The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-19

| Even Without Ine Stdmpeue IN ln5
anti-Reform ranks. the Reformers
were confident of victory a1l@sFalong
the line in the primaries this sum-.
mer, because the people are tired Of
a mixture of autocracy and bureauc-
racy in charge Of their State; they
are weary of ring and cliqu control,
which never takes into account the
great masses of the people, and they
are determined to make their State
democratic in fact as well as in name,
to have a voice in their own State
| government; to put an end to extrav-
Eagance in the expenditure of their
money, and to obiiterate a regime
| which, preaching State government
of all the people. and claw and order"
has practiced the most extreme, bit
ter and narrow partisanship in the
entire history Of South Carolina, and
under which there has been more law
lessness than under any previous ad-
nirtistrat:o On since :he days of re-
construction. Ard for the first time in
| South Carolina's history, (the days of
Scott and Moses and Chamberlain ex-
cepted) governor, elected upon
claw and order" platform, has sent
the militia to dominate an election,
| and to enforce the decress of a mag
istrate over the prostest ofthe sheriff.
throwing mill operatives into the
streets, without giving them time to
! secure shelter from the bitter wealth
er, and has approved the expense ac-
counts of whiskey constabulary for
thousands of dollars of the States
money, spent in red-light brothels,
buying liquor, and in such like man
ner
The senatorial race will be narrow
ed down to Blease and Tillman, if
| Tillman is living, it now appears, and
that Blease will defeat Tillman is a
foregone conclusion-provided, the
people of the State do not sleep upon
| their rights, as they did in 1916--in
other words, if they see to it that they
have free ballot and secure fair
count.
| Mr. \. B. Dial. of Laurens the only
other announced candidate, is a gen.
tleman of wide business experience
and ability, but it does not appear
that he can develon sufficient politi-
cal strength to be factor in the race
In a statement which he has issued
land it must be remembered that Mr.
Dial is an anti-Reformer, and that
the votes he secures will come froa,
Tillman. and not from Blease-that
this year Mr.. Dial and Senator Till
| man are On the same side Of the pc
litical fence>. Mr. Dial flays the Till
man announcement numerically.
He says:
"Six years ago Tillman was too
| feeble, or was unwilling to come be-
fore the people Of the State, and,
moreover, ignored the voters by not
writing a letter to the chairman of g
single meeting. Furthermore, he
boasted in the senate OF his re-elc-
ton in this manner. The sarcc scheme
seldom works twice. At this time he
asks the people to re-elcet him, stat
ing that he desired to die in harness
and that he would not again be g
candidate If he is too feeble or UT
willing to come before the people &C.
the state he is too infirm to represent
us in the senate Senator Tillmaa
claims that it would be a mistake TO
make change now, because he ia
chairman of the naval affairs COM
mittee. This is about the rankest
nonsense one ever heard Of When
he is defeated Ex-Governor Swanson,
of Virginia, democrat, succeeds
him. In fact. it is generally reported
that Swanson has been doing the
principal work of the committee for
several years. >. Again. the chair
man of a committee is earned only
by length of service. =. Even under
this rule six years ago Tillman was
not accorded the Craftsmanship of the
appropriations committee, to which
he was, entitled. We presume this
was on account of infirmity and be-
cause he was not able to attend to
its affairs. The senate conferred this
honor on Martin, of Virginia. thereby
breaking the time-honored custom. 4.