The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-15
Senator Tillalan
!! / Warns Votera
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hope I may be permitted to say a few
!. words about the present situation
In our state without being misunder-
stood. 1t gives me deep concern. J
am mortified and disappointed that
the. primary system has failed to de-
clop in the people sufficient political
intelligence to enable them to escape
iiio w.ies sna tricks cf .!c..ascs.es;
Audacity and aptitude In repartcc,
coupled with q, atriking personality,
have made tho people an easy prey
Instead OF candidates being compelled
to discuss public questions and poll
cies. they have been cllowcd to make
appeals to prejudice. and the people,
blinded by these arts, have followed
and made heroes of men who are
wholly unworthy. i Lave been ard
still am, accused CT inaugurating this
method of campaigning. challenge
the production OF a single speech of
mine wherein departed from the dis
cussion OF public issues. or indu:rn,
In unparliamentary language until
forced; to do so by unfair opponents.
The more bitter. opponents of the re-
form movement began the vituperat,
tion and abuse That have marked
South Carolina politics since 1890.
They answered argument with invcc-
tive: they greeted truth with showers
OF mud and filth, and they, not 1, must
bear the responsibility.
Two years agoI lamcntcd tho same
thing. and said doubted whether I
h ,1o t,{n S,,
.naeplc the ballot. and teaching them
how 10 usc- 1t. But I was impatient:
I here rcafIlrm my confidence in the
peoplc-alh the, Deople collectively. J
believe that the Judgment Of the whol,.
people. rich and poor. educated and
ignorant high and low. f. the sureut
and truest guido to political action.
Their mistakes will be fewer and will
be more quickly mended than will
the .crr,r,. Of any one class be 1t ever
30 cnlii;hte1ed. I believe this 80 re-
llgiOusl)' that would rather have a
bad governor, or. bad senator, elect
ed by all the people than a good one
elected b. any one. class. The Who'll.
people correct their blunders; tho
rule of a clasa tends to the growth and
pcrpetuntioh Of abuses. have I'M
plicit faith that all the people OF Sou tn
Carolina ARE going to stamp out
Bleascism sooner or later. The
STRONGEST. DleaSeitoa.. will be leaders
as soon as they are convinced tha
they. have made. h mistake. II did
not bolieye this, would lose all faith
in solf governrienff
.JcfYcrson's slogan was, teach the
peopi>. and ltrhyL tho people" To this
principle NIL patriots will give cred
ence, and all deth6crats wifi gladly
Iohoy. When. the demagogue comes
alonts and blinds Abe people by the
glamour Of his ,aTt8. and insti,ls dew
:. iltfy' and poison Ainto their minds,
good citizellH rnhst mot despair, but re-
double their cfforts; for the truth {.
more powortul' thhn falsehood and
must. prevail In the long run. :
Again L .reaffirm my" faith in the
people. Tho battle between privilege
and freedom, between equality and
feyoritiBm, is world wide. and ages
old. It has brought the cataclysm
which we arc witnessing in Europe
today The people OF that continent
arc struggling z to Z. FREQ themselves
froT; tho shatkles OF autocracy and
the divine right OF kings. It is bat
tlc between autocracy and republican :
ism.'> The contest In South Carolina in
1890 was to overthrow an aristocrac.'
which had come down to ..us. from CO.
iontal days. i wasia real revolution
I'm which families wore divided, father
against H5n, and q, brother against
brother, showing that principle. and