Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-09

THE Greenville News has announced
a kind of a private declaration Of in
dependence. In an editorial Of Tues
day, it proclaims enthusiastically,
Long Live Mckinley" 1t claims that
1t is not reaching out for the presidents
coat tails or rolling its eyes toward the
Republican party. 1t merely processes
pleasure at the record that Mckinley
has made during the past four years,
and expresses its confidence as to the
future. 1t goes on further and express
es its contempt for the South Carolina
political machine as now constructed,
and declares that 1t will no longer be
bound in the slightest measure by the
political prescriptions Of the "Tillman
Oligarchy." Just what may be the
significance of The News definition Of
it's position we are unable to say.
There is no doubt Of the fact that the
views expressed are those Of a large
and progressive element in South Caro-
lima. and it may mean that the hackers
of The News intend to open up fair
and square fight in behalf of their
views as to what constitutes the best
interests Of this section. AS to what
success they will meet with remains to
be seen. Fifteen years ago the idea Of
introducing practical business sensein-
to South Carolina politics would have
been absurd. because Of the impossible
ity Of success. There was too much
prejudice. The politics Of the state
was based upon and hinged to the word
Democrat" the only meaning Of
which, according to the traditions and
beliefs Of SO out of a hundred, Is the op-
posite of Republican" That is what
the leaders taught and still teach, and
a political heresy Is defined as anything
that is calculated to so disturb the
status quo as to remove from power,
position and salary, any leader who has
become established in office. Dur
ing the first few weeks of the Boxer
outbreak there was the greatest inter-
est in obtaining information and views
from u-Ting-Fang, the Chinese min
lister at Washington. Reporters liter
ally haunted the minister's house. A
solemn looking Celestial came out Of
the front door and was held up by the
reporter as he was about to descend to
the cellar. The reporter stated at
length the situation upon which he
wanted light, and then asked the Chi
naman, What do you think?" "Me
no thinkee," replied the Chinaman; me
washee." We are not looking for any
considerable developments from the po-
sition that has been assumed by The
News. There are many things Of i'm
portance that it can tell the people of
the state. There are many matters Of
political policy in which the people of
South Carolina are going contrary to
their best interests. It is hardly possi-
BILE that The News is able to point out
all of these things, and it is not proba-
BILE that it may be accepted as an in
fallible guide. No newspaper Is to be
taken as infallible. The News, how
ever, is capable of telling and urging
many important truths; but 1t is likely
to have it's trouble for it's pains. After
it has urged and argued for correct
and sensible politics until 1t would
seem to have right to believe that all
of us should be convinced, it will, when
it asks US what we think, probably get
the reply, I'VE no thinkee; we just
votee!" 1t is heavy cross that The
News has taken up, and as to whether
it will be crushed under its burden de-
pends Orwell, whether or not it is be-
ginning ten years too soon.