The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1894-11-30
CAN'T ON BROKEN PROMISES.

Movement. They were toll by their
leaders that taxes were too high tha,
salaries Of State officers should be reduc
ed that the old ring crowd would not
rel'nquish office when once in power
bu. only rotated from q lower position to
higher one. Well, the poor, deludcd
farmer swallowed all this aud went to the
polls and did Just what he was told to
10. lie placed implicit reliance in the
promises OF his leaders ard believed all
they told him.
Well, what is the result? Oae year,
two years, three years, four years passe d
uodcr the benign reign of reform, >
and still not a single Que of these prom
lses made to the 'dcar people" has been
fulfilled. The same salaries fixed when
cotton was bringing about 500 per bale
arc to-day demanded, and when it takes
mammoth bale to bring S25. We
lind every State office in Columbia filed
with idle and expensive clerks, al draw
ing handsome salaries with unwaycring
regularity, and who do the work that
the heads of departments were elected
to perform. We fiud the State Treasur-
or with an office full of clerks, and vet
h,' h ""s ,'nic % act as president OF a
phatc Company.
The Scriptures tell us that man can
"o' S"t't TWO masters, anu yet we lind
our State Treasurer serving three. Now.
II treasurer Bates has time to look after
a' ou'.ne's NC coo'u certainly by
sn."s eP ."at BUSINESS d'scard one or
L;Ic ~" o..NS aou 10 tnat work
,nr" - c.a,n - '"e same win the oecre-
s"iy ~ "'".e' Attorney General and
nI"ro, "'',''S., " w. 80 ,o"'r' al! nave meo cm-
p,s,aa w ~" M"rN '%at they were
,r,nI'.t !" f'n.. r,'"' u; ~ '!eH's'lVes. bnt the
anI T InSno", 'a'vo % s'VinS the AdJutant
LcIn hin L,'r ~ no,r; ue"er'' ,I nh assistant to
Irr5. of ,Jj r'"f, "''e arc hua
Sn,,L Sou,r y. Tiu CJn'eu0rate ~, soldiers in
,E~.r; ,r,n..r o.'.i" WIZ W"ula take the Jpb
s.'.' .m'1I ,nI : tue u;',''a companies OF our
>,saI Of 5000 | for W reeve ,ba worI, s'oo 10,
whea this officer travels his cn,;ro iuu NV
> - must be paid bv rho f,rn,n, pA, S
the 1tnot all Wo NV ~. In nu'
GO rch per year more than ue;sb
tes paw their iudici,rv
Let us reason this matter. S,,
:. farmer hires hand far s10O
year to tend certain niece of I,nd
When pay day comes that employees not
only demands that YOU nav his own
wages, but you fiud that bo has e,nnIny.
cd perhaps half-dozcn other men 70
help him tend that onc-horse cron and
makes you also pay them for a full
years work. And yet this is lust what
We arc doing in South Carolina undor
the benign and "economizipo" rc;cn or
so.called "reform.' If these rnbl;c
officers cannot attend to the duties tha,
they were elected to nerform wbv lot
them resign, and we will ouoranten tbat
an hundred just as good and canabls
men will be found ready and willipo 70
take their places for onc-half the sa1arv
they receive. And again When onr
people employ q man to do a ccrt,;n
IoSss nSsc. = wnrl- IN, -. :5-,i.--
wo,L h;mseIf ond p'' np. h;. I'm W W 'na.
else A'' N'o soinc one
Now g ,boo
ina Lo carn,o. ~ - "ny iIioili III felur-
:, nav 49, sa. " m"Ae n'IAe. i''t-oenS cotton
-, 1"n'o s"''..'' '' "ueh our
thnt nrico Tn oanuo. 'tu'e' an anu na'i M
l,raot siynd ,osn;el; rG. sc ~ WIN 1 ,ne
wn1Is tbn.n hiass sul1 ,Is siass. q olner
,Ln noorla aama i.o'o!lh1's ISoo "nopi
domanJinr, anI o' oi.Cc ~ ~ lo'o are
Va. 49, .rbon ,;a,,S Cc..tn ,uo I"nu S'ia,
nrn.nnr;,,. rh;in ' We He'o ~ 'Hu ,:I, neyuay o'
ttoI tn,nst .'. poo' '',ict VI '"e
,,;r, ,hrao i;ar. ~ pay .noso 'IHG;
who, thor or" "r'e Co.. Gue i''A "ou'' uo
wonIl ill., :, r.',,,n n'n ,n;.n nAcu 'l L,hu VIC
''"U - "I"" WIN "hat ueSrcc Oh
consistency can these apostles of ere
form denouncc the cxtravagancc Of the
'lcVciand Administration, when they
crv nrciorm" ia tho noo,ln ,,3 ,bo,