Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-30
BlEASE IN ROCK HILL
Summary Of Speech Delivered 70
LARGE Crowd Last "Wednesday
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Summary OF opeecn ce"Ne'eS
| Larae Crowd Last "Wednesday
| Night.
| The Charleston American OF Thurs
day contains long report OF th'
meeting at which Mcssrs. Rlcasc ana
Richards spoke in Rock Hill last We'd
nesday night. The correspondent OF
tho American says that the crown
numbered between $500 and 5000 pco-
pie. Mr.. Blcase's speech is reported
in part as follows:
My friends and fellow citizens:
have recently made speeches in DOM
the uppcr and lower parts OF your
state. | have answered the false
charges which have been circulated
against me. and have had something
TO say about individuals and their
acts and doings. but have tricq 10
kccp my discussions within proper
hounds-not dealing In personalities
hut discussing public acts and pubic
words. | do not propose TO MAKE
pcrsonal vitupcration and abuse th'
Itcxt of my campaign In addressing th''
pcoplc of this state. and | would not
engage in such a campaign to "'
elected to the senate or to any olhcr
office. II Is true that In the past !
have been forced into making harsh
remarks about people. but II was ait
or they had gone around over the stat"
villifying and abusing mo. Even then
/ il was very distastcful to me, ana
decided that no matter what might
happcn, | would not in the future en-
gage in that character Of campaign
81 take it that what the people are
mostly interested in, so far rs l am
concerned, Is what l stand for-the
lprinciples which l advocate, and my
Qualifications, and not the disauatn1S; 1
| cations of those who are opposing me-
or mud singing.
Upon the Reform Platform.
| "J stand. MS | have ever stood, for
the principles of the Reform party ol
this state: for tho reduction OF taxa
tjon. disseminating tho useless cXpcn-
ditrrc Of money: the abolition of use
less cnlccs: the building up Of first
class. common school system and
heading It with strong colleges. in or
der to give 10 our white children thc
worry hes. education here at home: and
| relieving our people of tho heavy bur
dcns which they arc now having I'M
poscd uron them by our state govern
| airnt.
81 am in favor Of giving to our peo-
plc better roads, instead OF wasting
money in streams that can never bc oi
any benefit to our state. am In favor
of liberal appropriations to deepen
such streams and to such points as
may he conducive to the service OF our
people. and taking the other money
that is now being wasted on useless
streams and putting 1t upon roads.
For National Highway.
81 am in favor OF the government
appropriating sufficient amount o'
money to build good, permanent roads
/
hamburg, to Augusta. to Charlotte and
to Charleston. connecting the military
camps and stations located at those
places. This Is proper governmental
work. It could not he construed ms
building special state roads. but nj
the same time it would give to Our
pcoplc great benefit and put all OF
them in closer touch with each other
know of nothing that would be oi
greater direct advantage in q material
way ut this time.
| The Price Of Cotton.
| 81 am in favor, especially now. un-
der present conditions. OF minimum
price placed on cotton by congress, oi
at least 35 cents per pound. ] am an
solutcly opposed to the United States
government saying to the farmers. we
will fix the prices ut which we Will
take your cotton but I advocate the
passage of law fixing n minimum
price under which the farmer will get
not less than 35 cents, 1t makes no
difference whether he sells to his gov
ernmcnt. to his state. or to the indi-
vidual.
"I am in favor of Federal aid for
state warehouse systems. but am op-
posed to any national warehouse. sys-
tom. under which the cotton OF the
south would pass under the control oi
Federal managers. Such plan would
possibly work under a Democratic ad-
ministration, but we have no assur-
ancc as to how many years our party
will be In power. I trust 1t will con-
tinuc in power. but we have had Re-
publican administration in the past
and we have had negro officeholders
foisted upon us. and I can conceive OF
no greater injury which could come to
the south than might he worked
Through n national warehouse system
under such administrations as some
Of those we have had In the past.
Federal aid for warehouse systems
under state control Is what the south
needs. and what our representatives IN
congress should stand for.
Taxing Corporations.
Il am in favor Of taxing corpora
tions. AS 1t is today. the corporations
are not being taxed as they should
be. For instance, when you 20 to send
a telegram. a war tax is added to your
telegram. and you pay it-the cor
poration does not: the same way witt
a telephone message: the same wa,
with an express shipment: the same
way with everything else. even to youl