The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01
LET POLITICIANS HOWL.
Charleston People Have Something
Better to Do Than Listen.

Charleston People Have Something
Better to Do Than Listen.
Charleston, S. c., Aug. 31.-The peo-
pie of Charleston are taking very lit
tic stock in the political summer school
which is being conducted in the up
country by Senator Tillman and the
numerous gentlemen who seek to put
themselves forward as candidates for
Senator AJcLaurin's position at Wash
ing. :,
clare that they don't see just what all
this to do is being made for at this
time. anyhow. The friends of Sena-
tor McLauriia say, however, that the
ardor with which his opponents nave
conceived it necessary to begin inns
early TO comhst the principles which
he advances, shows just how badly he
has got them scared. and they add that
the euuaninity with which the junior
senator is regarding the attacks Wnlcn
are being made upon him is pretty
good indication of just how CONFIDENT
he is OF himself, and of the soundness
Of the position which he occupies IN
national affairs.
II should be absolutely impossible
this early in the game to make any
predictions as to how the vote OF
Charleston is going to stand next year.
The political leaders will not discuss
the situation seriously, basing their
refusal upon the ground that 1t is TOO
far ahead of time to be binding them
selves to any particular chariot wheels.
They do not in any way under-rate
any one of the men who is likely to be
in the campaign next summer. Hemp.
hill. Henderson. tombstone, Jones ana
I,atinner, as well as Senator McLaurin
himself all have a certain personal
following in the city
Not a few persons are of the opinion
that Col. d. S. Henderson, of Aiken,
counts confidently for his support IN
the contest on the low country. IL
seems. indeed, to be pretty well con-
coded that unless he is able TO get
TO Columbia with a tolerably strong
backing he would have very little place
in the picture when the ballots are
counted. His friends say that he VIII
have little trouble in doing this The
McLaurin people are rather inclined to
the opinion that the contest throughout
the low country is liable to be between
Col Henderson and their man.
OF course the immediate following OF
other candidates advance other views.
The local McLaurin leaders, a number
of whom are very prominent men and
very wise politicians, Go not hesitate
to say that they are not worried at all
over the vast number of opponents
that he is liable to have in the race
when ii really does become race. They
go even further. and say that the more
of them they can get in the field. the
better they will be pleased. as they are
entirely willing to see the opposition
vote split up just as much as may be.
After all is said. and in spite of the
earnest efforts which are being made
by the campaigners in the up-country
TO arouse enthusiasm, Charleston peo-
pie are far too busy with great indus
trial matters just now to take a great
deal of stock in politics With an ex-
position reaching the home stretch of
construction, with work on the Sc, 000-
900 naval station just about to begin.
with twenty-three great government
buildings going up for the army post
on Sullivan's Island, with hundreds of
thousands of dollars being spent in
repairing and reconstructing big ho-
tells and business houses. and with the
cotton season about to open, they are
far too we'll occupied otherwise to be
sitting UP nights figuring out who they
are, or are not, going to support in the
campaign which is yet an entire year
off