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

est Just and impartial enforcement OF
All the laws, and whose character ana
record are a guarantee that none put
Just and wholesome laws will have his
approval and support.
when the News and Courier refers
to us as such a sensible and influen-
tial newspaper" of course 1t puffs us
all up to an extent almost sufficient
To make US feel that we have the poll
lIIs VI The state In sling, and SoftenS
us down to the point where we begin
10 consider the matter of ordering
things as II desires; but after having
nao a little time to get back on earth
again, and to realize that we couldn't
IL we would" we are confronted with
memories Of facts and circumstances
which seem to suggest serious doupts
as 10 whether 1t would be right to pur.
sue the policy suggested If we could.
Ine enquirer was not among the
papers that sought to emphasize pro-
niDi,ion in the late campaign. On the
contrary 1t recognized from the begin
ming that the personal characters ana
records of the respective candidates
was the all important question, and II
tried to convince the News and Courier
and the Columbia State Of this fact at
the very outset, but they would not
have 1t so. They persisted In talking
as il local option were a real issue, ana
they failed to see even after The En-
quirer had told them virtually In so
many words that If Mr.. Featherstone
was not the next governor OF South
Carolina, then 1t would be Mr.. Blease.
In these newspapers had recognized
this fact from the beginning and had
bent their efforts to impressing upon
the people what they themselves felt
of Mr.. Featherstone's personal htness,
instead Of trying to make 1t appear
that in the event of the election or Mr.
Featherstone, somebody's unborn
grandchild would some day die OF col
ic. because Mr.. Featherstone would not
permit 1t to have a few drops OF whis-
ky to dissolve asafetida In, Mr.. Featn-
erstone would have been elected.
We have more than once cited evl-
dence to prove that Mr.. Featherstone
is more Of a patriot and statesman
than he Is a politician. We believe II
was only because Mr.. Featherstone
had the patriotism to step aside In
1908. and let Ansel have the right OF
way that the overthrow OF the old
state dispensary became possible. Mr.
r'eatherstone could not have been
elected; but he had been a small, mar
row man such as many OF the MCLEOD
ties and Richardites as voted against
him profess to fear he Is, he would
have stood in the way and let every
thing go to ruin.
The greatest issue this state has
known since 1876 was that involving
the overthrow Of the old state dispen- |
sary and surely the News and Courier
is not going to ask people who worked
so hard in that fight to get behind men
like Mcleod, Richards, or even Man. |
ming, who stood by the dispensary tol
the last ditch, and in doing so desert
and betray a man like Featherstone
who was one Of the original leaders In
the fight and who continued to the
end.
In considering the whole question,
from the standpoint OF the
News and Courier, we are again re-
minded Of the old story Of the Indian
and the white man when they under
took to divide their game on return
ing from a hunt The white man said
to the Indian: You take the buzzard
and I'll take the turkey, or I'll take the
turkey and you take the buzzard.' Asl
the Indian said to the white man, so
saw we to our -Blease liquor
friends: You never said turkey to US
nary time"
No doubt the refusal Of Prohibition |
lists to join with the anti-Blease liquor
men in the election Of liquor COVER |
nor other than Mr.. Blease Is very
pleasing to Mr.. Blease; but we have an |
idea that it Is no less pleasing to Mr..
Blease that his enemies are unwilling |
to join with the Prohibitionists. In
fact the situation wildly reminds US
Of what Mr.. Blease said to the people |
of Columbia from the Capitol steps In
August last. 1t was this: II tell you
that either Cole L. Blease will be gov |
ernor Of South Carolina or Prohibi-
ZIONIST will be-"
AS to whether Mr. Featherstone has
the slightest idea Of ever being a can
didate again, we do not know; but we
beg leave to assure the News and
Courier that Mr.. Featherstone Is con-
siderably more than a mere Prohfb1- |
ZIONIST. He is an honest, earnest, able
patriot, and IL elected governor OF
South Carolina will reflect much credit
upon the state. If the anti-Blease To-
cal option people will go to him and
assure him of their support even as he
and those who think as he does as
sured their support to Ansel in 1908.
maybe he could be induced to take the
field again. If not, possibly Charles A. |
Smith would be willing to carry the
flag. If both of these decline, then the |
field will be found to be growing very
narrow, because in view of all that has |
taken place up to this time. most whis- |
ky men look alike to the Prohibition |
lists, just as all Prohibitionists seem to |
look alike to the whisky men.