The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-07-01
Judge Earle d Candidate.

Judge Joseph II. Earle has issued an
address to the people ofthe State %announc-
ing his candidacy for the United States
Senate and giving ar outline of the plat
form n which he stands. The address is
as follows,
To The democratic Voters of South Car
olina: I have the honor to place my
name before yon as a candidate for the
office Of United States Senator-the high
est office in the gift of our r:a;e.
Controlled by the requirements of duty,
! cunnot leave the Bench tn 60 upon the
hustllnes, and | know that you will ex-
cuse my absence from the political meet
ings now being held, aud that you will
permit me to adopt this mode of commu-
nicattOn.
If / should receive your favorable con-
sIderation l car only promise to do my
duty. My record il before you, and it ia
for you to determine whether or not |
am deemed WORTHY of this high honor.
In State politics I belong To no clique
or fac'ion other than the Democratic party
I occupy the same position tn t truth,
fairness and fidelity to the cause of Anglo
Saxon supremacy has always compelled
me to occupy, and that is, that the majLr-
ity must rule. When the verdict has
been rendered all strife and contention
should cease, and at the general election
all Democrats should stand together and
work together for the common veal. To
his end I have used my best efforts to
reconcile the differences which have ex-
listed among Dur people, and l shall con-
tinue upon this line.
I have always deprecated any uni ust
censure or abuse of our public officials.
They are the servants of the people and
should 80 act as to be above suspicion,
and while they should always be held to
a strict accountability, no q should be
brought before the bar of public opinion
and condemned before being heard.
In seeking your suffrages I shall not
descend to the low plane OF vituperation
or abuse. success by the use Of such
methods is less to be desired than failure
without them. I now beg and invite
your attention to q short statement Of my
views of the important national questions
now being agitated
l. The monentary question ~overshadows
all others and its determination will re-
suit in the return Of peace and prosperity,
if truth and justice prevail, or in ruin
and bankruptcy, II the blind worshippers
Of the single gold standard should sue
coed. Let W. return to the money of our
forefathers, the money ofthe Constitution,
the money that made this country the
greatest under the sun aud let gold and
Silver be- both coined freely and without
limita at q ratio of sixteen to one as money
of final REDEEM ption, with equal legal ten
der power, without waiting tor interna-
tional agreement. If other nations fall
into line, so much the better but if not,
this nation should occupy that position
of Independence justified by its power
and required by the needs of its people.
l do not approve of the financial policy
recently pursued by the General Govern
ment in surrendering its option to redeem
it's obligations in either gold or silver. If
it had not been for this bunder the necs-
sity for issuing bonds would not have
existed.
Q. T advocate the enforcement of the
Democratic doctrine Of a tariff for revenue
only.
3. I am in favor ola graduated income
tax and such amendments of the Consti-
tuition of the United States as will permit
legislation to that end. The accumulation
of the colossal fortunes by a lew people is
a constant menace to our free institutions
The lava of supply and demand. no
longer fix the value of the products of in
dustry, but they are forced to yield to
unjust exactions of combined capital, and
as u result the rich grow richer, the poor