Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-20
FULL eLEAsE TICKET SUGGESTED
"Sinbad" On Possible Ticket For Gen.
eral Election.

FULL RLEASE TICKET SUGGESTED
"sinbad" On Possible Ticket For Gen.
eraI Election.
News and Courier, Wednesday.
The News and Courier has received
from "Sinbad" the following commu-
nication, with request to publish:
Amidst all this turmoil and political
strife, while watching as the lynx the
various moves and counter moves OF
the factional leaders, we pause to ask
our citizens-those who hesitate to stir
the hearts Of men to bitter strife and
murder-those who want to maintain
the primary as an arena In which we
can settle our petty differences pre-
paratory to resumption Of united ac-
tion to maintain white government at
the general election-have they In con-
templating a division Of white men
counted the cost? Have they ponder
ed the question long and well and ask
ed themselves this most pertinent ques-
tion, What will the harvest be?"
AS a man who Is credited by some
people with having considerable
knowledge Of political affairs and
prospects, from Blease.te standpoint,
we are bombarded with questions ev-
eryday by all classes Of citizens and all
sections Of the state about the status
Of affairs
well as Blease men, and nearly all dis
credit the actions Of the executive COM
mittee and severely condemn the dila-
tory and suspicious course Of the two
partisan chairmen, Evans and Steven
son. The unrest of our people Is man
ifesting itself in many ways; for in
stance, good, substantial farmers and
men of affairs frequently say to US.
If this committee tries to count Cole
Blease out and help is needed, be sure
and let US know" Now these utter
ances are not the wild fulminations'
Of those "close to Governor Blease,"
in this instance, but, on the contrary,
are the sober and serious declarations
Of substantial business men and farm
ers, some Of whom faced the fire Of
Federal troops for four years; some
faced and broke the Radical power in
the dark days. and in '76; some Of
fered to lace the Spanish rifles In '9S,
and all are true, patriotic and respon-
sible white South Carolinians. We take
counsel with no other kind.
Remember, that we do not give the
above as our sentiments. We discour-
age the Idea; but we do give 1t as the
warning grumbling Of distant thunder
preceding storm.
We are blamed in some quarter for
all this wild talk Of war and resort to
arms on account Of our letter publish
ed in the News and Courier Of issue
September 9. Those who do so should
inform themselves. We only called at
tention to the general dissatisfaction
with the course of the committee and
cry day by all classes Of citizens and all
same. We are in no wise responsible
for the wild fulminations" that fol-
lowed. The procrastinating course Of
this partisan committee, and the un-
just, unreasonable and outrageously
untruthful attitude Of major portion
Of the press, pulpit and various organ
izations Of the state are solely respon-
sible for 1t. They kindled the fires Of
resentment and famed the flames Of
hatred by continually referring to Gov
ernor Blease's political adherents as
Anarchists" "hoodlums," the Flower
element" the Ignorant vicious and
prejudiced," and now they wonder at
the dangerous aspect Of the storm:
He that soweth wind shall reap the
whirlwind" is a quotation that should
have been needed in the convention
last May, and yet, will we, as a true
Democrat and South Carolinian, join
hands with those who reviled US, II
they are sincere, in driving away the
gathering clouds of factional strife and
do as Anglo-Saxons should do-settle
our differences among ourselves and
present a solid front to the common
enemy.
In case the action of this executive
committee makes 1t necessary for Gov
ernor Blease. as the nominee Of the
Democratic primary to contest in the
general election against Ira B. Jones,
or some other independent candidate
for governor, we have heard from va
rious men of more or less prominence
in politics, the following state ticket
suggested to us for the Bleaseites or
regular Democrats to put out: For
governor, Cole L. Blease, Newberry;
lieutenant governor, F. L. Brantly,
Orangeburg; secretary Of state, ]. v.
Wallace, Charleston; comptroller gen.
eral, Jas. H. Craig. Anderson; treas
urer, Newton L. Bennett, Spartanburg;
adjutant general, Oscar w. Babb,
Laurens; commissioner Of agriculture,
Jas. Norton, Marion; attorney general,
Thos. H. Peoples, Barnwell; railroad
commissioner, j. G. Richards, Jr.,
Kershaw; superintendent Of educa-
ton, Swearingen, Edgefleld. That Is
the ticket as suggested by various men
from different sections Of the state,
and 1t is thought to be, by those pro-
posing 1t, a very strong ticket to put
in the field in case we are opposed ut
the general election by boilers from
the primary.
Another thing that will add strength
to the regular ticket is the matter Of
election commissioners and managers.
The governor appoints the commits
sioners, both state and national, and
he being the regularly recognized NOM
inee of the Democratic party, he will,
Of course, see to 1t that none but reg
ular, straight out Democrats are ap-
pointed to fill those positions, and they
in turn will select none but true-blue,
and regular Democrats for election
managers. In that way the white men
of the state will retain control Of the
election machinery, and 1t may be that
in case there are independent candi-
dates in the field the regular Demo-
Gratis will still be able to hold the black
peril down to the usual minimum, thus
giving these misguided people Tin case