The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
ANNEXATION KNOCKED OUT.
The First Test Election in Canada Indi-
Gates that She Would Not be Ours.

The First Test Election in Canada Indi-
Gates that She Would Not be Ours.
(From the New York World)
WINDSOR, OST., Jan. 1.-The first
great battle on the issue of poiitlcal
union between Canada and the United
States has been fought in Canada, and
the unionists have met defeat. Il has
beer fierce, bitter struggle, in which
all the old party lines have been broken
down and the political enemies Of former
years have worked side By side, Tor Or
against it.
Sol. White, the candidate of political
union, made good fight, but the Old
line Conservatives, with their strong
party machinery, proved too roneh for
him. One OF the pecniiarities OF Windsor
voting is that q mar can vote in as many
wards as he is taxed in, and women ex-
ercise the same rights Of suffrage as the
men. The motto Of t'Eote early and
ottea" especially applies to the Canadian
voters.
The old conservative leado.s few days
ago became frightened at the way IN
which thugs were moving and applied
to tho Premier, Sir John Macdonald,
to have hjm exert his influence With
White, either to have him withdraw or
abandon his issue Of political union. Sir
John is an Old and personal political
friend OF Sol. Whites and he did as tae
conservative leaders asked him. White
refused, and the fiat vent forth that no
stone aust be left pnturned to defeat him.
That iniuL Lc5ion was carried out and
ended il MS defeat. The moss bitter
personal feeling was stirred up by attack
irg Whites personal and private charac-
! ter, and race prejudice was engenderec
by illusions to MS birth and the fact
that he is e haif-brecd.
The Conservatives put up candidate
whose religious prociivities did not coin
eide with their own to draw certain
vote, and then appealed to the colored
vote to down the friend OF the French.
They did their best to hide the issue
OF political union and those who were
strong for it. They pointed to the fact
that tneir candidate had once said that
he wanted annexation with tie United
States, ii he had to tis 1T for it. To make
things still safer they induced q popular
doctor to run to draw votes from White.
Even With al these precautions. they
did not feel safe, and before the result
was announced were extremely nervous
about il. When it was found that White
had been beaten by 80 votes out OF q
poll OF over 1900 they were dismaved,
and ere now clamoriug that the victory
is nothing and that political union was
not the issue and that White was beaten
on his merits as man and citizen.
a queer feature OF the election was
shown by Hiram Walker, g citizen OF
Detroit, who owns the entire town OF
Walkervilie, about mile from Windsor,
and also tue largest whisky distiliery 10
Canada. He sent ali the Windsor voters
he employed to vote sud work against
White and political union, giving them
day off to do so and going around him
self to see that they did it. The ardent
political unionists, while sorry for their
defeat, say that it has been victory for
them and has given annexation place
among the live issues Of the day. Had
they had a candidate less Objectionable
to the old party leaders and vita fewer
personal enemies, they would have car
ried the day.
The Conservatives do not claim it is a
great victory, bat say that they have
laid the ghost of political union up for
rest. One of the curious features Of the
election was that the regroes vo.ed al
most solidly against political union A
coiored candidate for councillor, rln-
ming on the same ticket with a pohtlca!
unionist, was badly slaughtered by the
unionist and defeated after the trick OF
the negroes became known. The French
vote was almost unit for White and
union. The Irish vote was cast to q
large extent for Twomey, the Catholic
candidate put upby the shrewd Consery-
atives for the purpose Of catching this
vote.
The town is wild with excitement to-
night and the conservatives are not re-
joieing very much. The majority is too
slim to please them. Mayor Beattie, the
retiring official, said to. night: ''it is not
defeat for political union, but defeat
for White, who has too many enemies
to carry the town on union or any other
issue. 1 am a political unionisS myself,
aud know that the elected Mayor Is. +"
The fight OF to-day, while losing one,
will give political union boom that WI.
place it in the next Parliamentary e!e:-
ton.