The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-05-16
Entered at the postofice at Laurens,
S. G.. as second class mail matter.
.LAURENS, S. c., May l6, 1906.
THE COUNTY CONVENTION.

A healthy sign in the Laurens County
Convention was the number of resolu-
tions offered. The people are thinking
and it is always gratifying to observe
that they have their eyes open and are
studying political questions.
The resolutions about government
ownership and kindred matters are
novel at this time, though they would
have excited no surprise had they been
adopted ten years ago. They are not
wide departures from the spirit of the
other Ocala and Alliance platforms,
which were incorporated in the State
Democratic platforms of those days.
These principles have been deserted by
Senator Latimer, Senator Tillman and
others, and we have no idea or they
keep mighty still about them, hat those
gentlemen, loud as they once were in
advocating them, or most of them, would
stand for them now.
The fact that the resolutions create a
smile in some quarters and cause some
of the minions of the Subsidized press"
to try to show off their smartness is of
no consequence and the Democrats of
Laurens may be depended upon to stand
by their convictions.
The County Democray is committed
to these resolutions now and we hope
that it will not permit the politicians to
dodge them. TO bring about most of
the results called for, action by con-
gress will be necessary. There are few
if any railroads and no telegraph lines
in South Carolina hat are not inter
State; hence only congress can enact
the legislation suggested. The Democ-
racy of the county should see to it that
they are presented to our United States
Senators and the member of congress
for the Fourth District especially and
those gentlemen should be forced to ac-
cept or repudiate them. None of the
South Carolina members of the lower
House has ever been pledged to such
principles, we believe, but they are not
new to the United States senators. The
latter swallowed everything that the
Alliance offered in former times and
they cannot consistently go back on the
Democracy of Laurens- for Laurens
County has stood nobly by both at all
times.
Merely because some of the demands
arc not now fashionable is no excuse
for brave and honest men to repudiate
them and the s~elf-respect of the Lau-
rens Democrats who have endorsed these
resolutions will, we suppose, cause them
to see that their views are given a re-
spectful hearing and if bills are not in
troduced in congress and in the legisla-
ture to carry them into effect, the poll
ticians will know the reasons why.
OF course THE ADVERTISER is OPP
posed now as it always has been
to most if not all of these PROPOSE
tions, but we have the highest respect
for the Democratic County Convention,
we are glad to see it boldly and
fearlessly put itself on record, and we
are glad that it is not blown hither
and thither by every wind of changing
political opinion. THE ADVERTISER
stands by the convictions it held ten
years ago and therefore it cannot but
admire others who are true to theirs
and so we hope that they will show the
politicians that they cannot play fast
and loose with principles of far-reach-
ing Importance.
We shall watch with interest to see
whether or not our senators and con-
gresham will attempt to ignore and
thereby insult the Democracy of Lau-
rens whenit its speaks through it's highest
representative body.