The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-08-15
TOMBSTONE FOR THE SENATE.
BY ALL THAT HE WILL
BE IN SECOND RACE.
Has Steadily Gained in the Cam
paign Now About to CloSe-Some-
thing Of the Life Of this Remark
able Man, Who, by Ability Of
Highest Order, Has Forged
so Rapidly to the Front.

The purpose of our Democratic prl-
mary is to give the people an opportu-
nifty to Judge for themselves of the
character, ability and fitness of those
aspiring to position, so that the voter
may be able to cast his ballot intelli-
gently.
In the canvass now about to close in
the State for the United States Sena-
torship, there are practically no differ
ences in platform. The question to be
decided by the people is that of personal
fitness. Who of the six, aspiring to
this position, is most capable of repre-
senting South Carolina in the United
States Senate with credit to himself
and honor to his State?
There is no doubt that since the can
vass began, George Johnstone, of New
berry, has gained remarkable strength
and made most favorable impressions
on the voters. In fact, it is conceded
that of all the candidates, he has gained
most, this being admitted on all hands.
1t may be we'll to inquire into the
record and to study something of the
life of this man, who, by sheer force of
character and ability of the highest
order, has forged so rapidly to the
| front.
George Johnstone is son of the late
Chancellor Job Johnstone, whose opin-
ions rank in literary ability and legal
erudition with those of the greatest
chancellors and judges the State has
ever produced. The son has inherited
| in great measure the intellect of the
father and that intellect has had the
advantage of thorough training in the
best schools of this country and Europe.
! In 1877 he was elected to the Legis-
| lature, in which body he served for
eight successive years, retiring volun-
tarily.
In 1890 he was elected to congress
from the Third District. He was chair
man of the committee on Privileges and
Elections, from which Mr.. Crisp was
elected speaker, and Mr.. Johnstone was
one to whom Mr.. Crisp looked constant
ly for assistance.
No man can show a cleaner record.
Few can show more remarkable
record. No man has sought more to do
what he could in the interest Of and for
the welfare of his people. In times
like these there is demand for men,
not time servers; statesmen, not polltl-
clans. There are momentous questions
to be settled, and above all, do we
need men who are able to grapple
with these questions in the National
Congress, and to do so intelligently and
with wisdom and foresight born of
the statesman. The people of the State
are now in the enjoyment of their sober
Judgment, they are not torn by party
strife and factional feeling. The appeal
is made to this sober judgment in the
selection they will be called upon to
make for the highest Office in their gift.
1t is their duty to measure up the can
didates by the standard which every
true Carolinian should set for such a
position; character, fitness, intellect,
ability to stand up shoulder to shoulder,
arm to arm, hand to hand, intellect to
intellect, with any member OF that
body.
The friends of Col. Johnstone have
never considered him a politician, and
do not now press his claims on that
ground, but rather as a broadmlnded
statesman who is able to grapple with the
questions of the day and meet the issues
and solve them intelligently; one who has
always stood for the peoples interests
and those principles he believed to be
right and just, though for the time they
may not have been popular.
In his old congressional district
(Third) he received an ovation at each
meeting.
In the beginning of this article, it was
stated that since the canvass of the
State begun, George Johnstone has