Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-06-14

With two such nations touching ell
bows, each the complement Of the
other, and between them rounding
out an almost perfect cosmos Of war,
government and commerce, we may
no longer treat the yellow peril as a
figment Of yellow journalism. The
day has gone by when Arnold's beau
tiful lines are applicable to the Orient:
"The East bowed low before the blast
I'm patient, deep disdain,
She watched our legions thunder past
"Then plunged in thought again"
Talk of Mob Rule.
But we will let posterity walk the
floor about the heather Chinee and
his ways that are dark and his tricks
that are vain. 1t is the Occident, and
particularly Uncle Sans portion Of
the Occident, that we are interested
in. In the discussion of the progress
sive policies hear good deal Of
ignorant talk among the Wall street
contingent about mob rule. I have
lived in every section Of this country
and have never seen the slightest
tendency that way. AS a preachers
son III Virginia, Kentucky and Texas,
a country school teacher in Missouri,
and an editor in Missouri, Minnesota
and Maryland l have never run across
a single thing that has shaken my
abiding faith in the American people.
Let the dead ones and the cynics who
herd on the reactionary side of the
line that divides American tempera-
ment hold up their hands in horror
and predict dire calamity as a result
of any change in government, but I
want to tell you that. the American
people are not going to be bound
down by precedent or terrified by the
counsels of fear. For 1t Is not with
out the courage to dare and the abil-
ity to do that the American-the most
competent and resourceful human be-
ing up to date-is stirred in these
times by a great yearning to make the
future excel the past.
am not in favor Of anything sud-
den or drastic. l believe In growth
and development rather than change.
1t takes twenty years for a walnut
tree to grow and you can't get two
year old bull in less than two years.
In several states they are trying out
the principle Of referendum, and we
are at the threshold of a national cleo
tion in. which magnetic and forceful
leaders will drive home the great isr
sues. A certain colonel is one of those
leaders, not the only one, though he
may think so. That colonel reminds
me of another colOnel-Colonel Smith.
of the Confederate service, who, when
wounded, spent the days Of his sick
ness at a house I'm Virginia. After
Colonel Smith recovered and went
away the two ladies who lived there
were interested to know what the
darky servant who took care of him
thought of him. He Is a mighty nice
gen'men," said Sambo, but that there
Colonel Smith he don't think no harm
of hisself." In spite Of Colonel Roos-
evelt's ingrained instinct against self
depreciation, he will add-he Is add
ing-to the gayety and the earnest
ness Of the discussion Of the great
problems that our people have to
solve.
And there is Mr.. Taft. He has been
figuring and ciphering and claiming
$40 delegates 'steen more than enough
to nominate. He reminds me Of a
story l once heard Of a teacher who
gave this sum in arithmetic to one of
his pupils: IF there are twelve sheep
| in a pasture and six jump over the
fence, how many will be left?" There
won't be none," shouted little Willie.
Why" said the teacher" think again.
How many does six from twelve
/ leave? Isn't six the answer" Teach
er, you may know something about
arithmetic" came back Willie. but
you don't know nuthin' bout sheep"
Is Democrat.
am a Democrat, and l hope and
pray that my party may take an ac-
tive and honorable part in the solu-
ton of these problems. I hope and
pray that it may avoid the mistakes
of the past. | am particularly desir-
Gus that we shall turn a deaf ear to
the Establishments Of those interests
which are always with us until they
can name our man and are always
against us afterward. If we go look
ing for luck in the neighborhood of
Wall street. we will get and we will
deserve the fate of the man who went
out in the road to pick up a horse