Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-06-16
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
It Looks as II It Is Going to BE the Same
Old Hot Stuff.

quietly but before its close grew rath
or warm. The principal surprise was
the entry of Mr.. A. G. Jones, former
Prohibition chairman, as candidate
for the United States senate. G. Walt
Whitman failed to ante with his $50
because of his inability to raise the
money, and consequently was not al
lowed to enter the race.
Governor McSweeney was the first
speaker. He reviewed his record as
governor, discussed the impracticabili.
ty of prohibition and defended his
administration of the dispensary law.
The governor was we'll received and
at the conclusion of his speech was
cheered heartily.
Colonel Hoyt was received with
warm applause, but was not allowed
to make his speech without continuous
Interruptions. He followed the gen.
eral line of his recent address to the
Prohibitionists of the state, arguing
against the principle of the states en-
gaging in the liquor business. When
he closed he was the recipient of flow
ers and various pledges of support.
Mr.. A. II. Patterson told how he
| had formerly been a Prohibitionist ;
but had been convinced of the imprac-
ticability of prohibition in the light OF
further experience and had reformed.
He charged Colonel Hoyt with favor
i ing q coalition between the Prohibi-
tionists and the high license crowd, ,
and cited the position of the Columbia
State on the question as proof. He
then jumped on Governor McSweeney,
charging him with dereliction of duty
in not attempting to suppress the blind
tiger business in Charleston; but &C.
tually conniving at violations of the
law. He repeated q newspaper charge
to the effect that the governor
is q patron of blind tigers, and
claimed that the governor was try
ing to subsidize the state press by
an unlawful use of the contingent
fund for the payment of subscriptions
to country papers. The governor de-
MED that he was patron of blind IT,
gers. He told Mr.. Patterson that
every governor from Hagood down
had subscribed for the county papers,
and if that Patterson would read these
papers he would be much better in
formed.
Mr.. F. B. Gary delivered a straight
forward expression of his views on
various matters without indulging in
personalities of any objectional nature.
His dispensary views are as have al
ready been published in The ENQUIR-
Err. He maintained that it was neither
a written or an unwritten law that the
governor should have second term
by reason of a clean administration in
the first. When Hampton went to
the United States senate Simpson
succeeded as governor; but was never
afterwards elected to the Office. Act
ing Lieutenant Governor Jeter sue
ceeded to the governorship upon the
election of Simpson to the supreme
court; but Jeter did not succeed him
self. Sheppard succeeded Thompson,
but was never elected to the governor
ship. If Governor McSweeney, there
fore, bases his claims only on such
grounds as these his claims are not
bound by precedent.
The candidates for lieutenant-gov-
ernor followed but no striking Incl
dent was developed. Col. Sloan was
asked for whom he voted in 1892 and
replied "B. R. Tillman, the nominee of
the Democratic party, and able to fill
the Office" James H. Tillman said he
had no political record, and he pro-
posed to make some of his opponents
wish they had none either before the
campaign was over. He said he was a
believer in the dispensary law.
Mr.. A. G. Jones was announced as a
candidate for the United States senate.
The wool hat boys at first didn't want
to hear him but finally decided to
have patience as they would thus the
sooner hear their Ben.
Mr.. Jones stood for several minutes
through the clamor, and finally made
his speech. He said that:
A sense of duty for his party and
for his state brought him before his
people. He knew the difficulties. He
did not underestimate the strength of
his opponent; but he had the right to
come before them and they have the
right to dispose of him as they please.
He had originally opposed the March
convention but when the nominations
had been made he appealed for their
election. He had opposed the Reform
movement, for he thought it was poll
tics the history of the state will show
that this movement has not put cent
into the pockets of the people. From
his boyhood he had always opposed
the sale of liquor as beverage.
Voice-You look sorty puny. You
need fust x.
Another Voice-We will put you on
S0-proof.
Another Voice-Do you drink cof-
fee?
He favored less expensive county
governments. He then began dis
cussion of the tariff question.
There was a great deal of confusion.