The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, October 01, 1890, Image 2
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WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER, 1, 1890.
G. M. HARMAN. - - - - Editor.
OUR STANDARD BEARERS.
FOR GOVERNOR:
BENJAMIN R. TILLMAN.
OF EDGEFIELD.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
WTTMJIim "D n A "D V
XiUUUQXlXi XI. uaivi,
OF ABBEVILLE.
FOE ATTORNEY GENERAL:
YOUNG JOHN POPE,
OF NEWBERRY.
IFOR SECRETARY OF STATE:
J. E. TINDAIX.
OF CLARENDON.
FOR STATE TREASURER:
BR. W. C. T. BATES.
OF ORANGEBURG.
FOR COMPTROLLER GENERAL:
W. H. ELLERBE,
OF MARION.
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION:
W. D. MAYPIELD,
.. of greentit.lt:.
^ ?- -^adjutanWSFIN^UEGS'OITGENERAL:
^ ^ HTJGHL. PARLEY,
r OF SPARTANBURG,
FOR CONGRESS-FIRST DISTRICT:
MAJ. W. H. BRAWLEY,
OF CHARLESTON.
OUR COUNTY TICKET.
For Representatives,
MAJ. G. LEAPHART.
W. H. F. RAST.
For School Commissioner:
E. L. WINOARD.
For Judge of ProbateJ.
WALTER MITCHELL.
For County Commissioners:
AMOS 0. BANKS.
J. PICKENS JONES.
A. S. NUNAMAKER.
Reply to Papa.
CHAPTER IV.
Papa, the awful denunciations pronounced
against those who oppose
such prophets as yourself is enough
to kindle the little spark of manhood
- left in the bosom of every ^clodhopper"
in the land. "On and on,"
right on, yes. Papa, a "clodhopper"
that does twelve hours manual labor
in the day and six hours mental labor
at night will sometimes make
blunders, and then the printer soine".nlrA
,,o OQT? \X7Cl flaTt t, I
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mean, you know.
Such wonderful prophets as your
self are doing all that lies in your I
power to have the chill of dispair en- I
ter the heart of every "clodhopper,"
and are straining every nerve to make
the wealth producers of this once
free count ry drop their hands in hope - I
less dispair and exclaim with you, I
"Its no use to try, the fearful odds
against us are too strong, theMwsses I
will down us every time; we wild as
fatherless, turn to pearls far more
valuable than the fabled Persian
pearls.
"Let me tell you," Papa, with the
hope that you will investigate and
see the truth for yourself, the toiling
millions of this great nation are
girding themselves for the task of
meeting, and, by God's help, defeating
and dethroning entrenched monopoly,
for without its defeat there
is little hope for any of us, and the
"clodhoppers'" fate will also be
,?ot v>/~f coo it T1AVT
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but will see it in the near future.
Nine tenths of the inhabitants of
this country are as sure to go down
to Ireland's serfdom as God's sun
will rise to-morrow morning if the
great workingmen's movement in
North America is a failure as you
predict and try to bring about.
Study this momentous problem, my
dear Papa, as you have never studu d
it before and when the truth begii s
to dawn upon you, and when you
hear along the line the determined
voice of "clodhopper" ask: "Watchman
what of the night?" You will
then not rejoice as now to hear the
answer come back: "Oh! you jistplow
on, we are all right." We glean one
bright ray of hope qy being informed
that the great Northwest will stand
shoulder to shoulder with the Cotton
States in the coming battle for
our homes, our loved ones, every
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tl>ing that we lioia near ana ueur w
our hearts. Even the Church of the
Redeemer that we have been taught
to reverence will not escape the iron
grasp of monopoly, for the greedy
paunches of money kings would not
bo satisfied without laying heavy
tribute on her.
The result of the first skirmish
will soon be recorded in the coming
State election, but it will be only a
small skirmish compared with the
great National battle of 1802 which
will settle forever the most vital
questions that has ever perplexed
the minds of Americans. "Will the
people or will the 3,100 millionaires
rule these United States of America?
is a question of such great niagni
tude thaj regro slavery and the
bloody war of the Rebellion pales
into insignificance before it.
Only a fortnight ago I heard a
zealous lawyer?one who has studied
the grave question and knows more
about it than Papa and Rez. both,
and iu whose hands Papa would
trust his life were he a criminal?
say, in effect, that this great farmers'
movement is the only hope for this
country, and if it frils the future
looks gloomy indeed, and I verily believe
he meant it.
Papa, don't you feel the public
pulse beat high? Does it xiot appear
to you that this country is approaching
a dreadful crisis in its history"?
Will not a prophet and historian such
as you are discern the spirit of unrest
that now prevails while the fires
are burning everywhere? And you'd
O v %
as well try to dam the mighty Atlantic
with your pen and keep back the
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I spring noou ude is lo 11} to quun
those flames, Dout you see that v <
are on the eve of a mighty revolution*
and every word uttered in favor o?
the money lords is only adding fuel*
to the flames. Papa, after
made a careful study
speak for itself. You still persist
that farmers have been well represented
(you add this time) '-in proportion
to their power." As you
have it now a* .ended, I agree with
you. For as the farmers power in
the past has been 00, so their representation
equalled it. How adroitly
you tacked on those five words and
how nicely they fit?"in proportion
to their power" is a very simple collection
of words, bot what a differn-V>
on o/lrJor? t.A VA11T
CliUC LUCY r
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original assertion. Such deft syntax
is only surpassed by that splendid
doggerel, the very best effort of your
life. Talk about "clodhoppers'' voting
for Congressmen and having representation
in Congress. Why, my
dear Papa, in the past many of us
pooi rutlic "clodhoppers,'' not being
inbued with wisdom, such as you ,
possess, voted for Sam Dibble simply
to keep that nigger from getting
there as the bosses told us, and then
- rrthajority of the most ignorant of
us did noi know before hand, as yi u
did, that Sam would work for Pennsylvania's
interest against the workingmen's
interest of South Carolina.
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Jt5ut now max wouutuim eye
is at work educating her family, not
with such superficial stuff as you
impart, but with solid, practical
"horse sense;" education that teaches
a citizen to think, act and investigate
for himself and de xand a candidate's
sentiments before voting for him,
1 not judging by his blessed smooth
' words and promises alone, but by
his past life and actions, also pledging
him in a decidedly business like
O /
' manner to chalk the line and "stand
up to the rack fodder or no fodder."
When that is all done we can with
safety elect a few lawyers and school
teachers which will give us true representation.
It is apparent that farmers
will have to use some of the
above class awhile until you can get
some of the "clodhoppers" ready, and,
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by tile way, I win apprise you oi tutfact
in advance that you may in the
uear future be invited to put in more
than six hours work per day and more
than 120 per month. Farmers are
compelled to work 14 hours per day in
summer or 3G4 per month, though
you said in one of your epistles:
''But, oh! the farmers murmur, but
they have a mighty good time?the
happiest I have ever knoAvn."
In reply to that "fraternal" P. S.,
I have no desire of "heep' ig" upou
you tlrt noxuiety you are gaining.
You a1 one are responsible for that,
but if you do not gain notoriety for
your industrious efforts in this controversy
then put Rez. your son
down as a fool. I cannot end this
letter without again bringing up
that dptestable word Lecnslature as
you use it. You are the second man
in this "wide world" that has ever
cherished it. A little bit of history i
in this connection will expla;n why j
it stings me now and may show you
where, (if you study carefully the
cor text it may be the means of causr
ing you to get stung.
In the days of carpet bag rule in
S. C., an industrious politician said
to me more than once, you ought to
run for the Legislature. I turned it
off as a joke^hiuh' ig little or caring
never dreaming of lun
,l#oiceI was not com-1
The Nominations, Crops.3tc.
"Not a drum nor a fune^^note"
has been sounded over the Bfea^ed ^
in the last primaries, and the van noi
! quished seem to accept the inevitable se\
! with patriotic demeanor. I have not the
! ^ j /-\f ne
j J^emu a muxillUX w aauu w .uuioaness
in the conduct of the flection, he
j but all seem to think that a Majority ]
| wanted "that other fellow.1'' Good
i men were defeated and good men
were elected. We are to be Congratulated
on our chosen representatives,
Maj. Leaphart, ripe in years' of experience,
prudent and wise in counsel.
Mr. W. H. F. Rast, though a
new man, is possessed of sound
Democracy and of much good sense
and of unspotted integrity. The
other lucky candidates, Griffith, Har
man, Mitchell, Wingard, ^ Banks,
Jones and Nunamaker are good men, *
if we didn't vote for all of them. "
Next November let us scratch nothing
but?our heads.
Farmers are having rough times 11
gathering their crops. Schools are
beginning to open. 'OjfiMtot commenced
another session^^HBoiling
Springs Academy on the ^fth inst.,
with fine prospects ahead^j
Everv voter is now supaHH#-' be
for the Tillman ticket, bu^^^Kverage
sovereign must not g^HKBghts I
too high nor expect too iHBL He t J?
must not suppose that by Jho election
of farmer Tillman, biscuits will
grow on bushes nor the rivfrlets run jtfQl
with milk and honey, for the fiat that
was uttered over ancient !$<!en that
henceforth man should ea his liv- lit!
ing by the sweat of his brow is yet til
of force. Let us look to a new ad- St
ministration for an era of reform. 11 i
But, mark ye, if that refonn and ' re
economy don't come in two^years m<
there will be a shaking of ffiber's H
dry bones and an earthquW of ill
curses from disappointed^ Woters. to
Selah. .
The Dispatch has done yeoman *
service in the campaign anto merits
liberal patronage. MajA heaven -yc
temper the winds to the lambs
?defeated, and give wisdo? to the o,
elected. Astus.
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