Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-02

est and intelligent Democrat in the
state, will this year vote a ticket with
the Republican emblem. The SRepubli-
can platform and the Republican can
didate are infinitely more Democratic
than the platform and the candidate
created at Buffalo"
The New York Evening World says
editorially: perhaps Mr.. Hearst Is
right. Perhaps the old historic Dem
ocratic party has finally run its race
and finished it's course. If it is capable
of nominating Mr.. Hearst for governor
on a platform which Tammany six
m onths ago compared with the insti-
tuition Of human slavery; II 1t Is cap
able of allowing q man like Murphy to
prostitute its principles publicly In
order to wreak personal revenge or
Mayor Mcclellan: II 1t Is ready to be
anti -socialistic one day. pro-socialistic
1.-THE next day, and something else an
other day. making itself the playthine
of a sinister, sordid boss, then thou
sands will agree that Hearst Is right
that the Democratic party in New
York, no longer standing for any prtn-
ciple Of government, no longer repre-
senting anything but the lust for pow
er and pelf ought to be destroyed, Mr.
Hearst may be right. He is unques-
tionably right II the Democratic party
in New York is to have neither prin-
ciple nor principles Of its own"
Out of some seventy Democratic pa
pers throughout New York state
something over fifty are opposed to the
election of Hearst, many of them
claiming that he is a Socialist, and
that his nomination is the work OF
Murphy in an effort to save his own
political power in New York.
William TraVers Jerome, district at
torney of New York, and himself q
candidate for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation, will stump the state in opposi-
tion to Hearst and in favor Of Hughes
Republican.
Charles E. Hughes, the Republican
nominee for governor, is a lawyer, and
sprang into prominence several months
ago, as the attorney for the Armstrong
committee, while II was investigating
the insurance scandals. He Is rep
resented as being one Of the ablest
lawyers in New York state, and one OF
the few lawyers who can take In all
sides Of a proposition at the first
glance. His close friends say that ne
Is a man absolutely above reproach IN
both character and morals. No one
has yet ever been able to besmirch his
| "haracter.
The campaign in New York, which is
now on, will be one Of the bitterest and
most hotly contested in the history. .o1
the state. Both sides-Swill the
services of stheSbest political spoilers
obtainabie from all parts Of the state
Iafd nation. Among the campaigners
who will talk for Hughes will be
Speaker Cannon, Secretary Of the
Treasury Shaw, VIM. Travers Jerome
and possibly President Roosevelt, as
we'll as Hughes himself. The Hearst
contingent Of speakers has not vel
been announced.
The betting on the result Of the elec-
ton is quite free in New York city
There Is no end Of Hearst money being
put up, and the Hughes end seems to
have plenty Of coin to back its judg-
ment. Bets in large amounts have
been placed against Hearst at two and
two and half to one. Two bets OF
$40, 900 to $500 each were placed by a
Wall street firm last Friday the
Hughes supporters putting up the
odds.