The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-19
GOV. EVANS.

Tillman. The change was made last
week. Gov. Tillman will not remain
in private life long for before this
reaches our readers he will have been
elected United States Senator to sue
ceed Senator Butler.
We publish this week Gov. Evans
inaugural address. We commend it
for its conservative tone, and the senti-
ments it expresses reflect credit upon
him. We trust that be may keep the
pace be has set and let factional bitter
nes and factional strife be thing apart
from his administration and be in
reality the Governor of all the people.
AS we stated some time ago he has
i, the opportunity to make name and
record for himself that come to but 1eW
men. There is a spirit and a feeling
among the people that there is no use
to keep up the strife of the past few
years and that it is folly for the white
people to be divided as they have been.
1
| Our interests are common and this
warfare on one another is suicidal. We
can get together without the sacrifice
of principle and We must get together.
Gov. Evans can d. much to this end
and The Herald and News proposes to
hold up his hands in all efforts to ac-
complish this purpose and instead of
constantly seeking something with
which to find fault in his administra-
ton we propose rather to seek some
thing to commend.
This proposition in the address of
Gov. Evans is fair and The Herald and
News joins him heartily in it: II say
here and now upon the threshold of
my administration to those who oppose
me, Come let US room together There
is no reason in South Carolina for
divided hearts" X x 1--WE cannot
compromise principle, we will not sur
render our birthright and we must
make the best Of our surrounding cir
cunstances. Let us then in adjusting
our differences remember that we are
South Caroliuians and the only plane
upon which we can meet is that ofequal-
ity, guided by wisdom, justice and mod
eration." That is fair enough. Now let
Gov. Evans live up to the sentiments
here expressed and all will be we'll. lie
will have enough of the really ccnserv-
ative men of the State to hold up his
hands to make the few extreme men
Of all factions so ashamed of themselves
that they will not make much noise or
ifthey do noise will be about all they
can make.
We have not space to review the en-
tire address but we are one of those
who do no not belieye that it is too late
to have the white people reunited,
working for the common good of the
State. Now that Tillman has been re-
moved from State politics as an active
factor we desire to hearno more of anti
Tillman and Tillmanite. We should
also abolish the appellations of reform
ers and conservatives and let all the
really conservative people of theState go
to work for genuine reform and the up
building of the material interests of the
State and for the happiness and pros
perity of all the people. This shall be
the purpose of The Herald and News
and in our criticisms Of public men
and measures we shall always have
these purposes in view, forgetting the
past divisions of our people. In doing
this we do not propose to surrender any
principles for which he have coutended
nor do we ask or expect anyone else to
do so. But there is no use or sense in
constant pickering. We should grasp
the opportunities of the present and
look with hope to the future with an
~zssingle to the good of South Carolisl
na. CO.. Evans has the oep9Etsa5ity
that come to1at to 1saqtS- ssss .fi iSe6 and we hope
he will rise to the position and demon
strate that he is true son of Carolina
and patriot and thus be pleasant
disappointment to his enemies and
qualification to his friends. We ask
you to read his inaugural.