Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-05
aNistellaneons Grading.
The BATTLE NOW JOINED.
c. c. Featherstone Will Man.
age the Hoyt Campaign.
HEADQUARTERS OPENED IN COLUMBIA.

Interesting Interview With Man VINO
Has Been There-wiil Fight to the Last
Ditch, and Hopes to Win-Warm Times
Between Now and September IL.
Colonel Hoyt's friends have already
begun an active and vigilant campaign
for the second primary and seem per-
fectly confidant of landing their man.
Headquarters have been opened in COL
umbia, with Mr.. C. C. Featherstone In
charge, and the principal work will be
done at that place. Mr.. Featherstone
was in that city last Friday and gave
the following interview to the press
When asked about the result OF the
election he said:
"Col. Hoyt has gotten a few more
votes in the first primary than l ex-
pected him to get. When In Charles
ton the latter part of July. I predicted
to The News and Courier man that ne
would get 10000. When the entire vote
is in It will be seen that my predic-
ton has been more than verified.
"To have gotten such a vote with
such odds against him is great VIC
tory for Col. Hoyt and the cause Which
he has so ably represented. 1t shows
that the people believe in the right, ahd
that they recognize the ability and
purity Of Col. Hoyt."
What about Colonel Hoyt's chances
to win in the second primary"
"I am satisfied that his chances are
good. Governor McSweeney's lead or a
few thousand votes amounts to little.
Nine times out Of ten the man behind
wins in the second heat. Take for ex-
ample my race with Governor Ellerbe
two years ago. He led me by l3,Ooo
votes, and yet in the second election ne
only beat me by about 1000. And II
NV friends had realized my strength 1
would have beaten him badly.
eff Col. Hoyts friends know his
strength and will go to work, he will
be our next governor.
Gary and Patterson took away a
good many votes from Governor NC
Sweeney on account Of the charges
made against Governor McSweeney by
them, viz: that the governor was not
enforcing the dispensary law.
eft will be remembered that Gary
and Patterson, both Of whom are men
Of unuuestionable ability, courage and
honesty, both charged upon the stump
that the governors enforcement OF the
dispensary was a fraud and humbug.
Senator Tillman made almost the
same charges.
Now, there Is no doubt Of the fact
that a great many men who favor the
dispensary believed those charges and
thought the present enforcement of the
law could be improved upon. Most OF
them, too, are men who honestly and
sincerely believe that the dispensary
Is the best solution of the liquor ques-
ton and who are especially interested
in the enforcement OF the prohibitiVe
features of the law. In other Words,
they have a sincere desire to make
the present law better and better and
to do what they can to make it lead up
to out and out prohibition. Ihat
there are thousands Of such people IN
the state cannot be doubted, and they
have the respect and confidence OF
those who do not agree with them. A
large proportion of the men VINO voted
for Gary and Patterson came from
their ranks. Now that their candidates
are out Of the race, for whom are they
going to vote? They cannot consist
emily vote for Governor McSWeeney,
and, in my judgment, they will vote for
Colonel Hoyt. And they will do so FOR
the reason that they know that ne
will enforce the law rigidly and make
it as near prohibition as 1t can be
made.
But in addition to this, part of the
Gary and Patterson vote came from
their personal friends, not because
they believed in the dispensary law,
but because they recognized the hon
esty and ability Of Gary and Patterson.