The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-06-17
GOVERNOR MCSWEBNEY
NOT A CANDIDATE,
TO Km1IRE FROM PUBLIC OFFICE
AND ATTEND TO PRIVATE DUTIES
Has Done HIS Duty Well 10 His >tatr
ITS Party and to himself-T" Retire
With Regrets on the Part of His
Many Friends.
Columbia Special to News and
Courier, 18th.

for any Office in the approaching
primary. He has now nearly filled
his two terms in the executive chair
and feels that he has done his full
duty to his State, his party and him
self. 1t may be added that Gov.
McSweeney does not avoid entering
the primary from any fear Of defeat,
because he has been assured that his
friends would take care of him; but
that is neither here nor there, and of
course it would have had to be tested
at the primary whether he could
have won or not. 1t may be re-
marked incidentally that Gov. Nc
Sweeney has meyer yet offered him
self for any public office in this State
and been defeated.
1t may be mentioned that large
part of the success of Gov. Nc
Sweeney's administration has been
due to his obsolute confidence in and
cooperation with the people of the
State through their representatives.
He has not ignored county delega-
tions, as has been so often done BY
previous governors, but, on the con-
trary, he took the people into his
confidence and counsel through the
country delegations. Aud another
source of the Governors success,
probably the most marked, has been
his successful business training.
When he went into the office of
Governor he took with him his strict
and orthodox business ideas, and
whatever went into his Office was
disposed of with the utmost dispatch
and publicity.
His administration, therefore, was
exceedingly satisfactory to the busi-
ness interests of the State, especially
as be undertook no radical measures,
but was satisfied to encourage the
momentum of prosperity that he
found in South Carolina, and he has
the very great pleasure of knowing
that at no period in the history of
South Carolina has there been greater
industrial development than during
the nearly four years of his admin
istration, and it is a source of great
qualification to him to know that the
wave of industrial prosperity and
progress is now higher than it has
ever been in South Carolina and that
he is told by many business people
that this has been largely due to his
conservative administration and to
his fostering the era of good will and
good feeling on the part of all of the
people.
When Governor McSweeney was
asked about his not being candi-
date he replied:
81 have been asked good many
times in the past few months what l
intended to do politically. A great
many of my friends have showed a
very kind interest in my future and
seemed anxious to know what l In
tended to do. I have invariably re-
piled that I had not fully determined
my plans and, therefore, could
give them no definite answer.
Many of my friends in different
parts of the State have urged
me to become candidate for re.
election to the Office of governor. l
appreciate more than [ can say
their kindly interest and voluntary
offers of support and especially their
commentator of my course as Gov.
ernor. During my term of office l
have endeavored to discharge my
duties faithfully and conscientlously,
and my purpose has always been so
to act in all matters presented to me
that I would feel right about what
ever action I might take. Any man
in public Office, especially in the po-
sition of Governor, may expect to
have his actions criticised. There
are always those who find fault, and
have never objected to honest, legltl-
mate and fair criticisms. [ have given
to the press every official act, wheth-
er it was the granting of pardon or
a communication or the refusal of one;