The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-29

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candidate for governor
take II that tbs ieading Issues in
the coming campaign will be, viz.
First. Qualifying suffrage in the
primary.
Second. Compulsory school laws.
Third. The Former bill
Fourth. The warehouse bill.
g. Bleaseism tso-caIled)
On most OF these issues / made up
NY mind after careful thought when
| 1t seemed quite unlikely that | would
be candidate for public Office. L.
am No trimmer and am ready to take
an unequiyocal stand on the issues.
have no illusions as TO public life
and the burden Of a campaign in the
/ torrid summer heat would deter me,
| If ] did not feel that I could render
I South Carolina valuable service in the
governors Office. II the people think
SD, they will put me there, and ii they
do not, ! have discharged what I feel
to be a duty, owe myself and the
friends who have so persistently urged
me forward.
against the compulsory education
measure known as the Lawson Cra-
| Wy bill. / am not opposed to IL on
! principle, and the time may come in
South Carolina, when a policy OF COM
Eulsory education is proper, but it is
not now. The funds available for
common school purposes are not suffi-
eient to properly equip and maintain
schools in existence. As rule they
now have more scholars than can be
accommodated. II seems to me that
we had first best take care of these
iseheols and the pupils who appear vol
Iuntary, before beating the highways
and hedges to bring in more. The
right to take one mans, money to edu-
lcate another mans child is based on
the Necessity, OF having an intelligent
electorate to maintain civilized gov
ernment. II this be true the common
schools are, for the many, the colleges
for the few / think that we have fos-
tered higher education at the expense
of the ea1,n.aen nnia aE. se.i.ecle :a
or of maintaining the colleges hut
building more school house before en-
ilarging our present state colleges.
In 1890 our common school system
was very poor as compared with what
II We now have. II were to venture
q criticism It wbuid be that we need
more teachers who really teach.
iSshOol is in session qo'clock un-
It'll about 2.S0 hea. n .tations then
the children go home TO 0e taught. IL
/ the parents are ignorant, these chill.
Idren have no teacher. A teachers
lcompulsory education law would
greatly advance the cause.
i 3g4 Tie Primary.
i ! am not In favor OF restricting the
right to vote In the primary by APP
4 plying Ahe qualifications laid down in
4 the constitution for the general elee-
ltion. With a few amendments the;
ipresent rnles II fairly and hoaestly'
administered are sufIieiept.sit se,l@ ,sysf
am satisfied that the last primary
was without fraud to any consideraSi
bio extent. Mere irreguIaffties,C do no
lconstittite fraud The greatest evil In
4 the conduetsof the primary &rises from
4 the use OF money in buying votes. II
o man with money is without moral
! lscruple, no statutory enactment can
prevent its use where there is q pur-
chasabie vote. The intelligent man
Er9tsh money who teHtpts w@skecaa and
; icpniaitv is the s:esteF criminal of the
\ twos and J have not heard OF any one
!. being punished yet for this meanast Of
j al election fFad1S.
The F0Ftner Bill.
], The Tortnsr bill passed the house
and came to the senate. | favor the
} lpassage OF this bill as amended by
Senator Clifton and IL elected governor
\ viii sseomrnend its enactment into.
law. 5i
q Cest1n Marketing.
M My views on the state warehouse
proposition are we'll known and can
not be elaborated upon in snort
statement. The bill. passed the sen-
> ute Win an amendment referring the
question 20 the people It never,
!, 1css::::;:::e to n vote in the house. Since
the adjournment OF the general as
kembly a syndicate OF capitalista head
VI ed by. Air, Duke, ;.the founder of the
l, AInErfcan T0baeeo Trust has announce
|, ed plans to put this warehouse system
Into operation In every cotton state.
This would be n grand thing IL IL could
he controlled IN the intereaf3 OF the
producers OF cotton, but this is unrea-
sonable to expect. j could have se-
Icured private capital to baild ware
: house system In Soutk Carolina with
the powers conferred In the ware
house BILL but 1t would have been for
. the profit nf thosa furnishing the caJs-
lital, not for the benefit of thR entife
s people as ilnder q state system, onr
D cotton crop sells for about one billion
: idollRrs each year. Tie floating sup
i lply averages about two million bales,
, land whoever controls tnat, {witfin
Ecertain liniitsl can dictate the price OF
: 1.-THE crop. 1t Is done now and would
, he done still more effectively under sSe
/ management. OF Mr.. Duke. He con-
: Itrolled the price OF tobacco to such an
. iextent thet az Ter years OF litigation the
: icompaRy was diasoiyed BY the courtls.
J 1T woaid be far eaaier 20 dictate the