Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-08-25
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,,pOOcnJ Oh OOl.
..4Ior Congressional hon
mat this writer states in behalf
.ol Mr.. Latmer's candidacy is yer, com,
plimcntarv. and, without any material
alteration could be truthfully alleged OF
many others in our State. who have
ioined the Farmers Alliance and battled
for the rights of the agricultural and IN
dnstrial classes. Nothing is stated OF
his fitness and qualifications to fight the
forensic battles of the people III the halls
of Congress. save that he received his
education in the common schools OF his
native county," Experience, so essential
to the efficient discharge of the duties OF
n Representative. is not even mentioned.
Such being the case. unless Mr.. l.atlmer
poss .sses superior natural ability, like
Cincinnatus of old, we think the reject
ing. sober-thinking citizens Of the Third
District should pause and consider, be-
fore they cast their ballot to unseat Col.
.Johnstone, a man of recognized ability
and pre-eminent qualifications, conceded
even by the friends of Mr.. Latimer.
We will not rest Col. JohnStone's claim
to reelection upon his recognized merit,
hut ask the voters to carefully review his
record. which he has on the stump, be-
fore and since his election, asked you to
iudce him fairly and impartially by his
record as your servant in Congress-.
Col. .Johnstone comes of honorable and
influential parentage. thoroughly edu
Gated in this country and afterwards
received post graduate course in Edin-
borough. scotland where he was the class
mate of the learned w. c. Benet, of Alb
beville. now candidate for Attorney Gene
raj on the Tillman ticket.
From early manhood Col. JohnStonc
has been prominently identified with
every interest calculated to build up the
lost rtuncs of the South, wrecked by
the disastrous results of the late civil
war. He haA the homo: for years to
represent his native county. Newberry.
in the State Legislature, where, as Chair
man of the Ways and Means Committee.
he served with marked ability, rarely
eoualed, but never excellcd. lie was
elected member of the 52d Congress in
1850. and at its first session, by his ripe
experience rs legislator and scholarly
attainments. has been the recipient of
distinguished honors not conferred on
any other member of the South Carolina
Never has there been in the history of
the Republie greater demand for broad
minded. patriotic craftsmanship than at
present. Financial and other economic
reforms are being pressed before Con
cress. and only men of recognized Wis
dom md craftsmanship should be
entrusted by the people with the solu-
ton of these problems, who can satisfac.
torily discharge this trust in behalf OF
the people.
what is Col. Johnston IS record in the
first session of this Con. ress, butreccntly
adjourned? But few ne@ members would
have done more than 1...niliarize them
selves with the rotine workings OF that
body. Not so. however. with Col. John
stone. His motto evidently must have
been Inter medidS res,' and accordingly
we find him early in the session actively
supporting the Bland silver bill, a meas
ure demanded by the South and the West:
he was one of JOG Democrats that signed
a petition asking the Committee on Rules
to bring in cloture to have reconsld-
Grafton of the silver bill. He offered
and had passed the amendment closing
the Worlds Fair on Sunday. He
voted for the Hatch anti-option bill.
He stood squarely by the Agricultural
Committee, and by this did much to
make that Department of the Govern
ment more useful. He was the author
of Calendar Bill No. 7275 to increase the
volume of currency, 10y providing for the
payment of the bonded Indebtedness OF
the United States, thereby wiping out the
payment of thirty million dollars of in
terest annually, and putting into circula-
ton four hundred and sixty-five millions
of new treasury notes, legal tender for all
debts, public and private. he made a
speech before the Committee on Banking