The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-08-13

Htc3 OF me States newspaper and the
speeches OF Col IIoyt. For Col Hovt to
deny That thore was written comnuni.
cation or signed agreement is Simply a
Qu'bh'c aud does not Justify him IN the
severe language he resorts TO. We
only heard one Of his campaign speeches
ana That was the one delivered at New
berry, and we rCmCmOCr thnt he dis
gustcd many Of his friends here ut the
sickly praise he bestowed on Ben Till
| man, and his advice to vote for Till
man. We do know that he and the
State newspaper were iightirg together
for his election and we submit to an
appropriated public that this is the first
evidence that can be produced that
there was continuation for his cleo
tiOn and the defeat Of McSwccncy
whether or not there WAS any written
communication between him and the
editor Of The State or signed articles
Of agreement forming the combination.
IL vas only two years before that the
editor Of The state ridicu!cd the idea
Of trying to Cntrcuch prohibition in
the executive chair, when he thought
the dispensary could be ovcrthrown by
clccting II Ii5pcnsary candidate. Last
year he thought it could best be accom-
plishcd by combining forces with tho
prohibition candidate and he joincd h. y
forces with those OF Col. lIoyt whether
or not there WAS amy written communi-
~ nd
appeal to the files Of the State news
paper itself to prove this assertion and
VIC arc sure Col. Hoyt will not pro.
nounCe this statement false. We did
not say there was any written comuu-
nication or any written and signed
agreement, but we did assert there was
Il combination Of forces to accomplish
the defeat Of McSwccncy and tho files
OF tEc State newspaper are offered as
evidence to prove this statement.
as to consulting with the editor Of
The State newspaper We made it part OF
our business to keep up with the move
mcnts Of Col. lIoyt last year, and every
time he come toCOlumba We heard that
he was At the State newspaper Office,
| and it was but natural that lie should
go there and that he shonld be in con-
sUltAtion there, for his son was ascot
ate editor OF this paper, and tue paper
| vas his strong advocate. We had no
idea that he wOnld deny the statement
made for the facts were so potent that
we could not see how he could deny
them or would desire to do so.
We had no idea Of this controversy
when We replied to the Darlington
News and arc surprised that Col. IIoyt
should be SO indignant at the statement
of the fact that he and the editor OF
The State were working together for
hia election and for the defeat Of Nc
Sweeney. We rather Thought he was
| proud Of the company ho was keeping
in the campaign, though it i3 IL fact
that lis friend and colaborer could not
carry she county Of Echlaud for him.
We beg thc pardon Of our readers for
| taking up so much space with matter
that is plain and simple to everyone
who kept up with the campaign Nst
Scar and is now only IL matter Of his
tory. As for Col. IIoyt We are sur
prised that he should get SO angry at
tho statement Of u painIfact that every
, body knew and which was stated only
| incidentally in Il matter with which
| Col. lloyt had nothing whatever to do,
but we desire TO set ourself right and
to keep the record straight. Thc
State newspaper pretending to repra-
acnt high license and Col. Iloyt, the
candidate Of prohibition, were fighting
together and side by side for Col.
| loyt's election and the defeat of Nc
Sweeney and to the public, it was q
combination whether by written com.
| munication or siSned agreement and
| the effect and result were the same
! That is what we said and that Is what
we say now. Tho files Of the State
newspaper and the speeches of COL
l1Oyt are all the evidence necessary to
substantiatc the statement.
| IT We were younger We might reply
in kind aud say that when tho Noun
taincer charges that we made "unscru.
| +,
was charging wha: is untrue, but we
! have grown older and we hopc have
learned by experience that the people
do not care for cpithets, but rather fer
facts. Docs Col. Hoyt cxpcc. the pub
lie to believe that with tho vigorous
fight made for his election by the editor
Of Tho State during the campaign
| his consultations or conferences with
This editor werc only Of 4 social nature
and that the campaign was never dis
cussed? We happen to know that at
| least one OF tho statements given out
rs coming from Col. Ioyt was either
written by tho editor of The State or
submitted to him for approval, but no
good can com Of pursuing the subject,
and as we said before, il Col IIoyt Says
there was no combination We will lot the
subject drop. The fact is he Is mis-
| m