The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-12
ONCE MORE TO The BREACH,
DIR. SAMPSON POPE WILL RUN FOR
GOVERNOR IN NOVEMBER.
He Is Sick and Tired Of Bossism and hes'eVes
the People are With Hin-Ae VIII
Run "As an Anti-Dispensary
Candidate and in Favor
Of True De;noc-
fSnecial TO News and Courier.

CaCy
GSpecial to News and Courier.
NEWgERRY, September Another
chunk of discomfort has been added TO
the political fire in South Carolina.
What has been expected for some
time has come to pass. DR.. Sampson
Pope, an original "Reformer," has an
noupced his candidacy as candidate
for Governor at the general election.
He has taken his stand against the dis,
pensary and against the Ring" ana
for true DemocracyIn With these
three demands he expects to make a
winning fight. He announces tnat ne
is now in the race to the finish and
that he will worry his opponents q
great deal more than they anticipate.
At the outset be wants it 10 be distinct
" and emphatieally understood that
he is no ones candidate sud that ne
has no idea of appealing to the coiofeo
voters.
DR.. Pope telegraphed the News and
Courier correspondent that he would
like to see him in Newberry. and ID
response to this invitation flying visit
was made to that busy town. After
greetings had been exchanged DR. Pope
settled Gown to business. II have
bern devilled and worried until have
determined to show them that l can
fight and win. / am sick and tired OF
the bossism that we have and have
had, and l believe the people are with
me-" and with this he drew out OF bis
pocket his latest pronuncIamento and
rood II oiou3 &C fOil0US.
POPE TO THE PEOPLE
To the Democratic voters of South
Carolina:. understand that one Of the
Ring said to 8 gentleman few days
ago, speaking of me, He shall never
hold office again" Chagrined at my
exposure of ring methods by refusing
10 90 into his trap at the first and Sec
ond primary, he thus vents his spleen.
believe th It thsIolIices belong to the
people and not 10 any individual or set
of Individuals. I shall therefore be q
candidate for Governor at the general
election.
The last killing at Blackville has con-
WINGED me that we can never have
peace in this State so long as the dis
pensary law is upon the statute books.
I SudlI, lO1 oS II GA SASESN
sary candidate and in favor of true
Democracy. Let the people decide at
this election whether or not few men
shall dictate who shall hold the offices,
and let them decide for themselves
whether or not laws shall be passed IN
lne interest of peace and harmony and
good government at this election. A
ballot can be cast directly for the man
of the peoples choice. Let the people
rise up as one man and see to 1t that
there shall be fair count. Respect
fully, SAMPSON POPE.
Newberry, S. c., September I, 1894,
HE WILL WIN OR LOSE.
DR.. Pope read his address with en-
phasis and earuestness, and when he
finished he remarked: II expect to win
or lose on that platform, tecause be-
: lieve tits right"
When asked if be bad been asked by
any set of men to make the race he re-
piled: II am making the race on my
own hook. I have not been tied on to
any ones coat-tail aud do not know
whether any one will run with me-"
When asked about his plan Of cam
paign be remarked that it would per-
haps be best not to say very much on
that subject. He, however, indicated
that ne would make as active canvas
of the State as possible, not by making
speeches, but by personal work. He
wished all voters to remember that at
the general election no electors were
run aud that he could be voted for
without re terence to electors or other
candidates.
What about the negro, Doctor"
"Well, the cry of stop thief has
gone out by the ring on the subject,
and yet the newspapers say that Gov
ernor Tillman had three hours chat
with Murray, the negro Congressman.
This looks as if they had gone to the
negro"
DO you believe that Evans has a
majority of the white vote?"
NO. In the last primary $1,000
votes were cast, according to the news
paper estimates, though do not admit
their correctness except for the sake of
argument. Fifteen thousand of them
did not vote for Governor and large
number of those who did, did so be-
cause there was no other candidate,
and do not feel bound thereby. This
wou!G leave 900 as voting for Evans,
and as there were $1,000 votes at the
primary in 1892, you will see by adding
the $4,000 above set forth to those not
voting that a majority of the white
voters are against Evans. To this
number add at least 10000 who did not
vote in 1892. aud who have come of
age since, and you will see that the
negro vote is Tot necessary to carry
the election.
81 suspect q deal with Murray, but
he can not deliver the goods as the
negroes refused to vote in 1890. I have
some information on the latter point
which u not at liberty to give, but
-~v oloonSay be given later on. Murray
yscem nefrom Sumter to Charleston, you
Know, soon after the passage of the
redistricting bill. thus putting himself
in the new district"
HOW He MAKES IT OUT.
DR.. Pope has been doing a little
fguring himself. Taking The News
and Courier's figures as q basis be
estimates that out of the $4,000 who
voted at the last primary 1870 were
opposed to Evans, ''riDgiSm" and such
things. He has, he thinks, gotten it
down TO a mathematic as we'll as a
political fact that the maximum vote
is $4,000; again taking The News and
Courier's figures, be argues that if S.
600 were cast. in 1892 Evans hasn't q
majority Of the voters in the State,
aud that Evans will not be elected.
He thinks that blythe time of the cleo
ton soule of these $1,000 will desert
the movement"
When I suggested that it would no
doubt be oeeharged by his opponents that
he would 60 to the negro voter-that is
general insinuatiou-he did not like