The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-11

hiiis, uuu uraW money on them unC
hold them in tho warehouses; until
tho price went up. One Of the lead
crs declared in public speech at
Macon that they wero going to hold
the cotton until it went to Is cents,
and no made tho people believe it,
and they rolled him into congress by
a tidal wave. Tho alliance looked
upon lawyers as suspects and not fit
to hold Office nor tittcn to get iitten,
and SO one lawyer sold his lawbooks
and burned tho bridge behind him
and joined Gideou's band and swul-
lowed tho OcGla platform, sub
treasury and all, and tho confding
people rolled him into Congress-.
But ho suffered Il relapse in due
timo and bought moro law books,
and now tho last condition Of that
man is worse than tho first. Au-
other lawyer swallowed tho platform
bones and skin and ran for Congress
on it and got awfully beaten and has
never been elected since to any Office
by tho people, and to my opinion
mover will be- 1t is just as old Abo
Lincon said: "You may fool all tho
pcoplo somo Of tho time, and you
may fool somo of tho people all the
time, but you can't fool all the pco.
plc all tho time"
Now, tho common people, tho
farmers and mechanics and toilers,
arc generally unsuspecting and
crcdulOus, and when Il smart, shrcwd
politician talks sweet and nico to
them thoy are inclined to believe him,
but what lawyer of any pretensions
or responsibility ever believed in the
Ocala platform or tho subtrcusury
schonic or something bettcr?" or
course any statesman who was fit to
hold Office knew that it was utterly
impracticablc and would bankrupt
tho government to build warehouses;
and advance money on crops, but it
was Il hobby on which to rido into
Office and fooling tho people was of
no consequences, No, wouldn't
trust any man who would do it or
has done it.
Another way to fool tho people is
to form littlo secret rings in every
county and divide ont the county
Offices and each ring man must get
bis hcnchmcn to be at tho courthouse
on convention day and help elect
Delegates who belong to the ring.
The good, easy, unsuspccting people
don't know anything about it and
before they know it tho whole coun-
ty is committed to ,..an tho people
didn't want. Tho mon who control
arc smart and they arc politically un.
scrupulous and all together they
mako powerful combine, and it
was tho knowledge and memory
OF those methods that provoked
Colonel Candlers lcttor. ITo wrote
just what wo havo been foeling ovor
since General Evans defoat. He
expressed my sentiments and | like
it bcttcr and better at oach reading.
Now lay on MucDufr-nobodyi is hurt,
except somo ''honi solt qui maj y
prnsc,' which means "'it is tho hit
dog who yclps," or words to that
effect 1t is no insult to those who
accept oilico undcr Atkinson, for ho
doesn't own but one Office
Tho others are public trusts in his
keeping and ho has no moral right
to pay private political debts with
thcm. 1t is his duty to select tho
best mon for tho places regardless Of
who they voted for The Offices be-
long to tho people and it is pros
titntion of power to fill thom for
personal advantage. But professional
politicians all do it from tho Presi-
don't down, and this is political cor
ruption. Ono day in my indignation
l. remarked in a crowd "\No arc u
nation Of political tricksters," and
an Office seeker close by whispered,
"Call no names, Bill; call no names" !"
But tho people are really for hon
cst methods and they have a stand
ard bearer on whose namo and famo
thoro is no blot. Lot him write
again if he wants to and lot his ban.
nor have on it, "Roform in political
methods and economy in administer
ing tho government" Already there
aro rings forming to defeat h,m.