Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-20

volume 1. of the code. by striking out
five and inserting seven, so as to give
each congressional district represen-
tative upon that board; or possibly 1t
would be better II you would so amend
1t as to give each judicial circuit
representative upon the board. In this
way all parts Of the state would have
a representative.
White and Negro Conviets.
I respectfully recommend that you
amend the law which places white
convicts in the same camp and works
them along in the same squads with
negro conyicts. do not believe in
this, and believe that a governor
would be justified in granting a par
don to a white man who Is thus treat
ed, and I beg Of you to remedy this
evil at your earliest opportunity.
For License System.
/ would respectfully recommend that
you amend your present dispensary or
prohibition act so as to provide that
in case a majority of the white citi-
zens of any county shall desire IL
cense system, that 1t may be granted.
Section II, article s, Of the constitution
Of 1895, provides In part: THE gener-
al assembly may license persons or
corporations to manufacture and sell
and retail alcoholic liquors or bever-
ages within the state, under such rules
and restrictions as 1t deems proper"
We now have the law so that they may
have a county dispensary or prohibi-
ton. Now, in order to be truly Demo-
cratic and fair to all parties, in my
opinion this amendment should be
made. Upon this platform made my
race for the governorship, and upon
this platform was elected, the major
ity of the white people expressing
themselves as in favor Of allowing
those counties where prohibition can
not be enforced, and where the dis
pensary has proved and Is proving to
be supply station Of blind tigers and
cheap whisky-that they should be al
lowed to have relief by this system. I
would not favor. under any conditions,
forcing 1t upon any community, but II
a majority Of their white people want
it, 1t Is their right as provided in our
constitution and they should have 1t.
And when I say white people l mean
white voters, and you should provide
that all questions of this character
shall be settled in a primary, where
every white citizen is allowed to vote.
and not submit 1t in general election,
where the negro might be and Is the
balance Of power.
NOT OF hooUos
But under no conditions or circum-
stances would I sign bill allowing
the reinstatement Of the old bar room
system. And II license is allowed I
recommend that you prohibit any
whisky being sold in less quantities
than ore-half pint, or between sun
set and sun-up, and that you prohibit
it from being drunk on the premises or
sold under any circumstances 70
minors or inebriates or behind closed
doors or screens; prohibit any OBJ
scene pictures on the premises, or any
billiard or card or pool room connected
Herewith; and providing that any
person holding a license who shall vio-
late any provision Of the law shall i'm
mediately upon conviction forfeit his
license and be forever thereafter
barred from being licensed, and In ad-
dition be imprisoned at hard labor In
the state penitentiary without the al
tentative Of q fine.
Public Hansings.
l respectfully recommend that you
amend the present law so aT to make
executions for the crime Of rape, or
assault with intent to ravish, public,
as I believe this will bring about more
satisfactory results-allowing others,
and particularly those Of the younger
generation Of that race from which
most of these culprits come, to have
full view Of the punishment meted
out. Possibly by this means some
lynchings could be prevented, though
so long as this crime Is committed /
have little hope Of lynchings being
stopped. Some newspapers and some
people, in every controversy between
the white man and the negro, seem to
take delight in taking the side of the
negro, and denouncing the lynching,
but this is a white mans country and
will continue to be ruled by the white
man, regardless of the opinions or ed
itorials of quarter or half breeds or
foreigners. The pure blooded Cauca-
sian will always defend the virtue or
our women, no matter what the cost.
If rape Is committed death must fol-
low.
Appropriations.
/ sincerely trust that In your delib-
erations you will be liberal, but not
extravagant, and that you will reduce
expenses, and not make any extraVa-
CANT appropriations for any purpose,
stop the useless expenditure of money
by officials, stop the creation Of and
abolish useless offices, and all other
methods of careless, extravagant and
you will not create an Increase In the
tax levy, but that you will reduce both
the state and the county levies, as all
our taxes are too high, and our people
are now burdened with taxation. They
are groaning under their load and beg
ging relief and to you and you alone
must they look for it. for you and you
alone can give 1t, and II you do not
give it the responsibility will rest upon
you. And be assured that in the next
campaign the lines will be closely
drawn along the line of extravaganza
and the expenditure Of money, as the
people are today aroused upon this
matter as they have not been in years
before. AS for my part, believe that
the grandest, most perfect and inde-
pendent form of government Is poor
government and rich people. When
you make a rich government and
thereby impoverish the people, or make
a poor people, you reverse democracy
and create dissatisfaction and discon-
tent among the people, who are the
masters, and not the servants, as some
would have US think. Give me a poor
government and a rich people in place
of a rich government and a poor peo-
pie. For the past few years the idea
seems to have been to raise the tax
levy higher, make assessments higher,
make more extravagant appropriations
and spend the peoples money useless
ly, making both the people and the
government poor, for the benefit Of
few who hold special positions and draw
large salaries and who have been try
ing to create here in our state an aris-
tocracy, not Of blood. not Of brains, but
of money. I beg you to change the
course, and by so doing you will make
for yourselves a reputation that the
people will rise en- masse and say to
you, well done, good and faithful
servants"
Independent.
l have been advocating these princi-
pies for years in the house, In the sem
ate and on the stump In my home
county and throughout the state, and
have stood squarely upon them out In
the open and never waited to see
which would be the popular side be-
fore taking a stand. Even when some
of them were very unpopular and 1t
seemed that any man who dared ad-
vocate them was doomed to political
oblivion I stood by them and made
the fight to keep them up and begged
the people not to be deceived, but to
hear me for my cause, and now we
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