Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-08-03
Miseellausuus Raaina.
CIvITAs FINDS A TICKET.
Appreciative Citizen Will Vote For
TilIman, Blease and RagsdaIe.

Tillman, Blease and Ragsdale.
Editor Yorkville Enquirer.
don't care, Mr.. Editor who knows
how I am going to vote-so here goes!
l am for Tillman, of course. He Is a
statesman. A statesman-well, q
statesman in a statesman; and old
Ben is one all right, Calhoun was all
well enough in his way. He had "Ro-
man virtue" and all that sort OF thing
He could talk about my dear and
honest state" and make your hair
stand on end appealing to posterity;
but he was literally mot in 1t" by the
side Of old Ben. Sir. what a figure
he cuts in the United States senate,
rampaging up and down, daring to
call even President Roosevelt a liar,
and tossing the august, white-haired
senators to right, to left, with his
deadly pitchfork. Behold him weep
over Mrs. Morris, and "cuss OUT the
trusts in blue streak" the next min
ute. What versatility! What cour-
agei what chivalry!
I am sick and tired Of hearing the
old antis say, We'll, what did 1t
amount to? What political doctrines
has he expounded? What statecraft
has he illustrated? What has he ac-
complished?" and shake that old rate
bill in our faces and ask. how did he
better that?" Sir, "one blast upon his
bugle horn is worth thousand men!
one wild wave Of his pirchfork is more
than all the political doctrines ever
expounded by Calhoun, Haynes, NC
Dufie, and the whole school Of them" "
To see him rear and "cuss" is a 'liber-
al education"
But to come home to South Caro-
lima. Here he Is the veritable father
Of his country" What sage advice he
Is giving us. What a shining example
of purity and prowess he is setting
our young men. How he Is battling
for that greatest boon to our state, the
dispensary. How he Is making the
"frilled patricians" tremble In their
boots; boarding those doughty lions.
the great dailies, in their dens; call
ing this man a liar, that man a hypo-
orite. not afraid to fling his charges
right and left, not caring whom they
hit, knowing the hit dog will howl.
o sir, Mr.: Editor the way that man
Is battling for the right of the wool
hat boys" is something grand, glorious,
awful, sublime. Sir, he's a prophet; a
prophet 1 tell you; he knows a thou
sand times better than those slick
tongued preachers what Is good for
the people. A dispensary is as good
as a church any day; and I believe
with old Ben the dispensary is the
cure for all our moral as we'll as po-
litical ills.
So 1 am for old Ben, the knight of
the pitchfork and the bottle, the great
statesman" "the ablest man from the
SOUTH" "the noblest representative our
grand old state has ever had in the
national councils!"
I am for Blease for governor. Say
what you please. he's the man. He's
out and out for the dispensary, and al
ways has been. He Is the only one
who really loves this nursing moth
er" OF us all. The rest would trim,
and reform and purify her. but Blease
says, "Woodman spare that tree, touch
not a single bough; in youth 1t shell
tered me. and I'll defend 1t now!"
Mr.. Editor, hear that the politi-
clans are trying to trade Blease off for
Manning; 1t Is even whispered that
old Ben himself prefers the man from
Sumter: but Of course, that Is an In
famous lie. No, sir, old Ben and the
true blues know Blease too we'll for
that how he got grip on old Bens
coattail sixteen years ago, and he new
er turns loose, however the thunder
rolls. You can't shake him" or lose
him" Now / call that consistency; l
call that craftsmanship. l know OF no
higher qualifications for the chair of
Rutledge Hayne and McDuffie!
am for Ragsdale for attorney gen.
eral 1 admire the "old Roman" OF
course, but l don't really believe he's
running now-is he? peace to his (po-
liticaD ashes! But Ragsdale's the man.
Old Ben branded him at Columbia
my friend Ragsdale"-and that's
enough for me. I admire Ragdaies
pluck, having said double pay" he
sticks to It to the last pea In the dish'
regardless of lawyers and courts and
legislatures. He doesn't confound
friend and. foe and gin cough drops
to a man who Is telling the FAMILY Sc
crets of the dispensary. Lyon knows
too much, and hasn't the common de-
cency to hold his tongue over the pri-
vate affairs Of our dear old mother
Ragsdale knew 1t all, long before Lyon
but discreetly held his peace. What
was a little graft here or there. thou
sand dollar bills and beaver hats full
of the peoples money, what was all
that to the good name of the dispense :
ry? 1t should never have been breath
ed, anu ftdBSudlt never picd'hSe 80
| trust him to cover up things-as they
ought to be covered-and so he's my
man.
AS to the rest, well they are all good
fellows, and we can hardly make a
mistake If we try the toss Of coin on
them. I'll nose around bit more
however, and try to find out old Bens
choice; and that choice will be mine
Old Ben knows. and dictates just 10
suit me, and an independent is worse
than a Radical"
Your friend,
CIvITIs.
Rural Retreat, S. c., Aug. l, 1906.
COTTON SEED FOR FOOD.
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