The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-06
CAPITAL NEWS AND GOSSIP
(By John K. Aull.)

lima this spring. Or perhaps it may
not warm up very much this year.
Such, however, would be, very
unusual thing for this State. There
is q great deal of interest manifest III
the national campaigns for the re-
spective nominations by the two lead
- ing parties, but since the days when
3 the late Senator Tillman began the
Reform movement back in the late
eighties, there probably has never
heen so little interest shown in State
politics so close to the meetings OF
the Democratic clubs.
The various clubs of the Democrat
&c party throughout the State, under
the constitution and rules of the
Dartv, will meet on the fourth Sat-
,,urday in April, which this year is the
the oath. The clubs will elect dele
gates to the county conventions,
which will meet at the respective
county seats on the first Monday in
May, which is the 3rd. The county
conventions will each elect delegates
20 the State convention, which meets
in Columbia on the third Wednesday,
Nav 10, and one member from each
county upon the State Democratic ex-
,ecutive committee.
1t is understood that Ex-Governor
John Gary Evans Of Spartanburg will
not be candidate to succeed him.
self as chairman of the State eXecu-
tive committee, and there is consld-
,arable talk of General Willie Jones of
Columbia for the State chairmanshlp
20 succeed Mr.. Evans. General
: Homes is now treasurer of the COM
mittee, and the secretary is Mr.. Ash
lev C. Tobias, Jr., Of Columbia.
Senator E. D. Smith will have op-
position for the United States SEN
ate. Solicitor George Warren of
Hampton has already announced, and
around Columbia it is generally
thought that Mr.. W. P. Pollock OF
Cheraw who served a short term IN
?he senate upon the death Of Senator
( Ti.lman, will be in the race. Mr..
7 Pollock is a strong advocate of wo-
mans suffrage.
There has been no opposition to
Governor Cooper for a second term
So far, and Mr.. Cooper will in all
likelihood succeed himself, possibly
without opposition.
Lieutenant Governor Junius T..
Lilies of Orangeburg will not be a
candidate to succeed himself, and
there are three announced candidates
IN the race for this office, and there
NAV possibly be others to come into
the running. The candidates who
have thrown their hats in the ring
are Mr.. Wilson c. Harvey, a banker,
of Charleston; Mr.. Octavus Cohen
a lawyer, of Charleston, who made
the race two years ago, and Capt.
Oscar K. Mauldin Of Greenville, who
served in the worldwide war.
Adiutant General Moore will have
opposition for reelection, Capt. A.
Fl. Marchant of Orangeburg, long
connected with the State National
,uard. and who served in the war,
having announced for the position.
Adjutant General Moore several
times made efforts to get into the
training camps. in order to go into
active service, but was unsuccessful
on the physical examination tie IS
an excellent military officer, and has
made good adjutant general.
The various congressional districts
are attracting considerable interest
politically. 1t is understood around
here that Mr.. Wideman W. Bradley,
who was secretary to Congressman
Aiken, will probably oppose Con-
eressman Dominick and there have
been some rumors as to Mr.. Henry
-. Tillman of Greenwood being in the
race. The people around Newberry
probably know more about this race
than Columbia does, and the Third
district will probably see to it that
Mr.. Dominick, one of the ablest
members of the South Carolina dele
CATION, succeeds himself. He is, of
course, with the experience which he
has had, in even better position to
look after the interests of his dis
erict now than when he was elected.
and the Third district would make
very grave mistake to retire him at
this time, of which there seems to be
no danger.
It has been announced in the
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