The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-21
She 85erala MD Me,us.
E. II. AULL, EDITOR
THE ELEorIoN OF ou,rr ,usr,or,

Senator Mower Of Newborry was voted
for-and received 81 votes to % for
Chief Justice McIver This wo tako
1t was u very complimentary vote to
Mr.. Mower. rhe matter WAS only
mentioned to Mr.. Mower short time
before tho Legislature met on Tuesday
morning and he was n candidate only
tho Office If tho General Assembly were
to elect him, which Of course was pcr-
mission to uso his name. Wo were In
Columbia on the morning OF tho cleo
tion but know nothing OF his being run
for tho place until about - o'clock ar 4
did not SEQ Mr. Mover during tho day.
AS personal friend Of Senator Mower
we would have advised against permit
ting the use oi his name il wy had had the
opportunity, not because there was any
crime in running or in the manner Of
his running. This much by way OF cx-
PLANTATION.
We find tho following in Tho State
newspaper of "Wednesday morning:
We said yesterday morning in dis
covering to the general assembly the
intrigue against Chief Justico Mclver:
Any man had right, mccall as we'll
as legal, to become an open candidate
against him and take his chances after
fair and open discussion Of merits
But the man who would lend himself
to plot like this, depending not ON
Judgment but on prejudice, not on calm
consideration but on Il surprise; tho
man who would bc tho beneficiary OF
what in its essence is an underhand
plot, is man untitled for high trust
and high honor Let him be marked
II he shows himself. Let tho manly,
frank and fair sentiment Of the Logis-
laturc rcbullc this disgraccful intrigue!
We wrote without knowing the man,
although knowing tho plot. Now that
the man is revealed VIC havo nothing
to Withdraw of that which wo said.
1t would seem from this extract and
what follows that Tho State considers It
almost high treason to have opposed
Chief Justice McIvcr and that it has
marked the man who did it and those
who voted for him for destruction and
nnnihilutiOn. That is its business OF
course. We have always had high
regard for Mr.. Mclvcr and our opinion
Is not changed now, but we did not know
before that any one in South Carolina
had any special claims upon any office.
We had always been taught and be-
licvcd that this was free country and
that the members Of the General AS
semhly could vote for whom they
pleased without "bcing marked" for
destruction or charged with being in
some "disgraccful intrigue" but The
state tells us differently. We never
know before that it was sin in South
Carolina for man t,run for Office even
if he were defeated. And the fnct is
We do not know it yet even though The
State newspaper says SO.
When The State newspaper says that
Senator Mower lent himself to any
"disgraccful intrigue" and that he is
"unLitcd for high trust and nigh honor"
1t says what is untrue and his whole life
and his public rcc0rd is II standing re-
buke to any such statement or insinua-
tion. He is in ever particular the equal OF
Chief JusticcAIcIvtr oranyothcrmun in
South Carolina. lis private and pub
lie lilo is pure aud The State docs him
grave injustice VIII ,n it insinuates any.
thing to tho contrary. Tho election OF
MIR. Mower would not have impaired
"the integrity Of the bench" and when
The State says that his being voted for
W. a A..
W OF tho bcnch' it says what is unfair
and unjust and what is 30 far ns Mr..
Mower is concerned untrue, and wo do
not see what The State hopes to gain
by such a TRADE against Mr.. Mower.
"South Carolina does not want n SER
vile judiciary, but one which dares to
be right and will wear the badge and col
lar OF no man." That is true. We agree
with The State In this assertion and II
Senator Mower had been elected shc
would have had just rs pure bonch and
a judiciary rs far from being servile
and wearing any mans badge or collar
rs she has now.
AS to rcactionism and pre- ejudico we
think The State exhibits as much pre-
judice as those it accuses with being
governed by it. The trouble with
Tho State is that it can SEQ but ono side
OF anything and ify you agree with it and
endorse its positions you arc alright
and tirst-rate fellow but IL YOU dare
have an opinion of your own and OK
press it and that opinion runs counter
to The State you arc TT only for strate-
gem, intrigue, conspiracy, or anything
that Is bad, For this reason wo have
always avoided any controversy with
The State and we do not intend to have
any now, but it was so unjust, and un-
fair to Senator Mower we could not
help saying something. And then the
criticism was SO uncalled for. Its
man was elected. Was that not enough
without making a personal attack on
the other candidate and an attack
not justified by the private life or
public record of the other man. It
should have been. But its prejudice