The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-11-11
POLITICAL BEE BUzzING.
POLITICS IN COLUMBIA DURING
FAIR WEEK.


FAIR WEEK.
Possibly Seven Candidates for Cover
nor-No Platforms An
nounced.
Columbia, S. c., Nov. IA deal
of political talk and log-rolling there
was here in the hotel lobbies and on
the streets fair week, as is usual with
this annual gathering of prominent
men from all parts of the State. The
week is looked forward to as furnish
ing an opportunity for framing up
State political deals of all kinds and
the politicians and statesmen are al
ways on hand to protect themselves
and get their ears to the ground. And
this year Immediately preceding an
election year the interest was greater
and the work harder, although so far
as could be learned there were no
definite frame ups for any particular
Office.
Gubernatoriel Candidates.
uS SISdLSSI dCIltlIy duu luO
est volume of talk had reference to
the gubernatorial candidates. The
week appears to have developed one
entirely new entry and to have made
definite the candidates. Of several 9th
ers. There appears to be now seven
definite possible candidates who will
enter the race for governor next sum-
mer. There are Richard I. Manning,
of Sumter, Lieutenant Governor Thos.
G.. Mcleod, of Bishopville, c. G.
Featherstone, of Laurens, John G.
Richards, of Kershaw, F. H. Hyatt, of
Columbia, Cole L. Blease, of New
berry, and Attorney General J. Fraser
Lyon, of Abbeville.
All of these were here fair week
mixing with their friends and talking
about the prospects, as were the two
United States Senators, three con-
gressmen and a score of more lesser
lights in the States political firma-
ment
Of these seven, it is curious to note
five are Metholist-Messrs. Blease,
Mcleod, Featherstone, Hyatt and Ly-
on; Mr.. Manning is an Episcopalian
and Mr.. Richards Presbyterian.
Of the seven named, Messrs. Man.
ming, Mcleod, Featherstone and
Blease definitely announced that they
would be iii the race.
Platforms Not Outlined.
None seemed disposed to finally
outline his platform, but from this
distance it looks as if all will advo-
cate prohibition except Mr.. Blease,
who will run on the same mixed
liquor platform when he pushed Gov.
Ansel so close in the gubernatorial
race last time. But it is understood
that Mr.. Blease will make State f.
nances the chief plank in his plat
form.
There are dim outlines of possi-
BILE interesting rivalry between
Messrs. Lyon and Manning, the in
dications pointing to efforts on the
part of many of Mr.. Lyons strongest
friends to sidetrack him for the pres
ent in favor of Mr.. Manning on the
score that Mr.. Lyon has not yet COM
pleted his work in the graft cases.
These argue that it would be best to
save Mr.. Lyon to run against Senator
Tillman, which would certainly pro-
vide an interesting race as the two
are violent political enemies, Senator
Tillman having attempted to defeat
the attorney general on account Of
certain features of the first graft in
vestigations But Mr.. Lyon says when
he gets ready to run for governor he
will do so without consulting these 80
called friends. His work with the
dispensary Investigations has aroused
strong antipathy in various parts of
the State, but he has many strong
friends also in every section and will
make a good race for whatever posi-
tion he offers. His friends point out
that he is practically sure to get re-
suits in the graft prosecutions at
Chester and in plenty time to enter
the race for governor.
For Prohibition.
The leading prohibition candidate
appears to be Mr.. Featherstone, al
though as usual the prohibitionists
are much split up, and there is strong
opposition to him even in the prohi-
bition ranks.
Mr.. Richards is yet undecided as to
how he will vote next spring in the
legislature on liquor or whether he
will enter the race for governor. He
expressed the firm conviction, how
ever traI the legislature will pass
State wide prohibition act.
Mr.. Hyatt will run on business
mans platform. He has several years
been president of the State good
roads association, and through his
work with the cotton association is in
close touch with the farmers. He
also has about 10000 Mutual Life
policy holders over the State and
hundred or so agents, many Of whom
will naturally work for him.
Horses Die from Poison.
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