The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-15
WEDNESDAY, JTIE Is, 1892.
THE ADDRESS,"

The address issued by the caucus is
erich, rare and racy," and long. 1t is
matchless address. We do not re-
member ever to have seen one Its equa'.
We presume it is meant as rallylnS
cry. The "reformers," as they call
themselves, must think the situation IS
dangerous indeed. The passions must
be stirred and the preIjudices aroused,
otherwise the offices they want can't
be obtained.
What argument is used to convince
the voter that he must support I'LL
NANTES for office simply because they
say they are TiIlmanites, without any
other qualification:
The address says we must elect
Legislature in sympathy wlthGovernor
Tiilman so that he can redeem his
promises. He had Legislature III
sympathy with him two years and he
himself says they were "drlttwood:"
as an explanation for a failure to carry
into execution his promises. What
good will another Legislature IN SYM
patby with him do? No, if Gov. Ilil-
man were made the Legislature HIM
self. as well as the Executive, he would
never carry out his promises-they'
were not made to be carried out.
What we want to do in Newherry,
as good and true and manly men COM
petent and fit to exercise the right OF
suffrage, is to vote for and elect to the
LEGISLATURE the best men 70" the place,
REGARDLESS Of whether they are tackled
oil to the coat-tail OF Coy. Tillman or
ANYBODY else. That is the object and
purpose of our primary, and every man
ought to feel lree 10 50 to the potls
when the primaries come and vote as
{. free white citizen, as his individual
Judgment may dictate, for the best
men.
The address speaks Of the voters OF
this county as sheep and goats. That
is, in our Judgment, very undignltled,
and is only intended to appeal to the
passions and prejudices Of the people,
and not to th' ir reason or Judgment
We are really surprised at such express
sions emanating from such q source.
We have read the address very care
fully and really We have not been able
to see one argument in it which should
or could appeal to the reason Of any
man. Only two hundred and fifty votes
out of the nineteen hundred IN the
county were represented i'll the caucus,
yet they are the people, according to
the address.
We are again surprised that the ad-
dress should try to arouse that old plea
ofthe town against the country. There
is absolutely nothing in it. The town
people have nothing but the kindest of
feelings towards the people who live IN
the country, and rejoice at their sue
cess, but they know, and the people
themselves will by and by know, that
the election of few individuals to Of
flee can never bring prosperity to the
people. This movement has hao the
offices for two years and how much bet
ter off are the people from it:
\ lot Of promises were made during
the campaign two years ago, and we
all have to work just as hard for liv-
ing as ever before and will havet to con-
tinue to do so. We will never get re-
lief from politics and eIecting men to
office. Of course it is the duty Of every
citizen to take an active part in secur-
ing good government, anu the only
and best way to do that is by putting
the best men in office.