The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-07
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America. from It's first settlement.
has been advertised to. the world AZ
the "home of the free. and the land
OF the brave" 1T pays to advertise"
and this advertisement has been the
cause Of bringing to this new country
hundreds Of thousands Of liberty low
Ing men and women-who by their
intelligence and labor have help
cd to form an empire of frccmen-
and whose descendants have proven
most loyal and patriotic citizens
But of late years there have been
many disscnsions among our people
and trivial at first. but constantly
growing-which have finally assumed
character that BODIES no good for q
liberty loving republic.
Failing to defeat Blease two years
ago with all the election machinrr
at his command. Sta'e Chairman
John Gary Evans hit upon plan that
will lose Blcase thousands of votes
in the coming election. Not satisfied
with new club lists. the voter Is re-
quired to sign his full name and give
a complete account of himself from
the day he was born. II is claimed
that the new rule is as fair to one side
RS to the other. Nobody believes this.
The banker and the merchant (as a
rule anti-Blease). read the daily pa
pers and are familiar with all the re-
quirements OF the new. primary laws
Not SO with the farmer. laborer and
mill operative. Many are not readers
of papers and would not have the time
to read If they were subscribers AS
a rule, the secretaries of the clubs
over the state arc anti -Blea:e and
am told that when a Blease man calls
to sign the club book and signs only
his initials that some secretaries
laugh In their sleeves and never tell
the voter that he must sign his full
name. 1t has been charged that many
secretaries keep their club books hid
from Blcsse men and put them Off
with such excuses" "Oh. left the
hook at home. Ill bring II up to NOR
row." And tomorrow never comes
unless the Blease voter flatly de-
mands his rights.
l heard one Biease voter say that
1t was necessary for him to threaten
to do bodily harm to a certain secre-
tary in order to get his name on the
club book. Now, this isn't right and II
this method is continued. will result
in ANOTHER Wade Hampton revolu-
tion. ~
To show the indifference voters are
displaying In the matter OF enrolling
their names on club books. I was in
Pelzer on the 4th and was told that al
though that precinct,'voted several
hundred-more than 'any other one
point out side the city of Anderson
only about 60 voters had enrolled their
names. Tney have only fey days
until! the 2stE es th!s nlonth-in which
to do so. This is only a fair sample
Of conditions existing all over tne
state aud thousands Of good citizens
will sleep. over their rights and not
get to vote on August 25th.
When one views the absolute apathy
the colossal. aud consummate 'ndif-
ference which the average voter ex-
hibits In the selection of public O(fic-
ials 1t Ia distressingly astounding.
The rural voter is a busy man
works six days in week-goes to
church on Sunday, hears a sermon on
temperance-returns home. feeds the
stock, .and goes to bed. He has no
time to study politics and many leave
that to the professional politician.
While he, is blowing his land. or har-
vesting his crop the political slate
maker Is as busy as jackasa in q
hail storm, picking out the candidates
to fill each off1ce-tradipg one for an
other. but always retaining some one
friendly to his own plans and schemes.
Every public official Is elected by
the people. otherwise he would not
hold the Office. The trouble is. the
average man sits down and permits
the politicians to select the candidates
and makes no protest until It is too
late to put In the man OF his choice.
1t does no good to kick then. Just az
long as this prevails. the people are
at the mercy OF political schemers and
slate-makers-and men will be elect
ed who will be- the tools OF the men
who put them forward and secured
them the Job. This Is natural and pc
culiarly human-sO 1t need not as
Already the woods are full OF guh-
|ernatorial timber. Some Of It is good
very gopd-and lots OF II is not
worth cutting. 1t Is not .wise for the
average man to; commit himself to
vote for any certain candidate until
he looks over" the men and weighs
the merits Of each one carefully. They
permit themselves to become pledged
to support either Ma1or Teetotaler, q
prohibitionist. or Colonel Twoquarts.
an apti-prohibitiontst !(as the voter
happens tOIprefer). when IN fact
neither the major or the colonel hold
the slightest claim to the Office. Their
sole qualification consists In the fact
that the major has discontinued the
use OF iwhiskey because itfmakcs him
sick-and+ II makes the colonel sick