The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-12

begin his hight Tor the presidential
nomination. The people express theme
selves rs anxious to see what he viii
do in the gubernatorial chair; and
say he vii steal less than the others,
anyway. .... .....
The Knitting Process.
The knitting" process is resorted
to frequently here. The word goes out
in the organization and is always
obeyed, an yone is sacrificed to con-
troll local city patronage; there Is
where the direct profit comes from
the millions paid in salaries. Public
contracts" CRAFTS ''-arc enormous,
and more thought is given to the en-
trcnching for this than the honors and
higher positions.
The son Of a candidate for the leg
islatnre was asked by the writer why
his father was running for the legis-
laturc, when the salary is only $500
year, and he had much larger in
come. "1cs, but you forget while the
salary is $500, the graft amounts
to from $4,000 to $10,0O0," he repr-
ed. "Honest graft" they term it,
pure plain stcalin, it is. With very,
very few exceptions, the people Of
both parties have absolutely no scrup-
les in "grafting'-they g claim if they
do not take it others will, and ex-
cusing themselves that they might as
we'll have it as others. When the high
degree of honor south is compared
with prevailing honor here, one can
but be dismayed, Mortified. Men who
arc not FOR sale, who cannot be bought
are induced to take some stock in
some enterprise or scheme, and If
necessary big guarantee goes with
t, or if this cannot be done, it is Civ
cn them outri ght; once in the web,
they are influenced, forced to permit
the passage of favorable laws or the
rendering Of judicial decisions, or the
awarding of contracts in the interest
Of the company by whom these mil
lions ere made. and the officials find
themselves millionaires, innocently
maze Sometimes. What human can
resist Talk Of temptation, New York
Financial circles beat the world,
tcmpting. entwining, or entangling,
;he people through their representa-
t;Ne>, Legislative, executive, judicial.
This has been the "trump card
Hearst has played, exposing fighting
~ his own expense, dcn0uncing these
things. IN the interest Of the masses
{and he Il ml.l;imiIlioniar), that has
Won for him the esteem and conf
dence Of the maSses-people who have
10 finger in the pie, but would, II
They could. Whether he can remedy
such remains to be seen. There are
honorable. upright. men here-men Of
the type Of Henry McIver, James H.
Carlisle, Judge Fraser, and others,
who have always been plentiful in
the Palmetto state, but they do not,
they cannot go to the front as there,
but are regulated to the rear. Will it
ever change? IF so, when7 or will it
get worse and worse as it has been
getting, Iol ScaIS
About Hughes. :
Charles Evans Hughes is the son
Of an aged Baptist preacher, no long
er in the active ministry because of
his age. The aged father and mother
reside with the son in West End av~
enuc. The reader would suppose the
parents were overjoyed at the honors
thrust on their boy. He is only for
ty-four years Of age-looks older.
but the parents are disappointed;
they did not want the son taken from
the happy, quiet home, and plunged
into the sea Of politics, which is. new
to him, and freely express themselves.
They are sincere in it, There are
other aged parnts hre who would
have jumped for JOY at the honor
and vision Of "eraft."
Hughes has never been in politics.
Hearst has nightly advantage ov-
er him in this.
TO further. enliven this campaign,
Greek ag. inhl Greek meet in the two
state chairmen, Connors and Wood
ruff. They are politicians-fightcrs
OF the i. r. f.. G. kind. State chair
men in New York state are coveted
positions as much, if not more, than
governor. They control the state gov
crnmont, county government, muni-
cipial government.
Tho Duty Of the Church.