Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-06
the party that was going to continue
the effect and force of the tarifr.
The Svsten,'s Method,

iSlature came 10 me during tne ldSl
session and said this: Governor. !
would to God l could stand with you,
but they have got my notes. What
did he mean? What did he mean
Why, in New Jersey. as everywhere
else, there is a telepathic or tele-
graphic or some other kind of con-
nection between the banks of the
state. They wanted that man to vote
| in certain ways which would serve
their interests. / do not know that
want to criticise them for 1t, for that
is neither here nor there. | am not
| trying their characters before the par
/ of judgment. They probably thought
that the interests they wanted safe
guarded were interests coincident with
the company itself: but that Is neither
here nor there. They wanted them
safeguarded. They were afraid that
If this man voted the way he wanted
to vote, those interests would be
seoparded, and he knew that If ne did
not vote the way they wanted MIN 10
vote he could not renew his notes and
that he would be put out OF business.
I'VE pay our legislators in New Jer-
sey $500 per year-that munincent
sum-he can not support family on
that he can not support himself in New
Jersey on that. And this man was en-
gagged in business for himself ana
those he loved, and he knew that ne
would be upon the streets II he coulo
not have credit at the banks. What
man can conduct his business without
some credit at the banks? And II the
banks won't extend you credit you are
absolutely at their disposal, and the
instance l have cited was not an iso-
lated instance.
Paying It Back.
"I have been interested to tell the
story of what has happened In New
Jersey: Don't you see the subtle In
genuity; don't you see the close an
alogy to your individual genius and
YOUR property? You can not make any
money in politics If you do anything
in politics that will bring you into col
lision with their interests and the al
liances, these subtle, hidden alliances
For If you inquire into the motives OF
those things, men can give you PROP
ably many excuses for what they nave
done Only what you can not explain
Is the coincidence that these things
happen chiefly to those men who are
in the way of those who are exercising
these great powers.
Now, do not know whether these
things happen in South Carolina or
not, and l do not care. l do know
that they do happen in other parts OF
the country. l have heard anyway,
that there were troubles Of this kind
in South Carolina.
But it is not for me to judge, and
it Is not for me to denounce them, but
think 1t Is only fair to observe that
we have put ourselves into the system
which Is now controlling us.
Americans Impatient.
The American people are, as you
know, impatient to get at their re-
sources. They do not want to use two
generations when they can do 1t In
one. They say You would not have
known this place four years ago. They
want to tell you, See this beautiful
valley with all the abundant growths.
Why, two years ago there was not
blade of grass in this valley, and irri-
CATION and reclamation did it. That
is what they are proud of. How did
they get it? They could not have got
il by their own efforts and muscle.
"As we march across this continent,
we have heard 1t said to the men In
the east who have accumulated their
money, L need your assistance, your
money, and we will give you anything
you want, we will not ask you any
questions. Do you want franchises
and railroads? Well. we will give them
to you. Moreover, we will do you every
courtesy, and give you every alternate
section of the land, and if you will
cross the continent with rails, we will
make you a present of an empire In
richest lands of the continent, where
the cities will be, because Of the con-
fiuence of the waters and the lay OF
the land, and we will let you own the
places where the people must come
and abide, In order to borrow your
money into our Golfers They came
and brought their capital and develop
ed the country.
What South Is Doing.
They did just exactly what the
south is doing today in calling or cap
ital outside its own borders, to come
on it's own terms. Keep 1t up and they
will possess the lands, and then you
will turn around and say, What have
we got for this?' There were we with
our own genius, our own knowledge of
our affairs, and we have brought II
about that we are not our own mas
ters. And then we will have to look
about you, and you will find that your
constitutions are barrier over which
you can not climb because of the
sanctity of the obligation of contracts
the contracts that your legislatures,
as we'll as your individuals, have en-
tered into. And then what are you
going to do about it? Are you going
to cry out against the consequences of
your own folly? Just because you
have had a spendthrift youth, are you
going to have q sour manhood?
These are the things that 1t seems
to me the newspapers Of South Caro-
lima and of every other state should
lay before their readers in detail, not
in order that you should wreak venge-
ance on anybody; that the spirit of
revolution should come into our hearts
because of this wrong we have done
to ourselves but before we can start
in the direction Of hopeful remedy, we
must know the facts and all of us,
knowing them, realize that we are all
partners to the folly, and know that
we must apprehend every in and out
of the complicated position before we
can start. because we are dealing with
the texture of a complicated social
structure.
Must Stand Together.
We do not want to dissolve our
communities We want to discover
our common interests, not fight one
another But they are, to come to-
gether i'm a generous, frank, open un-
derstanding, so that we shall see the