Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-08-18


Jefferson Hotel, Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir:-Yours of the 18th has
been following me around, and ha:
only reached me this morning; how
ever, 1 have seen copies of the same
which you have sent to other candi'
dates for governor.
Il have given this matter very Sc
rious consideration. l am interested
as all good men should be, in the wei.
fare of my state.
1T strikes me that since publicity
has been given to this, it means the
death, politically speaking, Of any man
your meeting may endorse. Even hat
not publicity been given to it through
the press and otherwise, with all due
respect to the list Of gentlemen whom
you have invited, allow me to say thai
they do not represent the great needs
of South Carolina today. They repre-
sent, and they represent well, one Sec
ton Of our people, and that Is, the
people Of more than moderate means
Other than this, they are non-repre-
sentative, and their inclination would
naturally be one Of their type or to one
they could dominate or control.
1--WE Need no Such Man as Governor
at Present"
Il shall not attend your conference
tomorrow at 11.30 a. m, and l do not
t.,hn ,fyi11
BILE at your call to give my candidacy
consideration. Frankly, 1 am in this
race for the betterment Of my state.
have made no appeal to either faction
alism or the poor man; 1 am not q
dema gogue, but do recognize the fact
that many reforms are needed in oul
state, and 1 recognize further the fac
that these reforms will never be OBJ
tanned through the efforts Of the type
of men whom you have called to select
the next governor Of our state.
With great respect, am,
Yours truly,
(Signed) "Lowndes Browning"
Browning Condemns Caucus.
In his speech at Walterboro, July %
Mr.. Browning condemned this caucus
as a coterie of bankers who want tc
select the candidate for the people
Again in his speech at Charleston
July "a, the day before the caucus was
to be held he spoke against the eau
Gus. Messrs. Manning and Cooper met
with the promoters Of this caucus In
the Jefferson hotel lobby and discussed
the situation, after which the meeting
was held in secret.
Second Caucus.
When the chief promoters of this
first caucus were convinced that their
plan was going to fail a call was is
sued signed by the Aiken delegation
for a caucus to meet in Columbia, Fri
day, July 81, to which six Of the candi-
dates for governor were invited. In
order to kill the caucus, as he hao
killed the first one, Mr.. Browning in
formed the Aiken delegation that he
would attend the meeting, provided II
was not held behind closed doors.
In compliance with Mr.. Browning's
suggestion to them the Aiken delega-
ton decided to hold an open meeting
The result was that a great number OF
Mr.. Browning's friends, and others
who are opposed to caucus methods
decided to attend the meeting and pre-
vent any action being taken Ever
before the meeting was called to order
the Manning Banker Bunch" saw that
they could not get their man endorsed
so they decided to take no action al
all. Thus Mr.. Browning prevented a
little coterie Of bankers and rich men
from forcing on the people man who
represents only the interest Of a GER
tain class. Browning's one cry has
always been, Let the people select
their candidate at the primary"