Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-15
Result of the Election.

The meaning Of last Tuesdays cleo
ton is that Mr.. Average Citizen has
sustained one more defeat, and the OH
garchy ledsby the Columbia St"te, re-
mains in control of the situation.
However disappointed we may be at
the result, we have not been surprised,
because while Mr.. Average Citizen is
in very large majority in South Car
olina, he is sadly lacking in organiza-
tion, and the possession of newspapers
that are so necessary for the dissem-
ination of Information that is essen
tial TO concerted action.
The machine, thoroughly organized,
and its leadership perfect in the game
of shrewd politics, was easily able to
overshadow the real issue by empha-
sizing the element of personal ambi-
ton, and thus deceive many voter
whose interest and whose heart was
on the other side.
The clearest and most comprehen-
sive appreciation of the real issue in
South Carolina that we have seen in
print, is to be credited to Hon. Ira B.
Jones, whenEfe said in his paper, the
Lancaster News, recently:
"Blease typifes the protest of the
people who feel that the common man
needs a leader against the organized
power of corporate wealth, with allied
political ambition"
Judge Jones knows. Encouraged by
the machine to which he refers, he left
the supreme bench in 1912. to run
against Blcase. He was the candidate
of the oligarchy. At a preliminary
meeting, in Hampton, we believe, one
Of his hearers greeted him with a
'Hurrah for Blease," and he fired back,
"Yes, hurrah for crime, hurrah for am
archy!" Aud that is where Judge
Jones was defeated.
Had Judge Jones been thescandidate
Of Mr.. Average Citizen that year, and
lad Mr. BleaSe been the candidate Of
the 'organiZcd power of corporate
wealth." Judge Jones, instead of Mr.
South Carolina.
And yet in this campaign, UNDER
standing the situation thoroughly,
Judge Jones gave his support to "or-
ganized power and corporate wealth"
Mr.. Blease is as good Il man as Mr.
Mcleod, and so far as we know, Mr..
Mcleod is IS good q man as Mr..
Blcase. We have not heard as many
hard things about Mr.. Mcleod as we
have heard about Mr.. Blease; but as
tough as are some of the things that
have heard some just as tough or per-
haps a little tougher about Mr.. Nc
Leod. Having learned that many Of
the hard things said about Blease
were without foundation in fact, we do
not give credence to them in the case
Of Mr.. Mcleod.
SO far as we know, Mr.. Mcleod is
all that his friends haze represented
him to be and we do not care to be-
lieve anything different
All through this campaign Mr.. Nc
Leod has defended the oligarchy Us ex-
emplified in the administrations of
Manning and Cooper. This fact was
overshadowcd to some extent by the
cry Of third term" and by what Judge
Jones calls strained assaults on
Blease's Democracy" but all the same
Mcleod has been nominated as the
candidate of the same old machine.
1t is matter of common knowledge
all over the state that up to a few
weeks ago there were many indica- :
tiOns Of IL revolt from the machine
| Dismaycd by the extravaganza that is
reflected in mounting taxes, many long
time supporters of the machine declar-
cd their purpose to go across to the
other side. Some stuck TO it and 9th
ers, unable to stand the pressure, re-
niggcd.
Now we are up against the same old
grind. The conditions that brought
about this lest protest remain. Agair
the pressure will become acute; but as
to whenoand; in what form "A[r. Com.
mon Man." as Judge Jones called him
will get relief we are unable to say
! We arc no Drnphet