The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-09-17

B. R. Tillman has been called the
father of the Clemson college, and by
q happy coincidence this college will
be opened while he is governor OF the
State.
The announcement made by Sec
retary Window that he would receive
bids for the purchase of Sl6,000,000
4 per cent government bonds, has had
a depressing effect on the Northern
money market.
The State has done honor to herself
in nominating Mr.. James E, Tindal
for Secretary of State He is one Of
the ablest, best educated, and most
distinguished citizens of the State.
Clarendon appreciates the honor.
Hon. j. J. Hemphill was yesterday
at Rock Hill unanimously re-nomi-
lated for congress from the fifth con-
gressional district. There were thirty
nine delegates in the convention, and
of this number only nine were op-
posed to him.
The State convention met last We'd
nesday, and quietly did its work, ad-
journing next morning at 6.20, after
an all nights session. A full State
ticket was nominated, a platform OF
principles adopted, and a new consti-
tuition adopted. Judge A. c. Haskell
was the only bolter, and no one felt
aggrieved at his action.
It is reported from Republican
sources that Mr.. Junius H. Evans,
editor of the Marion Star, will be q
candidate for congressional honors, in
opposition to Col E. T. Stackhouse,
Mr.. Evans is Edmund II. Deas's can
didate, and Deas says that he himself
will not become candidate this year.
Mr.. Evans is an Anti Democrat.
Col. Earle has taken a very peculiar
stand. He has, it is true, been over
whelmingly defeated, bit that is only
what was expected; and now every
true Democrat in the State is amazed
not to see him accept his defeat in
good faith and counsel unity and
harmony. He does not say he will
run on an independent ticket, yet he
leaves the gap open for him to do so.
A few months ago it was Tillman-
ism Mahoneism. and Radicalism are
| synonymous terms; but it is very
| strange We have seen no such express
sions the past month. Does it mean
that, after all, the Tillmanites are the
real Democrats, and that the Ants,
.sthem fellers" in whom all Democratic
wisdom is centered, are to be the Ma
homes of South Carolina? We nave
no Mahones in Clarendon, nor will
we have any; but how about Sumter,
and Florence, and Berkeley, and pos
sibly some other counties? Any fac
ton that appeals to the negro in this
campaign is worse than Radical-it
is Mahoneism.
We are very anxious to see the
Democracy of Sumter county solidi-
fed, and we have the assurance of one
OF the most prominent and influential
Ants of that county that he will do
all in his power to consummate this
effort, and that he believes it perfectly
practicable to do so. The action OF
the State executive committee in or
dering an entire reorganization seems
to US to be the best and easiest way
out of the trouble. We ourselves be-
lie7e the Ants to be right in their
claim of having the legal organiza-
ton, but the convention by a small
majority decided otherwise, and like
good Democrats we hope they will
yield to the majority even if they be-
lieve that majority to be wrong. Let
a feeling OF true patriotism and con-
servatism rise above any factional
feeling, and since the head of the
State Democracy says that reorgan-
ization is necessary, let there be re-
organization. There is nothing to be
lost by such course, and much to be
gained-the unifying of the Democ-
racy of Sumter county, and q healthy
influence to be exerted over the whole
State. All eyes are upon Sumter.