The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-14
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y many readers a few lines from
Texas.
1. Farmers are busy preparing to
make another crop. A good rain
here ut this writing would be very
acceptable. Politics is tho sub
| iect most talked on here now. 1t
seoms from the idea that 1 get
from tho JOURNAL there is a great
many different political opinions
and factions in South Carolina.
Some want to send delegates to
the Chicago convention and others
do not, then Mr.. Bowdcn calls for
q silver convention and we are
somewhat Of the opinion that 50
many things at once Is liable to
result in something detremontal-
to tho general mass Of the people
Of South Carolina.
While | am in the state of Tex
as not n citizen of that State, 1
feel proud to know that she is my
mother State. The laboring mass
cs of the people are proud of what
South Carolina has done in tho
way of reform and is still doing.
We arc glad Of the work that Sena-
tor T1llman is doing at Washing
ton. We can say that Tillman IS
becoming to be very popular in
this part of Texas with tho labor
ing class of people. Tho worst
thing existing hore about tho DO
litical situation in this country is
that the people are not organized
as they should be and do not un-
dcrstand oach other as thoy should,
and n few little lawyers and news
paper editors think that they arc
the head and brain Of the country
and arc tho only ones competent
to manage political issues. NV
opinion ls that tho state will 20
populist, and the sentiment of the
writer is in favor of most anything
or any party that comes to the
people with platform Of sny
principles at all. We hope never
again to have any more such men
az Cleveland for president. We
wonder how much longer tho peo-
pie can bear tho burdens placed
upon thom already and alt hopo
for any relief unaor tho present
administration for s. tho masses
gone and tho future prospect as
gloomy for the laboring man rs
ever have been known in the his
tory of tho country. Tho timc is
past when poor man can go out
and woIk the soil and pay for a
homo. We do not sec many men
working the soil those days to sup
port himself and family, and ac-
cumulating woalth. Those who
have not got homes are not likely
to obtain them, and those that
have them, the way things havo
been going for numbor OF years,
will have to work both mind and
muscle to retain thom as has hoy
er boen required OF thcm before.
The above statement is quito SCR
ious one, yet in tho sense We see
things 1T is truo and tho cause for
such is to be charged greatly to
unjust legislation. Tho mon who
should have felt and acted Il, ser
wants of the people have made
themselves the peoples masters,
yet wo think tho people arc to
blame to a great extent for thoir
carolcss and uncohccrncd way of
voting men. Voting for men. re-
gardloss of thoir political views or
principles and letting corporations
} and tho money power through tho
!, influence Of news paper editors
and lawyers and others not on
gagged in the agricultural pursuits
Of life, do all the debating and
selecting canCidatcrs. OF course
the people stayed at home for q
number of years and worked, trust
ing everything political to their
: care, and all they did woro to go
: out to tho ballot box on election
: day and vote for their candidates,
and tho result ls, that class logis-
latlon has went on until today. The
laborlng man finds himself in q
1 critical condition, but somo few
t years ago whom tho laboring poo.
|, pie commenced waking up az il
y wore to find out what was tho mat
= tor and begin to investigate things
II a littlo more closer. They were
e told thcy did not know what they
y woro talking about and to go home
l. and run tho plow. We often hear
0 mon boasting OF being democrats
Il who know nothing about jefferson
Q Democracy. You might namo some
: things to thom that Jefferson adj
vocatod and they wonld call you a
populist. Thoy havo cotton SO far
away from tho principles of sound
g doctrine and democracy, that it
g seems like from tho way somo OK.
IS press themselves that all tho demo
}, cratic party has got to do is tc
,, beat tho republican party, and
If mon vote tho party ticket regard.
!, less of principle or country. There