The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-09

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offices OF the State He gained one
such office by making himself the tool
anl today of another ann, and in that
office he has so conducted himself
that even his master could not help
him to another. Neither that master
NOR THE PEOPLE WILL RISK
ANY FURTHER EXPERIMENTS
WITH HIM; AND HE CANNOT RISE
| BY HIS OWN MERIT. HE SIMPLY
SINKS TO HIS NATURAL LEVEL
AND THERE'S NOTHING IN THAT
TO GIVE Us REGRET"
Surely The Columbia State does
not think that Mr.. Evans stands for
the Democratic party in South Car
olina and that charge again. him
or against the convention ring which
made him chairman is charge
against the Democratic party! Surely
The State is better Democrat than
that, and surely, if not, The State
should retire from the party, for,
verify, such a charge, ridiculous as
it is, is better calculated to injure
the party than though it came from
an ANOWED REPUBLICAN"
Who is this man whom The State
would make synonymous with the
Democratic party? Again, let us call
The State as witness:
On July 6, 1896, Mr. N. G. Gonzales
! (whose name The State still bears at
its masthead), said of him:
"The campaign of education has
progressed so finely that now the sug-
gestion that the governor (this same
Mr.. Evans, who was then governor
higher position than State chair
NAM will get a $4,000 fee out of the
bond deal excites no surprise. In his
speeches throughout the campaign
meeting, Governor Evans has at
tempted to show that Mr. Duncan was
making an attack on Rhind for do
ing what all South Carolina wanted
him to do and which no one else
could do. He has gone off on half
dozen tangents, but he has not an
swered these very plain questions:
How much of the commissions do you
expect to get? Had you not an un-
derstanding with Mr. Rhind before
you recommended him to Governor
Tillman? Can you not, by obtaining
Rhind's books and other evidence,
make clear, without quibbling. your
whole connection with the bond re-
funding, so there will be no further
doubt as to just how you stand? Will
he answer them? No."
Again, on August %, 1895, after his
failure to be nominated for the Unit
ed States senate in the first Demo
cratic primary, The Columbia State,
then edited by Mr.. N. G. Gonzales
(whose name still appears at its
masthead), said Of Mr.. Evans:
"In the common cause Of decency
and in the further behalf of official
honesty and manliness, we offer to
the many thousand of fReformers'
who voted AGAINST the election of
John Gary Evans to the United States
senate our most hearty congratula-
tons. TIE issue ;. the cam
paign was not between tReformers'
and Conservatives but between hon
esty and dishonesty 3 No. it
is not a Conservative victory, and
means no resumption Of old align
ments. The cities and towns cast as
rule hardly two-thirds of their nor
NAL vote: some of them-Iike Colum-
bia and CharIeston-hardly half Of 1t.
While. the returns from the cities
came in it looked as if the vote of the
State would not exceed $4,000, but
when the back districts were heard
from they increased the estimate by
over 10000 votes And Of these votes,
cast mainly by 'Reformers,' Evans
hardly received half. The @Reformers
did it. and we freely accord them the
credit.
"It is no secret why they did it.
They doubted the honesty OF this
slated candidate. They recognized his
lack of ability. They realized that
he could not be a creditab1e represen-
tative of this State in the United
States senate. They did not propose
to support tainted candidate be-
cause be had got a clutch On the coat