Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-28
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
All Kinds Of Views on All Kinds of
Questions,

All Kinds of Views on All Kinds of
Questions.
The weather department expects
seon to be able to predict the meteor
illogical conditions a week ahead. II
1t will only learn to be accurate twen-
ty-four hours in advance we shall all
be reasonably well atisfied.-Charles-
ton Post.
II the police commission Of Colum-
bia wants to earn the plaudits Of the
citizens of Columbia, the Record does
not mind telling them that one Of the
best ways to do so Is by thoroughly
enforcing the law against vagrancy.
Every man who does not work should
be made to work or to leave the city.
Edleness breeds crime. The man with
out visible means Of support who does
not work Is a menace to the commun-
ity. There is plenty of law to reach
him IL those in charge Of the admins
tration of the law will only do their
whole duty without fear or favor.--Co-
lumbia Record.
It is very generally recognized that
the coming Of a ship to Charleston d.
rect from Germany with immigrants
and freight means great opportunity
stop there. 1t is an opportunity for
South Carolina as we'll. So let those
Of us who live in the interior not lose
sight Of the fact that the responsibility
of making the line permanent by fur
nishing return cargoes rests upon our
shoulders as heavily as 1t does upon
Charleston. 1t Is indeed a great op-
portupity and the fact Is widely recog-
nized. What will help Charleston In
this instance will also help the rest OF
South Carolina; and should the VEN
ture turn out to be failure it would
reflect upon the whole state.-Green-
vile News.
A number Of candidates for the leg
islature in the various counties during
the course Of their campaigns stated
that they were opposed to bucket
shops or cotton exchanges" where
people gamble in cotton futures. Now,
will the legislature pass a law putting
these institutions in charge Of the state
and running them-the profits to go
to the schools? This Is what was
done when the dispensary law was en-
acted. The people voted for prohibi-
ton, yet the state put lot Of private
citizens out Of business and went to
selling whisky under a system OF state
management. Let us hope that such
will not be the case, but that bucket
shops will be abolished in South Car
olina.-Bamberg Herald. . D.
The authorities of Macon, Ca, de-
clined to permit "The Clansman" to
be presented there last night, on ac-
lie mind over the Atlanta affair. This
very action of the authorities is cal
culated to stir up more feeling by
reason Of creating undue notoriety,
than the smooth presentation OF the
play would have done. The Charles
ton News and Courier's idea is that
"the condition Of things which the
Dixon play portrays is precisely the
condition Of things that has resulted
in the race war in Georgia. The fault
is not in the play, but in the attempt
which is being made to permit two
entirely different races to live on the
same soil on terms Of equality. Char
lotte Chronicle.
The first test Of the strength Of the
forces for and against the dispensary
in the house will probably come over
the election of speaker. Both sides
claim a majority. and the election OF
the presiding officer will undoubtedly
be made the occasion of a show down.
The anti-dispensary forces have lat
terly shown evidences Of a generalship
they have sadly lacked in previous
years. The election of Ansel showed
1t. All other candidates were practi-
cally eliminated. so that the anti-dis-
pensary support could go solidly to
him. Does anybody dream that he was
selected because he was wholly accept
able to the anti-dispensary forces? He
was selected simply and solely because
he could be elected. There was where
the generalship came In. An ideal
candidate from an -dispensary
standpoint would not have had ghost
of a show of election-and the anti
dispensary leaders knew It. So they
took up Ansel, who was a very nice
sort Of all things to -allmen gentle
man, who had within eight years been
a prohibitionist, a state dispensaryite
and county dispensary advocate, and
put back Of him the power Of their po-
litical organization and the daily news
paper trust. He drew support from all
elements-and was elected. The dis
pensary forces displayed no such gen.
eralship. They went into that fight di-
vided and fighting each other and got
licked, though they were in a major
ity. The anti -dispensary forces will
show the same generalship in the fight
for the speakership. There are several
anti -dispensary statesmen who want
the honor of presiding over the house,
but all save one will be practically
eliminated by the time the election
comes, and the -dispensary strength
will go solidly to that one, who, In all
probability, will be r. S. Whaley OF
Charleston, a very genial and able gen.
tleman. popular with all factions. Are
the supporters Of the dispensary going
to show in this fight the same lack OF
generalship which cost them the gov
ernor's race? Are they going to have
three or four candidates for the place,
each fighting the other? Or, are they
going to practice a sensible policy Of
elimination and consolidate their sup
port upon their strongest man? The
dispensary forces in the next house
will be stronger than for years past In
one Respectfully will have more real
ly able men. fully capable Of playing
their hands in the great political came
called the session Of the legislature.
There are more strong men favorable
to the dispensary in the next house
than the last two or three houses have
contained. They should show their
sense in the generalship with which
they manage their side of the fight for
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