The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-03-14
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man observes that ahe righeof suffrage
;s I not sufhcieaeof issaH to protect the
people from oppression by their rulers
bu. the ouly safeguard is in the separate
organization of each in.eres. IN tue to.
s.s.e speakiag through this ioselli-
oenf mouthpiece the voice OF each loter.
est . could be easily heard aud never
mi misunderstood. The complaints OF one
u msn ara never heeded by Legislators or
.n,a,s rr1s !. be is invariably looked upon as
. .r.nR But when an organization OF
farmers + ea speaks through resolutions
;ntellieently drawn. even Presidents
,ana sn ear to its voice. They tell Us
.ha. that We mus. not go into politics, that
+ will destroy our organization. that
non :, ahonld meet and discuss pumpkins,
ETC., and adjourn. but fellow citizens,
this is hut the voice of the so'.ers VINO
sssk I to a.eer from the path upon the
roc rocks for the purpose of destroying you.
I. is the duty Of every good citizen
to enter politics and have voice 10 toe
administration Of his State government.
Show me people Who take no io'eres.
IN Affairs of State aud l will show you
\ miseoyerned. ignorant and worthless
race. Did you ever bear of bills beng g
Introduced iaer 10 Congress for the relief Of
the agricultural class. bills to preveos
oambline oar or speculation 10 cotton
fnsnras. sub treasury bill, income ts1
hills and tariff reform bills. until . ., the
ore.nisasion Of the National Alliance :n
Remember, .he next four years VIII
hr;ng to US these measures IN the shape
If % laws. # you will be true to your
selves. Already the Northern Demo
Gratis. era seeing the inevitable union OF the
Son,h and West. have deserted sne'f
oos,1 ..,n and nd are now assisting Republican
minority to break quoru" ana oe'es'
the will Of the people.
The Bland bill however. has passed tue
House, bus it is understood fhat BOSS
Cleveland is opposed apd 1t will
meet defeat in the clao nouse.
Whv Mr.. Cleveland should object
Of ooipipg the silver lo the irea-
snrv which has been robbed from
Western miners, but who now make no
claim upop it, and paying the deos OF
.so,.t;on instead Of issuing bonds. IS
incomprehensible to any honest maa
win the iack-ass horses please explain.
We have been branded at W asn'ng-
ton as being third parsyises, the scum
Of the earth aud unworthy o. recogos-
ton by the Democratic party and these
men who are responsible for it are now
bowing down asking you to restore
them. ..the decent element. to othce ana
nnon a Cleveland Democratic plat
from t am democrat out and ous'
standing squarely upon the Chicago
platform aud propose to show you that
is is almost identical With the Ocala
demand.
(hIr. Evans here read the two plat
forms and compared them.
Who now are the true democrats. the
AlIiancemeo or the jack-ass-horses
res, nv democracy here aud will pro-
ceed to discuss State affairs.
The Historian Gibbon character'zes
the reign of the Atooines over the
Roman Empire as she only instance
where the happiness of the people was y,
the sole objects of their rulers. Wen
and truly may the same be said OF
the reign Of the Reformers IN South
Carolina.
Recognizing the principle that the
best educated people are the happ,est
and best citizens, the 6rst object
of the Reform Government was to
build up the common school system.
Under the bill introduced by myself
separate school districts have been
organized in nearly all Of our counties
and most Of them BY the addition OF a
small tax our public schools are now
run from six to nine months. | am
in favcr of making every district 10
the State separate and allow 1t 20
govern itself as to its schools aud
the method of maintaining them,
aided, Of course, by the State ap-
preparation. a Constitutional Con-
ventiou should be called and school
law expunged from the constitution aud
left entirely with our Legislature, as
at present it is dangerous IN the ex-
,reme and a menace to our entire
system Of common schools. We have
built and equipped college, modern
in all its features, where our poor
boys may obtain an education at the
smallest expense.
The best evidence of its success and
the necessity for its establishment is the
fact that over 600 students are now
enrolled within It's walls and others
are knocking at its doors for admission
We have maintained every Institution
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