The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-11-06
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
THE SAGE CAN SEE NO OBJEC.
TION TO BEING A APLUTOCRAT.
Household Duties Engage HIS At
tention at Present.

are undertaking the intelligence of the
! people when they denounce a candi-
; date because he is rich or because
he owns some stock in national
bank. That is all that I have seen
charged against Mr.. Sewall. Seaborn
Wright, who was The choice of the popu-
he said: 81 regret to say that have
no stock in a national bank" l don't
suppose there is reputable Populist
in the country who would refuse to
own some OF it if he could get it
fairly. This effort of the demagogues
to excite in the, poor envy and hatred
! of their more fortunate fellow citizens
is shamefully disgusting. If man
acquires wealth honestly he should be
commended for it. Abraham was rich
and 80 was Joseph and Laban and Job
and Solomon, and Joseph of Arimathea,
| who laid the body of Christ in his own
new tomb. Every man who is any
account is trying to better his condi-
tion and would get rich if he could.
So don't believe that the Populists are
opposed to Sewall because of his
wealth, and when l hear any of their
leaders say they arc, it Is my opinion
they are lying. They talk glibly
about plutocrats and some of
them, seem to think that wealth and
Pluto and hell are all mixed up to-
gether. The fact is that Plutus, who
! was the god of wealth, was very diff
ferent person from Pluto. For q long
time he gave riches to the good only,
but Jupiter did not like that and smote
him with blindness so that he could
not tell the good from the bad, and
ever since then everybody has had an
equal chance to get his favors. Myth
ology says he was club footed and slow
In movement when approaching q man
to give HIM money, but when he took
1t away his feet took wings and he
fairly flew away. They must have got
ten that idea from the scriptures which
say riches take wings and fly away.
Plutus was good hearted, clever,
generous god, and 1 don't like to hear
him slandered. The boy with the
cornucopia was his mark, his ensign,
and L never see that picture but what
L think of him and wish he would
come this way and empty his horn
of plenty. l would like to feel the
But the long agony will soon be over
ana 1t will be great relief to rs all,
whether we lose or win. Once / heard
Bob Taylor, who was running against
his brother, make speech, and in
closing he urged his hearers to vote for
him, but said he: eff you can't con-
scientiously do so, then vote for my
brother ALI" If Bryan is not elected
II will be grain of comfort to know
that some of my good ncighbors are
gratified. If L possibly can 7 am going
to rejoice with those who rejoice. Eut
there are some signs thaV | do not like.
Who is backing up this anarchist,
Lauterbach, in mis- reasonable utter
ances? He says that II there IS not
one way to prevent Bryan being pres
ldent there Is another. Does hc mean
to have him counted out by bribery ns
Mr.. Tilden was? Has he got the
scheme fixed, and is it to be done
with Hanna's barrels of money? /
read sometime ago boast that
$40, 600 apiece would buy every cleo
| ton manager in Chicago. That would
take only million to buy 100 mana
gers, and they say they have got ten
millions at their command. Is it pos
sible that so good, so honorable man
as Mckinley would consent to such
| iniquity? don't believe it, Maybe
the conspirators have plotted scheme
through the courts to get bill Of in
junction and let Cleveland hold over
pending tho litigation. / wish / did
know what Lautcrbach means to do in
case Bryan is elected. 1t is getting
very close now. close in time and close
In count. The betting is about even.
Two months ago it was fifty to one on
Mckinley. From time to time it
dropped to ten to one, and then five
to one and three to one and two to
one, and now is abont even and few
takers. I know q New York man who
writes for a Republican paper and scar
rifices Bryan awiuIly. but says in
| letter to me, cit looks now like he is
| going to be elected
Well, we will wait n few days longer
and see. Il am prepared for the worst,
and for the best, too. | have my con-
victions and my hopes, but both may
be wrong-but / am no pessimist. [
do not fear that the nation will DO
ruined if things do not 60 my way.
Man is naturally Il vain, conceited
creature, and when he forms an opin-
ion he wants things to happen that
way whether it is the right way or
not. He delights to say, 81 told you
So"
Now I am going to quit thinking
about politics for n day or so at least.
For my wife has forcwarncd me that
it is the right time to take up the
plants and bulbs and pot them and
put them in the pit. She is very care