The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-21
LAURENS. S. c., NOV. 81, 1900.
The News.

President Mex ;nlcy returned to
Washington Immediately on the de-
claratiOn q the result Of the election.
He was i'm fine spirits, his feathers all
smooth and had . lovc-feast with his
cabinet, inviting ell to stay by him In
his second term. 1t is said hat Sec
rotary of the Treasury, Gage, will pro-
badly retire.
At Pokin the Peace Commissioners
are settling matters, but the Chinese
don't enjoy the punishment auu be-
headi"r Of their late leaders who rioted
In bloOt.
"No thief Ger felt the halter draw,
With good Op non Of the law"
Republican leaders are at Washing
ton arranging for short session legisla-
ton.
Croker goes to England, but made a
speech to Tammany's chiefs urging
virtue and reform.
The Xlr Of all the RussiaS has ty-
phoid fever, (poison suspocted) and al
the world Is anxious. He Is a mild
hammered young man, peacefully in
clincd and his deAth might p~recipitate
trouble world over.
Cuba is trying to make a constitu-
ton, but the Conven ton makes haste
very slowly.
Teddy commenced his public career
as n Reformcr. Reformers are his
~torically iconoclastS-image ~smashers-
their mission anti-Chincsc - to upset
the old and set mp something new and
better. They purify public affairs,
lower taxes and tighten the burdens
Of the people. Teddy Roosevelt started
life in this role and posed in many
high places as Il puriSt-a chevalier
Bayard, sans pure ct sans reproach."
Then he evolutcd into a soldier and
ruff rider, then Il politician. AS candi-
date for Vice President he INDUCED Il
wicked tongue, laying many sins at the
door of his ncighbor, the MAY or of
New York, who is Il democrat. AS Gov
ernOr of New York, he could remove
the Mayor for his malfeasance, but
Teddy let his little member run riot in
abuse. 1t Is SAID o that all tho
while Teddy, heir apparent to the
throne, was chattcring on the stump
about the Mayors sins, he had in his
pocket documents ~vindicating the limo
cence of Mayor Van Wyck. Now, that
Teddy should have Il wicked tongue in
his head and have little regard for the
christian virtue of dealing fairly with q
neighbor is neither strange or unus-
ual, but the danger lies in the discre-
dit his example tends to bring on
all that class whose vocation is to
cleanse and purify the earth.
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here is discussion proceeding in
the State Press upon the proprlety OF
giving the election Of Judges to the
people and taking it away from the
representatives.; We are decidedly OF
the opinion that partisan views ought
not to have overshadowing control In
the selection OF Judicial officials. For
this reason probably it would be best
to turn the matter owe to the people.
You may stumble IN a hundred indie
pendent voters, but the representative
rarely has the courage of his convic.
tions political interest md hopes sway.
ing his action. Then lawyers are con.
stantly under the eve of q wide con-
stitutency, while Legislators have
fitness Both pl ms are in vogue If
the States OF the Union and little com,
plant is heard from any quarter. Pre-.
eminent talent is rarely found in any
calling and rarely is a Saul to be folnC
in the Judiciary. The experiment O
giving the election of Judges to the
people can be safely made since the
constitution of 1895.
The text runs: Remove not the land
marks which thy fathers nave set up.
Jefferson and Madison make them tC
read a low tariff or tariff for revenue
only, States rights and Il strict con,
structiOn of the constitution. These
have been tempered with, but the
scars remain, the lines can be found
and to these the Democrats must stand
or stand outside in the cold. "No mar
can tcthe time on tide and events
must largely shape themselves, but
every question or issue must be re.
solved to first principles. The minority
IN Congress must at once begin its re-
cord.
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Congress assemblies the 1st Monday
In December and will sit until the 4th
OF March, (savc a Christmas recess, :
when the newly elected Congress goes
in. Blu the newly elected Congress
does not sit until December 1901, ex-
cept an extra session be called. This
is very likely to happen as like Tam
O'Shanters Dell we have 50 much bust.
ness on hand.
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LaurenS has 9G miles of Railway and
the taxes amount to $ll, l45.4S. Orange
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