The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-15
The Race For Governor,

Tho people of this section of the
ate have little to hope for, as com.
g from any Of the candidates for
oyornor in the race this present
an.
If the action of the majority of the
eople voting in tho election held in
lis county lest spring is to bc taken
IN index to tho real wishes of the
eople on the whiskoy question, thon
ur people in Pickens county want
Prohibition, and we believe that is
he desire Of tho majority who have
Weighed the matter we'll nnd dispas.
ionately. There ore two candidates
n the field, we believe, who are out
md out prohibition men, but ,heir
ecords are not established and their
ollowlng, consequently, is not fac
or IN this race, especially as the agi.
;ation is conferred on the platforms OF
the other candidates, They are prac-
tically eliminated from consideration
as materially affecting the race, how
ever much We deplore this fact.
One of the candidates, ut least, fa-
vors the whole dispensary machinor,
as it is; some favor the disponsary
with amendments Sufficient to war
rant against graft and wrong in it's
management, while Mr.. Ansol, The
only candidate of prominence from
the upper section of the State, favors
scheme Of county dispensaries,
whatever that may mean in it's opera.
tion; ond the whole proposition
affecting tho whiskey question ;s
40 envclopcd in so much uncertainty
and weighted with so much politics
and straddling that the layman--thc
man That does tho votin must settle
these questions for himself.
As for Hiekons county, we rrn in
favor OF the things Thai jnnl to the
elimination of the whiskcy evil, if
possible, and il that cannot be 4, ,om
plishod, thon wo want that mnuupc.
ment and haudling Of the problem
that viii most nea, ~ appro' iii tho
suppr sion Of whiskey evils. We
cannot close our eyes to tho iaci HAT
his is problem and IN OWL, and it
is one with which wo must praprle
as Cow Q cannot accept
ltaln our self
| in subjection.
n. .nort of absolutn
'.-..ltlon, would amount to littlo
moro than a substitute of othor evils
for those we now know 80 well, O..
perhaps it might be better expressed
by saying that now w.on in strap.
ger disgnises would ssalk where evils
Already known arc lurking, and the
happy achievements Of the past would
be nullifcd
Under the Br;oo law, pick,ns
county now has prohibition, and wo
do not know what we woyld hnve
under any rotor m Of the liqnor laws
ly the | Informs of tho
candidates for Govern, +, e,cept those
who orc OUT aud out candidates on
the prohibition platform.
We will not hur! back to things Of
a year or two years ago, and we do not
believe this issue will lie determined
by any considerations which hayo as
Ihelr origin or purpose the it inter
9sts or the VIII of The T. ,plc, for
pe'ltlcs make the platforms aad shape ,
Tho opinions of candidates, and issues q
'to clouded in maze Of complica
Tons that only on Intelligent consid- +
erat'on OF the matters by the pooplc, !;
'he'"selVes' who will vote intelligent :,
~ and independently eau Clear
inc people must settle the issues, and y
they will and ought to REQUIRE Of .v.
cry candidate cloar expression Of
his views upon the leading questions
that are for determination, opd tho
man whose views most nenr,v G. ~
needs of the voter will receive his /
support, regard being had also to the
fitness of the man to represent bis
people.
\ What is here said rs to tho roce
or Governor applies with equal fit
less and appropriateness 10 the can.
lrdatss for the Senate aud House O, I,
Representatives !
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