The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-21
as TO QUE SUGGESTION.

"We confess to having very seriously
considered the claims of Colonel CAN'T
for our support. We concede that he
has many of the qualifications for re-
form candidate for Governor developed
generously, not to say abnormally.
A fatal obstacle is found, however, in
his dubious attitude towards Our Noble
Leader and Our Cause" Now right
there We must protest. In what par
ticular has he been dubious" towards
sOur Cause?" 1t is on account Of his
faithful adherence to Our Cause that
he was sussested as the head Of our
ticket. Everything must be subverted
to the interests Of Our Cause. 1t is
measures we are after and any one who
gets in the way of the success of this
Cause must be brushed away like COB
webs, and if General CAN'T has not
been faithful to the Cause, and inde-
pendent of the influence Of any so-called
leaders, then we would like to know
who has. Even if Our Noble Leader
puts himself in the way of the success
of Our Cause, be must be showed aside.
Then take the many claims and quail
fcations of Colonel CAN'T and place
them alongside of the other candidates
who have been suggested and be shines
like the MONDAY sun. He is modest,
quiet, unobtrusive and is not seeking
office. He brought the dispensary law
with him in his pocket from Georgia,
and no doubt had something to do with
the writing thereof, aud yet he has
taken no credit to himself for this grest
progeny of reform, bat has allowed
others TO wear the honors, which no
doubt if the facts were known, are
rightly his. In his advocacy of Our
Cause he neither stops to consider the
time, place, conditions, circumstances,
or facts of the case, but holds up elo-
quently, and sometimes recklessly. the
rights of Our Cause. His devotion and
flexibility to Our Cause are beyond
question. The Herald and News does
not enjoy the brightness and brilliancy
of the Headlight, as he has persistently
declined to exchange with US, but we
have no doubt that such course is
entirely in accord with the principles
of Our Cause, and for the advancement
of the principles thereof, granting for
the sake of argument that there are
principles to be advanced. We believe
that We can convince the Greenville
News that the best thing it can do
is to switch off its candidate into the
AGtornew Generals office. He would
not be opposed to anything that would
be in the interest of Oar Cause. We
want harmony and must haveit. Men
count for nothingin this matter. They
are mere sticks.
Then the Reform press must have
recognition. 1t has labored hard and
unsel6shly, and now while in no sense
seeking office, should be importuned to
sacrifice its unselish service upon the
altar of its country.
The Herald and News did not start
out to advocate the cause of the sugges-
ton we made, but only intended to
throw it out as a suggestion. But we do
not like to see our suggestions lightly
treated, and have been constrained to
say this much in it's behalf.
1t is a strong ticket all the way
through and may be counted on to be
true to the principles of Oar Cause.
We do not like, however: to note slight
discord between Col. CAN'T and Col.
Koester. We have not seen what the
Headlight has said of the Register, but
the Register should not permit itself to
speak so unkindly or harshly of our
suggestion. There must be harmony
in the ranks, and especially in the cab
met. Now there could he no objection
to the Register saying that the Head
light at times seemed to have very
great disregard for accuracy in its state
ment Of facts. There would be nothing
wrong in that, for in its ardent and en-
thusiastic support Of Our Cause, the
may not have been over
careful to be entirely accurate, but that
is a very small matter, but the Register
should not by any means be so harsh
in some of its remarks.
There is one fatal objection to three
candidates supported by The State, i
Greenville News, and Spartanburg
Herald-they are all lawyers.
We are anxious to enlist the support |
of the Greenville News to our sugges-
ton. We. think the suggestion has
merit in it.
We have only come down off the |
fence long enough to say this much in |
behalf of our suggestion, and shall now
return and view the struggle from that
e: eellent position. We do not think |
it will be necessary to say anything
further in behalf of the suggestion.
The Hers1d and News invites the |