The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-14

some discussion II was QeciQeQ 10 nOlQ tne
State Convention on the first Tuesday in
May.
While we go to press the committee is
still in session and no further acts are OBJ
tainable at present. The members will
leaye the city this afternoon.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MEETING.
Il is impossible just now to draw any
conclusion touching the purpose OF the
Republicans, as indicated by their starting
their organization at this time. Manifestly
they have no hope of carrying the State,
eitherin the national or the local fight. But
this weakness of their party does not i'm
pair their standing in the National Conven-
ton South Carolina will have fourteen
votes in that Convention, notwithstanding
her fourteen electoral votes will assuredly
be cast for Cleveland. Then, again, if by
some mischance the Republicans should
elect their President the leaders IN South
Carolina Will come in for q share of the
leaves and fishes.
The corpse is not lively one.
eFrom the Columbia Daily Record, March ~
Before the appearance of THE RECORD
on the streets yesterday afternoon few per
sons were aware that the former lights Of
the old Republican party had held wake
in this city over the political cadaver and
had chanted the resurrection appeal. The
thinness of the corpse had not enabled it to
cast It's shadow before, and the party leaders
came unheralded.
In addition to the account given yester-
5 day some other facts gained after the meet
ing viii be of interest as indicating the why
and wherefore of the rally, The present
political purposes Of the party and their in
tentions as brought out yesterday.
BRAYToN ON BALLOTS.
The committee devoted considerable tine
to the discussion of bill prepared by MIR.
Brayton on the suggestion of Senator vii
Liam: e.. Chandler, to regulate Federal elec-
tioas in South Carolina. The proposed
blu is an effort to repeal the election laws
of the State so far as they relate to Federal
Offices and place the machinery in the con.
troll Of Congress. This bill is accompanied
by a letter from Mr. Brayton charging the
Democracy of the State with having viz
tuslly disfranchised the negro. Among its
provisions are the following:
Thassthe new registration shall be made
in theamoDths of July and August, Of 1888,
and thereafter in the same months IN The
year Of each successive general election Tor
Representatives n Congress.
That voters shall not be required to have
orproduce any Certificate OF registration as
prerequisite OF qualification to the right
Of suffrage.
That the registration records shall be
public and the list of voters published IN
county newspaper at the county's expense.
That change Of residence within the
county shall not defeat the right OF an
elector TO vote for Representatives in Con
That four commissioners of election shall
be appointed by the Governor, two from
each of the two principal. political parties,
these commissioners to appoint four man
ayers st each election precinct, also equally
divided between the TWO parties.
That the ballots be marked or stamped
by the managers, and only such shall be
legal votes.
It is further provided that imprisonment
for non payment of poll tax shall not in
clude Congressional election day, and that
call Acts or parts of Acts of the United
States and Of the State of South Carolina
inconsistent with this Act be thereby re-
pealed, anrulled and declared of no effect.
The committee arranged to bring this
mater prominently before the party all
over the State and to agitate It telsewhere as
much as possible.
GLANDS ALL ROUND.
The menu included a thorough party
reconciliation. The differences Of 1884 be-
tween Messrs. Brayton and Taft, touching
the State Craftsmanship. were healed by
or1 II rocn1uoS tnof
henceforth they should joir forces and that
the organization, OF whatisieft OF it, should
be solid against the Democrats.
WILL MAKE NO STATE TICKET.
While the committee took no action as
to running State ticket it is evident that
they are not in favor of such course.
The party will confne itself to the fight
for the electoral ticket, to one or two Con-
gressional tickets. and to few counties
where the heavy negro majority holds out
some promise Of success.
TEE STATE CONVENTION,
AS before reported, will be held on the
first of May, and the delegates thereto will
be chosen by the county conventions some
time during this month. A denunciation
of the present State election laws will be a
prominent feature of these conventions.
SHERMAN THEIR FRIEND AND CHOICE.
The committee expressed themselves as
unequ;vocally in favor of John Sherman
for President. His views on the Southern
question are regarded bythem as especially
Just to his party in this section, and they
think him one their ablest men. Several
members of the committee have held offices
under Sherman and they believe in sup
porting him.
WILL STRENGTHEN THE PARTY.
The committee believe in the sincerity Of
Blaine's withdrawal from the Presidential
race and look upon it as good thing, cal
culated to relieve the National Convention
of embarrassment and to strengthen the