The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-06-01
SOUTH cARoLINA's OPPORTUNITY

If South Carolina had in Governor McSweeny achlef
executive whose sole object the betterment or MS
state he would have right an opportunity seldom &C.
corded governor.
The designations of McLaurn and Iman were prompt
ed by motives purely and entirely selfish The talk OF
each about being by high consideration for state
interests is the most aran Each acted ON the
spur of the moment and with other purpose than the
testing of personal strength.
Between protective tariff convert like McLaurn and
blatant populite like Tman there is, to thinking,
but small choice If Governor McSweeney would accept
their designations, just they claim to have rendered
Them without conditions reservations and appoint two
honest conservative men their places, he might naug-
urate better regime in state fallen pretty low, and
would deserve we'll of his country But he is apparently
las thoroughly inocuated with the popular virus as the
rest of them and there promise of half dozen candi
dates With himself contributing to the general gaiey of
the situation.
Mr.. BryaDs comment is that It is an honorable
tor the senators to pursue and beneficial to the state
Just how he reaches such conclusion fail to see He
adds that he hopes to Iilman sweeping victory
Because he represents the man. while Senator Mcaurin
represents the dollar The vote will show whether the
plutocratic idea making any Roadway in the South "
This is the old cry the dollar and the man. and the
eternal separation of the two Why not let them come to-
geher, in while Every in the world is seek
ing the ellar only difference being the varying de.
grees Of success GROWING individual effort The curse
of politics is this studied and persistent attempt
at drawing distinctions between classes of men, the aug
OF the real and imaginary differences between
capital and labor the claim that this individual represents
the dollar and that the man, each with rreconcabe
interests.
The folly of such politics is being made apparent every
day. Next to Mr. Bryan hnsef ''the people" had few
6ercer veciferous trbunes than Bailey andHooo
of Texas and Towne of Minnesota. YET what has han
pened The accident of the discovery of Texas oil has
converted Bailey and Hogg into vulgar scrambers for the
of the realm, not whit better than the yeres
'plutocrat." Even Towne has fallen from his high min
nace and is leaving the wds of Minnesota for the more
,ongenia atmosphere Of New York He too has visited
Beaumont his removal to the money metropolis Of the
country is to enable HIM to easily handle the
which he heads and which organized to develop 300 OO0
lcres of Texas oil lands.
What then, is there, legitimate reasonable honest SEN
ble in Mr.. Bryans talk about Tlman representing tba
and McLaurn the dollar and the contest showing the
xtent Of the Southern Roadway Of he putocratc idea
There is little hope OF the situation resulting in anv
ene6t to the state. The dollar and the man sh,hho,tI
good weapon Tllman wants. and be is as certain
WIN out on it as anything in politics can be certain
But in returning either the other South Caroline
Fill be neglecting great opportunity.