Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-09-18
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.

LETTER FROM CHESTER.
CHESTER, September 16.-The failure of
the late Judicial Convention at this place to
nominate a Solicitor for the Sixth Circuit
has given rise to the question, what is to be
done about it? Different opinions are en-
tertained in regard to the matter. Some
favor one plan, while others favor differ
ent plan for getting out of the difficulty. l
called on Mr.. ]. NJ. McNeel, our county
chairman, and member of the late Judicial
his views on the situation. SIN my opin-
ion," he said, "there are three ways out of
the dilemma. First-A primary election
in each county, all the candidates to be voted
for. This plan is liable to the objection that
the voters are scattered over so large an ex-
tent of territory, the candidates have not
time to see the voters personally, and hence
the latter would not be able to judge Of the
merits of the candidates. Under such cir
cumstancesa wise exercise of the voting pow
er could not be made. Another objection
to the primary plan is its combersomeness,
requiring the aid of three men at each pre-
cinct in the several counties, and of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of each county. AnOth-
er objection is the aversion to the primary
plan, because the people have had enough
of it for the present, and are now intent on
their own business.
"Second plan-To allow each of the can
didates to run at the general election; The
law requires the name of the solicitor to
be on a separate ticket from the others. If
this plan is adopted, each candidate must
print his own tickets, and have them circu-
lated under his own auspices at the various
precincts in the several counties, for no one
of them could be considered the nominee Of
the Democratic party. This plan is liable to
the objection that it is one step towards the
disorganization of the Democratic party.
outside the pale of the party. Another OBJ
lection to this plan is that each candidate
might resort to the soliciting of colored vo-
ters, and the one that received the largest
number of colOred votes would likely be
elected. Besides some Radical might run
and beat any Democratic candidates.
"Third plan-To haveanother County Con-
vention called in each county to elect dele
gates to another Judicial Convention. This
IS probably the best plan, provided the
County Convention simply asks the chosen
delegates to do the best they can for their
respective county candidates. In my opin-
| ion instructions to delegates to vote first,
last and all the time for their respective
county candidates is an error, and calcula-
| ted to do great harm. 1t arrays county
against county, and the question who shall
| be the nominee of the Convention becomes
one of physical endurance. The delegate,
instead OF being free to choose whomsoever
| he may believe best fitted for the position
is parrot, to voice forth the name Of his
candidate Under such system balloting
is mere mechanical operation. Sensible
delegates should be chosen, those who will
| do the best they can to secure their own
man, and failing in this, will honestly
choose from the other candidates one COM
petent for the position, no matter from what
county he comes. A strict adherence to
| this idea is in my opinion necessary to the
harmony of the Democratic party. If this
plan is adopted by the several counties in
this Circuit, and new delegates be chosen to
the new Convention, feel assured that
competent and worthy solicitor will be cho--
sen for this Circuit at the meeting of next
Convention. I shall not ask for the Con-
vention to meet at Chester, but will vote for
it to meet at either York, Winnsboro or
| Lancaster. AS there is no law requiring the
| Convention to meet in the boundary of the
Circuit, IL think it decidedly best that the next
Convention be called to meet at Columbia,
and would suggest Wright's Hotel on the
evening of the 30th Of this month. l make
this suggestion for the reason that it requires
three of the four county chairmen to agree
upon the time and place, and it is not likely
lIldG lllG GIrGe CIldlEulcu vi GllC oGHCl Souii-
ties would agree upon either York, Winns-
boro or Lancaster. Each will be afraid of
the local influences of the other places. AS
to the time, the county chairman of each
county must see to the printing Of the tick
ct, and the nominee whoever he may be,
ought to be known to them at least one
month before the general election.
Miss Mary Caldwell, daughter of Mr..
William Caldwell, of Smiths Turn Out,
died on last Thursday, and was buried the
next day. She died of lung disease. The
funeral services were preached by Rev. j.
Lowrie Wilson. She was an excellent
young lady.
| The farmers have at stbeen blessed with
| a fine season. Fora while they will be very
busy sowing oats and picking cotton. They
complain of the injury done to cotton by the
| dry weather.
Nine bales of cotton were sold in Chester,
on last Saturday. Our merchants are look
| ing for good trade this fall and winter.
New goods are daily arriving, and very
soon our town will be very lively in bust
ness way. We will have quite number of
cotton buyers, and the competition between
them will doubtless send the price of cotton
up to the highest market price. NJ.