Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-29

FEw CANDIDATES foa srArr OFFICES.
All the Pledges Have Been Filed Secretary
Of State Only officer who Has Opposition.

For the first time since the Demo.
cratic primary system was inangu-
rated, fourteen years ago, candi-
date for Governor appears in the
campaign without an opponent.
This is not only tribute to the sue
cessful administration of Governor,
Hayward, but indicates that the peo-
pie of South Carolina are not as
eager for political excitement as they
were a decade ago. 1t is true of
nearly the entire administration that
there is no opposition. When the
entries were closed at noon Tuesday,
June 21, only one executive official
was found to have an opponent.
This does not include the Office of
Railroad Commissioners, which is
collateral branch of the State gov
erpnent.
Capt. r. III. Jennings is the only
State officer who is Offering for a
third term, but no one was found
who could take the stump against
this wise campaigner aud popular
official.
The principal incident in State
politics last Tuesday was the filing
of the pledge of Col. M. p. Tribble
as a candidate for Secretary of State
against the incumbent, Jesse II.
CAN'T. There has been only rumor
that there would be opposition to
any of the present officers in the
State House and Col. Tribble did
not file his pledge until about half
hour before the time expired. Col.
Tribble has been a member of the
Legislature from Anderson for the
last term, and for many years was
Clerk of the Court for that county.
For the last year he has been in
charge of the work of collecting and
recording the State Confederate
rolls, having compiled them for the
United States War Department. He
says that he intends making quiet
campaign on his own merits. This
and the filing of pledges from j. o.
Patterson for Congress from the
second, l. II. McCalla from the third
and w. f. Dargan from the sixth
completed the list when the time
expired.
The final list of candidates for
State offices and for Congressman is
as follows:
State Officers-D. G. Hayward,
Governor John II. Sloan, Lieuten-
ant Governor II. ii. Jennings, Trea-
surer; j. II. CAN'T and M. p. Trib-
BILE, Secretary of State U. X. Gun
ter, Jr, Attorney General; A. w.
Jones, Comptroller General; o. B.
Martin, Superintendent of Educa-
ton; John d. Frost, Adjutant and
Inspector General; Railroad Com
missioner, Harry J. Gignilliat, James
Canser, G. w. Garris, j. G. Mobley,
w. Boyd Evans and j. II. Earle.
Congress-First district, Geo. S.
Legare; second, S. G. May field, J. o.
Patterson and l.. J. Williams; third,
Wyatt Aiken, |. III. McCalla {; fourth,
Jos. I. johnson; fifth, d. E. Finley
and II. Y. Williams; sixth, j. w.
Ragsdale, j. E. Ellerbe, w. E. Oar
gan and James Norton; seventh, A.
f.: Lever.
Soicitor-Eighth Judicial Circuit,
Julius E. Boggs.
"A resolution passed by the State
Democratic Executive Committee
was to the effect that State officers
who have no opposition should not
be required to make the whole cir
cult, but should appear at least once
IN each Congressional district.
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGNS.
|. II. McCalla, who is a candidate
for Congress in the Third district,
has asked the State chairman to take
some steps for the holding of spe-
cial campaign in this district. This
is not in the hands of the State
Executive Committee, and in case
the counties in this and other Con-
gressional districts may want to
know how to proceed, Gen. Jones,
State chairman, directs attention to
Article lN of the constitution of the
State Democratic party. This para
graph says:
"The State Democratic Executive
Committee shall appoint and arrange
for two campaign meetings to be
held in each county, not less than
two weeks apart, one of which meet
ings shall be addressed only by can
dldates for State Offices, and the other
only by candidates for United States
Senator, United States House of Rep
resentatives and Circuit Solicitors.
In addition to such campaign meet
ings the county chairmen Of the re-
spective Congressional districts and
judicial circuits shall, when there is
more than one candidate for either
OF said offices, arrange for and ap-
point separate campaign meetings for
their respective districts or judicial
circuits, the time and place Of such
meetings to be published in each
county, at which only the candidates
for said Offices shall be invited to ad-
dress the people: Provided, that in
any year in which no candidate for
United States Senator is to be voted
for, the State Executive Committee
may dispense with the second cam
paign meeting it is authorized to ap-
point under this article"
COL TribbIe Withdraws from The Race.
Since the above was put in type
Col. Tribble has withdrawn from the
race for the Office of Secretary of
State, leaving all the candidates for
State offices without opposition. Col.
Tribble issued the following state
ment regarding his withdrawal:
81 want the people of South Caro-
lima to understand my position fully,
both as to the announcement of nv
candidacy for the office of Secretary
of State, and for my subsequent
withdrawal from the race. This can
be satisfactorily done without tres.