The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-04-04


years professor of mathematics at
| Clemson, has announced the platform
| on which he proposes to run for gov
ernor.
Prof Clinkscales has held but one
public office, that of superintendent
OF education OF Anderson county, and
ne expects TO get big vote in his old
home county.
Prof ClinkscaIes platform is as fol-
lows:
When any man presumes to offer
himself for any office in tn egift of the
people he is expected to have reasons
therefor. and It Is his duty frankly and
sahely TO state them The people he
would serve have right to know even
before hand what he thinks about vi
tai matters OF common good. 1t has,
therefore, become custom for candi-
dates for public office to announce a
l''platform" in which they are sup
posed to lay down the principles and
| policies they expect to advocate.
With such an announcement / now
Iconle before the people of my native
| State, whose history and traditions
are dear to me. and whose future pro-
gress along right lines is of deep pa
triotic concern. to US all. / do not
| like TO describe what / have to say
as my platform, preferring ''our"
platform sIi1 ss.s though. though. :hst e ex
presses the sentiments, the views, the
| hopes, the aspirations of thousands
OF right thinking people in this great
Commonwealth regardless of whether
they shall vote for me or not.
| 1. believe the time has come for
us TO have In our political life less
uI SIbusu of persuns anu Iuore OF u
sane discussion of policies and princi-
pies. We cannot think clearly for
the common good, II we, have in mind
the defeating oftJmen rather than the
promoting OF measures. Certainly for
me no Office. isi biz enough TO cause me
10 want III tat any cost of personal bit-
lterness anl hate. p II the campaign
elnsas with. my nnnnnants mot more
lfriendiy 10 me than when 1t began,
Esshall her greatly disappointed.
| Ks believe the time has also come
IwIea WeV sh0u1tl think CT ourselves
as one 2supl liihE eoHlmon Interests
| and hopes, and fthat whatever contear
ttiotls may haxe. diHiqRd us In the past,
/ We AT the bpttem are united by too
| much that belongs to- us ell not to
isse that whoever would disrnpt us in-
to iSarripg faetioIssl poison our senti-
tmeH1s towardsl one another with sus-
picion and distrnstsaR5 keep stirring
the tn nwhoieso IfeFTnsnl or this class
iPTe;udices is aIltsneEny to our peace,
our, prosperity. and our largest pro-
4 gFess. s. l. iTepeatpIilRFefOre, we are one
peopse, and we must do cur thinking
In terms of the largest good to all
the pe0pie OF the commonwealth with
tout regard to ciassz conditions or pre-
viou5 alliances OF MY sort, And even
should fail OF election, shall count
| the service rendered worth any cost
| II IN my campaignst shall sow the
seeds that shall fruit in a greater
harmony or feleing enc purpose than
we nave recently Known in South
carolina.
o. In this spirit, the spirit of har-
mony and unity, the time has come
has come for q study of conditions in
llSoutlk Carolina As they really are
ISwithA view or applying. the adn1ini-
strataye and aegiaiatiYe powers of the
Iststel To- the great end of promoting
ehe material welfare ond progress OF
all the people. We are engaged in
varied tasks and labors, the tasks by
which we get q living and hope to get
9 lllttle more than living. Our prob
Hens are thus largely economic and
indnstriaI in charaater They grow
and oflice and on the farm, and con-
Germ the happiness and pFcSress OF
our entire citizenship. The world
about US, other States, are on the big
JOB of developing their naturat ss-
sources in the fullest and most pro-
fitsble msnner. Are we on this Job
IN South isaTuiinll ~ 7It sseIns 10 me
that our day has &c last come when
realizing our common needs and gath
Ierfylp all knnIglafiSis SrfS saSf s,f ,yl,his