The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-01-13

on the Democratic electoral ticket
that under no conditions or cl""um-
stances would they vote for. 1t IS tue
that these two men were very OBJ
noXious in the recent campMgH, and
in their speeches and writings were
very bitter against me and against tAe
interests Of the people OF South Caro-
lima, and | consider the pIacl.5 Of
their names on the ticket a direct n
suit TO me and to every man who vot-
ed Tor me; however, you remember
who controls and dominates the
present State executive committee,
and you also remember their attempt
to defeat the will of the people as eX-
pressed at the primary, but, there
will come time" when we can re-
pudiate them and their acts, but we
must not injure our party in Orde: to
punish few who, on account Of neg
Iect upon our part, are temporarily
in power; therefore, | beg my friends
to remember that they are not voting
for the men whose names are on the
electoral ticket, but that they are on
ly the tools which the democratic
party uses to express their prefer
ence for tae Democratic Presidential
candidate. Our congressman, parti-
u q. y, should have an overWhelm-
ing vote polled in their behalf, for if
there should be a contest about any
of their seats, nothing would be more
,e.ehc.al to them than to be able 10
point to the fact that a large majority
of the qualied voters of their district
aave cast their ballots for them, and
! hope that all Democrats Will go TO
the polls and register their votes.
Let's all rally to the polls on Novem-
Der 9Th and give the Democratic
nominees the heaviest majorlt4es
South Carolina has ever rolled up.
Yours for South Carolina, and for
peace, prosperity and happiness to all
her people. Cole. l.. Blease.
Federal EnerOaChment upon States
Rights.
1 notice that the Federal govern
ment is beginning to encroach very
much upon what l consider the rights
of the States, in the passage of
criminal laws. For instance, congress
has recently enacted a law making
it crime to break into certain
freight cars. The goods in those
cars belong to parties in our State,
or in another State, to which they are
shipped, and as a general rule they
become the property Of such persons
Immediately upon being placed upon
the train, and, therefore, the shipper
+hD ioIo+
them. Hence, if a crime is committed
as to these goods, it is crime against
tie property to one of our citizens or
against tie railroad company which
owns the freight car.
Another Act, l notice, is the one
fixing dates for hunting purposes
within the borders of our State. The
birds and ducks and the deer and fish
and the other game within the borders
of South Carolina belong to our
eople, and the United States govern
ment has no right to come into this
State and interfere with our local
game laws This is only an effort to
protect a certain set Of Northerners,
who come down here and buy up
large tracts of land and then prohibit
our nome people from hunting on 1t.
They establish their hunting clubs,
which are often nothing less than
barrooms, and are sometimes gambl@
ing dens, and put fences around their
hunting preserves and say to our
people, "Stay out. Or they come in
to our State and hunt and fish pro-
miscuously, lodging t2e payment OF
CIV ..aX or license, to the detrlment
Of our home people. Now comes the
United States government, because
these people are Gich, and is attempt
ing, in their interest, to deprive the
neople of our State of their God-given
liberty and right to hunt and fish for
the game and fish wlich an All-Wlse
Providence has provided free to all
mankind, and to deprive the people OF
our State of the right to regulate
their seasons and to protect their
game and fish as they see fit. And
they have gone further now and ap-
pointed a special agent to run around
over the State, meddling into other
people business, to bring prosecu-
tons for violation Of this law.
The Federal government is now
beginning to fix rates which shall be
charged by the railroads in our State,
both freight and passenger. 1t is
making other crimes which are com
mitted in the State violations OF the
Federal law, such as the white slave
traffic (the law in regard to which L
am in favor Of, and in favor OF the
severest punishment for its violation,
but | think it is matter which
should be handled by the State gov
ernment first, as it is a matter pecu-
liarly within the duty OF the State).
/ II a store is broken into, and little
one-cent posaoffice happens to be in
the back end OF it the United
States government takes charge OF
that. There are other things along
this line too numerous to mention,
which | could call to your attention.
1t will, therefore, readily be seen
that the United States government
/ not only under the Republican ad-
! bI,t now under the