The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-15

Iqcstrcy special privilege with the, bal
lot. That was good thing. all must
admit Nqw. is Tlilmanlsm to blame
because the people have used thu
fsame ballot with which. to olevat,
ta ,demagogue? :Yas,. I taught the pep-
lple that they had q right, To-, EgyQrn
tSouth Carolina, and ! proclaim the
FpElneiplot anew.. They. do have, the
fright, ovon4i they elect a hundred
Bleal :os, Teach the people and trust
tiie pcdplc." We will, in the end, have
kbetter government AT tho hands Of al
the people than we would have iG any
one' class ruled. :. The people will rec
tify their. blnnders as :soon as they
| have become convinced of their err
lror.
| ItYwould be just as truo to say. that
democracy causes socialism and AN
l.archy aB It would TO- say that Biease-
lfam caused Rleaseism. Had my health
contlnued. good, ! would have taught
the people the folly Of Bleaseism two
years ago. pointed out tho. diiYeronnn
and steinmed the tide which Jones
found himself unable to cope with
L would have guided the T!llmanitcv
w4ilc Blease only misled them. and
all for. the qualification Of his own sell
fsh ambition. ,,-.
A large per. cent OF those who two
years ,Ago, and now. are yelling ,;".law
and order" want law and order O
| their own contriying. They are not
ready to admit that. politically speak
| Ing, all white South Carolinians arc
equal. TAcy,.t think ,thcmaelves4 diyinet
y commissioned to. rule, everybody
else. And this. not, GT.H,ii:nsnism, is
| the txue cause Of BlceseisR.. The
plain people saw this. ressnrccted
!, Bourbonlsm. and thinking it was the
|. aid !" "Tt1g" q como : to liEe again, took
D'tasetsm. IN prefexence to II. BIease
| himself Is q moro symptom. Tho real
fever TO- bigotry., political intolerance,
and social in1ustice. call; upon, you,
my fellow citizens, yQpn who know and
Elgim1 to, want better !, and, higbe,
thtngshTt9 shraadart your. sympatb
St9p Rsaling, about {. ...law;. and, ore
ap9. treat your next4dopr !, neighpor
With a. little more. Eonsideratiun.
Enough he Etiya.tn: q novel. though, he
neyer saw inside tot g. school. room: he
has the came fright to vote; for .Biease
that you have 10. vote against him: !:
AND YOU have no smore, right TO tIi,ss-
tion his.notive than he has: to cues,
lion YOUR, Learn that great truth,
tiaet ':on It to- the uttermost, and MY
word for It. Bleaseism Will, ,disap,ppeSr
Eatid iit will not disappear until yon
Edo 5i&afn It. 4 S,s ~. j. IS -
De Thei, too. q certain S9ass. OF our fel.
lloW citizens have be- Sni worry unjust
Fanas unreasonable with their dealing
with the poofer' people, treating them
With no consideration whatever. and
showing e contempt ,for. them. THIS Is
especially. true. with regard to those
who work Lii the !: cotton, mills, In
many, communities, the, people in the
mill villages are class apart, .loDket
| down iutton sapd mot associated with.
No wonder sociaiism and the r w, W.
are. getting q, foothDld among these
cittzeng OF ours. Il w94 NOT 90 once.
and 1t ought not to he 80 now. We
all should address ourselves, Ito the
remedy lest ] Il bring dire disaster up--
on: the cor1faon nHeaith for in. .sthei Last
ianaiysis white unity is abaol luteiy soa-
Aentfal, for the continuation Of good
Eoyefments IL these ppOF. men are
I iitrnnpIe Il unheri !. foot "a. theN have
}beens taught 10 believe. they. am. they
twhl Join with amy movement, mo mat
tter. how radical and ultra, to net re-
fyengeSt This IS thefsecrefS Sof Biease,s
hold on, the people who: work In tho
cotton mills. and we ought by. every
/, means In our power to break that hold
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