Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-13

. II one cOIIleS dUollltI SIdtC ihSo
this state and votes, or goes from one
county into another and votes illegal
ly, let the men whom he votes for, as
well as the men whom he votes against
see to 1t that he Is prosecuted and
punished to the full extent OF the law.
II one man offers to buy the vote OF
another, let the latter prosecute to
the full extent of the law the man who
offers the bribe, and If the man takes
the bribe, prosecute him. Enforce the
laws we have. Let honesty and square
| dealing begin with the state executive
| committee. and let 1t be followed by
| the county committees and kept up by
, the managers Of election. We have all
the law we need in South Carolina to
enforce the law. And it comes with
Ill grace from that crowd which had
control of all the election machinery,
The Straight Democratic Ticket.
| In view of certain recent events. de-
! sire to call to your attention an address
which issued to the Democratic vot-
| ers of this state on october 26, 1917.
1 urging them to turn out to the polls at
| the general election in November and
/ support the entire Democratic ticket,
state, national and county, as follows:
Columbia, S. c., October 26, 1912.
4 To the Democratic Voters OF South
Carolina:
Much has been said and written in
regard to the coming election, which Is
4 to be held for state. national and coun-
4 ty officers, on November 5th, and
deem 1t absolutely unnecessary for me
4 to make any further statement In ref
erence to the matter. However. as l
have received some communications
and have also heard great deal OF talk,
i possibly 1t Is not amiss for me to urge
upon the voters Of this state to go to
| the polls on the date OF the election and
/ vote the straight Democratic ticket
| from the president Of the United States
/ down to the coroner Of their county.
/ We pledged ourselves in the Demo-
i cratic primary to abide the result anu
/ to support the nominees Of the party.
i We took a solemn oath to do this and
| in my opinion. that pledge and oath
/ covers and binds us to support the
/ nominees Of the national Democratic
/ party just as much as 1t does the nomi-
Il nees Of the state and county Democra-
| cy. have heard several say, and 1t has
/ been reported to me that many others
have said that there were two men on
/ the Democratic electoral ticket that
under no conditions or circumstances
/ would they vote for. 1t is true that
| these two men were very obnoxious IN
| the recent campaign, and In their
| speeches and writings were very bitter
/ against me and against the interests OF
| the people of South Carolina, and
consider the placing Of their names on
the ticket a direct insult to me and to
every man who voted for me; however,
you remember who controls and domi-
mates the present state executive COM
| mittee, and you also remember their
attempt to defeat the will Of the people,
as expressed at the primary, but there
| will come a time" when we can repudi-
ate them and their acts but we must
not injure our party in order to punish
few who, on account Of neglect upon
| our part, are temporarily In power;
therefore, I beg my friends to remem-
Der that they are not voting for the
men whose names are on the electoral
| ticket, but that they are only the tools
which the Democratic party uses to
express their preference for the Demo-
cratic presidential candidate. Our con-
gressmen, particularly, should have an
overwhelming vote polled in their be-
half, for If there should be contest
about any Of their seats, nothing would
be more beneficial to them than to be
able to point to the fact that a large
majority Of the qualified voters Of their
district have cast their ballots for them,
| and I hope that all Democrats will go
| to the polls and register their votes.
| Let's all rally to the polls on Novem-
ber 9Th and give the Democratic nomi-
nees the heaviest majorities 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
| Riqhts.
| notice that the Federal government
| Is beginning to encroach very much
upon what consider the rights OF the
states, in the passage Of criminal laws
| For instance, congress has recently en-
acted law making 1t a crime to break
into freight cars. The goods in those
cars belong to parties in our state, or
in another state, to which they are
| shipped and as general rule they be-
come the property OF such persons I'M
| mediately upon being placed upon the
1 train, and, therefore, the shipper has
| no further right or control over them.
| Hence, If a crime Is committed as to
these goods, 1t is a crime against the
| property Of one Of our citizens or
against the railroad company which
owns the freight car.
| Another Act, notice, Is the one fix
ing dates for hunting purposes within
| the borders Of our state. The birds and
the ducks and the deer and the fish and
the other game within the borders Of
South Carolina belong to our people
and the United States government has
no right to come into this state and in
| terfere with our local game laws. This
Is only an effort to protect certain SCI
Of northerners, who come down here
| and buy up large tracts Of land anu
then prohibit our home people from
hunting on it. They establish then
hunting clubs, which are often nothing
less than barrooms, and are sometimes
| gambling dens, and put fences around
their hunting preserves and say to our
people, stay out" Or they come into
our state and hunt and fish promiscu-
| ously, lodging the payment Of any tax
| or license, to the detriment Of our home
| people. Now comes the United States
| government, because these people are
rich, and is attempting, in their inter-
est, to deprive the people Of our state
Of their God-given liberty and right to
hunt and fish for the game and fish
which an All-wise Providence has pro-
| vided free to all mankind, and to de-
prive the people Of our state Of the
| right to regulate their seasons and t.
| protect their game and fish as they see
| fit. And they have gone further now
and appointed special agent to run
around over the state, meddling into
other peoples business, to bring prose-
cutions for violations Of this law.
The Federal government Is now be-
| ginning to fix rates which shall be
charged by the railroads in our state
both freight and passenger. It Is max
| ing other crimes which are committed
in the state violations Of the Federal
| law, such as the white slave traffic
| (the law in regard to which / am in fa-
vor of, and in favor Of the severest
punishment for it's violation, but
think it is a matter which should be
handled by the state government first,
as it is matter peculiarly within the
duty of the state). If a store is broken
into, and a little one-cent postoffice
happens to be in the back end Of it, the
United States government takes charge
of that There are other things about
this line too numerous to mention,
which would call to your attention.
It WILL therefore, readily be seen that
the United States government-not
only under the Republican administra-
ton, but now under the Democratic
administrations daily encroaching
upon the rights Of the states, and TAX
ing from them the powers which have
been theirs, and which Of right belong
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