The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-10-29
The Clarendon Negroes Endorse the Has.
kell Ticket.

To-day, the day advertised for the Rcpub-
| lican grand rally in Manning. resulted in :!
small crowd OF negroes assembling around
Il stand erected under the oaks on the court
house square \ band consisting OF {; fife,
q bass and snare drum, furnished the mu-
| sic and did duty for applauding the speak
ers whenever one of the distinguished
semmen" on the stage would give the signal.
On the hand bills advertising this meeting
We're the names of great many colonels,
majors, &C., and of course a large crowd was
expected, but not until the drums sounded
as signal for the meeting to commence was
the very slim attendance noticeable. County
Chairman Syfax Milton called the meeting
TO order and requested the Rev. a. +. Tor
renee to open the meeting with prayer.
The chairman introduced as the first
speaker A. s. Boston, VINO aired his devo-
ton to 'de party" that produced such Il
mau as Patrick Henry, the man that pro-
claimed to the State, Give me liberty OF
give me DEATH and then he informed Lis
| hearers Of the number of white friends he
had; and that he would vote for Haskell just
| to show Mr.. Tillman that he could vote.
The next speaker Was julius DuRant, who
was introduced by the chairman Us another
| This speaker followed Very much in the train
of Boston, and wound up by saying that he
thought he would vote for Haskell, but If lie
did not he would not vote at all.
Post Master Stewart was next introduced.
He made speech Of about thirty minutes
in length. He used good language, out it
He closed by reading the address Of the Re-
/ tl,nt MI 4
be submitted to them for their endorse
ment.
The chairman then came forward to en-
PLAIN his position. He had not seen the
address until to-day, but lie did not
had time to give the address the conSidera-
ton it should have II they did endorse
the address and vote for Haskell he would
not be responsible, and wanted it distinctly
understood that he wodld wipe his hands
from any responsibility whatever. When he
closed Ed. II. Deas, the Republican candi-
date for congress, addressed the audience.
an as he was the only speaker from abroad
his coming forward was the cause of a slight
outburst OF applause
He started his speech by alludiug to his
disappointment at the other gentleman not
being able to be present. and said his own
condition was very much out Of fix, owing
to the number Of speeches recently deliver
ed. He then proceeded to pour hot shot
into the white people generally, and refer
red to the late Contederacy as the bastard
government. He pitched into Captain Till
man and eulogized Haskell. He advised
his hearers to vote for Haskell as it would
be the entering wedge for them to get q foot
hold, just as the Democrats did when they
ran the Carpenter and Butler and the Green
and Delaney tickets. Tie Democrats did
not succeed when they first made these fus-
IONS, but their success came as soon as they
got foot hold, and when that was accom-
pllshed they uprooted the Republican par
ty. and now is the opportunity for the Re-
publicans to profit by the example.
He spoke about two hours, and at the
close OF his speech, the Haslell ticket ocos en-
dorSed
The meeting was very quiet and orderly.
and the negroes apparently seemed to take
very little interest in it. But they have
now got their instructions TO vote for Has
kell, and next Tuesday they will attempt
TO do 50.