The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-19
WORKlNGM EN- IN POLIIICS
ANOTHER MANIFESTO AND CALL 70
A MARCH CONVENTION.

The Railroad Mep's Movement Has Come
Aiong-Eow - tho Proper Time to G
Aboard The Platform of the New Era
Movement.
COLUMBIA, Jan. 1O.-The Industrial
and Wage Workers Democratic League
was organized here tonight ON a sensi
ble basis. The committee Oh constit,,
tion and declaration OF principle had
not been idle during the recess. and
when the body met 1t was found that
i've or six various plans were before
the committee. After considerable
discussion the paper which was thought
to DO the freest from objection and the
most feasible was adopted, and the In
dustrial Union goes before the world
on It's merits. 1t does not ask for en-
couragemenL through prejudice, bmt
reason. 1t sets forth in uneuuivocaI
Language, without personalities or
abuse, its principles and asks and ex.
poets the endorsement OF the laboring
men of the State.
The organiZa ion Is not confined to
laboring men Of any class; that is ex-
actly what 1t Is intended to avold
Every wage. earner is eligible and de.
|
men, who has never been allowed a
prominent parC in Cardinals politics
is going to take place. The commit.
tee plainly and emphatically expects
to have the agricultural Iaborers co.
operate with it and shows how their
interests are Identical.
The committee consists of Ii. A,
Williams, j. ]. Cummings, John Hotf.
man. }. M. Brawley. Jas =. Cahill, II.
w. Bohlman, w. II. Martin, L. W.
Warren. II. Il. Ward and j. Pat Nee
han.
On behalf of the laboring men they
have presented declaration of pur-
poses us clear rs it is decisive. They
nave called q convention to approve
or reject their plans, and if acceptable
TO carry out the purposes of organizA-
1on. The ball las been set in motion,
with what success the thinking people
| OF the State can estimate for them
selves from the preamble and de;lara-
tion of principles. Here they are:
Fellow wage-wOrkers and sympathiZ
ing fellcT ciiiZers: Your committee
having been appointed to formulate a
plan upon the basis of which an or.
Nanlzatlon, Capable of correcting the
eYlls or which we complain, might be
effected, feel that they cannot do bet
ter than preface the plan agreed upon
with few remarks calling attention
TO the grounds upon which we seek to
justify our action.
Speaking of the possibility of oppO-
sition to the iniQuitous laws enacted
at the recent session Of The LeglSIat ure
1t has been said: "Your head is in the
mouth of the Reform lion, and 80 long
as the lion don't close it's jaws it is
policy to keep quiet and not enrage It
to crush you; such opposition would
enrage and emDitter the triumphant
faction. and you would bring down
upon the corporations and towns per.
haps stricter laws than those which
they seek to escape. 1t would be po-
ntlcal suicide TO every ambitious man
enlisted on the side of the minority"
In this manner does the "triunphant
fact1on seek to fretZe the manhood in
the veins Of those who might under
| take tv oppose its unhalloWed cuursel
Thus Is the vaunted lntellectu civili-
Zation Of the nineteenth century re.
solved again into the kingdom OF brute
fOrcsl SO has 1t been decreed that we
shall DO" down in homage to the edicts
of this political Nebuchadn. ZZar!
! But surely the God of hosts, who de-
livered Daniel out of the den of lions,
will deliver us also, who have the
courage to declare our manhood. out
Of the mouth Of this "Reform lio.. 7"
How, then, shall the scriptures be ful
filled, II, In the sequel, there be not
weeping and gnashlng of teeth?'
| Has 1t not been written that "ihe
zeal of mine house has eaten me an 2"
and have they not testified to the zeal
OF both houses in doing ~ well as in
leaving undone2 Witness how salaries
have been cut down! Behold the re-
| Itr nt{ I'm of 70
Trust was defeated! On, rohibition,
more convenient season | will call for
thee" See how "justice to all SIDE s"
has been meted out! What matt ers
the right OF ten thousand against the
might of fifty! "Damn" Wherefore
should corporations and the dWellers
IN cities and towns object to being leg
islated "agalnst ?" Why should drug
giste, keepers OF hotels, saloons, rrstan.
rants and places Of public amusement
complain because exempt from the bur-
dtns of the new "dispensation ?"
Under snch conditions as the sc is it
"pollcy to keep quiet?" Shall the fear
of .'enblCtering the triumphant fac
ton permit the sword Of liberty to
rust in it's sheath2 or the shadows OF
"poli! !ical suicide" cause the hand to
tremhle as it Is drawn from it's scab-
bard?
| Friends, let us not "strain at knats
and swallow cimels," pious expletives
are not issues of vital importance to
the people Of this State. Let them
damn Oh to their hearts content so
long as he shall not undertake. to dam
the sacred stream Of individual liberty
by denying equal rights to all, by
granting speciai privileges to any, or
by challenging the right Of Judicial
appeal. right which has b"en 20 ii
free people as "the shadow of a great
rock in a weary land" 1t is, however,
the violation of not one, but all of
these, w.ich ctuses us to take counsel
with each other.
We are in minority, yet why should
that discourage usp Let us 60 forth
hk' David, with naught but the stone
Of honest purpose in our sling, and
80 shall We have strength to fight
against Goliath and his Phitislines M
defence Of the heritage OF free men.
We are not and must not become a
class. Let us welcome to our councils
and our comfort the farmer and the