The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-06
COL. HOYT'S FRIENDS SANGUINE
OF THE FINAL RESULT.

gun an active and yigilant campaign
for the second primary and seem per-
fectly confident of landing their man.
Headquarters have been opened in Gel
umbia, with Mr. C. C. Featherstone in
charge, and the principal work will be
done at this place Mr. Featherstone
was in the city just after the primary
and gave the following interview to the
press. Wien asked about the result of
the election, he said:
Col. Hoyt has gotten few more
votes in the first primary than | ex-
pected him TO get. When in Charleston
the latter part of July predicted to
the News and Courier man that he
would get 10000. When the entire vote
is in it will be seen that my prediction
has been more than verified.
ITO have gotten such 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,
and that they recognize the ability and
purity of Col. Hoyt.'
What about Col. Hoyts chances to
win in the second primary"
Il am satisfied that his chances are
good Governor McSweeney's lead OF
| 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 lead me by 1900
votes and yet in the second election he
only beat me by about 1000. And II
my friends had realized my strength l
would have beaten him badly.
IF Col. Hoyt's friends know his
strength and will go to work, he will
be our next Governor.
Cary and Patterson took away a
good many votes from Governor Nc
Sweeney naccount of the charges
made against Governor McSweeney by
them, viz: that the Governor was not
enforcing the dispelsary law.
1T will be remembered that Gary
and Patterson, both of whom are men
Of unquestioned ability, courage and
honesty, both charged upon the stump
that the Governors enforcement of the
dispensary law was fraud and hum
bug.
Senator Tillman made almost the
same charges.
Now, there is no doubt of the fact
that great many men who favor the
dispensary 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 dispen-
sary is the best solution Of the liquor
question, and who are especially inter-
ssted in the enforcement Of the pro-
hibitiye features Of the law. In other
words. they have a sincere desire to
make 1t lead up to out and out prohibi-
ton. That there are thousands OF such
people in the State cannot be doubted,
and they have the respect and conf
dence of those who do not agree with
thenE A large proportion Of the men
who Voted for Gary and Patterson came
from their ranks. Now, that their can
didates g'e out Of the race, for whom
are thew going to vote? They cannot
consistently vote for Governor Nc
Sweeney, and. in my judgment, they
will vote for Col Hoyt. And they will
do so for the reason that they know
that he will enforce the law rigldly
and make it as near prohibition as 1t
can be made.
But in addition to this, a part OF
the Gary and Patterson vote came from
their personal friends, not becs suSe
they believed in the dispensary law,
but because they recognized the hon
esty and ability Of Gary and Patterson.
Mr.. Gary has been in the General AS
sembly for 10 or 12 years, and for a
part of that time presided over the
House with conspicuous fairness and
ability. He comes from a large and
influential family His brothers, who
are upon the bench, are men OF ability
and influence, and there is not a parti-
Gle of doubt but that a part or MS vote
was purely personal one.
"And the same can be said Of Mr..
Patterson, whose ability and good pub
lie record cannot be questioned. a
part Of this vote know will go to Col.
Hoyt. and | believe that by far the
greater part Of it will do so.
and then we must take into consid-
Grafton the fact that there is a good.
large yci.e which did not come out last
Tuesday because it was uncertain as to
what chance Col. Hoyt stool. And
there are at least 1000 voters who were
out of the State-in the mountains and
elsewhere. But nearly all Of these
votes will come out in the second pri-
mary.
a systematic and organized effort
will now be made by Col. Hoyt's