Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-18
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1s, 1908.


and elsewhere after the meeting. At
one time the speaker took occasion to
tell his friends that they must not take
up too much of his time with ap-
plause lest he should not be able to
say all he had to say within the limit,
and his friends obediently desisted
forthwith. 1t seemed as II they were
pull Of the string.
Mr. Stewart wanted 1t understood at
the outset that he was not opposed to
good roads. He said he was In favor
Of good roads and he was in favor OF
taxing property as well as muscle. He
argued that he was not estopped from
criticising the Saye law because he had
neglected to object to the resolutions
adopted by the Democratic convention.
Those resolutions were not introduced
until the convention was near adjourn
ment and not more than six or seven
people had heard them read. Anyhow,
he insisted the Democratic convention
was not the place to discuss matter
Of this kind. The place for discussion
Is on the hustings before the people,
and that Is what he proposed to do.
Referring to DR.. Saye's statement that
there was something behind the whole
thing other than the road law, he said
that so far as w. H. Stewart was con-
cerned, there was not. He had been
told that there were charges of a
combination between Sam Epps, Jim
Glasscock, Black Wilson and himself,
and so far as he had any information,
such charges were false. He was run
ming on his own merits without refer
ence to the candidacy Of any Of the
others. It has been intimated also that
if elected, he would use his influence
to secure the establishment Of the
liquor business in York county; but
he wanted the people to understand
that by no vote Of his would the Ca
rey- -Cothran law ever be changed so
that liquor can be put upon this coun-
ty without a vote Of the people. He
did not believe in forcing whisky upon
the people without their consent. That
was one objection he had to the Saye
law. 1t imposes a two mill tax without
the consent Of the people, and he was
opposed to anything Of the kind. II
the legislature has right to impose a
two mill tax, 1t has the right to i'm
pose a ten mill tax, and he objected to
the principle Of the whole thing. He
said the law was impractical, unjust and
undemocratic. 1t was impractical In
that it required of the engineer the
impossible task Of surveying all the
roads of the county within year. He
claimed that 1t was unjust in double
taxing residents Of incorporated towns,
and it was undemocratic in that 1t
imposed a tax without the consent Of
the people who were to be taxed. He
read from the law to show that the
taxes were levied and collected through
the regular county machinery and that
residents Of incorporated towns were
liable the same as others. He said
that even If minors had been working
the road under the old law, that did
not make it right to tax them. Voice:
Nobody works the roads now" Along
at this point Mr.. Stewart pulled his
string by saying he was glad that Mr..
Brice and The Enquirer were not be-
hind him, and the people who were
there to applaud, applauded. Then
Mr.. Stewart went on to declare that
he was on the defensive as we'll as the
aggressive and he again read the sug-
gestion from The Enquirer to the ef-
feet that character and reputation are
more important in representatives than
platforms or gift Of CAB. He again
construed this as an insinuation
against his character, and denounced
the insinuation as false. He neglected
to pull the string and the cheerers
failed to cheer. He went on to say
that his whole life had been before the
people of York county and IL anybody
could point out single dishonest act
he had ever committed, he would with
draw from the race. Referring to the
communication by "One of the APP
praisers," published first in the Rock
Hill Record and reproduced in The
Enquirer, Mr. Stewart said: II did not
say at Ogden that I got exactly three
thousand dollars for my house. 1 said
got something over three thousand
dollars" He went on to claim that the
amount he got was not big price and
that he did make considerable sacrifice,
counting the outbuildings and i'm
provements. The big salary that one
Of the appraisers tried to make 1t
appear that he got as superintendent
of construction at Winthrop consisted
Of $75 a month for himself and horse.
He insisted that he had always been a
friend of Winthrop, and was still a
friend Of the institution, and as fur
ther proof cited recent case when
the ways and means committee mad
left off $4,000 appropriation for Win
throp's water facilities, he learned of
the situation and had the item restored
to the appropriation bill. 1t was be-
ing circulated that he was carrying
candidates other than himself, and this
he denounced as false. When he votes
he expects to Voc just as other people
should vote and scratch whom he
pleases. He said that II necessary, he
would vote 100000 for the support Of
the public schools, and in conclusion
asked to be judged by his past record,
and promised that If elected he would
go down to Columbia and represent
York county as intelligently as posi-
BILE and to the best Of his ability. He
promised that he would not come back
to the people in less than a year ask
ing to be sent back to correct mistakes
in bills Of his introduction. When he
sat down the applause was the same as
before.
It was after 12 o'clock by the time
Mr.. Stewart concluded his remarks and
the crowd began breaking up. Mr..
w. B. Wilson, Jr., was the next
speaker, and generally his remarks
were about the same as at other places
He wanted to sell the state farms and
hire the convicts to the counties at SO
a month each 70 work the roads. With
the convicts working for the counties
at SO a month, 1t would be unneces-
sary to retain the state farms to main
tain the convicts. Certain gentlemen
had started reports to the effect that
If he should be elected he would op-
pose appropriations for Winthrop.
Such reports were maliciously false
He would do anything he could to de-
velop Winthrop. After declaring that
he was not in the fight as between
Stewart and Saye, or in combination
with any other candidates, he discuss
ed the Saye law as it stood, pointed
out certain provisions that appeared to
him as defective, and then took up his
bond proposition. He called partieu-
lar attention to the fact that no bonds
can be issued except on a vote of the
people and explained that the inten-
tion Of his proposed bill was to pro-
vide the means under which bonds
could be issued when the people got
ready for them. In the meantime ne
thought that the Saye law, amended
in its Objectionable features, would be
the very thing. He thought the pro-
vision Of the Saye law relative to the
employment of an engineer was a mis-
take. 1t. is necessary to have an en-
gineer, but If this matter had been
left to the discretion Of the county
board Of commissioners, they could get
all the engineering work that would be
required at $3.50 a year. The board
had not carried out the Saye law in
the matter Of employing an engineer,
and he believed it had made a mistake :.
in what it had done. He said 1t would
cost $4,000 to survey and profile the
roads in year as required by the Saye