Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-08-06

With a view to establishing as
fact a halucination under which II Is
laboring to the effect that The Enquir-
er has changed it's attitude in state
politics, the Rock Hill Record has pup
lished a bunch Of editorials that ap-
neared in The Enquirer two years ago.
Some of the matter relates directly 10
our advocacy of Mr.. Featherstone, ana
some of it was written without speclal
reference to Mr.. Blease or Mr.. Feath-
erstone either; but all Of 1t Is as good
now as it was then, and we take specl-
al pleasure in reproducing 1t along
with several other clippings that Will
belp to still further clarity the situa-
t,on The Records compilation follows:
During the campaign Of 1910, one
interested in state politics was careiu'
enough to preserve some poltlcal Ut
terances Of the Yorkville ENQUIRER
These clippings are published peiow.
and they are so at variance WIN tn
present "fence-straddhng poiiticat est
noIicy of the venerable county seat
naper as to make many wonder what
Underlying principle effected such a
change in the editorial utterances OF
that paper. There are people In tnls
county who would like to know the
reason for the change, but they WIN
probably be told that 1t Is none OF tnelr
business. ,.,,
In 1910 the Enquirer was fighting
Rlease. In 1912 that paper refuses 10
fight Blease-openly stating that II
can see nothing to justify a choice pc
tween Jones and Blease. These lSIV
opinions are interesting and they are
reproduced herewith:
THE people who are inclined 10 De
hopeless over the proposition thal
right and decency always win out IN
long run, are invited to take encour-
agement from the result OF the rem
nessee election yesterday. Accoruihs
to the reports, Governor fattersun'
the man who pardoned Cooper, the
murderer of Carmack, after the su-
nreme court had affirmed his conVlc-
tion. was defeated with his machine
by 40, 900 majority. Complete returns
NAV reduce this majority, but there Is
no possibility that they will change de-
eat TO victory. The tremendous Sig
nificance of this result Is best appre-
ciated when II Is remembered tnat
more than anything else, 1t furnishes
an illustration of the irresistible power
of outraged decency even over sucn al
q apparent impregnable obstacle as
dominant and thoroughly entrenched
state Democratic organization. The
action Of Patterson in pardoning Coop
er was a more contemplate crime thah
was the crime Of Cooper, and MS Ell
fort to defeat the supreme court JUS
tices, because Of the loyal manner IN
which they discharged their sacreu
duty, was of a piece with II. Inc re-
sult of the election furnishes occasion
for general qualification, but decent
people everywhere will rejoice and
take new courage in the assurance
that right always wins, especially when
n gets a little help."-Yorkville En-
quirer, Friday, August 5, 1910.
Middle e-of-the-road politicians are
liable to get run over by automobiles;
Enquirer, Tuesday, July
&c, 1910.
1.-The Tennessee case proves again
that the people are stronger than any
kind of a machine, when they are once
aroused by machine iniquities.
There is a class of people who hold
to the idea that the election OF a man
under charges to public position is
to a vindication by petit
Jury. We cannot believe that anybody
believes this; but there are people VINO
saw they believe 1t. We've seen the
thing attempted time and again, put
nothing is more silly. People who re-
sort to such means to vindicate their
friends only become particeps crimi.
mis-, and honest men laugh at them.
-Yorkville Enquirer, Tuesday, Sep
tember 13, 1910.
The following is from an editorial
of The Yorkville Enquirer Of date Fri
day, September 16, 1910:
Mr.. BIease.
LAS to how it may have come about
and all that, is Of very little conse-
uuence, for the important fact Is that
Mr.. Cole L. Blease Is the choice OF
majority Of the white people as be-
tween the candidates who have offer
ed, and he is to be the next governor
of South Carolina.
1T is very we'll understood that The
Enquirer Is not an admirer OF Mr..
Blease, and readers of this paper know
the reason. His record as public
approval. He has upheld things that
w, think should be condemned, and
his attitude on many questions has
been what we consider decidedly dem
agogic.
We have never said anything about
Mr.. Blease, either in criticism OF his
public acts and utterances, or as can
didate for office, that we did not be-
lieve to be absolutely true and war
ranted by the facts and we have al
ways felt, and still feel, that If he
continues to pursue the career that is
indicated in his past record he is pref
ty sure to bring about conditions that
are likely to prove embarrassing.
"The principal issue in the guber-
natorial race Is the best man for the
office, and the way to pick the best
man is to consider what he stands for
and how he stands for 1t. Most peo-
pie are able to judge man correctly
if sunDlied with facts and circumstan-
ces, and in this situation facts and cir
cumstances are not wanting. york
Vile Enquirer, Friday, August II.
1910.
II tell you that either Cole L. Blease
will be governor of South Carolina or
q Prohibitionist will be-" said Candi-
date BleaSe in Columbia. We have
said more than once that Mr.. Blease
is the smoothest politician in the lot.
Does this not prove 1t? 1t is hit be
low the belt" it is true-square in the
belly-but what could he have said
better calculated to stir that Columbia
bunch?-Yorkville Enquirer, Tuesday,
August 9, 1910.
with most politicians, party organ
iZation is looked upon as means of
governing the people. If the organi-
ZatiOn stands for thing they figure
it is all right because the people could
not help themselves. We have no
doubt that Cooper murdered Carmack
in the belief that having control of
the party organization he could defy
the law. We think that Patterson
pardoned Cooper along the same idea.
But the pardon of Cooper was really
a more contemplate and cowardly
crime than was the murder Of Car
mack. No wonder the people of Ten
nessee have been aroused. ."-Yorkville
Enquirer. Tuesday, August 3, 1910.
by their fruits ye shall know
than which Scriptural Injunction