The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-09-22
SAM JONES FOR CLEVELAND.
He Says He Ought to be and Will b.
the Next President

1t has been said by some and be-
lieved by many that l was drifting
into politics, but I want to say once
for all that there are not enough men
and money in the United States.
L have more respected and profit
able calling, and 1 have just as much
inclination to go into politics as I
have to go into the skunk raising
business. | am citizen, of Georgia,
and have home and family, and I
| confess [ have dislike for something's
| and strong desire to see the wrongs
| righted and the dirty things clean
| ed up.
| l advocate the right in the moral,
social and political world. / know
| the politics of our country are in bad
| shape and | have about lost faith in
our ability to make things better.
| We need some wise national legisla-
tion on the Sabbath, the labor, the
| pension and the tariff questions.
AS long as the Congress of the Uni
ted States, composed as it is of men
| who want to succeed themselves in
otfice,-the votes of the people on the
one side of them, and the money bags
of the monopolist on the other side
| the average Congressman is sure
enough between the devil and the
deep blue sea.
If the members of Congress, Govern
OrS and Legislators were eligible to
only one term in office, and were then
forever afterwards debarred from
holding office either State or Nation
al, then | think we could get some
wise legislation and cease to legaliZe
crime.
No nation under the sun can long
stand such drain upon its treasury
and $3.50, 100000 annually for pensions
There will be a reyulSion. If this
government would wash its hands OF
this helliSh whisky traffic and cease tC
be a partner with the scoundrels who
manufacture it, the revulsion woulC
be precipitated. Debauch one-hal1
of mankind that you may pension the
other half.
One statue on the Sabbath question
would stop every Sunday train. anC
, give every man a chance to spend The
} day Of rest at home with his family.
Let some wise legislation be giyer
defining the duties of capital and tn,
same on the responsibility Of laborers
Capital and labor are interdependent
and each should do right towards tn,
other. L confess to weakness, if yol
will call it suc1, a just sympathy 70
the poor labOrer.
KNOW UldU lOT every evil tucTc Is
| remedy, and for every wrong there i
| right. For wise legislation yon can
not trust either party, and the onl
1 question is, which party can we mos
e safely trust with our National ant
t State concerns. The Republicans ar
mean enough to put the McKinle
tariff upon US and the Democrats to
S cowardly to repeal it, and vice versa
S Whenever either party acts the ras
S cal, the other acts the fool or coward
and so on it goes.
AS to the third party, the old ne
: gro's definition about the ''forty acre
e and the mule" was never more sill
e and ridiculous than the claims of tn
I Third party, and the fondness wit
S which some look to it for deliverance.
S l am in politics Prohibitionis1
i first, last and always, but in the hope
lessneSsness of our minority, | ca
J. occasionally pick out men, in til
I ranks of other parties, for whol
Z [ would vote, if my vote were nece
: sary to their election.
n Grover Cleveland will be the neA
IS President of the United States, an
ought to be.