The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20

which they can assimilate, it ought
to be done. Effective compulsory
education will require great deal
of money. but if we are not willing
to spend money for our children God
pity us. Whether a general law or
local option by counties is the best
is matter OF opinion and will have
to be threshed out by the legislature.
Their Mistake.
The people two years ago elected
man governor who has run amuck,
as it were, and displayed so little
realization of his high opportunities
that it makes me sad and angry to
be told. as l have been more than
once, that Tillmanism is the direct
cause of Bleaseism. All thoughtful
and intelligent men know that this
is only a half truth. and half truths
are the worst sort of lies. Tillman-
ism taught the people that they could
whip and destroy special privilege
with the ballot. That was good
thing, all must admit. Now, is Till
manism to blame because the people
have used that same ballot with
which to elevate a demagogue? Yes,
l taught the people that they had
a right to govern South Carolina and
proclaim the principle anew. They
do have the right, even if they elect
a hundred Bleases. Teach the peo-
pie and trust the people We will,
in the end, have better government
at the hands of all the people than
we would have if any one class ruled.
The people will rectify their blunders
as soon as they have become con-
vinced of their error.
"It would be just as true to say
that Democracy causes Socialism and
anarchy as it would be to say that
Tillmanism caused Bleaseism. Had
my health continued good, would
have taught the people the folly of
Bleaseism two years ago, pointed out
the difference and stemmed the tide
which Jones found himself unable to
cope with. l would have guided the
Tillmanites, while Blease only misled
them, and all for the qualification of
his own selfish ambition.
Tired of Law and Order"
"a large per cent. of those who
two years ago and now are yelling
law and order,' want law and order
Of their own contriving. They are
not ready to admit that, politically
speaking, all white South Carolinians
are equal. They think themselves
divinely commissioned to rule every
body else, and this, not Tillmanism,
is the true cause of Bleaseism. The
plain people saw this resurrected
bourbonism and, thinking it was the
old ring come to life again, took
Bleaseism in preference to it. Blease
himself is mere symtom. The
real fever is bigotry, political intol-
erance and social injustice. 1 call
upon you, my fellow citizens, you
who know and claim to want better
and higher things, to broaden, your
sympathies. Stop prating about law
and order and treat your next door
neighbor with a little more consid-
Grafton. Though he live in hovel,
though he never saw the inside Of
school room, he has the same right
to vote for Blease that you have to
vote against him, and you have no
more right to question his motive
than he has to question yours. Learn
that great truth, act on it to the ut
termost, and my word for it, Blease-
ism will disappear-and it will not
disappear until you do learn it.
Then too, a certain class Of our
fellow citizens have been very un-
Just and unreasonable in their deal
ing with the poorer people, treating
them with no consideration what
ever and showing a contempt for
them. This is especially true with
regard to those who work in the cot
ton mills. In many communities the
people in the mill villages are a class
apart, looked down upon and not as
sociated with. No wonder Socialism
and the I. W. w. are getting foot
hold among these citizens of ours. 1t
was lot once, and it ought not to
be so now. We all should address
ourselves to the remedy lest it bring
dire disaster upon the common
wealth, for in the last analysis white
unity is absolutely essential for the
continuation of good government. If
these poor men are trampled under
foot as they have been taught to be-