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

part III Il, t4ie! see the us peaSd4!
uader his management, shame anc
a scandal; they realize that in begin
ming the exposure Of its more than
'incipient rottenness' he is guided b;
selfish fears and revenges, and not b;
a sense Of public duty
And on September 9, September II
and September y, 1896, Mr.. n. G
Gonzales (whose name still appears
at the masthead of The Columbia
State) again added his testimc as
witness the files of his paper:
| September 8, 1896, in speaking oil
the defeat of Governor Evans b.
Judge Earle: THE hosts of dark
ness have not conquered. The peo-
PIE are unbribed and unsedrced. The
'otes of honest men have told for the
right
September II, 1896: John Gary
! Evans failed because the people We're
! against him and not all the strength o!
Tillman, and the dispensary machine
and ofhcialdom, and partisanship, and
corruption combined could seduce
enough Of them from their position OF
antagonism to him. Had these agen-
cies not been employed he would
have been buried under majority
! five times as great as that which van
quished him. That all these usually
potential influences failed to have him
is at once a demonstration of his ex-
treme obnoxiousness and tribute to
the integrity and patriotism of the
majority of the Democratic voters of
South Carolina"
September u, 1896: "The John
Gary Evans that The State said could
be beaten is the John Gary Evans
who is beaten now. He lacked 5000
votes of reaching the maximum We
declared he could not pass. The John
Gary Evans whom The State prose-
cuted almost alone so long is the
same John Gary Evans who has now
been pronounced guilty by the people.
The John Gary Evans whom the con-
stitutional convention adjudged to be
so honest that he would not fllch
matter of FIVE votes is the same John
Gary Evans who is now adjudged by
$4,000 votes capable Of a tdivvy' Of
$4,000 in bond commissions and un-
told sums in whiskey rebates
The Columbia State also added
some testimony as to Governor Evans
unpaid bill to the State penitentiary
for "rations" while he was governor.
and as to the ''gubernatorial convict
farm" which it was ''the highest
hurdle of all, and we don't see how
it can be jumped" Hsee its issue Of
March "A and March 25, 1899 It
brought testimony as to other mat
lers, ad nauseam. (See its files from
1896 to 1908.)
Such is the opinion held by The Co.
lu1nbia State of the man whom it.
would make synonymous with the
Democratic party in South Carolina.
Could more serious charge be
brou 1T against the party?
T-.e charge is not brought by me,
c.,.ler against the party or against
Ex-Governor Evans.
There are two ciear-cut issues:
l. The Columbia State VS.. Mr.
Evans.
.. The Columbia State VS.. The
Democratic party
Happily, neither The Columbia
State nor John Gary Evans is the
Democratic party; and happily, Meth
er has been delegated by the party to
speak for it
The people of South Carolina are
yet free aud Independent. Conven-
tons may be "controlIed,' but the
people can't be.
LET the heather rage" The God
of Sirai still directs the destines of
men. Hitherto shalt thou come, but
no further: and here shall thy proud
waves be, stayed would control the
oceans today as firmly as in the days
Of Job. He still is master of the
winds, and even the Atlantic Ocean
sometimes; yields up to those who love
the Lord voluminous records which
have been blown upon its waters by
the raging storms which hover around
and sometimes wreak their ven