The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-05
THE SECOND PRIMARY.
me Friends OF Col. Hoyt Have Estab
lshed Headquarters In Columbia
and win Mako n Vigorous Cam
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I COLUMBIA, August 3l-Col. Hoyt's
friends have already begun an active
ana Vigilant campaign for the second
primary and seem perfectly confident
OF landing their man. Headquarters
have been opened In Columbia with
Mr. y. y. Featherstone in charge and
the principal work will be done at this
place. Mr.. Featherstone was In the
city today and gave the following in
terVlew TO the press When asked
about the result OF the election he
said:
Col. Hoyt has gotten few more
votes In the first primary than expect,
ed him to get. When in Charleston the
latter part OF July ! predicted to the
News and Courier man that he would
get 30 600. When the entire vote is in
1t will be seen that my prediction has
been more than verified.
70 have gotten such vote with
such ouu6 against him Is u great VIC
tory for Col Hoyt and the cause which
he has so ably represented IL shows
that the people believe In the right,
and that they recognize the ability and
purity OF Col. Hoyt."
What about Col. Hoyts chances to
w
am satisfied that his chances are
good. Gov. McSweeney's lead OF "a few
thousand votes amounts to little. Nine
times out OF ten the man behind wins
In the second heat. Take for example
my race with Gov. Ellerbe two years
ago. He lead me by $4,000 votes and
yet in the second election he only bent
me by about i 900. And If my friends
had realized my strength | woull have
beaten him badly.
"If Col. Hoyt's friends know his
strength and will go to WORK, he will
be our next Governor.
Gary and Patterson ,ook away
good many votes from Gov. McSweency
on account OF the charges made against
Gov McSweeney by them viz: that
the Governor was not enforcing the
dispensary law.
= 1t will be remembered that Gary
and Patterson, both OF whom are men
OF unquestioned ability, courage and
honesty, both charged uI On the stump
that the Governors enforcement of
the dispensary law was fraud and a
humbug.
"Senator Tillman made almost the
same charges.
Now, there Is no doubt OF the fact
that great many men who favor the
dispcnsary believed those charges and
thought the present enforcement OF
the law could be improved on. Most
OF them, too, are men who honestly
and sincerely believe that the dispcn.
sary is the best solution of the liouor
question, and who are especially inter.
ested in the enforcement of the prohib
Tive features of the law. In other
words, they have sincere desire to
make the present law better and better
and do W hat thnu fn
lead up to out and out prohibition.
That there are thousands of such
people in the State cannti be doubted,
and they have the respect and conf
dence OF those who do not agree with
them. a large propOl i<n Of tho men
who voted for Gary aud Patterson
came from their racks. Now, that
their candidates are out of the race,
IFnEr,v ~nu nannot "co conniy tihey Soins 60 vote :
McSweeney, and, in my judg,nant
they VIII vote for Col. Hoyt. Anu
they will do SO for the reason that thev
know that he will enforce the law
rigidly and make it rs near prohibi.
Iion as IL can be made.
But in addition To this, a part
OF the Gary and Patterson vote came
from their personal friends, not be-
cause they believed in the dispcpsarv
law, 5&! because .hecyy recos nlzed the
honesty ana ability OF Gary and Pat
terson. Mr.; Gary has been in the Gen
eral Assembly for 10 or II years and
for part OF that time presided over
the House with conspicuous fairness
and ability. He comes from a large
and Influential family His brothers,
VINO are upon the bench, are men of
aolnty and influence and there Ia not
particle OF doubt but that a part of
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 | know will go to Col
hoyt ana betleve that by far the
greater part Of iG will do so.
"And then we must take into consid.
Grafton The fact that there is good
largo vote which did not come out last
tuesday because IT was uncertain ss to
what chance Col. Hoyt stood. And
there are at least 1000 voters who
were out OF the State--in the moan.
talns and elsewhere. But nearly all
OF these votes will come out In the
second primary.
"A systematic and organized effort
VIII now be made by Col, Hoyt's friends
from this on aud there is every reason
to believe that Col. Hoyt Will be our
What about the whiskey vote in
the State p? Who got it ?" the reporter
asked.
mo man can look at the Charleston
vote and the mountain vote and doubt
Tor an instant that Gov. McSweeney re-
ceivcd 1t. The talk about Hoyt's getting
the whiskcy vote Is nonsense. His vote
came from prohibitionists-fro dis.
pensaryitcs who want q 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.
u want my friends In the State to
know that the fight is not lost by a
great dea "'h that by strong pull
and pull ali edgethcr mn can win.
We have f' St-upon principle and
for the rigE and have nothing to re.
tract. We will fight to the last ditch
and expect to win.
I'VE will conduct the work largely
from Columbia where our friends can
reach us for the next few days"
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