The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-21
TIMELY TOPICS.

r:.srjctss : vas for awhile aEiet;e'
o.-r -, ,,.s:5e. Of street impcoveinen'
TIE 3i, xeas have. recently settled
bv vc,i.rs,tp ISSUE $4,000 c. bonds .
KS w"rH.
The Loui.iana Lottery Compan,
ueaas business. The concern "oV
offers the Sta.e one million dollars an
rusi!v for ths privilege Of maintaini":
tie lottery.
T,i. Daniel ). Lamont il SAID 20 6S
getting rich ata rapid rate. 7s l.
interested IN several large tinancla! en-
}erpS:ses. fen years ago he Wa;
legislative reporter.
Postmaster Geroral Wanamaker has
adopted and officially announced as
the r;,le Of his department President
Cleysla.d's order to cffice-halders TO
keep osit of politics. But We want &c
hear about the office holders.
The two weal,hieSt women in Phi!-
aGelph:a, both widows, are said to oe
Mrs. Thomas H. Powers and Mrs.
Thomas A. Scott. They are worth be-
tween Sc, coo 900 and $s,00o,00O each.
NJ. Powers made his money Gu Il
nine, while Col. Scott aEassed wealth
by big railroad operations.
Columbis is looking after The mat
terof utilizing her canal, now Almost
flashed. II will srequire, 1t seems'
about ss0, 900 in addition 20 the 5000
900 derived from the sale OF
Soad~, to complete the work. Col.
Pearce hsA submitted a scheme by
which he hopes to induce. English
capitalists to put from 100000 to
5000, 600 in the work. The. trustees
have rot yet taken final action.
1t is announced from Washington
that Mr. Rowell. chairman Of the
corc miteee en- elections, who was IN
skructed by tie Eouae caucus to pre-
pare bill providing for an extension
of the functions of the nstional supervl'
sors of elections, introduced the meas
ure in the House. It's patterned up
ON The bill prepared by the Senate
COMMITTEES on privileges ard election
reported by Senator aoar, but carries
the principle of petition for judicial
interference further, in that it permits
6ny or more voters in county or par
ish. instead Of requiring one hundred
voters. to secure :hs benefits OF the
supervisory system. 1t provides pun,
;shment for any pe-soi. Nho shall
change the position Of boxes intended
for Congressional ballots w..h the III
:en;ion TO deceive. The chisf superF'-
sor rs each election, districs is required
to keep pcll list and lis OF rejected
votes, showing tie feasoo for thelrre-
lection. He is a:so required to sep
arately receive these rejected ballots
nlace the name of the voter upon the
back and inclose them in separate en-
yelopes. The supervisors are also re-
ouired 10 inspect ali ballots as they
are being canvassed and counted by
the loesl election etficers, and to make
seosrase returns Of the result of the
vote being governed by the laws OF
the State in counts, except as otner-
wise provided in the Act. -ney are
also to inspect the returns Tor he pre-
senta.ives and Delegates in Congress
Of leca! ispectors OF elections and note
whethet or not they disagree with
their own returns. In case polls are
not opened within one hour from the
time fixed by the State;aw, tits made
tie duty OF the supervisor TO open
them to ballots for Representatives
and Delegates in Congress only, and to
co.duct the election and make returns
according to the State law.In each judi
cial district canvassing board isto be
created, composed OF the chief super
visor. the United States District Attor
new and the United States Marshal
This board is to correct imperfect re-
turns, tabnlate the returns for Repre-
septatives and Delegates, and to fur
nish copy to the Attorney Genera
and the clerk of the House sof Repre-
ss.,tatiyes. This latter officer is to ex
anime ii returns, and where the re
turn conflicts with the return of tn
local canysssing board to the extent o
returning different person to Con
cre.s, then neithersof the persons $
certified as elected is to be placed upo
the roll of members until the Hoos'
shall Gecideswhich has oeen duly elei
ted.
This measure would seem to emLod
well the republican idea of the metz
ods to be employed in restoring H
publican ascendency In the souti
That idea, simply stated, is that III
Federal authority is pow erful enoug
to effect conditions that may not
induced through the agencies usual
employed in civilized communities
q normal state. The measure con
OF the sentiment which, for maj
years after the var, justified the e'
ployment of Federal bayonets to ne
the Radical spoilsmen. The people
tie United States after awhile SIC
aned of military interference. I!