The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-21
Conservative Again Discusses State
Politics.

! things are distressing, because alter year:
of carcssing, the ungrateiul farmers want {
change.
Now the question is will thay get a change:
As far AS Clarendon county is concerned
am satisfied that the farmers have deter
mined to do their pant towards change
and that every man will make it his busl-
! ness to watch from now until the delegates
are elected 10 see who is the friend Oh enc.
my of the farmer. The political affairs OF
this State have been divided into two sides,
with a patriotic agreement TO let the differ
enccs be until our Lemocratlc convention
assemblies rs the arbitrator of our differ
ences, and then, when that great body COM
posed Of the true and noble sons OF South
Carolina shall render 4 decision all heads
Will nod in assent, and shout from the
throats Of every true and loyal Democrat
Will 60 up to seal the verdict and to pledge
their honor and life if need he for It's sup
port. Then with such an understanding
with each other it is al bosh for the cry to be
raised that "the Democratic party will be d.
vided and ruined if the farmers persist IN
wanting Tillman for governor. They say
that the farmers had no right to call the con
vention in Marcel, because by doing so 1t
gave the man suggested by that body a start
ahead OF everybody else. Grant this to be
true, as I believe it is, what crime has been
committed? Have We not been taught by
our former leaders that it some times pays
to take advantage of your opponents? Such
lesson was taught rs by our old leaders
when Hacool was nominated in q conven-
ton that was called for the purpose OF elect
ing delegates to 4 national convention, ana
for nothing else. But that was all rSht.
Their man was nominated, even II 1t was
an Innovation" but now when we as m as
sociation have meeting. and that meeting
made up of true and unadulterated Demo-
Gratis, proposes to make n suggestion to the
Democratic convention, q howl is raised,
and the cry is - fight is being made out
side of the Democratic party, and they tear
about pretending to prove that II Illlman
succeeds he will lead Us where Malone Lead
the people of Virginia. Malone IS always
cited as precedent. but these fellows must
understand that in order to convince peo-
pie that they are wrong their trst step
should be to convince people that they them
selves know what they are talking about,
and before they accuse Tillman Of trying to
blind our eyes in order that he may follow
in the foot steps of Malone it would be we'll
for them to 90 to the trouble to find ont who
and what Tillman is, else they might find
out, when it is too late, that they have been
ignorantly slandering IN honest man.
The Virginia fight WAS not like ours. They
had different rules and regulations to govern
Al, \ h bnI-h ii nlp16f
to abide the result OF Democratic conven-
ton rs We have; AMI as q natural conse-
quence they did not feel that they were III
honor bound to stand to and submit to
the choice Of their own party" In South
Carolina things are entirely different. When
man becomes & candidate before orr peo-
ple it is understood that he is n candidate
for Democratic votes and none others,
therefore there is no chance to cater Tor the
vote of the Independent or f@publlcan.
Ben TIllnlan has been called to lead the
farmers in L fight against q set OF men that
have be n in n position to be of great ser
vice to the farmers, and We have waited pa
tiently for men thus honored by US to give
MS relief, but instead of relieving Us of onr
burdens they are continually adding fresh
burdens upon us by opening up new Offices
and filing them with men who have taken
ND an idea that because their fathers once
held some State Office they must now be
pensioned with a fat Office that IS no good
and little service to the people.
Take the Office Of commissioner OF agrl-
culture that is being supported direct from
the pockets of the farmers, and III the name
of reason what good is II, when the commits
sioner says himself when charged with not
giving the farming interest the protectlon
| for which his office was created that he is
carving out the law as it is. and can do
nothing more? He is not allowed to pun
ish these fellows that viii take my money
for cotton seed meal that is manufactured
right under tie nose of the agricultural b,l-
rcau, and when | take il into my field to
feed the plant that gives my family bread L
find it udulterated with sawduSt and rosin.
want to know what good is the Office nn-
less the officer is empowered to carry out
the objects Of the creation OF sad Office.
Now why has not the commissioner the
right or power to put u stop to tins fraud
for fraud of the deepest dye it Is. mag
inc that if some unsophisticated farmer
were to get up in the Legislature and offer
bill to make tia penitentiary crime Tor a
| firm, syndicate. or corporation, to rob, steal,
and defraud the farmer out OF his hard
earnings by selling him sHwdUst and rosln
| for cotton seed meal, that some fellow that
wears a standing collar and gold trimmed
eyeglasses would Indignantly raise himself
in his seat and offer some parliamentary
choker that would so confuse the poor farm
er that lie would hcave :. sigh and give up
his bill, and if that sharp parlamentarlan
that choked the farmer statesman OF were
followed you wonld find that he holds his
seat by the State Legislature refusing to carry
ont the constitution to reapport!on the
State, and that he hails from Charleston OF
Columbia, and has the authority to sign
himself as attorney for such and such phos-
phate company. =,
When we through the newspapers that
have taken an interest in our cause say any
thing abont these things We are ordered to
shut up OF prove our charges. Well, We
undertake to put in the proof, and rs soon
as we commence, 4 yelp goes up and we are
accused of lying and OF being "insincere
and wanting Office or being ''sore-heed-
| ed
Just look ut the downright shame on our
State legislature in their actions towards
the widows of our Confederate lead, yes,
the widows Of memwhose sacred bones Were
bleaching on battle field, while some OF
our present law makers were placed III bomb
proofs or remained at home. These men
undertook to pension the widows, and also
the manned and helpless survivors
of noble and just cause, and
what did they DO? They found q fellow
who was once rolling in wealth. and who
could show up a long line of distinguished
ancestors standing up on street corner
with !. look of despair on his countenanee
and his clothes rather the worse for Wear,
ont OF 4 job; so they MT once took charge OF
him and went to work TO see ii they could
not find SOME place that was suitable Tor q
g,nNenma. They found every place filled
mp, and they were about to let him go, when
they happened to think that it would be a
good idea to establish clerkship whereby
he could have something out Of the charity
that the State WAS dispensing. SO they made
the l:,g; p:Iv.- the appo.ntmcnt; and this sal