The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-12
TO BE OR NOT TO BE.
The Candidates and their Cards-Shepparo
Will Not Run-Earle Out for Governor
j. Pope for AttorneJ-Generai
1Special TO News and Courier.

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Y.J. Pope for Attorney-General.
Especial to News and Courier.I
EDGEFIELD, S. c., June 10.-The
Hon. J. G. Sheppard will be out IN a
letter in tomorrow's Edgefield Chronl-
Gle, in which he will among other
things announce his intention not TO
enter the Gubernatorial race in the
present campaign.
EARLE ENTERS THE LISTs-THE GAME
COCK CANDIDATE WILL MAKE
GAME FIGHT.
TO the Editor Of the News and
Courier: l beg that you will allow he
the use of your columns to say to those
of nv friends and fellow-citiZens III
different parts Of the State W ho have
earnestly requested me by letters and
petitions to come out rs q candidate for
the Gubernatorial nomination Of our
party that I have determined, after
mature deliberation anda careful study
of the questions now agitating our
people, toaccede to their wishes.
I will be present at the opening
meeting of the campaign in Greenville
next Tuesday, June 10, where ! will
declare the motives and considerations
which prompt me to enter upon the
canvass My efforts in the coming
campaign will he directed toward
maintaining the integrity of the DEM
ocratic party at all hazards, and the
propagation of those views on econo-
mic and political questions that are
based on intelligent sentiment without
regard to any class or faction.
If Gfdefeated shall accept the result
without bitterness, feeling that [ have
performed duty owe To my people
as citizen who has been honored and
trusted by them in the past.
Jos: H. EARLE.
Sumter, June 4, 1880.
GEN. POPE on THE TILLMAN TICKET.
To the Democratic Party Of South
Carolina:
Fellow CitiZens-I announce myself
as a candidate for the office Of Attorney
General of this State upon the Ticket
of the Farmers Movement, subject to
the action of the Democratic Conven-
ton of this State.
l endorse the platform of principles
adopted by the March Convention. l
endorse the candidacy Of Capt. B. r.
Tillman for Governor, and shall ad-
vocate the wisdom of his election. TO
be more explicit, I rise or fall with the
candidates Of the Farmers Movement.
recognize that this is government
of the people, by the people and for the
people, and that as consequence the
offices belong to them.
l believe in rotation in office, feeling
| that it is conducive to the good of the
Democratic Party, and that it rebounds
| to the welfare of the State.
! believe that our government can be
and should be more economically ad-
ministered, thereby reducing taxa
ton.
1 believe that there are precedents
already established in the expenditure
of the peoples money that should be
wiped out and rebuked by the people.
l recognize the establishment Of the
| Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical
College as a step forward by the people.
and believe that this institution can
be supported and developed without
any increase Of taxes. a
Hoping to be able to discuss these
and all other matters of public interest
in the canvass soon to be opened,
Y. J. POPE.
Newberry, S. c., June i, 1890.
SENT TO THE WRONG ADDRESS.
News and Courier.
Gen. Y. J. Pope, of Newberry coun-
ty, has issued an address ''to the DEM
ocratic party of South Carolina" an.
nouncing that he will be "a candidate
for the office of Attorney General of
this State upon the Ticket of the Farm
ers' Movement Gen. Pope says that
he endorses ssthe platform of principles
adopted by the March Convention"
and 1.-The candidacy of Capt. B. r.
Tillman for Governor and declares
that he "shall advocate the wisdom of
his election.n ITO be more explicit"
as Gen. Pope puts it, 81 rise or fall
with the candidates of the Farmers
Movement.n He also says that he be-
lieves in rotation in Office" and there
fore he wishes to rotate" in the office of
Attorney General.
But, really, we do not see why Gen.
Pope should have addressed his pro-
nouncement "to the Democratic party
of South Carolina" He should have
directed it to Capt. Tillman or Capt.
Shell or President Talbert of Mr.. Irby,
or to the campaign committee of Capt.
Shells Convention. He does not say
that he is candidate for Attorney
General on the Democratic ticket; he
does not say that he endorses the plat
form of principles enunciated by the
Democratic party, but be announces to
the Democratic party that be is CAN
didate for prominent State office on
ticket with the nomination OF which
the Democratic party as such has had
nothing whatever to do. Gen. Pope's
address is altogether one of the most
remarkable features of a remarkable
campaign.
Gen. Pope says he is a candidate
upon the ticket of the Farmers Move
ment.n But the Farmers Movementn
has no ticket. The March Convention
refused to make any nominations. 1t
only offered two suggestions" one of
whom declined to allow himself to be
used for purely political purposes. The
Convention did not even suggest Gen.
Pope, and it seems 70 be little incon-
sistent that one wbt recognizes "that
this is a Government OF the people, by
the people, and for the people, and
that, as consequence, the offices be-
long to them,n should not permit the
people to select the men whom they
would prefer to fill their offices.
But there is no doubt about it now
that Gen. Pope wants office. He says
so himself, although he does not give
any good reason why he should have
it. It is nothing but fair to him, how
ever, to say that he is candidate for
the office of Attorney General, not on
the Democratic ticket, but on the Till
man ticket. We do not know what
Capt. Tillman will do about it. The
Democratic party of South Carolina"
have nothing to do with Gen. Pope's
candidacy. He does not want the
Democratic nomination. He is going