The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-07-21
POLITICAL
D., III
u nostsily
POLITICIANS, WHO CAPITALIZE
STRIFE A MENACE TO
GOVERNMENT.
Neglect Of Agricultural and fnduEdtitffssaa
Opportunities a National crma-
~. Peter Radford.

BY. Peter Radford. j.
There never was a time in the htC-
tory OF this nation when We nssasd
statesmen more or agitators, 1eas thAa
at the present moment Ths onnlHnN
tunitfes now afforded Ms en- hndG-
sea demand the best hsrsets tB aksnhD
craft and the possibilities that afscnn
fronting us call for lationaletazMR
that unite the people, build indasztD
and expand trade. The agricu1e1nln
and industrial Developments ~ ms
nation has suffered seyersTEgaE5fE
hands of agitators Hha have suk
torpedoes crashing into the port d.
of business and whose neglect GtMS
interests OF the farmer makes the
little less than political cItminalss MsHs
want no more Of these sydS sp&ttas4kf
predominate In government. ToaRms
their historical cry Has sent q ishtstz
down the spinal eolumn8o k indnsSzH
Too long have the poltisali asitsnal3
capitalized strife, pf1laged progruA
and murdered opportunity. An indn1DA
trial corpse rs not q desirable nnN
q crippled business an !achievemAnt 81
neglect an accomplishment abdn
which any representative OF tn xpu
eminent has q nShttto boast n
Issues that Breed AsItaters sheskFA
Eliminated. I,
The political agitator msst beenrn
mated from public life before thang1d
full consideration can, be- given IN q
constructive program ia. gosefnmaue
The, liquor question 10 ths most 1EoH
Life breeding ground for sgitatof1 amnHt
whether pro or ant, the batch
equally as undesirable This sartieadH
is in no sense q discussion Of the nH
quor question but dealH solely and Nd
way Of illustration with the poNttsd
products Of that issue. Other mhN
jects will be dealt. with IN tha orAEt
Of their Importance 4
In the history Of our goyernmEl4]
the liquor issue has never pToduoA
a constructive statesman worth Mun
tioning and it never VIII D. hans sm
more freaks to Congress, Ii1tpuftxnH
to the Senate and incompetentE IN
office than any other political is11sa
under the sun
The. recent experience OF the E1E
fish Parliament which dashed HszEf
into a fury over the fquor quaKHin
has q lesson that 1t ts walD fhr I'm
farmers Of this nation to eDa#vsGsk
the subject in some form or sttnsE In
constantly before the public for axss-
ton and ofttimes to the exclusion az
more important problems I'd the Amen.
lean plowmen. Hss !,
Too Many Political DrunkardE
L%loyd-George, the Prohibition leaGT
of Europe who led the prohibition fight
in England, has declared that he zSfflI
never again take a drink polttlcaAy!
and there are many American pnaatia
c.ans-pro and anti-who would rersaErt
their country a service: by clinhdnug3
on the water wagon Or signing alNsaSgs,S
Of political temperance, Too 9tss2
our legislative halls are. turneG fz8na
political bar-rooms and many Of nhBl
members become intoxicated On hqGx1Ss
discussions. We have too many pHaia
ical drunkards-pro and anti-in" Sz-T
public affairs. No one who Is g. saa"s;;
to the political liquor habit is cs1zs
so capable of dealing with the SUha
ness affairs of government as sEs;
sober and Industrious. We have fE@
public men in this day who are. stf2AEsi
enough to resist the temptations sa
strong drink. politically and when Ess
demon Rum once becomes firmly GR7
trenched in the mind Of a golitictsnl
he is less capable of meeting the edsT
mands for constructive statesmansn5pt
now confronting this nation. 4
We have in this country too: ms-yI
red-nosed politicians-both, pro- and3
anti. A candidate with politicaI das2l
rum tremens, a preacher with. pD&a1s{i
cal snakes in his boots and an agitafEr
drunk on the liquor question. ara Aa
saddest sights in civilization and ths2
should all be forced to take tha DG1ss
ical Kelley Cure. i
1t is far more important in grsSznH
ment to make it easier for those EzE35
toll to eat than to make It more 1hENN
ficult for a few topers to drink. Ehsszn
Is not n person In one hundrsR NE
our rural population that ever tovcI1a
linuor hut Wa all eat three timaR