The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26

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Tried 20 EDtabaish Bsls1sevikig1.
There were representative O. OF .ev-
cry raco OF people on the globe at that
sand lot gathering.
I'm color. the five tints were there
Mongolian, Malay. In
dian and Negro.
Every creed, every culture. every
profession, every busin ess was there.
doubt II another such representa-
tive gathering-at least a meeting
premediated and designed beforehand
was ever held before in America;
question whether another such will
ever be held.
Il was asked to say few words.
and feeling an inspiration, mounted
the pedestal which was made out of
the chairs Of two railroad presidents
and three bankers"
Knowing that q rich literary treat
was coming. the writer. who then q
student Of stenography. whipped out
his pad and pencil and tried to take
down what his preceptor said. have
the notes before now. faded and
frayed-yet q silent reminder of the
transitory mutations, the ever chang
ing conditions in our political sys-
TENS. and yet, recalling some Of the
existing conditions in the word of
that day.
"Of what Is it you complain? ?"
said Mr.. Cook to the sand-lotters.
What opportunities. what privileges,
what advantages did you Of foreign
lands and of the Isles of the Seven
Seas enjoy before you left your ma
tive soil and came to America that
are denied you here?
Did you have the benefits of q
free school system? Were you per-
mitted to vote? What property did
you hold or were you allowed to
hold inviolate? mean a free indivi-
dual ownership.
How many public meetings did
you ever attend at home like this?
How many speeches did you ever hear
out in Gods sunlight under the blue
dome of heaven?
What tithes did you pay? what
toll was exacted? what liberty was
denied?
were you freemen, or mere au-
tomato performers upon the same
stage which primogeniture e: ected
Tor autocracy in the fifteenth CEN
tury?
What do you lack. here? Is any,
thlng denied you which any other
citizen has attained through his in
dividual efforts?
you have free speech, a free vote
free home.
you can worship God or Mammon.
and 1 see before me Mohammedians.
buddhists, Voodoos, Christians, in
ndels. the devotees to wooden i'm
ags; those who pay tribute to fire
ana they who invoke old Neptune's
power. You are free to indulge in
ghost dances, spirit land seances, and
pay solemn rites to the White Bull
the Yellow Dragon or the Devil him
self.
60 home to your wives and chill
dren. you married men and help them
90 the family wash over which John
Cnlnaman now has a monopoly. s Cd
cursing the hand that has stretched
out to help you. Quit the strike. and
get some contentment into your
hearts, some gratitude into your souls
some realization that you have the
most wonderful opportunity that YOUR
creator ever bestowed upon mankind
OF living in the United States
"here every woman is a queen and
every nome palace, providing you
men fulfill the part of true Ameri-
lean citizen"
me Western states overcame the
sand lot movement; the Homestead
strike and the Debs propaganda have
been repudia.ed by the labor organ
lzations themselves, and the status
OF the working people in the United
states today is the ideal for the war
Wracked toilers of Europe.
The President of the unitod
States may have erred in Judgment
when he promised the Allies tn come
over and confer with them personally.
out the principles that are involved.
Will work out. as we all hope, to the
general good not only to our own
people but to the peoples Of all
countries.
The critics we have always with
US. and 1T certainly behooves us to
attend to them with as much consist
ent charity as we will attend to the
deserving subjects of the unfortunate
nations which the ravages of war
despoiled.
AT the same time the pressing
heeds or our own people through the
coming period OF reconstruction must
ana Will be met, according tn tho