Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-08-03
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.

II. H. Evans says he hasn't been
called a thief. If he hasn't 1t is an
oversight-he has been called every
thing else.-Spartanbur Herald.
Tillman says he will ask the gov
ernor that something be done about
that fan. The governor might send
it to the penitentiary.-Ch
Post.
The Observer predicts that Fraser
Lyon will get the largest vote Of any
man running for a state office, except
those who are running without oppo-
sition. He will likely go in on the
first ballot-Newberry Observer.
Hub" Evans is on the stump in
Newberry as a candidate for the leg
islature and the promise is that he will
contribute materially to the gaiety
of the occasion. OF course Hub" is
for the dispensary and he proposes to
defend it valOrouSly against all COM
ers He declares the newspapers are
too cowardly' to say he is thief.
Now. there may be something in that,
but wouldn't it sound just a little
better if he suggested that they were
too truthful columbia State.
Senator Tilman resents Chicco's
using his picture on a fan, but what
presents of himself and Mr.. III. H.
Evans yoked together in assaulting
Fraser Lyon? What is he going to do
about that? And what is Mr.. Evans
going to do about it?-News and
Courier.
The newspapers of South Carolina,
with few exceptions, are directly op-
posed to every issue of state import
ance now advocated by Senator Il. X.
Tillman. The press of the state cries
out for the dissolution of the state dis
pensary, which institution has brought
dishonOr upon the people, and at the
same time there is a growing senti-
ment in favor of compulsory education
in some form. These things are made
paramount by Tillman, in his cam
paign speeches. He wants to faSten
upon the state the liquor business, and
wants to keep the white children of the
state in ignorance and darkness, for
fear ray of light may reach the ne
grOeS also. These views show the
senator's littleneSS. He has not taken
sides with the people and the fight he
is making is against their interest.
Tillman does not stand for an enlight-
ened public conscience, for a broaden
ing of view, and clear conception by
the people, of their duty to humanity,
anu lltll ItSpOilSlDlhlN W
His course as the leader" of his peo-
pie. lies not in the direction Of higher
and nobler things. He is coarse, irrev-
erent and profane himself. and it is
unfortunate for South Carolina that a
man of his personality should be lifted
up as an example unto the youths of
the state. But to recall our first state
ment that Tillman's views are opposed
by the newspapers Of this state. This,
| if il be true. is enough to prove him
an enemy of his state, or certainly in
the wrong in his attitude toward pres
ent issues, for there is no instance, that
we recall, where the majority of the
press of any state or country has not
been found fighting the battle upon the
side of the people and their best in
tereStS. There are many cases where
one paper has gone wrong, and many
otheI instances of newspapers honestly
taking side against the majority Of
the press but these facts only strength
en- the statement that a majority OF
the newspapers are on the right side.
l-Spartanburg Herald.