Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-09

ourselves to blame, Tor we nave lcol-
lectively speaking) the power through
the ballot to make 1t not only the great
est country, but the greatest govern
ment on earth.
| Therefore, my countrymen, appeal
to you to bring out the best, the ablest
the most patriotic of your citizenship
and to elect them to represent you In
| the councils Of the state and nation
| so that progress may be the watchword
, and forward may be the order in al
| that may tend toward the bettermen1
of mankind and the advancement OF
the cause of humanity and Goo
throughout the world.
There are many grievances to be
corrected and many blessings to be at
tanned in the battle for Civic right
eousness, and in attaining our ends
we must not be afraid to battle against
the evil and turn out the unfaithful
servants of the people, even though
that unfaithfulness be nothing more
than a failure to effectively work In
| the interest Of the people. We all know
| the parable of the unfaithful and sloth-
full servant who hid his talent. He did
nothing affirmatively wrong, but FEAR
| ing to lose the talent that had been
given him in order that 1t might mul-
| tiply, he hid his talent and on the day
| of accounting he came back to his
master who had intrusted him with II,
and was able to pay back only that
which he had had, without Interest.
| You remember the words Of the master
Thou wicked and slothful servant
and how he ordered that the talent
| which he had be taken from him
and given to the one who had made
good use of that which had been in
| trusted to him.
To him that hath shall be given, but
from him that hath not shall be taken
away that which he did have-which
means that to him that hath taken ad-
vantage Of his opportunities and hath
used the talent which God gave him
shall be given the good things OF earth
and heaven, but from him that hath
advantage of his opportunities shall be
taken even that which he did have.
The world Is witnessing this year
the most gigantic struggle between the
special favor seeking classes on the
one side, and the great masses Of hon
est laboring people on the other, that
has ever been chronicled by the histor-
ians of any age in this country. The
Democratic party, to which we of the
south belong, has been saying for
years that the Republican party was
dominated by the great corporate
moneyed interests Of the land, and that
in order to maintain their hold on the
throats OF the people and to continue
to suck the life blood from the toiling
millions they would resort to perjury,
to bribery and to thievery, but 1t re-
mained for those of the Republican
party who had some conscience and
sense of duty to the masses, to furnish
us with the indesputable evidence that
our charges were true. When the spe-
cial interests could not win the fight in
the Republican party, they put In mo-
tion their now famous steam roller and
stole enough delegates to re-nominate
Mr. Taft. When negro delegates from
the south wavered in their allegiance,
they purchased them with money
which the special interests had, under
guise of law through a protective tariff
filched from the pockets Of the Ameri-
can people; when Republican delegates
selected by the people of the western
states, refused to do the bidding of Re-
publican bosses Of the privileged classes
the old executive committee, represent
ing the trusts and the interests, turned
out the honestly selected delegates and
put in the tools and hirelings Of Wall
street, and then allowed them to sit as
jury on their own case.
This action my friends, has torn the
Republican party asunder, and the
Democratic party, representing more
than nine millions of free American
citizens, and backed and supported, as
believe it will be, by three millions OF
patriotic, independent honest men from
the outside, is now on the march, with
the peoples banner unfurled, to the
promised land of equal opportunity for
all classes and conditions Of men.
would like, my friends, to have the
banner Of the $4,000 American free
men in the district, placed In my hands
in the coming primary election; and
then, knowing that the Fifth Congress
sional District of South Carolina needs
no urging to follow the straight and
narrow path, l would like to take your
banner, the peoples banner, Gods ban
ner, into those sections Of our common
country where the light has not yet
blazed forth, in order that might have
a mans part in the great American up
lift of 1912. This Is time for men
high minded men who their duties
know, and know their rights, and
knowing dare maintain.
The Democratic convention in Balti-
more, under the leadership of the
greatest and purest OF American
statesmen, William Jennings Bryan,
the American Democracy that great
popular leader who has sat at the feet
of Bryan and learned, after many years
of teaching-that great governor OF the
worst trust ridden state Of the Union
who has there set up the standard OF
the people where formerly waved the
flag of the special interests-that man
who refused to receive the money OF
plutocracy while fighting the battle Of
the people-that candidate who refus-
ed to accept a nomination at the hands
of the privilege seeking classes; that
gentleman, scholar and statesman,
Woodrow Wilson whose heart beats
for humanity and whose whole soul re-
volts against the oppression of the
people by the great combinations or
corporate interests, and it behooves the
Democracy Of every district In Ameri-
ca to forget county lines-to forget
personal friendships-to forget local
fancies and prejudice, and to send to
congress able and progressive men VINO
will not be content to secure q new
postoffice building here, and to send
package of seed or a grapevine there,
to shake the hand Of an old acquain-
tance somewhere else, but who will be
a real representative Of not only q
county or a district or q state, but OF
all the free, liberty loving people OF
America, and who will, in casting the
vote and expressing the sentiment or
your district, be an able lieutenant In
the great battle Of the people against
privilege and oppression. If I can
measure up to that standard, then my
friends I would like to represent you.
If | can do no more than draw my sal
ary, then it were better for me that /
remain with my family in private life,
for IL l can not measure up to the re-
l.quirements of the situation I would be
but a clog in the wheels Of progress.
Great issues face, as they have al
ways faced the American people Cap
ital Is arrayed against humanity-cor-
porations and trusts are arrayed
against the individual, and the breed
er of all trusts and unfair power Is en-
bodied in the tariff. The word tariff
comes from the name Of a little island
or harbor in the Mediterranean sea
called Tariffa. There 1t was, in ancient
times that a strong band Of pirates
made their headquarters and collected
from all vessels passing through these
| waters, a tariff, or sum Of money In
lieu of seizing the whole vessel and rob-
bling the owners of all they had. 1t was
peace money that they had to pay,
rather than be robbed Of all they had.
And go TODAY the high protective tariff