The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-11-06

and that he Will ID a arm al 81
ticket, as farmer. Mr. Stuckey is
a gentleman OF ability, but IN race
without the backing of his party he
would necessarily have to gather
around him a personal following if
he would be a factor in tile race.
So It will be with Mr.. Richards Or
with Mr.. Peoples, or Mr.. McLaur-n, Or
a~y other candidate on the Reform
side One thing is certain, and that
is, that the anti-Reform party is de-
termined if possible 20 combine its
fcrces behind one men for governor.
NJ, Cooper. as Developments come.
,rcy- ~ "a thc rcr cnl " Hethea
NAV not he tie man. h!'t taey are
SONG to do as they have done III past
campaigns-get behind s"re one MAJ
and Try to elect hin. That IS tie
way they elected Governor Manning.
They did it then by the process OF
elimination. If the Jefferson hotel
elimination conference had not been
held, Manning would never have been
Governor They elmirated, then. I'll
excert Manning and Cooper, and, IL
nally they euchred Cooper OF OF the
second race EvorvN ody wfo was in
close torch w'th meters N those
times knows that Cooper ought TO
have been governor, under their own
program, when Manning was elected.
But they didn't want Cooper. They
had cone fartrer than they thought
They had overestimated the strength
of Marnning and underestimated
the stenot', Of Ccn~er. They we're then
face to face with thir own proposition.
the two horns of the dilemma they
took both and put Manning in a Sec
cnd race with Richards, and. after
Blease had been defeated for the
senate they beat Richards with Man
ming. That IS the whole story. AS
matter of right, even as risht' is con-
sidered on their own side, Cooper
ought to be governor now instead of
Manning. But Cooper isn't. and Coop
er is still trying to be, andre IS
2 factor which must be dealt with
next summer.
If Cooper had kept quiet between
the first and second primaries last
summer, he might have been elected
governor in 1918 easily. The MAN.
ing campaign bureau in COLUMBIA had
irmped on him viciouslE, charging him
with being second fiddle" and he
had resented it, and it is known that
he had no kindly feeling towards the
Manning propaganda during the
primaries he came out In sig1e1
statement to the effect that he thought
Manning ought to be reelected. That
is what is going to defeat Mr.. Cooper
for governor tbs year.
BY the process of. elimination, the
anti-reform party will choose candl-
date for governor, who may be Mr..
Cooper or Mr.. Bethea, or who may be
someone else-probably someone else
and they are going to put him in the
field and get solidly behind him. Both
Mr. Bethea and Mr.. Cooper deserve
great deal at their hands-but that
doesn't count with them. They sup
rorted Chief Justice Jones in 1912, and
when he was defeated, they dropped
him like "hot potato" There IS
neither gratitude nor appreciation in
that party, as has been proved.
But they are going to get together
behind somebody, and fair week has
not disclosed their program, because
they haven't fully made it up. 1t will
come some time later-when they get
together, probably about the time the
legislature is in session.
The reform party knows this, 1t is
keeping in close touch with every
move that is made here. It is going
to have its candidate for governor,
also 1t may not nominate him in
convention, but the members of the
party are going to know who is-and
they will probably be able to cater a
glimpse into tre inside through this
are tired of splitting their ranks and
being robbed of victories. The mem
bers of the party are demanding that
their leaders let them know somethign
eve want a ticket say. 'fGive
US good men, but We want somebody