The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-13
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former eOnvicts being SO held. either
on the farms OF any OF the directors
of the State penitentiary, or any OF
the officials OF the State penitehtiary
or anywhere else by anybody
The governor says that he deems
1t necessary TO. say Very little as his
time expires in a few days. The gov
crnor takes credit for having killed
the cotton bond issue which occupied
| so much time OF the extra session and
WHICH he refers TO as .'monstrous,"
and also takes credit, along with the
comptroller general for extending the
time for the payment of taxes unit
| February /.
A bitter attack Is made on the farm
demonstrators. THE farmers" says
! the message. who are the backbone
| Of the State. are treated as IL they
| were set OF ignoramuses, or plain
fools, to be be explicit and emphatic.
There are nov being sent around
| over the State people called farm
demonstrators who are, being paid
large salaries out OF the tax payers
| pockets, and who are giving absolute
ly no return for the money. The very
idea OF man being paid a salary and
his expenses to go around and tell the
farmers the necessity for them to
plant grain, to raise hogs, IN diversi-
fy crops!" He claims that these men
In many instances use their Offices
for political purposes, that their fam
| lies are riding around in palace cars,
and yet W. iEd no man In either
branch OF tlc general assembly who
has the political courage to arise and
denounce It," He repeats his often
expressed charge that the State insti-
tutions are being supported entirely
too eatravagantly. +
The governor Is very proud of the
Medical College OF South Carolina.
The governor claims that he fore
saw the present depressed business
conditions confronting the State and
that Is why he vetoed 80 many appro-
priation bills and warned the general
assembly against extravaganza. He
claims that he knew the Federal gov
ernment would not helns the farmers
Of the State and said thRse who held
out this hope last. ,sumnRr did 1t for
political reasons and to ool the peo-
pie. He, quotes fgureskto show the
States prosperity ,as. an answer to the
charge that his election would ruin
the. State. The. governor claims that
his administration has Been economi-
cal, calling attention to the fact that
-Hbuey was borrowed at 3 ,1-2 per cent,
the lowest rate eyer known.
The governor recommends liberal
support OF the common schools.
Much attention is given to what the
governor declares is the Federal en-
croachment on State rights and quotes
from Robert ~. Hayne, justice L.. O.
G. Lamar. Thos. JeRefkon.l,g Patrick
Henry, IN their we'll known stand for
State rights, and theR asks, .sWho IS
stealing power from the States and
adding strength: To ting Esfiarai gov-
ernment" today? "Can 1t he possible
that" he says, under the, lead of a
man sometimes called q Southeiner,
the Democratic party Is to become the
party that is stealing power from the
States and giving It to the Federal
government. and that the Republican
party. under the lead OF, d Hughes or
Whitman. is TO become the States
Rights party and stop this stealing of
power spoken of by DR.. Hayne?'
The attitude of the Southern men,
ttaTs of congress today Is pointedIy
mentioned by the governor with dis
approval. II desire,e he says, ito call
your attention to that part OF my an
nuaf mesEage OF 1914 which dealt witt,
this grave question. Since that time
more power has been stolen from the
States. and given to the Federal gov
ernment,. and more of this power is
now sought to be stolen. ~ And, to
the surprise OF those who loved and
tonight for the Southern Confederacy,
and those of n later generation who.
now love its memoir, and hold sac
red the cause for which the Southern
armies battled, we, find many OF those
Shoae fathers and brothers. yea. some
who thenselths bought for this cause.
and who themselves today owe their
tyesS md freedom to. It, now taking
part In this stealing of power al de-
scribed by Mr.. Hayne. Can Il he
possible that by the records OF South
prn senator's and congressman, gener-
ations yet unhorn will be led to be-
| lieye that the EortAarn lisstorian re-
corded the truth when be tgrnte that
the Southern soldiers. siea by those
teliless leaders, Robert q. Lee and
HtoHewah Jaekson. and the ether gal-
liant men wbo made that fsht, made
Y only to keep the negr1s from being
asfreemans and not in tiefense OF ;thets
honest convictions IN bchalf OF stain.
tights : God forbid n. We ipye the
cause too dearly. We know the South
ern onfedefaoy fought for Ashiglierl
and nObler purpose and sarely those
who repre- easent ms viii an TOO manly,
and too brave and too patriotic 10.
pesinit the eietiv6s OF lsiielr fofefath,
ers md of theirs own iieohies irlSorie
i4f tho Eysateat strusGles9 the world
has eSEr known, to be regarded ay
coming generations as dow ana con-
f4nnDt ihle Surely they viii protect