The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-09-06
THE SECOND PRIMARY.

The Friends OF Ool. Hoyt Have Estsb.
lished Headquarters In Columbia
and win Mako o Vigorous Gam
psign.
COLUMBIA, August 31.-Col. Hoyt's
friends have already begun an active
and vigilant campaign for the second
primary and seem perfectly confident
OF landing their man. Headquarters
have boon opened in Columbia with
Mr.. y. =. Featherstone In charge and
tho principal work will be done at this
place. Mr.. Feathorstone was in the
city today and gave the following in
terview to tho press. When asked
about tho result of the election he
said:
"Col. Hoyt has gotten few more
votes In the fret primary than expect
ed him to get. W hen In Charleston the
latter part OF July l predicted to the
got So 900. When the entire vote 10 in
1t will be seen that my prediction has
| been more than verified.
10 have gotten such vote with
such odds against him is great vic
tory for Col. Hoyt and the cause which
he has 90 ably represented. 1t shows
that the people believe In the right,
and that they recognize the ability and
purity Of Col. Hoyt."
What about Col. Hoyt's chances to
win in the second primary 7"
am satisfied that his chances are
good. Gov. McSweeney's lead OF few
| thousand votes amounts to little. Nine
times out Of ten tho man behind wins
my race with Gov. Ellerbe two years
ago. He lead me by $4,000 votes and
yet in the second election he only boat
me by about d. 900. And II my friends
had realized my strength l would have
beaten him badly.
"If Col. Hoyt's friends know his
strength and will 60 to work, he will
be UuI noAt Governor.
"Gary and Patterson took away q
good many votes from Gov. McSweeney
on account Of the charges made against
Gov. McSweeney by them VIZ: that
the Governor was not enforcing the
dispensary law.
ut will be remembered that Gary
and Patterson, both OF whom are men
OF unquesttoned ability, courage and
honesty, both charged upon the stump
that the Governors enforcement OF
the dispensary law WAS fraud and a
humbug.
"Senator Tillman made almost the
same charges.
Nov, there Ia no doubt OF the fact
that great many mon who favor the
dispensary believed those charges and
thought the present enforcement Of
the law could be improved on. Most
OF them, too, arc mon who honestly
and sincerely believe that the dispen.
sary Ia The beat solution Of the liquor
question, and who are especially inter
ested In the enforcement Of tho prohib
tive features OF the law. Iu other
words, they have u sincere desire to
make the present law better and better
and to do what thoy can to make it
lead up to out and out prohibition.
That there are thousands of such
people In the State cannot be doubted,
dence Of those who do not agree with
them. A large proportion of the men
who voted for Gary and Patterson
came from their racks. Now, that
their candidates are out OF the race,
for whom are they going to vote :?
They cannot consistently vote for Gov.
they viii vote for COL. Hoyte % % And
they will do so for the reason that they
know that he will enforce tho law
rigidly and make 1t as near prohibi-
tiOn as 1t can be made.
"But in addition to this, part
OF the Gary and Patterson vote came
from their personal friends, not be-
cause they believed In tho dispcnsary
law, but because they recognized the
honesty and ability OF Gary and Pat
terson. Mr.. Gary has been in tho Con
eral Assembly for 10 or II years and
for part OF that time presided over
10,
and ability. He comes from large
and Influential family. His brothers
who are upon the bench, are mon oi
/ ability and influence and there Is no,
o particle OF doubt but that O part Ol
his vote was purely personal one.
"And the same can be said Of Mr.
Patterson whose ability and good public
record cannot be questioned. A part
OF this vote l know will go to Col.
Hoyt and / believe that by far tho
greater part of it will do 80.
"And then We must take into consid-
Grafton the fact that there is good,
large vote which did not come out last
Tuesday because 1t was uncertain as to
there are at least 1000 voters who
wore out OF the State--in tho moan
tRins and elsewhere. But nearly all
OF these votes will come out In the
second primary.
"a Systematic and organized effort
will now be made by Col. Hoyt's frlends
from this on and there is every reason
to believe that Col. Hoyt will be our
next Governor"
What about the whiskey vote In
the State Who got 1t 2" the reporter
asked.
mo man can look at the Charleston
vote and the mountain vote and doubt
for an instant that Gov. McSweeney re-
celved IT, The talk about Hoyts getting
the whiskey vote is nonsense, His vote
came from prohibitiOnists~fro dis.
pensarYites who want o better enforce.
ment OF the law and from others who
know his record in war and In peace,
and who recognize his ability and pu-
rity OF character.
81 want my friends In the State to
know that the light is not lost by q
great deal and that by strong pull
and pull all together we can win.
1--WE have fought upon principle and
for the right and have nothing to re.
In