Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-02
"For Blease or Jones2"

The Yorkville Enquirer on Friday
last unctiously quoted the Anderson
Intelligencer, a rabid Blease organ, as
commencing The Enquirer for fairly
presenting both sides Of all (politicalO
questions" 1t Is shocking to see to
what low estate The Enquirer has fall
ell, politically, when 1t Is willing to
shake hands with the Anderson paper.
The time has come when all good
men (and newspapers) should stand
by their party. The Enquirer, more
than once, has frankly stated that 1t
could see no choice between Jones
and Blease. We have never yet be-
lieved that The Enquirer has frankly
stated it's political convictions. The
impression is very strong throughout
the state that the Yorkville paper Is
afraid to express it's real sentiments
on the political situation. There are
many who believe that the paper Is
for Blease. There Is never any eX-
preston in it, editorially, which would
make one think otherwise.
The Enquirer Is the only paper in
South Caroline which has failed to
come out boldly and say that 1t was
for or against Blease. 1t Is the most
skillful fence-rider in the state when
it comes to politics. OF course that
it is not what the people expect Of a
live newspaper. The man who edits
a newspaper should have the courage
of his convictions, or else get out OF
the business. The people have every
right to expect a newspaper to have
strong political convictions and a
newspaper without them is unworthy
of the name.-Rock Hill Record.
1t had never occurred to us that
there was any good reason why the
Record should be worried, and If it
has given q good reason in the fore
going we have failed to discover it.
In one place the Record asserts un-
equivocally that The Enquirer has
frankly" stated that it could see no
choice between Blease and Jones and
then in the very next sentence says,
We have never yet believed that The
Enquirer has frankly stated it's po-
litical convictions" Seems to us that
our friend came pretty near contra
dieting itself about there. Then
again, the Record goes on with:
1.-The impression is very strong
throughout the state that the Yorkville
paper is afraid to express its real sem
timents on the political situation"
Without saying yea or nay to that,
we beg leave to remark that we have
seen absolutely no criticism of the
position" taken by the Record, and
we have seen quite a lot Of the posi-
tion occupied by The Enquirer. If
this is any criterion it would seem
that it requires a little more courage,
to say nothing of sense, to occupy the
position The Enquirer occupies than
to occupy the position the Record oc-
cupies. 1t seems to us that even the
Record ought to be able to see this.
Quoting from the foregoing again:
There are many who believe that
the paper is for Blease. There is new
er an expression in 1t, (editoriallyO
which would make one think other
wise"
Now while it may be fact that the
Record has had no editorial expression
from The Enquirer calculated to guide
it, the Record will have to admit, we
think, that The Enquirer has given its
readers quite n lot of facts, campaign
reports and other information that
should enable them to come to intelli
gent conclusions of their own. While
the Record may have it on us in the
matter of editorial advice, we think
we rather have it on the Record in the
amount of campaign news we are CIV
ing, and, although it may be a little
humiliating to admit such a thing. we
are under the impression that we have
great many readers who would