Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02

Also ran Is applicable to some
of the candidates in the recent politi-
can race. and equally so to the negro
race at Springfield, Ill.
When Blease knew that he couldn't
carry much in the whole State, It
was folly for him to attempt to carry
Aull on his coat-tails in Newberry.
. -
The Columbia State makes note of
a Woman who Is Major" That's
nothing. We know a dozen who will
easily rank as Commanders-in- chief.
Hereafter you will please designate
which flood you refer to-the one
Noah figured in, the Johnstown flood,
or the one that hit Augusta, Ga, and
Kingville, S. c.
We are glad to see that the United
Coffin Makers are arrayed against the
Republican Darty.-The State.
If that be true. then who will make
that odd-size political coffin for Taft
in November?
Mr.. Ashley will again be in the
House to Josh the boys next win
ter. Anderson county, somehow,
doesn't seem to be able to sever per-
manently "the tie that binds" when
1t comes to "your Uncle josh"
Just what part Jim Farnum, Of
Charleston, played in the recent cam
paign circus is not entirely transpar-
ent to the general public, but he Is
supposed to have fed Mr.. Blease, the
tigers and some Of the other animals.
Tuesday Of next week the citizens
OF Oconee will be called again to
choose their officers and to assist in
she selection of State officers. Let
everybody vote in this election, and
80 prepared to vote for the best man
Tor each office, regardless Of personal
like or dislike. Vote for good Off
cials.
Don't rush your cotton on the mar
ket unless you get your price. There
Is no sense in the farmer selling his
product now for or ) cents less per
pound than the speculator will get for
1T a little later. Hold your cotton
and get your price. The indicated
crop now tends more than ever to
. cents.
'Governor Ansel said he would
also be glad to offer his services, but
Mr.. Blease laughed and said the Gov
ernor could not leave his office"
The above is the closing paragraph
in report Of a meeting Of the State
Executive Committee, at which Blease
and others rendered their services to
the National party. Fortunately for
the State, however, Mr.. Blease has
not, and never will have, the right to
say when the Governor can leave his
office. His sickly grins and small
jabs are but apt illustrations os his
size and quality.
There seems to be some dissatis-
faction in some quarters as to the
campaign expenses of II. G.. Rhett, OF
Charleston. Just why, we fail to see.
If 4 man chooses to spend a hundred
thousand legitimately in making his
race for any office, whose business is
it but his own? The man who spends
icgitimately his money Injuries no
man, and his expense account Is put
before the proper authorities for con-
>2id"r2;Ion. We find no unjust item
in Mr.. Rhetts account as published,
and doubtless the State Executive
Committee found 1t satisfactory, or
they would have been heard from.
We heard nothing Of "Rhett money
coming to OConee, but there were un-
dercurrents that indicated that there
was other money here. 1t is not the
legitimate expense of a candidate that
debauChes and pollutes politics, no
matter what that expense may be.
One candidate may spend half as
much as another, yet If his expense
account filed before the Executive
Committee accounts for but one-half
or third Of his actual expenditures,
there is where the pollution comes in.
We have seen no such item published
as $500 sent to heclers in Oconee,"
yet we have heard intimationS that
such was the case, and we have seen
also "the straws that went with the
wind" We have not heard an init
mation that there was any "Rhett
money sent to this neck Of the
woods. Small questionable eXpendi-
lures are infinitely worse than large
legitimate expenses.
Went "SOcklcsS Jerry" One Better.