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1'ARMEIRS AND POrdTIUS.
The Nimble Lawyeir Monopolizing All
the Omees--OnIty1welve Farm
ers in Congrees and 278
Lawyers.
[Fa9nn the:Columbia Register.]
To the Farmers oj South Carolina.
We "have heard so much during
the paut fewnionths about the rights
and wrbns of'tlhe farmers, that one
may be pardoned for a little exanin.
ation into the consistency of sotne of
their ch'bsen advocates as well as that
of the farmers themselves, so far
as the Third Congressional Dis.
trict is eoncerned.
It so happens that the farmer Con.
gressman of the District declines a
re-nomination; and four or five law.
yers, being the. natural allies and pro.
+tectors of farmers, are -anxiously
studying how they can best serve the
interests of their proteges and--se.
cure their qwn election. In this con
nection would it not, be in order for
the farmers to ascertain the extent of
their representation in the present
Congress, and for the lawyers to
prove the necessi y for odie of their
profession being chose'n for the im
portant position?
I am credibly informed that the
farming interests, the greatest in the
United States, is represented by
twelve members. including our re.
tiring jq,i' Miket tI 't1igt such
was the paUelt3'fit ial that th
Speaker, either in despair or pique,
appointed a lawyer as Chcairiman of
the Cimmittee on Agriculture! Now,
farmers, how does that sound? Does
it look as though you are much rep.
resented in that august body in which
you stand twelve against Two IUN
DRED AND $EVE:NTY-THt'Rn LAWYERS?
We boast of being the bone and
sinew of the country, orsooth I In
the above proposition we may be the
bone, but I'll be hanged if I see where
our sinews (or brains) cbme in ! Now,
candidly4lfg you$ever thought of
this, or dl ;you ever, know how well
your cla ,, preaented.in Congress?
If not, is I pot. high time, you did
begin tojhink?, .The United States
Senate Contains sixty-five 'lawyers
out of seventy-eight all told !
I hav"ilit aword to say against
lawyers, and deprecated, and will
continubtdilo so, tlje 'late attempt to
array class against class at' home,
when we have about eighty farmers
in the Hlouse to some. thirty.odd law
yers. 1t wxerg are a necessity in all
legislatii 'bodies, and it would be
disastro for any county to dispense
with thelt services in framing laws.
Now, according'to the utterances of
the leaders of the sqgcalle jartpers'
movement, we weKe lo hap. nthing'
but simon-pure t'arners In conven
tion, Legislature, &c., and the upper
counties having given birth to this idea
one would tura . exp, ,t smg re.
suits ayla itt nepsigt .cy,1gt lagt
in the forthcoming nominations, par.
ticularly in the case of Congressman
from a purely agricultural district to
a-body in which farmers literally
have no representation as an interest.
D)o you suppose these 278 lawyers
rep)resent you? Don't you suppose,
outside of our own four or live lawyer
members, that the great bulk of the
lawyers derive their income and se
cure their election through the influ.
once of corp)orations and mnopolies.
of'all kinds? You know that law
yers coidh not grind $120,000 out of
farmers, as B. I". Butler is said to (10
out of his clients annually.
What is tile use of farmers tallinug
about the reduction of taxes, a re
vision of the tariff, or any ameliora
tion of thle .condlition of the country
with 278 men, most of whom can of.
ten clear more money in a day than
a large farm can grow in a y.ear, and
who know nothing and care less for
thle anhxious cares and poor returns of
farmers, so' long as they can dranw
their salaries and make laws bring
ing more grist to thleir mills, and, of
course, at the expense of the masses
of tile people?
What has become of the millions
of acres of land once belonging to
the people? Is it not in the posses
sion of railways, land grabbers and
monopolies of every kind? True,
they hay0,some show of title in some
cases, but how ob)tained and through
whom? They can point exultingly
to statute upon statute passed by
Congress legalizing the wholesale
plunder, just the same as' dhe Rtadi
calspot many years ago in our State
stole and swindled undecr the form of
law. If ever there was a time for
the farmers of the United States to
organize, chloose their own represen.
tatives, and dIrive from pllace and
power this regiment of lawyers now
fattening, not on their salaries but
on the proceeds of so-call legisla
tion inturinig to their benefit, as well
,as to the whole army of pens1ic
agents and lawyers generally. We
have heard nmuc h of organizing tihe
farmers at home in order- to secure
their rights and to prevent "robbery,
onnres'sinn anmd corruntion" in o,r
Legislature, where we are in a de
cided majority, and ought and are
able to carry out any necessary laws
for the protection and benefit of our.
selves without infringing on the
rights of others. Now, -if these
charges, none of which have been
proved, however, have the ghost of
probability, what are the chances of
agriculture And -its followers in the
hands of Cdhgress as at present com.
posed? It would be very interesting
to know.how many of our Represen.
tatives in Congress are the regular
attorneys for railroads, corporations
and monopolies, and how many of
their relatives and connections en.
joy the same profitable berths; how
many pension agents, claim agents,
and every other kind of agents, gain
an easy and lucrative living out of
the people through legislation cun.
ningly dcvised for this very-purposo !
What has Congress, after half a
year'l unseemly ,and, at times, child.
ish wran ling, accomplished this ses.
sion? vith a pension office fully
organized, and after the Republicans'
own heart, these conservators of, the
people's rights have flooded the counu
try with a mass of private pension
Acts to benefit parties whose claims,
in m'ost instances, have t eeq reject
ed in- tlih proper quarter, and, for
tunately, we have now a President
who has the courage to use his veto
power in these glaring cases, and has
not failed to do so. What a conserv
ative majority, solemnly pledged to
ec9Ipomy a d reform, what a.pitiable
epectable 16 here presinted weion one
man has to step in and, after care.
fully examining these Acts, feel com
pelled to veto scores of them, return
ing them to the place of their origin
as an unmistakable reminder of the
gross dereliction of duty of members
who have so betrayed their trust !
A few words more to my. fellow
farmers, and I will close. Are there
no farmers in the Third District con
petent to represent you, or do you
prefer a lawyer? That's for you to
decide one would suppose. But no
sooner is.there a vacancy'than "some.
body'" int4mates that lawyer
is just .the man, and this, passing
aroundi'anong other- lawyers, more
"coWi'a.ions" are, made to strength.
en his claimn. Mr .. is to step
into the incipient Congressman's
place; B.takee his, C takes .BD's, D
takes C's, and so on. How simple
nd innocent the whole thing is.
The poor farmer,- busy with 'his
"crops," is kindly spared all exer
tions of mind and. body, and is not
even annoyed or Worried with a sin.
gle question on a subject of so little
importance !,o him! Why, what does
he know or care about who (mis) rep.
resents him? It's all the same to
hiuu; . lie never .has obtAined any
benefit fron Congress, except now
and then five cents worth of seed,
and does not hope, nor need he, for
any, so long as three hundred and
thirty.eight -.lawyers have seats in
Congres9.
If we pay three-fourths ofthe taxes,
as erroneously asserted, surely as a
simple matter of courtesy we might
be allowed the poor privilege of send
ing two or three farmers at least to
Congress, where at present we liter.
ally have no representation whatever.
WVhile this is addressed to the
farmers of this State, it is equally im
portant that.- this meritorious ques
tion should be carefully considered
by every ~farmer throughout this
broad land, and by every man, no
matter how occupied, who wishes to
see prosperity and good government.
A Poon~ FARIMER.
An Editor's Duty.
Amid all the conflicting elements
of life, the editor has a hard time ot'
it. What to do under all circum
stances often perp)lexes his mind.
Policy dictates one thing, and princi.
pie another. Integrity suggests one
course, and' expediency suggests an
other. What then must he do? The
editor who '"rides thme fence," on any
subject, sooner or later comes to
grief. Expediency will serve him
b)ut for a season. The path of honor
and truth, is the p)ath for him to
tread, lie must walk in the p)ath of'
duty in the fear of no man, lie
must 'do good and eec-hew" evil, and
ever stand up and speak out boldly
for the good, the true and tire pure,
and always against the wrong and the
implure, and have no thought for the
consequences; God will take care of
them. Let the editor pursue tis
course, and he can laugh at.criticism,
for then he will know that the p)aLh
of duty is the only p)ath of safety.
The editor who does not f'ollow this
course, will find out that his work Is
a failure. Trhis is the course that we
have worked out for ourselves, and
despite whatever may cross our path,
we intendh with God's help to walk
in it. WVe intend to speak the truth
in advancing the right and condemn.
ing the wrong ; to "hew to the line let
the chips fall where they may," with
malice toward none, If this (10es
riot suit anybody, we can't help it..
Orana,ihurr 'f'imes umd n)-o.
CHEAT IN W ElEAT.
Observations of an E xporienced Farm
er--Ills Views on Some Other
Matters.
Mesrrs. Editors : In your issue of
2nd inst.. you asked the farmers to
give their experience and obsesva
tion of cheat in wheat. I am a plain
old farmer, without the advantages
of a "higher" or scientific education,
and shall consequently eschew the
use of technicalities and simply give
the result of my observation. The
first crop of wheat I sowed was in
the fall of 1845-known by the old
people as "the dry year." The
variety sowed was mainly what was
then known as the Alabama May or
the "little red" wheat. In the same
field and at the same time I sowed
a large-grain white wheat, known in
this vicinity as the Baltimore. The
result with both kinds was satisfac
tory. No cheat appeared this year.
The next year, '46,' 1 again used the
same varieties, the "little red' still
giving satisfactory results, but the
Baltimore rusting badly, and among
it appearing a large quantity of a
plant called among us "cockle."
'T'his I apprehend is not a variety of
cheat. Thenceforth I discarded the
Baltimore and used the "little red"
only, for several years without
making the acquaintance of the great
enemy of, Southern wheat growers,
the cheat, but cockle was to be seen
'more or less every year. In 1856 or
'57, 1 think, I seeded a portion of my
crop with a new favorite that had
made its appearance among us---the
Gale, a large white grain-still stick
ing to my well-tried friend, the red.
The result with the Gale was mag
nificent-eighteen bushels per acre.
Eureka I I thought I had found it.
But alas for human hopes ! The
next year I used none other than
Gale-foolishly discarding a long
tried friend for something new. The
result was almost an entire failure
-cheat, rust and cockle predomi
nating. Sorrowfully I hunted up
my old friend, the "little red," and
continued to use it until about 1862
or '63, when the Mogul appeared and
asked. to be tried. I was simple
enough to do so. Result--cheat and
cockle were principally the crop se
cured. I continued to use the "little
red" until Sherman's army of house
burners arrived here, on the 22nd
February. 1865. when we lost the
"little red" and have not been able
to obtain pure seed since. We have
used, "since freedom came down,"
several varieties, but cheat and rust
appeared. in all. We cannot ac
count for the presence of cheat in
wheat-the scientific may-but it
has come to stay. Some varieties of
wheat seemingly degQperate, and the
result is cheat. I have fiequeitly
.noticed on the margins of "sprouty
places"-and there are many such
in the lands about Rocky Mount
that thert is frequently a greater
quantity of cheat than wheat. Thore
are, as you mentioned, two kinds of
cheat-one in its growth and ma
turity manifesting some of the char
act'ristics of wheat, and the other of
oats. 'We think 'The former degenm
erated whmeat and the latter degene
rated oats. I have never seen oats
change to thmis species of cheat, save
when sown In thme fall. Its presence
In wheat can, in my opinion, only be
accounted for by the seeds being left
in the fields or getting mixedl at the
threshing.
Now, Messrs Edi;ors, we hmave had
our say and confess our inabi lity' to
exp)lain the Inodus oper-andi of the
chiange, but hope some of thme
-"higher" educated will rise and do
so for the benefit of the unlearned
farmners.
Having saidl thus mnuchm about
cimeat in wheat, we are tempted to
hand in our protest against sonme of
thme deliverences of the Farmers'
Convention.
WVe protest the present is an in
ausp)icious time to foist upjonI ihe
poor toil-worn taxpayers two nmore
institutions of learning. Trrue, there
may exist a necessity for time pro
posed colleges, but a very large ma
jority of our farmners are too p)oor to
avail themselves of time advantages
to give thmeir sons a scientific.traina
ing so generously offered by our rep
presentative men. Many farmers are
so circumstanced that they cannot
avail thmemselves of time meagre ad
vantages aff'orded by our fm-ce schools,
so greatly are the services of thmeir
children needed in time great strife of
bread-winning. It would be umnjust,
to place any Iunecessary bumrdiens
upon01 them. T1hme weadlthy cana semnd
their sons amnd daumghter-s to alny inm
st,itution they may elect, amnd it, is
charitably hoped timey am-c too pmroumd
to ask th .t time poor- be taxed for
thmeir benefit and too just to accept if
prof'ered. Free tumition is not time
only requisite. Such hmomely tiings
as bread, meat and apparel, are es
senti als -andl requmire ready money,
whichm thme poor laboring mani canniot
p)rocure. Th'ie ,Soutm Carolina Col
lege Is openi to all comers, free of
any chmarges, andl time Female Col
lege at Columnia and seve..al &
female schools of hi-,t grade would
doubtless he pleased to receive nd
instruet yo:ir sons and daughters.
Send them on--there "yet is room."
We are well pleased .with the re
commendation to plant less cotton,
but the convention had as well advise
t'ie cotton planters to jump to the
moon. I would be .pleased to know
how many will take their own pre
scription !
''he farmers of the Cotton States,
in our humble opinion, will continue
to plant cotton largely so long as
negro labor is so plentiful, and
bacon, corn and mules can be had on
time. We may meet in convention
and abuse the lawyers and merchants
for the hard times, but we are the
cau3e or "all our woes." The Lien
Law is here to stay atleast a while
longer should we send wise men to
make our laws.
By the by, Messrs. Editors, -are
there no aspirants for politic?"l and
official honors in the county ? Uc.
tlemen, are you afraid of the "farm
ers' move ment. ?" It is harmless,
and won't bite. I do hope to see
Fairfield send two lawyers to the
next Legislature-"an oligarchy"
that will he too wise to saddle the
farmers and all other classes with "a
real agricultural and mechanical"
college and "a school for girls" and
this old man will throw up his straw
hat and shout "hurrah" for the good
people of Fairfield. OLD : AN.
-Fa:rield News and Herald.
.... -
GE NERAIL JOHIN BIRATTON.
The Gord1on of South Carolina.
In several papers of the State Gen
cral John Bratton has been sug
gested as a suitable man to receive
the Democratic nomination for Gov.
ernor or 'South Carolina. In this
connection a few words about the
public career of the man whom it is
thus proposed to honor may not be
out of place.
After a career in the Confederate
army, which was conspicuous for
bravery, fidelity and efliciency, Gen
eral Bratton returned home, to take
his part in the endeavor to restore
the State, in some degree, to the
prosperity which had preceded the
wreck and ruin of the war. In 1865
he was sent to the State Senate from
Fairfield, without opposit.ion. Brief
as was the opportunity thus nflorded
-soon as did the Federal soldier
with his bayonet take possession of
the goverment of Sout !h Carolina
General Bratton itmpr, sed his col.
leagues and his constitt. ncy with his
fitness for his t.rust.
In the trying peril.d [rom the en
forcement of the reconstruction m.eas.
tires to the political revolution of
1876, General llratton was always
at the service of his people, in what.
ever capacity lie might do aught that
promised relief from the burden of
misrule, robberry and outrage that
made South Carolina as conspicuous
for the infamies done in her name as
she 'had once been for the greatness
of her leaders and the purity of her
government. In the movenont re.
sulting in the assembling of the Tax.
payers' Con ventions, lie lost no op.
p)ortunlity to f'urther the success of'
our oppressedl citiz/enisip, wvho( saw
in the Tlax Uniuons the only means
of' slowly dragging themselves ouit of
the condition in wich lie B adical
party had placed them.
For services rend(er'ed in timnes
suebJ as our people exp)erieniced from
1868 to 187G there could be neither
reward nor' the hope of' reward, sav'e
in the consciouisness of (duty (lone
tunder very trying cir'cumistances.
Patriotism wats hteret subhjectedl to its
highest test, without the incentives
which make abititious men p)atriotic.
TLhec meni whoi( were trute to the State
in those t imnes cottuld expect necithmer
putblic honors nor p)opla plat JLudits.
Si lent gr'atitud(e, even, seemedl some
times wanting. 'l'he men who, like
JTohn Brattoin, served South Caro
lina then, servedl her' f'or Carolina's
sake-not for their own gaiti.
It is easy to tundelrstandi that in the
'disorganmized state in which the white
people found thtemnselvyes in 1876,
af'ter every expedient, had f'ailed to
bring relict' from the evils that beset
them, the reorganization of' the Dem
ocratic party was a difficult task.
T1hie work of enliisting the good p)eo'
pIe of Fairfld in a contest that
p)romtised little else than1 di llculty,
danger and (defeat, was no easy oine.
Th'lat dluty was assigned to John
lirattomn. Th'le fruit of his labors
ably assisted at aill tinmes by the
County Executive Comititee andl
backed at last. by the good people of
Itairfled-was 5(een ini ydrthaps the
most effectiv VCPolitical organiization
that has ever existed ini South Caro
line. Tlhiat organizamtion)Wt was 1 bIt
upl oni a sentiimnt---that senitimient
which makes "duty t.he sulimest
WOrdI In the English language,'>r-1
which could only be calgM,~Il tihe
onie in whose sen a-'- * ji
fidelity to <; of' 76 General
fullest, t ike vis a membeil)r of i
where his character and ability were
recognized by those upon whom
devolved the duty of conducting a
political contest, the like of which
was never known in this country.
In 1880, General Bratton was
called to the chairmanship of the
State Executive Committee, to take
charge of a campaign which prom.
ised to be a troublesome one. It
wis conceived that there was some
grounds to apprehend a break in the
front which our people had lately
presented .to the enemy, and that
John Bratton was the man to avoid
the breach if possible and heal it if
made. The success of that catn
paign, and the support he had from
all the Democracy of the State
showed that those who had called him
to the post knew the man they had
chosen.
In 1)cember, 1880, General Bat.
ton was, without any solicitation on
his part, elected by the Legislature
to the important post of Comptroller.
General of the State. It is needless
to say that he filled that office in a
mainer altWether creditable.
In 1884,7 eneral Bratton was sug
gested by good men in various parts
of the State for the otice of Governor.
1'he State Convention passed no
judgtnent o. his merits. A third
man was, by a majority of the dele
gates, thought to be desirable, and
the choice was so made.
In 1884, the vaneancy in the rep
resentation of the Fourth District,
occasioned by the death of the la
mented Evins, was filled-by the nom
ination and election of General Brat.
ton for the unexpired term. We
have it from those who know, that he
was long enough in Washington to
inpress himself there as one of the
soundest and strongest men that
have represented South Carolina in
the councils of the nation.
General liratton's record, in all
the places to which the confidence
of his people has called him from the
quiet labors of his farm here in Fair.
field, is that of' a man who has known
no rule of conduct but that- which
comes of sound judgment, keen sense
of duty, and an absolutely unselfish
devotion to the people Who have
trusted him. Never an omce seeker,
he has held ofilce only at the call of
the people. Nothing of a politician,
lie has engaged in politics by way of
service to his people.
The present situation in this State
is not without difficult i.es-wo might
say not without dangers. To lead
the people out of these troubles, to
avert these dangers, there is no fitter
or better man in till South'Carolina
than John lratton, of Fairfield.
Viitn boro News and Herald.
COMMERCIAL FEltTILIZELs.
DOC the Use of Commercial Fertilizers
Pay to Raise Cotton at 8 Cents?
The above question was ably de
bated at the farmers' club meeting
last Saturday afternoon. Some held
that the use of it pays, and that a ju
dicious use of guano will pay under
ordinary circuinstances. Some even
went so far a to say that f'rtilizers
has tmade the South; that it, has built
up trade and b)rought railroads Into
our country, and has brought ouit
many conveniences, and in fact (lone
nmny things for the progress of the
South that otherwise would not have
been (lone.
We are tunder the 0opinlont that next
to slavery guano is tihe mpst iron
hiandied curse that has been imposed1
upon thme South. It has- completely
deCstroyed most of our corn cribs,
shuick pens, fodder stacks, smoke
houses, wheat boxes, hog pens, and
in fact has turnedi the brain of the
farmer wild with the visionary dreams
of' a gr'and theoretical idea of this
one system of' farming. JTust after
tihe war almost every renter had his
hogs, cows, corn cribs, meat houtses,
and( his little cabini had its attract,ions
of' comnfont and plenty. TIhen these
long time-prices were unheard of,
and our' country prospered like a
rose, andl hardl times were not known
to our peCople. Blut alas I thme con
trast, and we fully believe that guano
hmas been the prime factor in this
great struggle of the poor farmer for
an honest stuport. D)oubtless heo
has been working as he thought to
his own interest, but there is no
mistake about his following the bea
cotns of a misguided ambition, lie
has mnade some right nice calcula
tions uplonI paper, andl( in his mind,
buIt his practical benefits are few and
far betweein.
Thle comutry has become p)oorer,
and this one-sidie idea has led mamw:
man into head long ban krun .a ntiI
hats forced him to ne dete' lis en
cropsR and(asdhltti rp
tire attenti9p " 0, aos begotten
is - Ideas about rasing
iJitjj failed to pan out as sposl
.6 do by the great chamupions of its
nany wonderful p)owers. Thie ox-.
ravaganit use of guano is the father |
f hard times, directly or indirectly, s
. i.Stisnie to stop and think.-' *
''ITACIEtS' I)EPARTM 1NT,.
ARTIIUR KI%Bt, EDITOIR.
i'rogranntme for August 7.
What should be the character of school
exhibitions, and what are they worth ?
G. A. Mills. The teacher as a student
T. E. Mitchell. The value of school
journals, Miss Boulah Oreneker. 'Two
papers were read at last meeting, one
on geography, the other on the teacher
at play time. These subjects will be dis
cusse( at the next meeting.
Mr. J. M. Henry, of the class of 1886,
has commenced teaching about three
miles below town. We wish him success.
and hope that lie will be pleased with
the occupation he has chosen. We ,are
glad to see the ranks of the army of
teachers gradually becoming stronger.
Edication is the hope of the country.
We will commence in thne to Insist
that the teachers come to the next meet
lug of the association. Our last meeting
was forgotten we are afraid, by many.
Don't foi'get tie time of the next ifh'et
ing. It will be on the 7th of August.
Some of you may live some distance, but
try to come nevertheless. We notice
that some attend regularly, although
their homes are some distance from town.
If those who live near were as thorough
ly interested as some who live at a dis
tance, we believe that the meetings
would be better attended. You have
let the opportunity of hearing some
good lectures pass, by not coming to the
association.
Who doubts that the teachers' column
has the sIpport of the teachers? Who
at the same time doubts that it is a silent
support? This silent aid may be of
great benefit, but we fall to realize it.,
and unless it is felt it might as well be
withheld. We have never yet com
plained of the teachers not writing for
-their column, because the do not believe
that it will do any good. We think,
however, that it is high time that we
should have something to read, written
by the teachers of the county. Teach
ere, let us hear from you, and no longer
remain In that inactive and seemingly
unsympathizing state.
Words Mibaued.
Qarry for conduct, lead, or escort.
The misuse of this word is very frequent
and very flagrant. It properly means
"to convey or transport," either i 'Per
son or by mears of a vehicle of some
sort. ''he person or thing carried makes
no exertion in the case, but submits to
the action of the carrier.
If, therefore, I escort a lady to church,
I do not carry her. If I lead a horse to
water, I do not carry him. If I drive
the cows to the pasture, I do not carry
them. And yet, we hear the word
used in all these ways.
Infallible for inevitable.-"'Infallible"
means 'that can not make a mistake,
or he deceived." "Inevitable" means
"that can not he avoided." And yet,
we hear people speaking of the Infallible
consequences of a course of conduct,
manifestly intending to imply that the
consequences are uunvoidable.
Mad for angry.-"Mad" Is a much
stronger word than "angry," and is not
usually appropriate as a substitute for it.
Madness is the disorder or distraction of
the intellect, or the condition of a mad
man. Anger is only a strong emotion
of the mind, excited by a real or sup
posed injury, and may be and often is
of short duration. It admits, however.
of different degrees, passing through the
successive stages of wrath, rage, and
fury up to madness; so that one who Is
indulging In very violent passion may
without much impropriety be said to be
temporarily mad. But this admissable
use of it in extreme cases iOs not jus
tlfy its use oni all trivial occasions of sa-.
ger or resentment.-Naiad.
The D)nemrtie.P'artyandt the Farm.
.ers.
Sc) far as wve are concerned, we are
perfectly willing to trust time destinies
of the D)emocratic party of the coun
ty to the farmers. They have al
ways been trute to the best interest
of time county and State, and we do
not see why any one should feel the
least alarm about the present move
ment. As taxp)ayers they should
Lake a lively interest in pub)lic affairs,
and the fact that they are doing so
Is one of the most hopeful signs of
the Suture. Let thme farmers come
to the D)emocratic Cfanvention,with
well formulated plans for carrying
into operation their views, and they
will have no trouble in executing
them. Majority rule is the funda
mental princip)le upon which the
Democratic party is built, and tihe
farmers being largely in the majority
in the party, have a righlt to rule Its
counsels, and no good -Democrat has
a right to object to this, as the mein.
ute hed does so he ceases to be q
D)emocrat. This being the case
say to the farmers of Ora~r
County, elect your very "onven.
represent you in the ,0. d es
Lion which meiet34tthse delegates
Itf needs be,,gnain policy to carry
to putrsy%d-ews. In this way-you
out yw hat you p)le ase, and put in
e' offlces whom yo lease5. We
wo"ul advise the farmers, however,
to shiunm demagogues and take as
leaders men of their calling whon are
auccessf'ul in their business. Men
who claim to bec farmers, but wvho do
iot demonstrate tihe fact by a sue
~essfulI career on the farm are hardiy
he men to leadl us out of the wilder.
.ess. 'rihese men are place flunters,
ndt it makes no difference to themi
LW they secure it. Our farmers
huld be represented by the most
uccessful of their cls,-Oa