The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-17
THE DEFEAT OF HAMPTON.
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY ABOUT THE
SENATORIAL ELECTION.
Public Opinion Regards HamPt0n's
Dismissal from the Public Service
a. n Pnblic Misfortune.

Public Opinion Regards HamPton's
Dismissal from the Public Service
a. q Pnblic Misfortune.
From the New York World, Dem.l
Senator Wade Hamptons defeat will re.
move from the Senate one OF IT'S plctuIes9ue
and historical flsures-that OF q brave soldier
and an honest gentleman. II he Is remeW.
bered for nothing else, IT will be sufficient
honor to him thai he had the gratitude OF the
country for his eminent and efficient services
in putting an end to sectional striie ana nat'
red.
[From the Macon, Ga, Telegraph Dem.l
The defeat OF Senator Wade Hampton,
which was accomplished at Columbia VIII
cause sincere regret, not only In :SonLn Cnro
lima, but throughout the entire country, us
all the more deploraoe because the man ,nu Wno
would not be worthy of the office under any
circumstances. In the essential qualifications
of useful and influential Senator he is de,
ficient. and his antecedents nre not al M
creditable, to say the least. He is an acclden-
tal product Of feud and discomfort and dema-
gogy In South Carolina politics, and his e!ec.
Of Harrison II. Riddleberry In the proud old
State of Virginia Senator Hampton DID not
deserve the treatment he received. he haa
ever been true to the people OF his State, anu
has rendered them noble service IN peace and
In war Had he done nothing else MS con,
duct during the stormy days of 1867 would
have given him good lille 10 Inc eVcrlustlnB
gratitude OF his fellOw-citlZens.
From The Washington Post. Ind
Senator Hampton will retire after long
and honorable public service. He has never
distinguished himself by going outside his
party lines 10 accomplish legislation, but he
has done nothing to bring, dishonor on his
name or tarnish the reputation OF his state.
(From the Philadelphia Times, Dem.
The election Of Irby tn the Senate from
South Carolina Is the natural sequel OF the
election of Tillman as Governor: 1rby Is
Tillmans lieutenant, bearing 10 him some
ly bore to Malone when that schemer over.
| turned Virginia. He cloud ed, and he has
served Tillman well, who made him speaker
of the House and now has made him senator.
south Corolina has suffered terrible retrib.
ution for the political errors OF the past, but
her humiliat ion ls not yet ended. Ihe ola
leaders have not been able to adapt them
selves to the new conditions as they have
done In Georgia and Alabama, and set an.
other shaking up has been necessary, that
naturally has brought much scum to the sur
face. 1fWade Ham pton mad neen T. S younger 10 ea
doubt lie could have wiIhstooi the storm, az
Gordon did, for the south Carolina people
respect and love him. But he has neither
fought it. and he has fallen by the wayside
amid universal regret. The meaning OF AL
this Is simply breaking away from party
restraints and the old aristocratic traditions
which South Carolina is once more 10 work
out her salvation. Men like Tillman anu IT.
| by have their uses. Just rs MohOne ana
Riddleberger had. who now have have past ihIo mo
South Carolina will eventually lake her
place in the advancing columns of the New
Sonth.
(From the Philadelphia Ledger, Rep)
Col. ]. T.. VI. Irby, who has been elected to
| succeed Wade Hampton as Senator from
South Carolina, will be one of the youngest
mem bers of the Senate, for he is only 80 years
or age. His title Is probably honorary, or has
been given to him by courtesy. Tor ne Is 100
young TO have fought In the war of the REBEL
on. He is lawyer by profession, but prac-
ticed law only two years and has since been
equally successful as farmer and politician.
AS clerk OF the State Legislature for the last
four years he has probably become familiar
with legislative methods, but his youth WI,
States Senate. South Carolina can hardly be
congratulated on her choice made under the
influence Of the Farmers Alliance. Senator
| Hampton has been an honor TO the state and
should have been reelected.
From the New York Press, Rep.]
A Bourbon Of the Bourbons, Wade Hamp
/ toms personal honesty has never been i'm
| pcacheh, and he has commanded the respec-
ofthe Republicans as we'll as the. Democrats
among his colleagues.
From the New York Sun, Dem.l
Il 1he Hon. JOnn lyaufenS manning Troy,
Speaker OF the South Carolina House OF Rep.
resen ntatives, who was elected Senator In
Congress 10 succeed Gen. Wade Hampton, Is
only 36, and has the opportunity to make q
be received with general regret In the coun-
try, and in the Sc nate of which he hus been q
useful If not distinguished member.
/ From the Philadelphia Press, Rsp.l
The defeat Of Senator Hampton for Re-elec-
tion by the Legislature ofSouih Carolina will
II tnaI ont
Generally his course has been conservative,
both on political and financial questions, and
he has made many friends outside Of his own
party.
From The New York Times, Mug.l
One of the results of the political Overlurn
in South Curolina produced by the Farmers
Alliance Is the defeat Of Gen. Wade Hampton
as q candidate for reelection TO the United
States Senate, of which he has been consplc-
uous member during the last twelve years.
This is a result over which there Will be no re-
joiclng outside OF South Carolina. for Cen
Hampton has shown himself an able, digni-
fled and hish-minded Senator. =
II From the Norfolk Landmark, Dem.l
We would rather be Hampton defeated
than lrby elected, and In saying this we In no
sense disparage the ability or character OF the
younger man. Hampton should be elected
i Governor ut the next election, ana In all
probability will be.
From the Philadelphia Record, Dem.]
South Carolina has chosen very young
man-Col. Irby is only 3B-to succeed Wade
Hampton in the United States Senate. The
newly elected Senator was but q child of Z
years when thecivil war broke out, In which
Hampton fought galantly for the Lost
| Cause. Old things are passing away, indeed,
when the new blood Of the South Is thus In.
jected into our political system.
(From the Brunswick. Ga. Tlmes,:Dem
The South Carolina Legislature tas defeated
| ElamptOn for the United States md elected
Irby. This Is n triumph for the Tillmanltes
but II Is q very sad defeat for South Carolina.
(t'rom the ST Louis Globe Dem. Rcp)
Even In South Carolina illIstrlous Lineage
and q gallant record in the Confederate army
are beginning to lose their potency with the
people Wade Hampton had all these. sup.
| plemented. by years fable and faithful SER
vice in the Senate. He offended the Farmers
Alliance, however by his sound and sensible
views ON the finance question. and his politl.
ral career as Il consequence, closes on March
lth next.
| from the Mobile Register, Dem.
"refnrm' that sweeps Wade Hampton out
of Office Ia no refrom at all. 1t Is humbug
and u deluEi0n.
(From the Hartford Courant. Rep.
| Senator Wade Hampton has been plunged
sorry for II. Politically he is at least less OBJ.
IsctiOuable than the man who succeeds him.
while in respect OF brains. character and
manners he IN far and away the preferable
Democrat o. the two. Evil days have indeed
come TO the cavaliers, and the Southern Con.