The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-23
LAURENs. s. O.. oct..2a, 1894.

Proprietor.
LAURENS. s. c., oct..23. 1894.
Nearly every one first and last has
had On uphill and downhill experience.
Hill OF New York is no exception. He
was a/pet OF the Georgia populistic
democracy and the Atlantese had him
down there. The South Carolina So
called democracy were for him at Chi
cago for the Presidency, when Cleve-
land Outclassed him. In the Senate,
for q while he was an Ishmaelite; then
at the finish he espoused Cleveland's
honesty, struck from the shoulder in
his interest and became the terror of
the ~skulking, demoralized Senate. He
10 now the only hope of the democracy
In all the land. 1t became necessary
that no should become the candidate
for Governor Of the democracy Of New
York. AS goes New York 80 goes
Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware
and as go these four SO goes the Pres
idency in 1906. Up goes Hill and all
goes we'll. The South Carolina popu-
lists have changed their tune, sing no
hosannas to Hill and look to tho West.
~*
John Gary Evans has the esophagus
aid Of dispensary slops every ism de-
vised for the last four years. Thous-
ands of warehouses for wheat, corn,
cotton and the like, are to be erected
ut the cost of millions and certificates
Of deposit for this stuff are to be the
basis Of III money. No more gold, no
more "dollars of the daddies." Rail
roads and telegraphs are to be pur-
chased at the cost Of thousands OF mil
lions aud this democratic government
OF ours is to become an empire with a
q million paid uniformed minions Of
the government. Are you a democrat?
And III so consider we'll before you
cast your ballot for other than q demo-
crat. From three to five hundred Of
flee holders in this State have been
added by Gov. Tillman's administra-
tions.
The constitution is the fundamental
law. 1t ia the chart of every mans
liberty, the humblest, the lordliest.
To 1t alone must he appeal against the
laws oppression, the tyrant and his
sycophant or coat-tail swinger. Our
present constitution is not all that it
should be; it is not perfect; it does not
entirely meet the conditions that en-
viron us. But this is not the time to
mend 1T; the time is not suspicious: it
is too bitterly partisan. Dispassionate
wisdom, all interests of all the people
looking to n generation to come, at
least must be regarded. A body rep
%resenting the sovereignty of the State
elected at this %juncture, must of neces-
sity be to a degree tainted with the
bitterness engendered in the last four
years.
*#*
Gov. Tillman went to Washington
last week. His whiskey business car
ricd him. When Pandora's box was
opened, out flew call the ills hat flesh
is heir to-" except hope. This Dis
pensary business has brought q new
crop of woes to Our Governor. He will
be comparatively in a bomb proof,
however, when he goes to the U. S.
Senate at $4,000 a year and perquisites,
and six years on these terms may stand
off the hard conditions of the last four
at only $4,000, Arsenal Hill, and free
railroad passes.
***
1t is o mistake to say that the Club
House Constitution of South Carolina
was the work of carpetbaggers, ne
groes and scalawags. It is q mere copy
with adaptations. There is not a con-
%stitution extant that is not the growth
OF centuries. S~entimentality and COM
mon sense are incompatible. Vote
against the constitutional convention.
A wise legislature is what is wanted
and an Australian system of voting.
South Carolina Democracy is like
the nigger's rabbit; it suits all shades
of opinion; it is good for everybody
and everything; "good for bake, good
for fry, good for stow, good for pie"
Tillman holds on to the tail of Brer
Rabbit, but 1t is a short hold indeed.
Tho Gear Of all the Russias, the most
absolute ruler in Europe, reported
dying, is personally of a kindly dispo-
sition and beloved by all who have
been brought in contact with him.
Mark Twain and DR.. Talmage are au-
thority.
German has consented to deliver one
address to his constituency. He will
find it as much as they can swallow. 1t
will take cheek, but German lives in q