be done for our SPECIAL benefit
Let the farmers get out of debt, raise
their own supplies, pay cash for what
they buy, get rich farming, then they
would not ask our Congrcsmen to
pass Snb-Trcasury Bills, nor care
whether Tillnan was Governor or not
FARMER.
April %, 1890