Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-10
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IAN INGENIOUS APPEAL,
Maj. Jno. F. Jones Wants to
Be Elected Congressman.
Thinks His Business Would Be In
creased Should He Be Given That
Honor-He Lauds MonOmetallfsm
and Tariff, and That but Adds to
the Certainly of His Defeat.
From the Columbia Register, Thursday.
Major John F. Jones of Blacksburg,
who is running for congress in the Fifth
District against Hon. T. ]. Strait, the
Democratic nominee, has issued the
following address:
To the Voters of the Fifth South Car
olina Congressional District.
FELLOW CITIZENS: Fortune made
some South Carolinians; circumstan-
ces made this state the home of others.
1t may be question if one or the 9th
er condition is conducive to the best
citizenship. But I shall not yield to
my opponent, Mr.. Strait, SO high a
claim as I can urge for your support
in this election.
For years you have cast your votes
for representatives to congress who, so
far as the records show, were satisfied
with the honor of the position and its
pay.
The representatives of other States,
taking advantage of similar opportuni-
| ty, by personal effort and influence Sc
cure the appropriation of public funds
to be expended in their districts in
the location of public buildings, the
improvement of its waterways, the
development of the mineral and agri-
cultural resources of the same. Is it
not strange that our representatives
should be 80 modesto dumb !?
Think of the opportunity such a
man has in which to do for his state,
for his district, a great and a lasting
benefit. Note how congressman from
other states have won aid and pa
tronage.
No other state in this union has su-
perior resources, greater natural
wealth nowhere is there superior
climate, and nowhere could more
dense population be proftably and
healthfully supported by reason of the
development of states natural re-
sources than in South Carolina. Is it
because have seen other states pros
per, in which none of these natural
advantages occur states which have
to 90 outside their own borders for
every crude material which is essential
to the continued operation of their
diversified industrial enterprises, that
I am the more interested, or lay more
stress upon the neglect of our congress
sional representatives. If so, then l
am the better fitted to occupy that
place which will enable me to attract
some possible favorable attention to
to our state and its resources.
If in Washington, the capital city of
our country, favorably introduced to
men of influence and of wealth, thrown
among them socially, our congressman
cannot impress single soul to visit
our state, to examine our prospects
and resources, to become interested in
any of them, cannot influence any one
favorably to their development, can
not persuade any to come TO our state
to live, add nothing to our population,
nothing to our commonwealth, then,
where should be sent an agent for that
purpose?
It's not all of life for us to sit here
to be governed or to wrangle with each
other as to who shall make laws for
our government. The world is ad-
vanced by the development of indus
tries, by the proper use Of natural re-
sources and of products and the con-
sequent profits, and the comforts and
happiness that result from combining
industry, capital and labor. Then
why should you hesitate to exchange
a lawmaker-who in fact never framed
law-for one who appreciates these
wondrous resources of you state, who
sees buried in your soil, standing in
your forests, sleeping in your water
falls, embodied in the strong arms and
the natural born skill Of the men of
South Carolina, all the element neces-
sary to the possibility of the greatest
industrial development which has ever
occurred in these United States.
All that is needed is enterprise and
capital. Then why not give your sup
port and cast your votes-not for par
ty nor for partisan reasons; but for
business reasons-and cast them to
elect to congress one who, without
your support, has pushed his way alone
into other states, sought out and inter-
ested strange people to come to our
state, to open mines, develop railroads,
to build plants, factories, etc., all of
which have helped our people to more
of comfort, to better wages, to more of
happiness than otherwise would have
come to them in years?
Why not vote for the man who, 60