The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-09-05
EDITORIAL NOTES.
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South Carolina politics.
It would be a hard blow on the cheek
of faithful fighter for all that is good
and bad in Reform for the ring to turn
III. r. Thomas down.
It seems to be pretty veil authent1-
Gated that Col. JOS n. Earle is to be
elected to succeed Judge Norton, who
does not suit the Reformers.
The jaw-bone is mightier than the
ssord and pen together. This is the
lesson We draw from the defeat of the
soldier and writer senator from Able
vile, Gen. Robert r. Hemphill. by one
I. 81. McCalla.
Col. T. Larry CAN'T is the slate
candidate for Phosphate Commissioners.
Accepting Col Darcy Duucan's esti-
mate as correct, Col. Can't will be
we'll qualified to judge of the mslodor.
oasoess Of the fertilizers.
Gov. Davis b, Waite. Of Colorado.
was arrested last week fer opening aud
retaining letter addressed to Mrs.
Likens, formerly matroo at Police
Headquarters, Denver. This is nice
kettle of fish, and the evidence devel-
oped to date makes out a black case.
against Gov. Waite. He is unfortu-
nate In not having .'mine Of
wisdom. y alias "a rotten radical rag,
to draw upon, when he desires to inter-
fere With the mail aud telegraph.
The City Council of Sumter is earn
ing foe itself the contempt Of many OF
our citizens. An ordinance prohibit
ing the sale Of liquor vas passed aud
penalties provided And this tells the
story A few vherefores aud wherases
and be it ordained aud nothing more.
Liquor is sold openly in more than .
dozen places and not one has been
molested. The police do nothing and
Council does nothing. If Council has
not enough respect for its own laws to
enforce them it had better resign in a
body and let the people try again.
Alas 1ho is not liable to fall under
suspicion? Even H. &. Thomas is
regarded .'jobously" appeal to the
negro for aa appropriate worldly the
ring Of refavm. It is said that he is
suspected of trading of the Legislative
ticket to tbe Conservatives, who did not
put up delegates to the State Conven-
tion. in return. This suspicion is based
upon the fact that Thomas needs
support for the R. r. Commissioner
ship, and solid delegation from bis
home county will be strong card in
his favor. We exonerate Mr.. Thomas.
He did not trade With the Cooserva-
tives, because the Conservatives do not
trade
The editors who endeayor to be all
things to all men are objects Of sym
patsy at this time. How can they be
organized democrats. Alliance demo-
Gratis, Pope democrats, Butler demo
Gratis. straightout democrats. Conserva-
tive democrats, new light democrats,
re-organized democrats, not to mention
confessed populists. republicans. and the
score of varieties and cross bred re-
fawmers. dispeosaryites. prohibitionists,
blind tigers, etc.. all at the same time
Yet there are some who deem them
selves of such transcendent pliability
and adap,ability that they seriously
imagine that they have been successful
in fooling the public.
Disastrous forest fires have swept
across Northern M;anesota during the
last three or four days. The damsge
wrought is incslculable and the suffer
ing and loss Of life is to be compared
only With the sea island cyclone of last
August Railroads. bridges and whole
towns have been swept from the face of
the earth. Hundreds of people fleeing
before the ou-rushing flames have been
overtakeu and burned to death Trains
co3 III roseanoors havo hean Na