Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-08-04
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Among Che many things going on about
lis that n S,Jft SaetIsiSt Is GfESSfBiiare OF
attention if = the public mind tyero not
sss ssS Ssi. 81 war, tbs South Caro-
lina campaign standB head. That State
is fruitful OF issues and out OF he vast
aGrastsss sn STOCK, She poii5Sieians heyo
soleoted the prohibition Issue, and the
toe-nail. Col. atherstone of Lanrens,
was the successful man In the scramble
to mount tho prohibition hobby and he
is now chasing over the State, pursued
by anti-prohibitionists, dispensary aud
anti-dispenBary mon, but nary-a-one for
Democracy. Political principles are not
figuring In tho fight. It is any thing for
Office. The negro and the Wado Hamp-
ton Democracy having been eliminated
statesmen havo found an open field and
they are occupying 1t.
tThore are 80 many candidates for State
offices that 1t is necessary to restrict the
spyooi,us Of the GuDernavoriaI oandi-
dates to fifteen minutes, and Of tho other
candidates to five minutos, In order that
they can all get through before sunset.
On State campaign day at Lsneaster
sRSeehes Were made made BY hwensx
were not present. There arc seven oan-
didates for Governor alone. Feather
stone, rs already noted, is the Prohibi-
ton candidate. y. L. Sehumpert, of
Newberry, and Col. r. B. Watson, OF
Saluda, are running as advocates of tho
dispensary, and G.. Walt Whitman, of
Union, is tho anti-dispensary candidate.
E. L. Aiohor, OF Spartanburg, is an edu-
oational reform Candidate. Governor
orable Gaorge Tillman is running on a
single plank platform of ''anything to
beat Eflorbc" The Prohibition oandi-
Gate for Railroad Commissioner la
opposed by six mon who favor SOW paw
with collar on its neck.
It may be easily imagined that the
South Carolinians arc being treated to n
unique variety of argument. Feather
stone, tho prohibitionist, is charged by
quoting Scripture, as tho colonel main
tains that there is nothing in the Book
that prohibits man from drinking "in
reason." "rhis immaculate morali1t
Fcatherstone," he says, "in citing Scrip
turo, used only portion of tho sentonco
and attempted deception by omitting tho
rast that did not serve h!s purpose" I"
Col. Whitman said that no had studied
the Bible for 25 years and was sure of
declaration that he was opposed to q
higher education in the State.
Ellerbe appealed to tho people to give
him second torn. He didn't call for n
hand primary, but asked if they didn't
think that he would mako q worthy suc-
cossor to himself, and some in tho audi
ence responded, "Yes." The whito-
haired Tillman gave it out that ho was
running simply to beat Ellerbe. Ho con-
domned Ellerbe for his weakness In per-
mitting his friends to increase tho State
taxes ono-half n mill when he could in
several ways havo avoided it, and salt,
that the normal condition was to tax
otornallY interfering with tho license
laws in order to stoal tho money or to
prostitute the traffic by carrying eloc-
tions for political faction. He could
romomber whom whiskoy in South Caro-
lima was free of all taxes, and before God
lie bel evod thoro was less drunkenness
than now.
Such is tho political campaign of the
present day in South Carolina. The pa
triots are having n glorious time. 1t is n
pity that all can't get an oflico.-Char-
lotto Observer.