Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-08-22
to relegate Tillman to obscurity

TO relegate I1llman TO oDScurlty
-send him back to his farm,
disgraced in the eyes of the
world. Did we send old Ben.
home? Did we do what Gonzal-
es and the gang desired us to
do? l think l hear the rebel
yell "No, no; never, never. /"
We gave him second term,
and then sent him to the u S.
Senate, where he has vindica-
ted our faith in his ability and
won a national reputation for
himself.
WE OWE M'swEBNEY ANOTHER TERM.
In simple justice and common
decency we owe Gov. McSwee-
ney another term. Our state can
not even then affordto lose the
services of such an able man. Mr..
Gary also has ability, you will
answer. Granting this, but why,
when it has been the custom of a
century to allow second term;
why should we remove the old
landmarks now when our state
has been more prosperous than
for many years past? The phe-
nomenal development of South
Carolina in manufacturing marks
an era in our industrial history
that astonishes the world. We
are able to state that notwith-
standing the ashes and desolation
of war, South Carolina steps forth
second only to Massachusetts in
the number Of her spindles. This
splendid fact alone proves that
the present governor has the con.
fidence of business men at home
and abroad. We have tried this
why take one with less expert
ence.
NICK M'CAsLAN's DILEMMA.
Mr.. Gary is all right for anoth-
er time, but just now he is like
the little Seceder boy down on
Long Cane that mick" McCaslan
tells about. Nick and a candidate
dined with a friend and they had
fried chicken. Nick declares he
didn't lake a second piece, but
that just as the candidate helped
himself second time there was
a loud wall from behind the door.
The gentleman of the house said:
What's the the matter, buddie?
Buddie boohooed some, but fin
nally blurted out, ''Them darned
fools is er eating up all the tried
chicken!" Buddie's company
manners did not sustain him long
enough; in short, he was too pre-
vious just so with the govern
orship. Seef
Now as to the other candidate.
We don't mean to mince matters,
but call a spade spade.
Prohibition is the Jack .n'lan
tern by whose flickering light
Col, Hoyt would fain walk into
the governors chair. Prohibition
is a lovely subject on paper and
would make an Eden of our earth
if it would work. But when you
see men who have been advocates
OF the open bar and who fought
the dispensary bitterly, coming
out with a bugle and drum and
flags and cheers for Hoyt, the
prohibition candidate, is not it
time to stop and think and ask
yourself why and wherefore this
unholy alliance between dark
ness and light, between temper.
anCe and intemperance.
OIL AND WATER DO NOT MIX-BUT
THE wHIsKEY ELEMENT AND
THE COLD WATER CROWD
HAVE COME TOGETHER.
Doth oil and water mix? No,
sir, but whiskey and water are
trying to mix in the following of
this ticket. Col. Hoyt's friends
and his paper have advocated
high license, and all signs point
to the fact that if we should get
prohibition it would be such dis
NAL failure that we would newt
ably wind up with high license
and open bars. All these signifi
cant things make me think OF
Col. Hoyt in connection with one
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