The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-03-06
IGNORES THE PRIMARY.
H.-C. Folk, Master Of Bamberg, Ig'
nored by Blease.

A letter from Bamberg says it be-
came generally known there Saturday
morning that Gov. Blease had ignor-
ed the recommendation of the pri-
mary election by appointing ]. S. ].
Faust, Master in Equity for that
county, to succeed H. C. Folk, who
has held that office for eleven years
and was nominated in the last pri-
mary, without opposition, for anoth-
er term.
Many were the comments heard on
the action of the governor and his
ignoring of the will of the people as
expressed at the ballot box is very
generally condemned, even by his po-
litical friends. No other recommen-
dation of the primary eletcion in that
county has been ignored by the gov
ernor. When apprised of the gov
ernor's atcion Mr.. Folk sent him a
telegram reading as follows:
Governor Cole L. Blease, Colum-
bia, S. c.: In the primary you and l
swore to support the nominees OF
the party. 1 supposrted you as nomi-
nee for governor. Are you support
ing me as nominee for Master? II
not, why not? Please answer"
Up to a late hour Saturday even
ing no answer had been received to
the telegram and his reply is await
ed with interest. 1t is understood
that the Senate refused to confirm
the governors appointment of Mr.
Faust, and that the delegation from
that county will make every effort
possible to have Mr.. Folk retained as
Master of the county.
Mr.. Folk himself has little to say
about the matter, but intimates that
he will take such action as he deems
wise after careful and cool delibera-
tion over the situation. The people
are given the right to choose the
Master and all other appointive Off
GERS by the State Democratic Execu-
tive Committee, of which Gov. Blease
is a member.
He is the first governor that ever
attempted to take this right from
the people. No other governor has
ever attempted to set aside the vote
of the people in the primary and ap-
point his own choice to al office.
Even since the primary was adopted
the people have nominated all officers
and they will continue to do so, re-
gardless of what Gov. Blease may
do or say.
The United States Senators are
chosen in the primary and elected ov
the general assembly. Suppose GOV.
Blease is nominated for senator as
he hopes to be in the primary, and
the general assembly refuses to obey
the primary and elect some one else
senator instead Of him, what would
he think about it?
Would he have the right to object
to the general assembly Ignoring the
primary when he himself had ignor-
ed it? If he refuses to obey the
people by refusing to appoint those
whom they have nominated in the
primary, could he consistently object
to the general assembly doing the
same thing by electing some one else
to the United States senate in place
of himself?
Gov. Blease should think about
this before he slaps the people in the
face by refusing to obey their orders
issued to him by way of the primary
eletcion. The people nominated Mr..
Folk. and he and not Mr.. Faust
should have been appointed by GOV.
Blease, whatever might be his own
wishes in the matter. The people
had spoken and it was his duty to
obey.
AS Senator Tillman once said, the
man who attempted to break up the
primary is an enemy to his State.
The surest and easiest way to break
it up is to ignore and refuse to obey
it. Any defeated candidate has just
as much right to ignore and refuse
to obev it as Gov. Blease. Suppose
in the next primary all the candidates
who we're defeated would run any
how, what would the people think
of their n?-Orangeburg Times
and Democrat.