Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-14

In 1890 was a Reformer, but did
not run on the coat tails Of any man.
In fact, l had run for the Legislature
in Newberry county in 1888, and re-
ceived a majority of the votes cast
However, there were three who receiv-
ed higher vote than myself, and as
there were only three places in the
legislature, / had to wait until 1890
when I was elected by handsome
majority. In 1894, I declined, as a
candidate for the legislature, to pledge
myself to the then Governor B. R.
Tillman or then Senator NJ. c. Butler
] for seat in the United States senate
because I believed in running on my
own merits and not upon the coat-tails
of any man. AS a candidate for gov
ernor I refused to tie myself to the
coat tails of any man. l have ever
refused to do so. l recognize no po-
litical boss, so far as my actions in
this world are concerned, except the
people, whose servant 1 am, and to
whom l answer, and to whom alone
answer for all my public acts. AS to
my personal acts, as to my morality
and my private life, / believe that
there Is a God; I love Him, l honor
Him, and to Him will answer, and
upon him I depend for my health, my
strength, my success in this world, and
for a reward in the world to come.
And do not propose to make this
campaign hanging upon the coat-tails
Of any man, but standing firmly and
squarely as a Democrat-as a Jeffer-
sonian Democrat.
The Question of Consistency
In this connection, 1 do not care to
refer to anything unpleasant, but 1t
should be remembered that Mr.. Bryan,
the present secretary Of state Of the
United States under President Wilson,
bolted the Democratic ticket in Ne
braska in 1910 or 1911. None Of these
papers that are now raising this howl
are now accusing him Of being an in
dependent or Of not being Democrat.
On the contrary, they followed his
lead in the Baltimore convention.
To show you the utter inconsistency
of this sheet which now attempts to
criticise me and to read me out Of the
Democratic party because was not a
Wilson man for the nomination, In
their issue Of April 9Th, 1914, in speak
ing Of the candidacy Of Mr.. Under
wood for the United States senate,
they say:
within the last week Underwood
has done a thing that, under the cir
cumstances, proves his quality and
temper to our mind better than any
thing he has done in a long while,
and he has done many notable things.
He opposed the repeal Of the tolls ex-
emption act, thereby aligning himself
for the moment against the adrninis-
tration that he has magnificently
served"
Hence, you see, when 1t suits them,
in defense Of their man, it Is all right
for him to fight against the adminis-
tration or do anything else he wants
to do, but on the other hand, with
their usual inconsistency, no matter
what their opponent does, he does
wrong.
/ invite "a comparison Of my record
as Democrat and as one who has al
ways been true to the Democratic
party with the record Of any other
man in the party.
1t Is true that Mr.. Wilson, under
certain recommendation from our
state has seen fit so far not to give a
single public office to a "Bleaseite," as
some call them. Every office that he
has given in South Carolina has been
to men who were against me and my
friends, and in some instances he has
given them to men who have voted
against the Democratic nominees.
have not complained. If my friends
have asked for anything do not know
it, and most assuredly have not ask
ed for anything for any Of them, and !
only mention this to show you that
Mr. Wilson, either ignored himself or
through his advisers in this state, has
absolutely ignored the present gov
ernor Of South Carolina and his fol-
lowers and instead Of treating them
with fairness and any consideration at
all, he has turned as deaf ear to them
as he could have turned II they had
been boilers.
Politics Of Opponents.
In order to show you more fully the
kind of people who are questioning my
Democracy, I desire to call your at
tention not only to the editor, but to
the owners and managers Of this daily
newspaper in Columbia that is holding
itself up as the great guardian OF
South Carolina's Democracy and as
the censor Of the Democratic party. |
quote from a statement in the paper
itself:
Managing Editor-W. w. Ball.
Independent and Haskellite.
publisher and General Manager
Ambrose F. Gonzales"-Independe
Haskellite.
"Owners-Ambrose E. Gonzales
already designated; estate of n. G..
Gonzales, Independent and Haskellite,
reporter who reported Haskell conven-
ton, copy of which report l now have
in my possession; William E. Con
zales," Independent, Haskellite, and,
as / have heretofore stated, a chicken
that has gone back home to roost, one
who has gone back to Cuba, the pres
ent minister to Cuba; "Wm. II. Lyles,'
Independent and secretary Of the Has
kell convention, who bolted the Demo
cratic nominees and supported Inde-
pendents, one Of those of all Of whom
General Wade Hampton said-copy of
which statement 1 have-"An Inde-
pendent is worse than a Radical" La
ter General Hampton reiterated this
in an article on Governor Tillman,
which was printed in this newspaper
to which | have referred, and was
headed, Hampton Hits Him Hard"
COPY of which article / now have. This
latter owner is also one Of the trus-
tees Of Benedict college, in Columbia.
a negro college, which has white wom-
en- in it teaching negroes and associat-
ing with negro men. These are the
owners" OF this Independent sheet