Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-07-17
COUNTY CAMPAIGN.


vertised to be held in Yorkville last
Monday, was a disappointment. In
fact it was a failure. The candidates
were so discouraged at the small crowd
ia attendance that they decided to
cancel the dates arranged by the ex.
ecutive committee and publish a new
programme, providing for only three
m eetings-one at Blacksburg, another
at Rock Hill, and third at Yorkville.
They figured that if the attendance
here was an indication of the sentiment
of a majority Of the people of the
county, there was no need of thor,
ough canvass.
There were present so voters, in
Guiding ii from the country, several
prominent politicians who are general
ly put down as wishing to be candi-
dates, and the following candidates
who have already been regularly an,
nounced: A. H. White, w. B. Wilson,
J. L. Moore, J. F. Ashe, ]. S. Brice and
C. E. Spencer.
Mr.. J. S. Brice called the meeting to
order, and requested the candidates to
retire with him into one of the jury
rooms for the purpose of arranging the
order of speaking. After few minutes
of consultation, the candidates return
ed, and Mr.. Brice made an announce
ment to the following effect:
"In view of the small attendance on
this meeting, and the prospect of a
similar attendance at other meetings,
the candidates for nomination as dele
gates to the constitutional convention,
have decided not to speak today or to
make the canvass of the county &C
cording to arrangement of the execu-
tive committee. Instead of general
canvass, it has been agreed that there
shall be only three meetings; one at
Blacksburg, on Tuesday, July %; an
other at Rock Hill on Friday, July 27 ;
and the third at Yorkville on Monday,
July 30. This arrangement, however,
to be subject to the approval of the
executive committee which shall call
together on the goth. The meeting is
now adjourned"
The outcome of the meeting was
disappointing, not only to the 50 voters
present; but especially so to the rep
resentative of THE ENQUIRER who
was more than anxious to take down
the speeches of the candidates. He
felt sure that he could give the speak
ers as large an audience as they have
ever addressed from any rostrum, and
was especially anxious to give the
people ample time in which to thor
oughly consider and digest the various
issues that would have been presented.
With the adjournment of the meet
ing and so many candidates and poll
ticians in town, the reporter took
advantage of the opportunity to pick
up from one source and another, all
the political scraps and straws that he
could lay hands on. Of one thing he
speedily became convinced. That
thing is, that while formally there
has been an agreement, and all is
harmony, informally the situation has
not yet changed. The politician is
still alive in the land, and he is still
nursing his ambitions and his wrongs.
Several of the politicians were after
Chairman Brice with drawn toma-
hawks. They swear that he shall
never 60 the constitutional convention,
even little bit. Their alleged ground
of grievance is the rule of the executive
committee, interpreting the resolution
recently adopted at the county confer
ence. Mr.. Brice construed the rule to
plainly mean that each voter must vote
for two Conservatives and three Re-
formers, or two Reformers and three
Conservatives. The disgruntled poll
ticians say that each voter should be
allowed to vote for five Conservatives or
five Reformers, as he sees fit, and that
the three Reformers and two Conser-
vatives, or three Conservatives and
two Reformers, receiving the highest
number of votes respectively, should
be declared elected. Many Of the Re-
formers who are not politicians, claim
that the alleged grievance is merely
case of tweedle-dum, tweedle dee con-
cocted purely for purposes of discord.
But, all the same, many of the politi-
clans say they are going to have MIR.
Brice's scalp, and that he shall never
90 to the convention.
A would-be Conservative candidate,
whose bump Of suspicion is developed
to an abnormal degree, was very much
worried at the small turn out of coun-
try people. 1t was suggested to him
that the country people are very busy
Just now and besides they have not