Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-06-14

gress from this, the Seventh district.
This was the only pledge to be filed on
yesterday. Preparations for the open
ing of the campaign Of the senatorial
party in Columbia next Tuesday, are
steadily going forward and the meeting
promises to be something out of the
usual in political campaigning in this
state. The meeting is to be held In
the Columbia theatre; prominent men
will be invited to seats upon the stage,
and the balance of the theatre will be
reserved for ladies who will be invited
to attend in large numbers. The hour
for the meeting Is fixed at II o'clock
for their special convenience. In addi-
ton to the senatorial candidates there
will be only two candidates for con-
gress to speak on this occasion. The
political ball will really open on Sat-
urday of this week. Most of the cam
didates for senatorial and states offices
and for congress in the district in which
Donnalds is located, are expected to
attend this preliminary meeting. Lieut..
Governor Tillman has announced that
he will be at this meeting to answer
the charges that have been made
against him.
Aiken For Self Government.
The question whether or not the men,
bers of the county board of control and
the county dispenser should be nomina-
ted in the coming primary election,
does not seem to have been settled as
far as Aiken county Is concerned, says
dispatch. At the county convention
held here in May, a resolution was
adopted requiring these places to be
filled by primary election. This reso-
luton was opposed by many, who said
they did not want to see politics inject
ed into the dispensary system, but
majority voted for the resolution. At
the state convention Mr.. George w. Z.
Thorpe, one of the Aiken county dele
gates. who opposed the resolution in
the county convention, offered an
amendment excepting the board of con-
troll and dispenser from the list to be
voted for in the primary. This amend
ment was adopted, Senator Tillman, as
chairman, reporting to the state con-
vention: Third. In reference to the
proposed amendment Of Mr.. G. w. E.
Thorpe, your committee recommends IS
follows: After the word masters on
next to the last line, page 2, but not
for members Of the county board Of
control of the dispensaries, nor for
county dispensers so that it will read
as follows: Provided, That the coun-
ty executive committee Of any county
shall be at liberty to order a primary
election for magistrates and masters,
but not for members Of the county
board Of control Of the dispensaries nor
for county dispensers" At the meet
ing of the county executive committee
held here on Monday resolution was
offered by Mr.. Jones, Of Wagner, to
place the offices of county board of
control and dispensers in the primary.
Chairman Wise overruled this, saying
the constitution adopted at Columbia
especially provided against 1t. So to
beat the devil around the stump" Mr..
Jones changed his resolution to read
that these offices be put in the primary
and be voted for by special ticket to
lie dropped in a special box. There was
considerable discussion over this, but
it was finally passed. Mr.. Thorpe Is
out with a card in The Journal and Re-
view denouncing the action of the ex-
ecutive committee as 'rebellious" and
"disorderly proceeding" in thus bolt
ing" the constitution Of the party.
Public sentiment seems to sustain Mr..
Thorpe. who says he will fight the mat
ter to the last, as it was his resolution
at the state convention that caused
the clause against dispensary officials
to be inserted in the constitution Of the
party.