The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1906-02-23
N. ROGERS BAYLY. Ed. & Prop.
FRIDAY, FEB, 2s 1906.
THE COMING CAMPAIGN.

The COMING CAMPAIGN.
Last Mondays State fired the frs,
gun In the coming campaign. Man,
are the fond hopes that some OF our
representative men are nursing, man,
are the dreams that fill their brair
with visions of high offices and COCO
fat salaries. What pity it is thai
all cannot reach the goal of good for.
tune and prominence, what mi>for
tune 1T Is that the old state of South
carolina has not twice as many off
ices to fill, but on the other hanc
would there not be just as many more
candidates to spring up from the mul
titudes and cry out "There mus,
surely be one place left for me-"
The coming campaign will if signs
count for anythiny be one that b,,
never been equalled in this Sta e since
the days Of reconstruction.
ey Will % tne chall, nge and
corruption the countersign through
OUT the coming summer. Senate,
Ben" will be on hand tosee that his
popularity is not impaired and to
Keep his healers in line by telling .
&c" smutty Jokes and jollying the
crowds.
From now till the time The sta,.
democratic Meeting takes place i,
NAV candidates w" spring ,nio ,r.I,
'nence from every concetnbla boI.
and corner Of the whole state ro.
that they will make The race but n,
The purpose Of feeling the,r strcnc
With their fellow man.
A.AAnss nave changed so greatly II,
the past few years, not only within
Ine borde-r y South caro- IA, bp
SH over the whole country SO that il
Is becoming quite sertga, grestio,
20 get the right KIND OF men o offe,
snemseives fer public Office. Tb,
Glasses no longer seek the man. bui
tne man seeks the masses and uses Al
the articles known to modern scienc,
70 get into tho push Of the popular
wave and roll on its foaminp billows
TO victory and spoils connected with
IL II IN the other hand the candi-
date Can not ride the popular wav.
ne looks about him to see where there
may be found ring (as the Geni OF
1ables) that opens the throttle that
starts the machine In motion. there
Dy gaining what he lacks in pop-
uiar'ty by lubricating the wheels f.
such an extent that they work in
perfect unison with his ideas of sue
cess.
But my readers this does not appl,
we are glad to say oall who have fiji
cd positions Of trust i'm the p,st y,
those who will in the future. bin
only to those who seek the Office f.,
persona lin alone and let greedy av-
arlce NIL t1eir minds, hearts. souls
ana bodies so full of personal graf
'nat the iirs and great object 1Ion
oraole Citz q hip) is killed or lie,
dormant and nothing remains bu,
5he willy p,lilician. We will have
some good men in the coming cam
paign, men That would scorn anytbin o
that must be kept dark or that copJd
not stand at any time search -Iiph,
men that hold the
office for the good that they NAV be
able to do their state and leave behind
Them name to 60 down to posterity
tnat is an honor to the state and all
VINO knew him; of such men as these
Carolina still holds her quoto and /,
bne slippery politician will only give
nch men chance and not turn
every Justand good impulse into
misconstrued meaning our State |
will in shorter while than it takes
TO pen this become an example to a |
great number of others that todav |
are far the inferior OF this in more |
ways than one. Gov. Hayward has
made us just such man as the state
needs and may the Office be filled
II the next election, las he will not
be cAAdidatel hu q O..