The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-15


plums that fell, and tw.SS Ns;,iien, at east,
nre climbing the tree for more and richer
fruit. They are brushing away every OBJ
stocle to their progress upward. aud with the
ail # their newspaper organs here and
there over the State, they a,e throwing
political trash in the eyes of their deluded
followers to keep them from seeing the un-
scrupulous oligarchy which is now govern
| ing South Carolina.
The demagogical cry Of aristoc ATTIC cor
ruption and oppression in the past and
loud-mouthed promises cf "retrenchment
| and reform in the future captivated n
| majority of the best people of the State
| and they "r,llied round the flag" of
the trio with unprecedented unauimity
and blind faith. Official changes, from Gov
| ernor to cons able, was the great essential
frat called for, and the people responded
promptly. "Turn the rascals out' was the
shooeh secretly poured into the ears Of the
| exci'ed people, and "tho rascals" were
| turned out, according to orders, and will
! continue to be turned out, without reference
| to merit, ability or past services to the
| State, til every vestige of anti-Tillmanism
| is erased from the official list.
Nearly all the important high salaried
| Offices have been parcelled out TO infuen, ial
favoritcs of the triumvirate. Reform is lost
| sight of and the leaders and press Of the Re-
form movement appear to be keeping it out
Of sight and hearing Of the people, while
| they toss the fat offices from one to another
| in rotation.
This is becoming so transparent that sub.
| stantial men who two years ago believed in
no one and no hing but Tillman and Reform,
now express alarm at the dangerous con-
centration of governmental power in few
men and the sad lack of independent citizen
ship exhibited by the people in tamely sub
miting to the ication of an arrogant
we hear go d, honest thinking hlliancemen
suggest that there is evidently loo much
money in the government nest for those who
occupy it, to give q thought 10 the promises
Of reform made TO those who put them in
it, and that they do net intend TO be pushed
out as long is they can keep the people and
| their Representatives submissive 10 their
sweet will.
| If the concentration of wealth in few
individuals has been the great cause of the
| political OPPRESSION aud the financial distress
of the country, we earnestly warn the peo-
pie os the greater danger 10 their rights aud
liberties in the pain tendency of blind party
politics to ccntralizc the State and Federal
government in the control of o few aspiring
politicians.
The people arc beginning to get restless
under the whipper-in leadership to which
they are subjected, without any prospect or
hope of ref run being in view. They ore
saying in ominous tones we have followed
our Reform leaders for three years and by
vote, mes the eSSsGs s ssosma e hp ppr6%se.
of reform but what have they done for us
We can neither see or feel any reform. Our
taxes arc increased, the State and county
offices are increased instead of being re-
duced, and there has been no reduction in
salaries. While we are making numerous
| 'poh NV S'NSihmSut lot
reforms which may benefit us or our chill
dren in the long future, had we not better
cill our own party State officials to account
and demand Of them such reforms as will
give us n'mrst immediate relief. We are
poor now, aud we want relief now.
That is not Il picture OF our own imag ma
ton. We hear it, in substance, at least,
almost daily, and from influential farmers,
too. They have got the changes, now they
want the reforms in the government.