The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-10-31
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Squire Fewell Gives "Don Limo" a
Few Doses


Mr.. Limo begins by saying he has few
questions to ask some OF the "true-hlue,
rock ribbed, Simon-pure Cleveland DEM
ocrats, and as Squire Fewell claims to be
of this grade, L will have to ask him to
answer them" Well, now, don't know
what all of that conglomeration of words
mean. If it means that tho persons it is
applied to arc straight Democrats with
out any crooks or turns toward Republi-
canism or Populist tendencies, and true
believer in the honesty and integrity OF
President Cleveland, l am one OF them.
Mr.. Limo first 'vpnts to know why
President Cleveland, as soon rs he was
inaugurated, appointed Republican TO
the highest place in his cabinet" That
is news to me, thought Judge Gresham
was as true Democrat as we had after
he renounced his allegiance to the Repub-
lican party about twelve years ago, and l
think so yet. He also wants to know
"why MIR. Cleveland is under yoke with
John Sherman, who was hired by the
money power Of Europe and Wall Street
to use his influence in the demonetization
of silver?" / didn't know that silver
was demonetized, for I see it is still in
circulation, and I can buy as much in
store any where in this country with
silver dollar as he can with gold dollar,
and I wish I had more of them than L
have. That stuff that has been going the
rounds for the last two or three years
about Mr.. Cleveland being bought by the
money powers of Wall Street, has the
least foundation for a truth of any lie that
any Democrat or any respectable Repub-
lican-it all comes from these Third Party
Populists, who are an offspring Of Euro
pean socialism and anarchy, the seed of
which was brought to this country dur
ing the late civil war in recruits to the
Federal army.
Mr.. Limo goes on to say eff there was
too much money in circulation, why did
Mr.. Cleveland burn up millions and
millions of greenback money and then
issue S5O,OO0,OOO in bonds?'' That's
another Populist lie. for don't think
Mr.. Cleveland had that much money OF
his own, and, if he had, he is like me-. he
would not have it to spare, and he ha>
any more than would. AS to the bonds,
Mr, Carlisle had to issue them to save
wrecked treasury, which the Republican
party was responsible for and not the
Democrats. This inquisitive writer wants
to know of the Squire what he thinks OF
Cleveland's tariff revision, and says that
;'sugar is II cent higher than it was under
the old law, and is advancing at the rate
of half cent week." which we all,
who buy sugar, know is not so. l bought
dollars worth of sugar few days ago
and my wife didn't know what It was,
the bundle was so large when l laid 1t on
the table. why" says she, Squire,
what is this you have in this big bundle"
Said I, "Sugar." 80, yes" says she; and
what made you buy SO much?" well"
a In1l ~ worth ~ bIfS
mighty big bundle; 1 thought it was a
sack of flour" she said, and walked away
singing.
MIR. Limo says "that ostrich feathers
have gone down while sugar has gone
up." T do not know about the feathers
as don't buy them often. He says "we
can do without sugar and take the feath-
ers." Well, he may, but as 10 my part
had rather have sugar, and will buy II
as.long as can get from Is to 20 pounds
TO the dollar, but its only matter OF
choice. and if he had rather have the
feathers, let him buy them. lwould say
| to him that if feathers go up too high
| for him he migttget Mr.. Cowan to pitch
| his tent in his section and preach the ldea
of wearing feathers and flowers in ladies'
hats out Of the minds of the wearers and
| thus save another big bill at the store.
| AS w Lu6 SsVO,OOO oPPAOPA'SS
with all other progressive thinkers, that
will be money we'll spent. The world
generally don't know what great coun.
| try these Southern States are, and the
| Inter- National Exposition to be held IN
| Atlanta next year will give US good op.
portunity to advertise our great natural
resources to the monied men of the world,
| who will be glad to come here and invest
| their money with us, and in time help To
make the South what she is bound to be
| in time to come-ohe of the richest places
on earth, "Wall Street" not excepted.
"What do you think about Cleveland's
social equality, Squire ?" says he; but
| for fear l have not read it he appends the
Act passed by the Legislature OF New
York and approved by Grover Cleveland
as Governor, May 5th, 1854. Section l
reads thus: "The coloTcd schools in the
city of New York now existing and in
operation shall hereafter be classed and
known as ward schools and primaries,
with their respective teachers, unless
such teachers shall be removed in man.
'ner provided by law, and officers in the
respective wards in which they are 10
Gated, in the same manner and to the
same extent as other ward schools, and
shall be open for the education OF pupils
for whom admission is sought, without
regard to race or color" Now, if un
derstand the reading of that Act, it does
not open out the white schools to chill
dren without regard to race or color, but
it does open the colored schools "for the
education of pupils for whom admission
is sought, without regard to race or
color;" which means that If any white
person wants to send to negro school
he has the privilege to do so. But, you
tn wnlI0 If |
lived in New York. So if any Yankee
wants to send his children to negro
school it is nothing to me nor any busi-
ness of mine, so long as I am not com
pelled to send mine to mixed school.
Read that Act again, carefully, MIR. Don,
and YOU will see that there is nothing
wrong about Mr.. Cleveland signing the
bill would have signed it myself if l
had been Governor of New York.
And that lie you say that Hon. Lafe
Pence traced up is another Third Party
campaign lie, and not bit of foundation
for truth in it. You ought to keep your
self better posted than that in regard to
the coinage of silver and gold. If you
will examine the Secretary OF the Treas
ury's late report you will see that there
has been several million dollars in silver,
aud gold, too, coined since the present
administration has been in office. If
you will bring over some of your cotton
to Piedmont you can get some silver
coin that has been coined this year. Do
you think it was sent out to Col. Orr to
fool the people with? If SO, wish they
would keep on fooling us the same way.
So, Mr.. Don Limo, if your politics are
what think they are from the tenor Of
your com munication, you had better go
West where you will have more compa-
ny. hope, at least, that we will never
have any more Populists here than We
now have, and if you are not Populist
you must be close akin to one. All Of
this cant and derision about President
Cleveland and his being allied with the
money-kings of Wall Street and Europe
is like Gov. Tillman's accusations against
our administrations before his-all bosh.
How much dishonesty did Gov. Tillman
ever prove against our former State otfi-
cials? Why, not single one. Yet you
and great many others believed it just
because Ben Tillman says so, and for no
other reason, So you believe those cam
paign lies about President Cleveland be-
cause some of your Third-Party-Popu
st-Republican friends say 30. Gov.
Tillman said that he would have his SAL
ary paid with fewer bales of cotton than
Gov. Richardson's was. Let US see how
that has worked out. Gov. Richardson's