Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-05-22
Friday, May 22, 1896.

American peOple nave loSt Couuueuco AL
life tenure of officers in any department Of
government, and we here repeat the warn
ing of Jefferson against the tendency and
effect of the constitution of the Federal
judiciary, which he styles ian irresponsi-
Bile body working like gravity by night
and day, gaining little today and little
tomorrow, and advancing its noiseless
steps like thief over the field of jurisdic-
ton until all shall be usurped from the
States and the government OF all be con,
solidated in one" The sudden reversal
ofthe decision in the income tax cases has
never been satisfactorily explained to the
American people and the court has lost
the respect and confidence Of the people
as a natural result. To restore confidence
in the Judiciary and make the courts the
bulwarks of liberty rather than the appar-
ept tools of the sordid despotism ofweatlh;
to protect the people against the brood Of
monopolies, trusts and combines which
have grown up under vicious laws badly
administered to provide flor the election
of senators and Of all high government
officials by the people so as TO reduce the
dangers Of Federal patronage In the hands
of Inscriptions presidents; 70 restore
government Of the people, BY the people
and for the people, we demand the calling
of a constitutional convention to form an
organic law suitable to the changed con-
ditions and the growth Of the country:
4. We demand more economical ad.
ministration of our national affairs and
that taxes shall be levied 30 as to bear
equally on all sections and all classes.
Labor should be lightly burdened and by
8 graduated income tax wealth oe maze 70
pay for its own protection.
5. A sound and just system OF nnance s
the most potent factor In nations pros.
perity and we demand the restoration OF
the money of the constitution by giving
silver the same rights and privileges now
given to gold. We demand the full and
unlimited coinage Of silver at ratio OF !6
to regardless Of the action Of any ana all
other nations and that such coinage be 9
legal tender for all debts, public and pri-
vate. Congress alone has the power 70
coin and issue money and President jack
son declared that this power could not be
demand the national banking system be
abolished.
&. The absorption Of wealth by few,
the consolidation Of our leading railroad
systems, and the formation Of trusts and
pools require stricter control by the
Federal government of those arteries OF
commerce, therefore we demand the en-
largement of the powers of tho Interstate
commerce commission under constitu-
tional instructions and guarantees which
will protect the people from robbery and
oppression.
John s. Reynolds and J. w. Fergu-
son submitted minority report pledg-
ing the Democracy of this State to
abide the decision of the Chicago con-
yention, and demanding the repeal Of
the 10 per cent. tax on the issue of State
banks, etc. 1t also provides that sec
tion s of the platform be stricken out.
Upon motion, the minority report was
promptly laid on the table.
Then came the expected tilt between
Tillman and Irby. Irby made good
speech and 80 did Tillman; but the
sympathy of the convention was over
whelmingly with Tillman, and 1rby
was unceremoneously relegated to the
rear.
Senator Irby started out by saying
that if he consulted only his own feel
ings, he would not have word to say.
But as the head of the Democratic
party, if he should fail to respond to
it when it was challenged BY its great
eat beneficiary since the war, he would
be recreant to his duty as man and a
Democrat. This man Tillman was
taken from an humble station in life
and set up as a representative of the
white people Of South Carolina. He
then declared himself to be an edge
field" Democrat. ~ never knew before
what kind of Democrat an Edgefeid
Democrat was. Mart Gary was not
that kind of Democrat. He was
a South Carolina Democrat. GCheers.]
I thank God that Laurens county,
at least, has no Edgefeld Demo-
Gratis within her borders" Con-
Senator Irby said that he
had something to do with the Shell
manifesto. That document was first
addressed to the "People of South Car
olina.', He had insisted that the adj
dress be changed to democrats of the
State" and had refused TO have any
thing to do with the papers until the
change was made. He had also caused
to be inserted at the bottom of this
document the words "We will abide the
result of the September convention"
It was on these terms only that he
had been willing to undertake to cap
ture the Democratic machinery OF the
State. White supremacy and the best
interest of our State are only to be
through the Democratic
party. Boilers never amount to any
thing. If this man bolts, he will be
knocking for re re.admission to the party
within less than three years, and ne
will come back. as mourner. This
dear old "rotten" party was good
enough to elect this Edgefeld Demo
crat twice to the highest Office in the
gift of the people of the State and to
the United States senate; but he evi-
IDENTIFY thinks it is not good enough to
elect him to the high Office of presi-
dent of the United States. In this
boiling proposition, is he'looking after
the interest of the Reform party in
this State or is he considering mere
Iy his own interest as a presidential
candidate? The fact that President
Cleveland has abandoned the princi-
ples of the Democratic party has not