Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-13
Col. Shell Comes Again.
Ills SECOND ADDRESS.

SiS cN iholohe) 8iioh iuS w SuJ lh0t
| am afraid nc has taken a onc-sided
view of the call for q Convention of
the Farmers Association, which is
to be held Mt Columbia on March 27.
proximo. The call, when boiled
down and tcrscly stated amounts to
this:
First. a demand for more
economical government by the rcduc-
tion of expenses, salaries and unncc-
cssary "existing institutions" where
ever practicable and possible, which
willinsurc general reduction Of taxes,
as well as the benefits of an agricul-
tural college, without increasing the
burdens Of our people.
Second. a demand for cheaper,
more practical and more scientific
education for the farmers and me
chanics, artisans and laborcrs in the
State, all of which is embraced in
the demand for an agricultural col
lcge.
Third. a demand that the land
scrip and Hatch funds, the ngricul-
tural bureau, and fertilizer funds be
used for the benefit of those who
pay them, or for the purpose for
which they were intended, instead OF
being diverted and monopolizcd for
other "cxisting institutions" as they
have been.
Fourth. a demand that the rail
road commission be made of some
use to the State, or abolished alto
gcther, so That the responsibility may
rest squarcly upon the railroads for
any mismanagcmcnt and oppression
until such time us the people may
see fit to curb and control them, by
fair and proper laws.
Fifth. n demand for rcapportion-
mcnt Of Representatives and Scna-
tors in the General Assembly, and
also in our Democratic Conventions,
so that all parts of the State may
he fairly represented, and the State
freed from the autocratic control OF
certain parties and places, regard
loss of the will and wishes of the
people.
Sixth. a demand for ccnstitu-
tional convention by which our Judi
ciary and certain fundamental law.
could be reformed, thereby making
Il better and more economical GOV
crnmcnt of the State possible.
Seventh. a demand that the pen
itcntiary system be 50 conducted as
to give the greatest possible return
to the State, both in money, and in
the Improvement of our public
works, roads, highways, bridges,
etc.
Eighth. a demand that the
South Carolina University, which
has had no opposition from us, should
take care of its own interests, and
that It's friends and advocates should
cease their opposition to the Glenn
son Agricultural and Mechanical
College, for in truth there is no nee
cssary antagonism between the
two.
These are the principal demands
made in the call which | issued, at
the request of the executive com
mttcc of the Farmers Association,
and the call cn6s rs follows:
eve therefore issue the call for Il
convention OF those Democrats who
sympathizc with our views and pur-
poses, us herein set forth to meet in
Columbia in the House of Rcprcscn-
tatlvcS on Thursday, the 9th day Of
March proximo, ut II o'clock NJ,
TO nominate ticket for every State
officer, from Governor down, to be
put in the field for ratification or re-
lection by the next Democratic
State Convention, and we pledge
ourselves to abide the result, whether
that is for us or against rs"
Now is there single demand
made therein that was not made i'm
the Farmers Convention of 1886,
and which has not been repeated
time and again, both in and out Of
our conventions, up to the present
time? The farmers do represent
about eighty per cent. OF tho people
of the state, and they have cndcav-
orcd by every means in their power
to secure the benefits and remedy
the evils alluded to in the call, and
they have also cndcavolcd to "mod
ify the laws of the State by other
methods" and now, after having
been bitterly opposed and thwartcd at
every turn, they have been compelled
to call 4 convention Of all those who
sympathiZc with them and their views
for the purpose of nominating a
ticket which will go before the pco-