Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-06-30
MUST BE UP AND DOING.
II ProhIbItlonIsts Expect to Win They Will
Have to Work.

II Prohlbitlonists Expect to Win They Will
Have to Work.
Editor Yorkville Enquirer:
Kindly allow me space in your val
liable paper to say few words to the
Prohibitionists of York county. There
is great deal being said and written
about prohibition but I hear very lit
tie said about working for prohibition.
The fight is on. We have Prohi-
bition candidate in the field. Are we
going to let him make the race single
handed, as Mr.. Featherstone did ?
Victory in this fight means work, not
only on the part of Colonel Hoyt; but
it means work for all who are in sym
pathy with the movement. Colonel
Hoyt is able in every respect to do his
part of this work but he cannot do
our part. The captain of an army
cannot lead his men on to victory un-
less they fight. Neither can Colonel
Hoyt win in this race unless we rally
to his support and give him our hearty
cooperation in the work. And this
work cannot all be done on election
day. If we sit at ease in Zion until
election day, and then expect to 60 to
the polls. and carry everything by
storm, we will get badly fooled.
There is work to done every day.
Talk and work. Get the people walked
up on the subject. Get them to think.
ing. Get them interested in the move
ment. There is large floating vote
in the country. A great many people
vote, not because they are interested
in the election, or have any preference
as to who is elected but simply vote
because they have the privilege of vot-
ing. Colonel Hoyt can poll large
per cent. of this vote by little pru-
dent work on the part of the Prohibi-
tionists.
No great things have ever been ac-
complished except by hard work on
the part of all concerned. Neither
may we expect to win in this race un-
less we work. Are you in sympathy
with the prohibition movement? If
80, speak to your neighbor about it,
and get him interested and in sympa-
thy with the work. He will speak to
some one else, and 80 the good work
will 90 on. And by election day the
people will be fully aroused on the
subject. e.
York county made good showing
in the last election. Let's make bet.
ter one in the coming election. But
I imagine I can hear some one say,
"What is all this fuss about +? Why
not re.elect Governor McSweeney?
He is a good man and has made
good governor" We have no charges
to bring against Governor McSweeney:
So far as we know he has made good
governor; but it is measures and not
men that we are fighting. Governor
McSweeney wants the dispensary to
stand. We want prohibition. 1t is
the measure and not the man that we
oppose. Messrs. Patterson and Gary
are no doubt wise men and we'll quail
fled to fill the Office but they do not
advocate our cause. No, we have
nothing to say against any of these
gentlemen. And if any one OF them
gets a majority of the votes, in the
primary, we will support them in the
general election.
But we believe that by little wise
and prudent work, Colonel Hoyt will
receive the nomination for governor in
the next primary election. Let US
work to that end. Begin now and
work until the polls are closed on elec-
ton day. J. K. SCoGGINs.
Warren. June %, 1900.