The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-20

| IN slHelr business Tor ten years the!
should not abuse him now; "a for n
charging him with high crimes mt
misdemeanors they convict themselves
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STICKING THE CANDIDATES. !,
A barbecue was given last week al
Hopkins. South Carolina, for the bene.
fit OF those seeking the suffragcs Of
the Democratic voters Of that neigh.
borhood. and the candidates. were. as.
sessed si.25 each, as an aid to diges-
ton, and, incidentally. to "pay ex-
penses.' w. j. Williams makes a
vigorous protest against such highway
robbery in letter to the Columbia
State. saying:
II think 1T is time for tho candi-
dates to call n halt on expense ac-
count. The way things are going now
ut will take man that pays an in-
come tax to run for an Office in Rich
land county. The idea of hitting n
candidate for S4.25 for a barbecue half
cooked and half served! / notice in
candidate refused to pay the assess
sment. All honor to that one. dare
say there were several who would
have followed suit but did not have
{ the backbone Politics are at n low
kebb when man will allow himself
4 to be robbed on every side in order
to catch a vote"
Perhaps the people of Hopkins al
ways like their barbecues half-cooked
and half-scrved. It is quite the style
among persons of we'll developed cam
znibal instincts to take their meats
rare when the blood shows and
as for the service, 1t is almost in
svariably bad at barbecues, except in
Virginia: and, besides. there was no
more reason why the people Of Hop
kns-it used to be Hopkins Turn
OUT we believe-should pay for feed
ing the candidates than why the can
didates should pay for feeding them;
the candidates having far more to
make out of the Hopkins people than
they could possibly hope to make out
of the candidates. Counting the time
II they have any, and the railroad
fares. II they travelled that way, or
tho feed for their horses, if they jour-
neyed to the barbecue IN buggy or on
| horseback, or the wear on shoe leather
If perchance they footed 1t to the pits.
It must be admitted that $4.25 was
rather more than what they got was
worth; but, then, 1t must be recollect-
cd that the cost Of living has gone
up in late years and that barbecues
are not as cheap at Hopkins as they
| We're in the good old times, before
the South Carolina primary system
was organized on the circus plan.
Before we can join Mr.. Wilkins In
acclaiming the one candidate who re-
fused to pay the barbecue u assessment
at Hopkins, we should like to know
whether 1t was matter Of ,prin-
ciple" With him, a scarcity Of cash or a
disposition to play in the game With
out contributing to the kitty what.
ever that is. Moreover. we should like
to know where he got his dinner If
he did not eat with the FOLKS. -Four
uoliuiS AIN 5lWculS-llY9fH a cents Is a
Whole heap Of money nowadays, even.
With cotton at nearly 16 cents the
pound. ard that amount stnkod on q
half-cool1ed half-serve1 barbecue,
when there, was no certainly how the
tlopkinsttes would vote, looks bit
excessive: but. even SO. it was only a
little more than one-third as much as
It would have cost the cand:da.es / f
they We're attending{a Presidential
feed in Columbia. only I few miles
away. Probably the candidate who re-.
fused to pay the barbecue assessment
at Hopkins was only Initiating tho ex-i
ample of brave oldaB Sen llman at the
Columbia function. 81:
Mr.. Williams Is entirely right In say
ing that politics are ut q low obb
when a man will allow himself to lie
robbed on every side in ocuel to catch.
a vote One Very effective way o.
lodging tho robbers Is to keep out OF
politics. or rather to avoid running TOR
office. X 81
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