Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-27

ing the people to confirm his title to it with
their votes No doubt the action of Sena-
tors Tillman and McLaurin strikes Senator
Quay, for instance, as absurdiy Quixouc
and unworthy of men pretending to have
any knowledge of practical politics. TO
Senator Penrose it must be the utterly In
comprehensive freak Of two political luna
tics.
But to many it seems rather a fine thing
that men in politics should recognize their
responsibility to the people and have the
personal honor and dignity to refuse to
hold office unless their fitness shall be al
flrmed by their fellOw-cltizens.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The people of South Carolina may GER
tainly esteem themselves as favorites of
Providence The two important offices are
thus thrown open to all candidates, With
out reserve, and the electors of South Car
DINA have an opportunity to send senators
to Washington who will be fit to speak for
them and who might In some measure re-
store to the state the prestige and charac-
ter which it had maintained SO uninter-
ruptedly before the civil war. South Caro-
lima has not yet lost the breed of noble
men, but they seem to have been politi-
cally submerged and lost to sight whilst
the Tillmans and Irbys and McLaurins
have floated to the top Of affairs.
AS result Of the system Of popular
primary choice there will undoubtedly be
one Of the hottest and most vituperative
campaigns ever carried on in any part Of
the country. The result can hardly be
in doubt Senator Tillman Is a narrow and
INSCRIPTIONS politician, but he has perhaps
as much aggressive force Of character as
any man Of prominence in the country.
McLaurin will doubtless have subsidy back
ing and such support as the sympathy of
the republican party may lend him, but he
Is no match for his burly and clustering
antagonist
What an opportunity the people of
South Carolina have thrust upon them to
Md nf no Wao I'LL nd IA
swaggerer, If they shall only elect to be
true to themselves. Not once in hun
dred years does such a notable chance offer
itself.
From the New York Times.
This means a war to the knife with TILL
man, and q contest in which the defeat
Of McLaurin would be more disastrous for
the party in South Carolina by alternating
the best elements Of its strength than any
thing which could now happen to it. Sem
ator McLaurin will remain a democrat. do
ing all in his power to 9, awaken his party to
There Is nothing in this movement to ex-
cite surprise. Senator McLaurn is a man
of clear perceptions. great courage and lit
tie respect for blind adherence to error
for no better reason than that the conven
lions of Kansas City and Chicago so de-
creed He realizes that the south is in
separately linked With the north by the
pendent relations: that what is good for
the material interests of the north is as
good for those Of the south, and for the
same reason He is daily gaining strength
and recruiting formidable following, while
Senator Tillman, once the undsputed
boss of the state, IS losing ground as rap
idly. It requires no prophetic foresight to
see that such reform as Senator McLau-
rim has started is revolution Of the kind
that has in it the vital seeds Of continu-
ance: that it is In line with the political
and economic development of the south,
and that 1t has the support Of the best
element Of the population Of the state
From the New York World.
VIII the democrats Of South Carolina
is populism? Will they hold with Senator
McLaurin that democracy Is republican
ism? Is there any remote chance that the
campaisn between these two will develop
an opportunity for the democrats of South
Carolina to hold with some new and truly
democratic and trustworthy leader that
democracy is democracy?
Certainly If anything can be judged from
the outset of the campaign the people will
have an excellent opportunity to learn the
full and interesting and very damaging
truth about both Of these mis-representa-
tiyes. And if they ever should fully grasp
the truth they would surely retire both to
private life.
From the New York Sun.
The consequences of this incident are
sure to be spectacular and likely to be
Instructive.
1t is proper to remember that although
Mr. Tillman is stalking a full six years
two years Of service, most OF the advan-