The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-08-18

tfnegticls TO which the candidates for
eounty Offices and members Of the
aencral Assembly now ~canvassing the
county are called upon to answer
categoricaliy:
Have you voted for, or given your
n0ral and active support to- the regu-
a lar Democratic nominees at the gem
eral election from 1890 to 1894, in-
elusive? Did you vote for Pope in
e 1892 Did you vote for Evans, the
regular Democratic nominee?
81 Do you indorse the present State Re-
81 form Administration, and the legisla-
4SAtfon enacted since 1902
Fpr whom will you vote for United
tates Senator at the approaching pri-
nary elcctionP
Are you In favor OF the enforcement
5of the law enacted by the Legislature
i creating q Bank Examiner?
Are you In favor of a strict enforce
y 1aent of the Dispensary law, as regards
the Illegal traffic In whiskeyp
Are you In favor OF tho Metropolitan
Police Bill and OF its enforcement
whenever necessary?
Are you I'm favor, OF expanding any
portion whatever of the free school
fund for any other purpose than in the
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the county?
1t is prepared by the red hot reform
ers probably who reason that an asplr-
ants fitness is fixed not by what he is
now-but what he has been--not upon
integrity, competency and ability but
by submission to party shackles--a tai
ont for sacrificing his political soul to
u faotfOto1 nvnolfannu What ,uo vuopt 10
integrity and competency for the
ty ofices--ability to formulate legisla-
tion for the good of the people-brav-
cry and honesty to stand by men and
measures regardless of factional af-
hliation. Give us honest brave true
Democrats.
AS to the 1st question: He may or he
may not; he may have been a resident
of Ireland; the point isis the man now
an able, true Democrat, and honest
man, unsupported Of r~ascality, un-
tainted by i%nsinuation, charge Or
suspicion. GAS for old Pope" as some
times rendered-he was a coat-tail
swinger of swingers-the most violent
Reformer In the State; had shared Re-
form ''pap" for years, but when he
wanted to be Governor, and Ellerbe
and Evans were proposed, he fupked.
sulked, and later, went over body and
soul to the Republicans. Tillman had
no further use for him and he skedad-
died to look further for pap. His
brothers who were continued in Office
stuck and stick. Those who voted for
him made the same blunder that the
Reformers did who put him on the
country. He declared himself q pro
tectionist, therefore a Republican.
Tillman was q protectionist till he
touched the hem of Bryan's garment
and abandoned 1t. We want no more
of Pope.
No. Q. It Is q cyclopedia of matter,
much Of 1t vicious, some OF it good.
The good is endorsed; the bad should
be repudiated. Much of it Is expert
mental, as with all legislation, and
time Is the only test.
No. 8. OF course for the man chosen
at the primaries; but all three of the
candidates ground into one can't make
a Senator. The General Assembly
should have the whole State to choose
from, unshackled. The primary for
United States Senator is a bad mistake
the old plan the best, holding the
representatives responsible to the peo-
Pile. Ours is q representative govern
ment, not a pure democracy. The
State Is led away from her ancient
landmarks. Hayne or Calhoun neither
could have been slected under such. a
system. Any mouthy blatherskite
lawyer or crossroads demagogue could
have beaten them. Senators are cho-
sen every six years so that they may
be removed from popular clamor.
Wait a few years until light comes
with socialism and nihilism from the
monster West--the west now pushing
and crowding with the dangerous isms
of the old world--the refuse of the old
monarchies.
"A The bank examiner. This officer is
to examine the State Banks only,
which are not banks of issue. The ex-
pense will fall on the banks, and there
fore on the money borrower. The
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after the robbery. 1t is only giving to
the Administration the appointment
to a fat place, and giving SO much
power to an Administration is endan-
gering thepeople's liberties. Besides,
the officers of a bank are usually, il
rascals, plenty able to fool tho exami.
ner, and IL the examiner is a rascal, he
q be bought. 1t is, however, of
doubtful expediency. The Federal
Government alone supplies our money,
through Its machinery, and all demo-
Gratis oppose the Government having
anything to do with the business.
Let the experiment Of the dispen-
dry go ON. After awhile 1t will stink
In the nostrils of the people, as undem-
~ocratic; as giving the managers of the
thing inordinate power, as creating a
filthy ring--as extremely corrupting--
as a monstrous monopoly by the State.
Better have prchibition--auything.
o. AS long as this dispensary bust
ness Is persisted in, 1t may be necessa-
ry. A metropolitan system destroys
local alf.0nvannmanf apd anu eyetouo