The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-07
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the home OF the free. and the land
OF the brave" 1T pa:- 20 advertise"
and this advertisement has been the
cause OF bringing to this new country
hundreds of thousands of liberty low
ing men and women--wlo by their
intelligence and labor have help
cd to form an empire o! freemen-
and whose descendants have proven
most loyal and patriotic citizens.
But OF late year, there have been
many dissensions among our people
and trivial at first. but constantly
gro%irg-which have finally assumed
Il character that BODIES no good for
liberty loving republic
Failing TO defeat Blease two years
ago with all the election machinrr
at his cOmmani. tee Chairman
John Gar? i'"ans hit upon plan that
will lose Please thousands OF votes
In the coming election. Not atislied
with new club lists the voter Is re-
qmircd to sign his full name and give
complete account Of himself from
the day he was born. 1t is claimed
that the new rule is as fair to one side
as to the other. Nobody believes this.
The banker and the merchant tas a
rule anti-Bleasa), read the daily pa
pers and are familiar with all the re-
quirements OF the new primary lave
Not so with the farmer, lab0rer and
mill operative. Many are not readers
of papers and would moi have the time
20 read X they were subscribers AS
rule. the secretaries of the clubs
over the state are anti-Blea.e and
am told that when a Blcase man calls
to sign the club book and signs only
his initials that some secretarie~'
laugh In their sleeves and never tell
the voter that he mit:t sign his full
name. 1t has been charged that many
secretaries keep, their club books hid
from nlease wen 4c:. ~. them c.s
with such excuses: "Oh, l left the
hook at home. I'll bring II up to NOR
row." And tomorrow never comes
unless the Blease voter flatly de-
mands his rights.
| heard one Blease voter say that
1t was necessary for him to threaten
to do bodily harm 10 a certain secre-
tary in order to; get his name on the
club book. Now, this isn't right and If
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, was in
Pelzer on the 4tii and was told that al
though that nreftpct voted several
hundred-more than (, any other one
point out side -ths city OF Anderson,
only about GO voteys had enrolled their
names. They have only a few days
until the 25th of this montil-in which
to do 80. This Is, only fair sample
OF conditions existing all over tho
state and thousands Of good citizens
will sleep over their rights and not
get to vote on August 25th.
When one viewsithe absolute apathy
the colossal ande econsummate Indif-
ference which the average voter cx-
hlbits in the selection of public 0flic.
ials 1t is distrcssingly astounding.
The rural voter is busy man
| works six days In week--goeo to
church OH Sunday, hears n sermon on
| temperance-returns home. feeds the
| stock. and gees to bed. He has no
time TO ctudy politics and many leave
that to the professional politician.
While he is plowing his land, or har-
vesting his crop the political slate
maker Is as busy as jackass in q
hail storm. picking out the candidates
to MI each office-trading 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 1t Is too
late TO put in thogman OF his choice.
II does no good to kick then. Just as
long as this prevails, the people are
ut the mercy of political schemcrs and
slatc-makcrs-andam will be elect
| ed who Will be the tools Of the men
who put them forward and secured
them the Job. This Is naturel and pe-
culiarly human-so It need not as
tonish anyone.
! Already the woods are full OF gub-
ernatorial timber. Some of It Is good
very good-and lots OF II Is not
worth cutting. It,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 Major Teetotaler. a
prohibitionist. or Colonel Twouuarts.
an anti-prohibitionist (as the voter
happens to prefer). when in fact
neither the major or the colonel hold
the clightest claimst to the office. Their
sole qualification consists in the fact
that the major has discontinued the
use of whiskey because 1t makes him
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