The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-09-06
Thursday, Sept. 6, 1906
Well, Mr.. Blease has had his "chance.'

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No protest of the recent election has
yet been filed by the Hon. Coley L..
Blease, of Newberry. Strange!
Some people in this county have said
in the past that the implied support of
this newspaper hurts candidate for a
county Office Wonder what they think
about it now?
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To take Mr.. Wylie's statement, the last
legislature didn't do much in the way OF
purifying" the dispensary. Well, he's a
member of the State board and ought to
know how things are being run.
1t is the duty of every citizen to vote,
so be at the polls next Tuesday. Vote
your convictions. Don't be led away by
idle tales and campaign rumors. No
doubt there will be plenty of these in cir.
culation.
A good friend Of ours-we won't tell
on him-a few days before the first pri-
mary strenuously asserted that Hub
Evans. would head the legislative ticket
in Newberry county. A cog must have
slipped somehow, for Hub was hopelessly
defeated.
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The editor of The Herald voted for Jo-
ell E. Brunson at the recent primary.
Now We will vote for Ansel. 1t looks
like all the people want him, and far be
it from us to oppose the will of the "pee-
pull We want to be on the winning
side once in a while anyway.
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If Mr.. Manning has any friends they'd
better advise him to get out ofthe second
race. He stands no show of winning,
and contest is worse than useless. Were
he to withdraw now, he could come again
in four years with new platform and
stand some show of winning out.
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Cole Blease did not get majority in
his own county for governor, and Ansel
came very near beating him. The vote
in Newberry for governor was: Ansel,
S31; ;Blease, 1,01s; Brunsop, 124; Jones,
115; Manning, 1s1; McMahan, 1876; Sloan,
III. Out of 2,471 votes Blease received
only 1,O1s. Evidently the people of that
county know Blease.
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Remember that a member of the pres.
ent board of State dispensary directors
has said that the institution is still cor
rupt. He denies it-let US give him credit
for that-but unfortunately he made the
statement in the presence of three other
gentlemen, and all agree that he did say
it. So there you are. Guess we'll have
to accept his first statement rather than
the last.
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Bamberg scratched Senator Tillman
pretty well for dispensary county, and
vet these scratches did not come from
the towns only. In the town of Bam-
berg 255 votes were polled, and yet Till.
man received 219, only getting 36
scratches. At Olar only 130 votes were
polled, and Tillman received Ill, the
voters at that precinct giving him 10
scratches. A study of the election table
will prove interesting.
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This newspaper has taken very little
interest in politics this year, not becom-
ing partisan for any man. However,
the second primary is approaching, and
there are issues to settle as well as candi-
dates to be elected. We would appreciate
it if Ansel would carry the county for
governor and Lyon for attorney general.
We know Mr.. Manning personally and
would like to support him, but we can.
not abide his idea of forcing dispen-
sary on q county whether the people want
it or not. MIR. Ansel's platform is to
leave the settlement of this question to
the voters of the various counties, and
that is our position. No matter what our
opinion is, we are willing to trust the
masses, and when the voters of our
county shall have expressed themselves,
we are ready to accept the verdict. If
we want the dispensary in Bamberg, why
let Us have it. but do not force it on a
county where the people do not want it.
The personality of either man should not
cut any figure. A principle is always
greater than the man. For attorney gen.
eral, Mr. Lyon represents principle,
and for that reason he should be elected.
We have known of his opponent for a
number of years, and we must confess
that we could not support him for any
thing. but that does not count in this
case. Lvon's work as a member Of the
investigating committee stamps him as
man without prejudice and without fear.