Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-30

The announcement Of Thos. u. NC
Leod as n candidate for the governor
shin brings fresh TO memory the ram
Gus campaign Of 1910, and suggests
similar alignments this summer, WIN
the. attitude of very important ele-
ment of that year in doubt. The lead
ing candidates Of 1910 were u y.
Featherstone, Cole l.. Blease and Ihos'
G. Mcleod. Prohibition was the prin-
oipal issue, with Featherstone for, ana
Blease and Mcleod against. Mcleod
was the representative Of the old ANU
Tillman or so-called conservative eie-
ment-the re-actionaries. Blease rep
resented the Progressive reformers Oh
the Tillman school, and Featherstone
sou~ht to carry out the will or the
Prohibitionists with regard to the sup
preston of the liquor traffic. His cam
paign was pitched on the knowledge
that the prohibition majority had peeh
euchered out of its just rights, ana a
determination to see that they got
what was coming to them in case Oh
his election. The majority of the prac-
teal politicians were included IN the
following of Mcleod, himself an able
and worthy leader OF the best OF them'
Behind Blease was the greater part Oh
the remainder of the politicians ana
majority of that element that had
backed Tillman in protest against the
superior political privileges SO long
assumed by those behind Mcleod, the
legitimate political heir of John Peter
Richardson and others of the Kind
gone before. Behind Featherstone was
a following of earnest, substantial up
ward looking citizens, who were guile
less of politics, but who believed that
with the elimination Of the liquor eie-
mcnt from political control, the ma
chinery of government would continue
in automatic operation. 1t is hardly
fair to say that they believed that; put
it is a fact that'within their party out
side of Featherstone himself, there
were very few Of known experience
and skill in the conduct of affairs OF
state. But the most striking feature
of that. as other campaigns, was; the
politics. in which the Mcleod crowd
excelled, to the profit of the Blease
crowd. The result Of the first, primary
left the second race between Feather-
stone and Blease, and although OF the
two the McLeodites much preferred
Featherstone, they elected to thro"
their strength to Blease. This was on
the theory that if Featherstone should
win II would mean an entirely new po-
litical regime OF character th's
might preclude the probability or theH
ever getting back into power, whereas
on,tbe other hand the politically inno-
cent ProhibitiOnists would at once De
gin to whet their knives for Blease ana
return the government to them after
two years. But things did not turn out
that way, for among the Prohioltion-
lists there were many who saw the trlck
that had been played on them ana aI
the next election they cast their votes
against Judge Jones, the candidate OF
the reactionary party and re-elecIeu
Bleasc. But how it Is going to be this
tin,c. remains to be seen, for such. IS
sue as there was has been materlaly
changed. The liquor question no long
er figures. The issue now is one OF
economy in government. Whether ne
likes it or not, if Mcleod is to be the
candidate of his party, he will have 10
stand sponsor for the magnificent eN-
travagance of Manning and cooper
while Blcasc will stand pat on his rec
ord for retrenchment and reform. but
unless all signs fail it is going to be a
hot fight and one that Will propapis
stir the people as in the days OF Old.