The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-16


the whole country right up and pretty
nearly on level, and SO the news
papers can inform, argue and handle
the principles in much more salts
factory way than this skipping around
the country. 1t would be very good
thing for farmers to resolve to vote
Tor no man who runs about in the way
here hinted. Let them &c into the
newspapers, or else appoint times and
places of meeting and there clash
against each other. An honorable
ambition for an office is nothing to be
despised and lively rivalry for the
same is all right, but the rivalry
should be stripped of personal abuse
and the canvassing should not in
jure the prospects Of the coming
crops.
But am not mad, nor am espe
cially disposed to grumble at whatever
is done. Me and Brown both have
had enough Of disagreeing with the
popular trend. Thirty years ago we
began to see unhealthyand Improbable
methods, we thought, and we kicked
against them. After the "war be-
tween the States we plead against 30
many people flocking to the towns
and VIC pressed our opinions 80 strong
that we were soon looked upon as old
cranks and fools. We are both ready
to acknowledge now that We were fools
rot because our judgments were at
fault, but because we did not get in
the popular swim and ride along to
success. If we had tried as hard to
profit by the tickliug Of the ears Of
those who were joining new move
ments, adopting new methods and
reckless in new departures, as we did
to save the land of what we thought
evils, We might have been met by
the leaders of the "Xion movement"
now approaching and made drum
bcatcr at salary that would be
most acceptable at this, our time Of
need.
But we did not-we are left. We
had plenty of opportunities to be up
on all sorts of methods for the meet
ing OF religious expenses, but we kick
ca against them, rather than joining
them, and so we are not the proper
persons for the "Zion movement" to
seek in their business. And we trud.
ged along in the lines of honest and
old fashioned political methods and
| we got left there. I would not pre-
tend to enumerate the instances in
which We bave been old fools for
Kicking, and so VIC do not propose to
Kick seriously through this campaign
that is upon US, but without any
kicking. think that these candid
ates should cease to bounce over the
rows in pursuit of tho farmer, auo 1
Will further say, as a hint to these
candidates, that I believe that it will
defeat the ones who persist in it.
The campaign can hardly be called
opened in our county, as the commit.
tee have not yet met to set the day
Tor the primary, and yet there are
from three to seven men already run
ming for every Office. It is wonderful
how every Office in the land is sought
after by both old men and young, bat
the old man may as we'll count him.
self out. He is not in it. The feel
ing everywhere is that the old man
should take back seat and allow the
young fellows to develop and wrestle
in the school of politics. There will
be no more voting for men just be-
cause they are old and maybe hero
on some line or other. The idea seems
tosbe that the past must take care of
itself and that the future should be
put.into the hands Of young men who
must live and either profit or suffer
by what they may do.
However, me and Brown have both
decided to profit by a story we know
Of fellow whom Clay.and Polk were
running for the presidency f. This fe!-
low, as the story goes, visited a big
rallyin Kentucky, and going down
the street no came opposite a big
crowd congregated, whereupon he yell.
ed: "Hurrah for Clayr' The crowd
fell upon him and beat him severely.
When he.had escaped and came farth-
er on to anothers crowd, he yelled
"Hurrah for Polkr' This crowd hap
pened to be Clay crowd, and they
fell upon the fellow and beat him.
When he had escaped from these and
came to another crowd, he was silent,
whereupon they demanded that he
show his hand by yelling for one or