The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-05-25

supply and demand. BY the gambling In lu-
lures some three o. four or five times the an
nual crop Is sold. If then demand Is Great
ed Largely in excess of the actual crop we are
at loss to understand how the price OF the
staple Is injuriously effected. ,,,
Free and unlimited coinage OF silver. we
presume that the average reader has no more
definite idea OF the meaning or extent or pos
sbilty OF the result than we nave.
| The Press and Banner pleads ignorance,
but we suppose that 1t does not mean LOT the
government TO coin an "unlimited' amount
of silver and then give II out Tree 10 all
who may apply for 1t.
As to the alien ownership OF lana. Con
gresham Tillman says that such law ls
, already on the statute hooks.
We agree with the seventh ana eienIh ue'
mands. ,,-o,
The government cannot take more controi
of the railroads than II now mas, wiLnout
owning them. 1f the government owns ~
them. the State would then be deprived Oh
the State, county, municipal ana school IaN
which IL now levied on that immense proper
ty and such act would be IN direct oppositiom ra
| to the methods OF confiscation which are
now being enforced by the, very parry
which is making the demand Tor govern
ment control. d, -
| The State Convention in that matter Is ~
direct variance with the state Government on
the subject of railroads. The state GoVerh
| ment wan all the taxes IL can get on raj !:
roads, and yet the Convention adoPts P'Sn f.nc
which would place railroads on the ree
| list This Is consistency with vengeance.
| The election of United States senators oy
direct vote OF The people Is a raulCdI cuausS
in the form of our government, lor Wnicn ~
this coup try IS unprepared, ana 70 Whict W !,
newspaper has given but ittle thoughi; out !;
occurs tu us that 1t Is wise to hold 70 the olu
way until good reasons are given LOT so lii'
purtant change. The present arrangement
seems good. II all the Senators anu ,me nIp, =
| resentatlves were elected by the voters AT tLe
same time and by the same people, ana unaei
the same influences, the popular waves Una!
sweep over the country mignt SO lrtqusne.y
change the laws as to make the GoVernmept
unstable It is we'll that the Legislature
elects the Senators, being one degree removed
| from the passion and prejudice Oh tne nour
| by electing the Senators by the Legislatures,
| for long terms, the Government Is naue
| more conservative than 1t wonlu pe IL tne
Senators were elected by the people. ohe
! branch acts as n check on the other.
Popular elections, would give the van
uuished party no protection, but would suo'
| ject them to whatever insult ana INJURY tne
majority might see fit to intiict. 1t mas no"
ment At Washington has had presioenI. q
Senate and House OF Representatives that
belonged 10 the same political party. Wngn
| f. Is remembered how often UemOcratlc
House has saved the South rom Ine ven
geance OF a Republican Senate ana RepuD-
| lican President, 1t seems exceeding sLranSe
that the Democratic minority OF the Nation
should seek to remove the only Safeguard
| which we have against the aggression OF tne
National Republican party. AZ tnis proposS,,
tion, II carried out, would probably wipe the
| Democratic party out of existence ana per.
petuate Republican rule indefinitely, there rs
| more to be feared from this change than from
any line OF policy indicated by the ocaia
platform.
The Government should be stable, and nc
ad m In lstration which can be completely
changed In day, would be as wella as tne pres
ent plan.