Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-06-22
Wednesday, June %, 1893.

very shrewd in political matters, there
is reason to believe that he starts out
with tremendous advantage over his
opponents. This race may, or may
not, require second primary. We
think it probable that this issue will
be settled in the first election.
With only two candidates-Epton
and Derham-for comptroller general,
the issue will have to be settled in the
first race. In this contest there will
be lots of politics. 1t will be remem-
bered that Ellerbe appointed Epton
comptroller to succeed Norton. Some
of Ellerbe's rivals were aggrieved at
the appointment, and as the result OF
big fight in the legislature, succeeded
in turning Ellerbe down. Now the
same fight goes to the people of the
state, and it will be matter of inter-
est to see whether or not the legislature
will be sustained. The York delega-
,tion was solid for Epton.
To settle the issue between John
Gary Watts, J. w. Floyd and E. NJ.
Blythe, for adjutant and inspector
general will probably require second
race. Watts, however, no doubt, has
the advantage to start with.
Under the circumstances, we look
for a second race for the nomination
for superintendent of education. The
candidates ere Mayfield, McMahan,
Brown and Reid. Unless the cam
paign brings out issues of somewhat
startling character, it will take two
primaries to secure choice.
The seven candidates for railroad
commissioner are of nearly equal prom
inence, and it would be difficult to
guess who will be in the second race.
And nobody should think of looking
for a fnality as the result of the first
primary for congressman from the
Fifth congressional district. The can
didates are T. j. Strait, ]. K. Henry,
w. A. Barber, D. E. Finley, W. P.
Pollock, E. J. Kennedy. The first
four are we'll known up in this
section. Two of the four, in all proba'
.bility, will be in the second race but
which two we do not care to venture
a prediction. But nobody is going to
beat the field in the first race.
And so in county politics. There
are going to be several second races
for county offices.
For instance, there is the Office OF
auditor. With all the candidates an
'nounced, and considering the strength
of several of them, the idea that any
one should get majority of the votes
in the first election, is out of the ques-
ton.
And so also it is likely that there
will be second races for county super
visor and superintendent of education,
and, possibly, even treasurer. AS to
how it will be with the candidates for
the house, it is yet too early to speak ;
but there may be enough of these to
get up a second race also.
So it is pretty clear that notwith-
standing the war and one thing and
another, we are going to have pref
ty interesting time of it. Some peo-
pie who are opposed to too many elec-
tions will feel disposed to 60 back and
readopt the old plurality plan which
used to prevail in this county. But
that will never do. 1t was not much
better than no primary at all. Under
it, almost any shrewd politician could
capture almost any Office he wanted.
All he had to do was to induce candi-
dates to come out in sections where
his principal opponents were strongest,
with the purpose of dividing up their
votes, and often he could get nomi-
tion when really he was not the choice
of anything like majority of his fel-
low citizens.