The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-17
LAURENs, s. G.. Mar. II, 1895.
He Don't Catch On.

A Mr.. Reid dwelling In S~partanburg
County, reads the speech OF Senator
Tillman In the Senate from aiar off,
In his innocence he addresses o letter
to the Senator at his great distance but
Is particular to instance to the Senator
at long range that "my religion and
patriotism" are the instigators OF my
convictions In the important and vital
suggestions which I am now inficting
upon you. Mr.. Reid then proceeds to
assure the Senator that Jefferson, Cal
houn and Jackson, are the Democrats
he aspires to emulate while he has no
stomach for such democracy as Car.
Isle, Cleveland and their supporters
are giving the country. Thereupon he
declares the necessity of o free silver
party and O union with the Populists.
with the certain assurance of Tillman
being the representative of the whole
"lay out" and climbing to the Presi-
H9ency incontinently with Reid as a
good second and on the ground floor
Tillman promptly answers our dis
tiuguished friend Of Spartanburg, with
the happy suggestion that he is an
idiot-eupheuistically said hat the
tactics Is to stick to the Democratic
rotten m~achine-and when 1t appears
that they cannot control ito leave it
to drift while they jump aboard the
popnlistic craft, with the confident
hope Of landing. What Reid will do
nobody can tell. Tillman will not be
lead by him, that is clear. Until the
Democrats will not obey his orders he
will not desert them-when they won't
he will. A Legislature that looks both
ways Gas suggested by Bob HemphilD
has now such countenance as they Can
well afford to live and die in. This Mr..
Reid has not been heard of before in
the political arena; he is therefore to
be excused for his inexperience and
innocence. Senator Tillman's plan is
so much, doubly, wiser. Fighta hard
tight at Chicago and If you are beaten,
4 pull up stakes; desert your comrades;
carry off yonr arms: join another camp
under another banner, and war upon
your late comrades in arms till they be
dead, dead, dead. There are more ways
OF killing a dog than hanging him and
II this Mr.. Reid lives long enough he
may find 1t out. We must accord Mr..
Reid the justice, however, to suggest,
that, very like he has been listening to
Senator Tillman's talk for the last few
years, innocently supposing that the
Senator meant what he has been so
loudly proclaiming.
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Whenever the Legislature has met
within the last four years it has passed
Q new d~tspensary law. The United
States Courts declare promptly some
defect in i and as it were drive a six
horse tra.n straight through its extern
l v proportions. Then q new enact
ment, then q new decision. The. Leg
islature just adjourned applied a
mighty patch to the ~dispensary gar
ment and after awhile the little bill
brought over from Athens will fail
TO recognize its parentage. The polite
sparring between the Court and the
General Assembly will probably be
perpetual. Two polite sports on one
geeasiop In London town INDUCED in
Aiptemperate conviviality until the
small hours. Cholly thinking Johnnie
Z unable to take good care OF himself es-
corted Johnnie to his quarters; Johnnie
not, to be outdone in politeness returned
with Cholly to his lodging to see him
sound and safe; but Cholly being a po-
lite and kind friend accompanied
Johnnie to his we'll known suite of rooms
or 4 the morning finally overlook the
I gay boys doing the polite. BY this
! time they were duly sober.
Ex-Radical Judge Townsend was the
late leader of the House of Representa-
Itiyes, If that body had any leader. He
held the lucrative position of Assistant
District Attorney of South Carolina I'M
4 January. When the Legislature
convened he conveniently resigned the
place and took the position of spokes-
man for Gov. Evans on the floor OF the
House at $4.00 per diem. Three weeks
ago TIE ADVERTISER suggested that
he would resign his seat as soon as the
legislature adjourned and the per diem
nd mileage gone accept the place
Assistant District Attorney. This
Z burned out a true prophecy and
Q notorious adherent Of Scott and
: smberlain is now installed as Chief
" officer of the State at SIS per diem.
PHI is life and such is prophecy.
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Rev. Sam Jones Is now conducting q
svival service in Atlanta. He is wag-
ing relentless war upon every phase of
and will doubtless accomplish much
good. His style is forceful, and his
peechi Ia to the point, fearless and con,
pincing. 1t often requ4Hes the agrees
hive work OF such q man to inspire To-
s 81 preachers ss. yDell as laymen, to an
& pergeticAsp9s8Gution of their tasks
nd ANITA needs reformation.-Pick-
sentinel.
Beof good cheer, brother. Samuel
s down in Columbia, about two
eks since, preached in the Hall of
House of Representatives, came in
Ptact with our Crums, Mayfelds and
q Isl az INC