The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-01-31
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Sumter.
ED1fcRIAL NOTES.
IfGsosse Tiilraau would rug for Governor
we eanld, With clear conscience, vote Tor
Tillnaa 10 to. primary.
It is'an idle dream ,o.think that Ben Fill
man wM ssep aside IN the Senatorial saee in
the interest q sefaxa and Batter:
The Greeaylae Nsv. .p.Iz compares Dr..
samp. Pops,s jAr . ihst isv-aone;u Nth i
susch are eject on ise PAiis,ioes 81 SsRson
Of old.
About four years ago there was much COM
p,ains coneeruing executive pardons. Why
are the conplainers now so silent
A March Coorention With Bowden in the
saddle, may mean senatorial candidate Of
the name of Keitt
Il really looks like Sight between Retawm
and the Alliance. Bowdeo, She'll, ct al. vs.
Tillnan, Irby, e al. We are not in any such
rnmpus.
Emperor William sent Bismarck bottle of
wine and they made friends e.. Wash.
Shell had better try bottle of Xpensary ON
Irby.
Sererl arrests for selling liquor have been
made In Columbia. All parties have given
boad, which Is probably the last We shall
hear Of the matter.
We would rather be toad and feed on the
yaposs of q dungeon than refasm candidate
and bare to 60 ON the stump and defend the
dispenssiry law az moral measure.
Bsadssreets says the outlook is growing
brishter. The, prediction does not refer 10
peace, unity aud good government in South
Carolina.
In the exercise Of hts pardosing powers it
would no. be bad idea for Gov. Tillmau p
recruit his standing army of gentlemen from
the pen,teasiary.
Nov thar the prize fght is over We would
like TO know how much the Associated Press
got for it's pages Of pure reading advertise
meots Of the fight.
The Darliogson Herald, which suspended
publication sometime since, will resume. We
welcome 1he HsraM and Editor Woods back
to the ranks. His fearless aud forcible pen
has been missed.
To an outsider there appears to be an uncer-
tain and painful quietness in the refawm polit-
ical pot in Sumter. While the lions and
tigers fight the lesser animals Of the mana
gerie await the outcome in silence.
Gov. Mitchell failed to prevent the Corbett
aud Mi,cbell prizs Sght after all bis talk.
The fight brief and brutal, was dissppoint-
mens to the sports who hoped for q longer
fight. Corbett holds the championship BY
virtue of being the better man.
Refawm candidates are. to be weeded TO
stand before the primary. One shall be
taken and the other left; but perhaps there
are few more soft snaps in the dispensary
that will be given them as sop, With an adj
ditional bonus on account of the odium.
Gentleman Elliott, the dispensary spy, who
distinguished himself in Charleston last week
by striking woman, is the same fellow who
fa.hered the resolutious in tie Lancaster AL
lance bgeottiog the Lancaster Rec'ea0 because
that journal repndiated thespurious refawmers
of the June Bug Legislature.
The Mayor of Darlington has bees notified
by Gov. Tillman that that city's share of the
dispeneary profits would be con6scated since
no reply to his circular had been received
from the City Council. We have 90 doubt
be would like to con6scate the shares of all
towns and use the funds 10 increase bis sAnd.
ing army of mild and gentlemasly spies.
The ball given by the Governors Guards,
of Columbia, to the Sumter Light Infantry
was compliment that the members Of the
company appreciated TO high degree.
Such exchange of courtesies, are evidences OF
the friendly feeling existing between the
two places. We of Sumter have always felt
that in Columbia we have neigabor of the
rigat sort.
President Cleveland, by the nomination of
Judge Peckham for the Associate Justiceship
of the Supreme Court, has laid himself open
to the charge of seeking to crafty personal
animosity against Senator Hill. Judge Peck
ham is highly endorsed, and it is to his credit
that he is an enemy of the New York machine
and Senator Hill, but President Cleveland
could have found Democrat with clear
political record, while Judge Peckham is
reformed Republican, and has been an inde-
pendent. President Cleveland has placed
a premium on reformed Republicans aud
pushed aside worthy Democrats too often dur
ing nis present term. As On this occasion,
II seems that the enmity between Senator