Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-02-21

Thompson might become a candidate for
Congress this year, but there is the best au-
thority for saying that under no circumstan-
ces will he accept the nomination for Con-
gress, and that he will consider it a high
honor if he shall he renOminated and re-
elected as Governor.
There will be considerable stir in three Of
the Democratic Congressional Districts this
summer. 1t is no secret that Congressman
John H. Evns, of the Fourth District, is in
for reelection. The State has no better
representative in Congress than Col. Evins,
and his inability to serve the State any lon
ger will be serious public loss. There is
no doubt that he has won the confidence and
respect of the Republicans as we'll as Demo
Gratis as an able and hard working member
of Congress. He is now serving his fourth
term and would probably have been renom-
mated if he could have been a candidate.
There are several candidates in prospect.
Richland has eX-Attorney-General L. F.
Youmans and Col. VIM. Wallace. Fairfield
is expected to put forward the name of Col.
r. w. Woodward, but that jovial and unre-
constructed gentleman declares that he will
not be candidate again. Greenville will
have two candidates, Mr.. James l.. Orr and
Col. w. H. Perry, the eldest son of ex-Gov-
ernor B. F. Perry. Spartanburg will proba-
bly, enter asa candidate COL D. R. Duncan,
now the Circuit Solicitor, and who was the
man who, as president of the company, car
ried the Spartanburg and Asheville Rail
road across the Blue Ridge. Union, like
Spartanburg, will have but one candidate,
and he will be Col. I. G.. McKissick. There
is plenty Of room for speculation as to the
chances of the several gentlemen spoken of,
but not more than three of them are eX-
pected to develop any considerable strength. *
The present representative of the Third
District is Col. d. Wyatt Aiken, who is SER
wing his fourth term, and is candidate for
denomination. There is not much likeli-
hood that he will be opposed in his own
county, though it has been hinted that there
may be aspirants there. Newberry will
have a candidate in the person of the Hon.
George JohnstOne, who is chairman Of the
committee of ways and means of the House
of Representatives of the State. Oconee
and Pickens have suggested no candidates
so far. 1t is reported that Anderson will
put in the field Mr.. E. B. Murray, the edit
or of the Anderson Latelligencer, and one of
the most active members of the House of
Representatives.
The Second District isl now represented
by Mr.. George ID. Tillman, of Edgefeld,
and his denomination will not be opposed,
it is thought, in his own county. There
may be opposition to him in Hampton and
Barnwell, as we'll as In Aiken. In Barn.
well State Senator Lartigue is talked of as
a probable candidate, and from Aiken Rep
resentative G. w. Croft isnamed.
The Fifth and Sixth Districts are repre-
sented by Messrs. John j. Hemphill and
Georoe w Daroan respectiy yelV These
gentlemen are now serving their first term,
having been elected in 1882, under the Act
re-distrieting the State. They have given
satisfaction to their constituents, and will
be re-nominated without opposition.1
-. In -tlke Affairs of sthe Seventh, or Black
District, the Democrats donot take much
interest. There is no talk of nominating a
Democratic candidate in the district, and
the Republicans will be allowed to fight it
out in their own way.
Altogether the outlook for lively times
during the canvass for the nominations is
quite promising, and it is not very wide of
the mark to suppose that there will be con-
siderable activity on the part of the Repub-
licans, during the two or three months inn
mediately preceding the election. The in
dications are that there will be no Republi-
can opposition to the election of the Demo-
cratic candidates for State offices, or except
in the Republican counties, to the Demo-
cratic candidates for county offices and the
Legislature. The Republicans will natural
ly make an effort to carry one or more or
the Congressional districts and try to obtain
majority for their electoral ticket. Their
chances in the latter respect will depend
very much on the character of the Demo-
cratic candidate for President and the ma
ture of the platform on which he stands.