The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-02-11
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I heard a man say the other day
Oh, we'll, / mean probably month or
two ago-and he was an old time
politician who had seen a good
deal Of politics, Of its ups and downs
though one who never held any
Office, but had helped a great many
so-called friends to get jobs, and
when they got them they seemed to
forget this man who had helped them
so often, until they wanted another
job and then they remembered him,
oh, yes, remembered him and he was
good fellow-a fine fellow-and he.
was and had some little influence.
Well, I started to say that heard
this man say one day when he was
IN reminiscent mood and when it
was not sacriligeouS either, but he
was not sacriligious either, but he
said political gratitude reminded him
of the definition he had heard the
preachers give of faith and I asked
what he meant. He said I should
get my Bible and read Hebrew ILL.
[ did, and it reads: ''Now faith is
the substance Of things hoped for,
the evidence Of things not SEEN" Ii
other words, he said, the gratitude
Of the politician was for those things
he hoped for you to do in the future
and it made little difference how
much you had done in the past, it
was all forgotten and the moment
you ceased support you were kicked
aside and if you ever wanted help
yourself-oh, well, you didn't get it.
oh, haven't I experienced that my
self. Vote and work for a man and
the members of his family all your
life and the moment you want a
crumb, you are thrown aside, and the
errunb is given new found friend
in the hope of using him.
Well, the best thing to do, is to
take my advice and be a gentleman
and let politics alone and vote for
the best men who offer for the job
whether they be from your own
county or not. Make no politician
debts and then you will have none to
pay. Tend to your own business and
let others do the same. That is what
I am doing, though I have one or
two small obligations which [ feel
IN honor bound to meet and as soon
as this is done 1 will be a free citi-
zen to do as I please. I hope I may
be given the opportunity this coming
summer to settle these little matters.
I do not want the interest to accumu-
lac too rapidly because the debt
might become tax burdensome.
I was reading in the papers the
other day about the invitation to
Senator Joe Bailey to address the
South Carolina legislature, and I
read what some of the papers and
some Of the senators had to say about
Senator Bailey. I really don't think
the legislature ought to be sending
off for school teachers, but don't
intend to discuss that question. Of
course our present legislature needs
to learn lot and needs good teach
er or several of them. They have
been running around trying to learn
something Of our own State colleges
and of some of our own progressive
cities, and it seemss to me, that If it
was necessary for the State to- spend
several thousand dollars to give our
legislators information Of our OWL
colleges it would have been wise
investment to have secured the ser
vices Of man Of brains like Joe
Bailey to give them information On a
big federal question involving an
amendment to our Federal constitu-
tion. Not having this information
it would be safe to vote against the |
amendment, but I did not start out
to say this. Of course, could easily |
elueidate the question upon which
some of the members wanted to hear