The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-10-13
LAuRENs. Sc, oct. 10, 1896.

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Arthur Sewall, Chicago nominee for
the Vice Presidency with w. j. Bryan,
writes q letter and publishes It, ac-
cepting with thanks the compliment.
~ " he decently mathematics the
p~lufocrats, monopolists, trusts, corn
@rs and the classes who are opposing
$fhe masses. But Arthur is several
! flmes a millionaire himself, is classed
With the classes and has nothing In the
world to do but breathe and mechani-
col appliances can be purchased to as
&ssst even this process.
s The Irish have, time immemorial,
been ready to fight, and for q long
4ime the Galway code was in vogue
every man had to go out when
d at the pistols point. C~urran, q
Alawyer and statesman had been
H the field OF honor some half dozen
mes occasionally winging his man,
md having occasion for a surgeon. 1t
= ruin toa mans calling not to be
Sseady to face the music when invited.
8 the English Parliament a white
q ivered Lord proposed to abolish the
iuello when Curran replied, that it
8wonld cost him annually $25,OOO, to
aR9te for the Bill; and that his Lordship
With o rent rolfofH q quarter Of a mil
8 Ion could vote for it, and in the mean
Aghile his honor and carcass would be
fafe. Now, Arthur Sewall, is a muchly
ss~niilionoire, and can afford to exchange
fhree or four millions for the honor OF
4,eing yice-Fresident with the Presi-
tency q" possibility. Gold or silver,
3ewall sits in silver slippers. Indeed,
Arthur Sewall we're a philosopher,
which Is but another word for a wise
man, he wouldn't care q snap of the
iugers whether free silver won or lost.
his elk millions in gold are reduced
one-half their value, or fifty three
ents on the dollar by the enactment
4bf GI6 to !, he will still be O multi-pluto-
>grat, with not only the good but the
}f,est things in this world at his call on
he touch Of q button. 1t Is therefore
Hery natural and excusable that
Thomas Watson, of Georgia, the Popu-
let candidate for the Vice Presidency,
3aHho has to subsist on the miserably
sInlserly income of some hundred bales
|sof cotton derived from a few thousand
Hbeggarly acres should tear his hair
'Rnd denounce the Maine man for not
getting out Of the way ard leave the
}teld to the young Nebrascan and him
sell. AS we gang along we still advise
our good readers Of THE ADVERTISER
*Df the golde.h:lessons of Benjamin
Franklin Nthatihe true secret lies in
taxing care o fyourself and the pen,
MES, and not to depend upon the result
g oi elections. Fhnklin toiled at the
nNmblest trade, tat of a type setter,
then publishedSPo Richards Alma.
nae, then devotedshis attention to
natural philosophy,then joined Wash.
ington's d~esperadoes and wound up by
twisting the British Lyons tail al
Paris, where he signd the immorta,
Areaty of peace, clad'n a $1,000 suit o.
Velvet with a sword AMI golden scab'
gard at his thigh, a bigger man thar
I'll the Presidents and Bings, Wash
4 ington excepted. 1t all same from
Y save the pennies and the pounds will
save themselves" The price q cot.
Ton and corn. as we believe, will still
turn nponSthe law of demand and sup
ply, no matter who Is President and
sWhich party make the laws. Our duty
to vote the democratic ticket and
wait events.
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The G%reenville city meeting called
pn the 7th instant to ratify the nomina
ion OF Bryan and Sewall was very ap.
Sopriate, as It is the first utterance
side of the newspapers, in favor OF
Che Chicago action, taken in this
State. So 1t was better late than never
nd,it will 60 out as encouraging news
course the vote of the State will
and for Bryan, and no backbones will
eed bracing within these borders, but
be action noted will stiffen the joints
friends doing yeoman service among
2le heather outsiders. But in case the
Ryan Plume of white should wave in
tumph Owe the White House on
arch 4th 1897 then the record of the
~reenville doings and the personae
ramftis will be interesting reading
or weeks succeeding that historic day.
I'm the meanwhile, as O general rule,
the record Is the best evidence.
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The State Board of Control ZEN q
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