Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-06-18

triumph. Another element believes
that Evans was the undeserving victim
Of John T. Duncan in the race when
Earle was elected and that atonement
Is due him. Evans alone Of the candi-
dates was a volunteer in the Spanish
war and some young men will vote for
him on that account. And yeti Is too
long a story to detail why-The Adver-
tiser Is convinced that a majority Of
the voters has already sealed a verdict
that he shall not be senator. There is
a story that at the Union Summer
School" meeting last year, Mr.. Latimer
who, we believe, joined in an appeal
for the election of Evans after the first
primary in 1896, when Earle was lead
ing, said that he voted for McLaurin in
1897, and explained that it was a
choice Of evils" or something like that.
It was a cruel, almost brutal, thrust
and must have gone deep. Hence 1t
is not surmised that Evans and Lati-
mer are playing a funny game this
year; provided the story Is true. II
Evans could beguile his enemies into
repeating the fight Of 1896 against him
1t might save him. He Is more sure of
what votes he will get than any of
them; but we think his opportunity has
not yet come. He Is young yet-not So
and has a future. Any man who has
ever held four queens with big pot
on the table knows how hard 1t is to
lay them down. though the chances are
that the other fellow has as many aces.
Evans holds four queens.
AS to Mr.. Henderson, an impression
Is abroad that he is one Of the two
leading candidates. We think his
strength his overestimated. Some peo-
pie say that he Is Tillman's choice
rather than Latimer. He Is an able
lawyer, good speaker, a delightfully."-
pleasing gentleman, whom to know one
must like. Clearly he would make a
creditable senator. He halls from a
section Of the country where voters
are relatively not too numerous and
Colonel Elliott is from the same Sec
ton. Mr.. Henderson Is not familiar to
the Piedmont like Latimer, Johnstone.
Evans or even Hamphill in the Cataw-
ba region of it. That Is why we think
his strength Is Observation-Disclosures we
cannot now see where it lies. OF course
he will be in the running largely. and
he has a good showing.
It is very frequently said that ]. j.
Hemphill has no chance because he has
maintained law office in Washington
and spent most Of his time in that city
Of late years. This ought not to appeal
to the broadly intelligent and thinking
voter who remembers that the district
of Columbia contains no citizens in a
political sense. Men who stay In
Washington must retain their citizen
ship in their states or be disfranchised.
1t would be absurd to regard man as
politically dead because he has a busi-
ness in Washington. Mr.. Hemphill Is
an upright able, clean man who served
in congress for years and made his
mark deep and bold there as national
Democratic figure. He was in Laurens
county a fortnight ago and echoes may
be heard Of the fine impression he made
among the people. His former absence
in Washington is burdensome handi-
cap, and unlike other candidates he Is
not certain of any considerable follow
ing save from Chester county and mis-
neighbors. On the other hand, he pos
sesses perhaps better senatorial
equipment, due to experience and
training, directed by fine talent, poise
and judgment, than any Of them, and
as a gracious, high-minded gentleman
in bearing makes friends rapidly.
Hence it is by no means out Of the