The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-08-14

stewardship, asks an election to ,
full torn as the hands Of his fellow
citizens. In Il manner Governor Me
Sweeney belongs to Abbevillo conn'
ty. She made man Of him in that
Ninety Six put him on his feot. Alb,
boyille must stand by him in tho
coming election. Sho cannot afford
to turn her back OH her adopted son
eyon if another Of her SONS is in the
race. Governor McSwcency believes
that tho disponsary system that has
boon placed on our statute books
should stand. lie resi- &C $ all mems
opinions, but no enrorces the laws of
our State and not oven for tho CA
dorsoment Of a second torn, will he
cringe either to true prohibitionsts
or bow TO sham ones.
NOTHING WRONG WITH GARY.
WHAT'S the matter with Frank
Gary? Nothing at all--at all! lie
is good fellow, a jolly good fellow,
bot We can't exactly work him in as
governor this time. Nothing to hln-
der us from doing SO noxt time; but
we South Carolinians always did
stand on our manners-otiquettc Mr.
Gaiy would say. Gubernatorial Ell.
quetto in South Carolina is ve..crablo
wit ago and respect. 1t is this.
Ever since the royal governor ran
away in Il ship it has Eocn the Gus
tam to give governor second term
es an endorsement Of his manage
mont Of Tho States affairs. Some
peculiar people arguo that VIXEN Il
man succeeds TO this ol1co from that
Of Lieutenant Governor this custom
should not be observed. This shows
simply a love Of arguing about moth
ing, or to express it moro elegantly,
it is the difference between twecdlc-
dec and tweedle- dun.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS NOT FIGURE
Our lieutenant governors are not
| mere figure heads. From tho very
nature Of tho Office, only men OF
| ability can fill it. This officer must
preside over the Senate, a body of
able and trained public men, gener-
ally; many Of whom are frstclass
lawyers. (We Tillmanitcs had lot
Of the rust rubbed off our political
spoctacles when old Ben was running
for governor. We arc nearly rs
sharp, or to use fine language, we
are about as good diplamats as the
ants, and there is no use whatever in
trying to get us to argue about how
many angels can dance upon the
point Of cambric needle. We arc
saving wood now and will vote for
McSwoeney at the first, and if ncces-
sary, at the second primary, as sure
as hayseed lives.
TIE GO ID OLD RULE SHOULD HOLD GOOD
1t has been the invariable custom
to give the governor second term
as an endorsement Of good admin
istration Of the affairs Of the State.
This was so well understood that
there was nothing but routine work
at the former nominating convention
for second term until Tlllman came
in, then tho hounds Of hate and fury,
malice and all other kinds of man.
ners were let loose, and wo were en-.
treated to relegate Tillman to OBJ
scurity-send him back to his farm
disgracod in the eyes Of tho world
Did wo send old Bon homo? DID
we do what Gonzales and the gang
desired us to do? L think I hear the
rebel yell, "No, no; never, never
Wo gave HIM second term, ant
then sont him to tho U. S. Senate
whore he has vindicated our faith il
his ability and won q national rcpu
tation for himself
WE OWE M'swEENEY ANOTHER TERM.
In simple justice and common dc
cency we owe Gov. McSwoency an
other term. Our State cannot ever
then afford to loso the SERVICES O
such an able man. Mr.. Gary alst
has ability you will answer. Grant
ing this, but why, since it has beer
tho custom of century to allow sec
ond term; why should Wo remove tn,