The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-11-26
lsTILLMAN TO BETEMPTED:
Talk of Giving the Senatorship to the New
Governor.

Governor.
Some months arc, durn. the heat Of
the South Carolina campaign. twas fire.
oucntlv asserted That Tilman would dncv-
or occupy the Gubcrnatorlal chair in
that State.
The prophecy has failed completely i'll
the sense ir which it was offered, but
there seems to be good ground for the
belief that Governor Tillman's tenure Of
Office will be very brief.
A prominent Tillmanite and a Chron-
iclc reporter had a long talk on Carolina
affairs, and the views presented by the
Carolinian are the basis for the forego-
ing paragraph.
The talk grew out of an inquiry by the
Tillmanitc as to Gen Gordon's chances
tor reelection to the United States sem
ate, followed by question from the re-
porter whether or not Gen Hampton
would have any opposition for re-elec-
ton IN Carolina.
HE WILL BE OPPOSED.
Yes sir. there is every reason to be-
lieve he will have strong opposition, and
ifthe Tllman element in the Legislature
is solid against him he will be over
whclmingly defeated"
What is the ground cfthe opposition?"
1.-The course Of Senator Hampton in
the recent bitter Haskell campaign inCar-
olina gave offence to the whole Tillman
following. Senator Hampton's letter 10
Chairman J. l.. NJ. Irby, Of the State
Democratic executive committee, was
far from being the letter he should have
written under such circumstances. 1t
was no longer an open question. Till
man had been nominated by the Demo-
cratic party Of South Carolina, was
the.
DULY AUTHORIZED sTANDARD-BEAR-
Err
of the party, and entitled to the party
support. Gen Hampton recognized this,
and said in this letter that he should be
obliged 10 vote for the Tlliman ticket;
but this single statement was the only
one III the long letter that was favorable
to Tillman, The entire letter was a
Haskell letter except that single SEN
tence. and it ended with the statement
that he could not advise the people OF
South Carolina how to vote.
IT WAS HIS DUTY.
s'Why couldn's he advise them? 1t
was his duty TO do so. He was holding
the highest Office it was in the power of
the Democratic party cf South Carolina
to give him; and yet occupying the
exalted position-a leader of his party,
a sentinel upon the watch tower-he
could not advise the people how to vote
when one of the tickets in the field was
the regularly nominated ticket of
his party. No man in South Carolina
knew better than Senator Hampton the
vital importance OF preserving the integ-
rity Of the Democratic party in South
Carolina, and if despite his personal
friendship he recognized the fact that as
a Democrat he must vote for the nomi-
nee Of the party, tnen why could he not
advise the Democrats Of South Carolina
how to vote? There is no little resent
mept among the Tillmanites at his let
ter. and I think it very probable that
there will be opposition to his re-elec
ton.
ssCould Gen Wade Hampton be defeat
ed in South Carolina for any office he
might ask Of her people:"
"He certainly could, isthe Tillmanltes
determine to vote against him. They
have the overwhelming majority OF the
legislature"
BENJAMIN r. TIRIMAN THE NAN.
who would you name to oppose hlm?"
'sWho ofall men present comes upper
most in your own mind; who but the
self same Moses who las Just led us to
such glorious victory? Why Ben 1lii2,an
would be the man, Of course. Who else
but him could command the solid sup
port of the Tillmanites in the Leglsla-
ture?'
''Would he be willing?"
Did you ever know anybody to re-
fuse seat in the United States Senate
that had if offered to them?"
But would he be willing to give up
this fight he is making in behalf of the
agricultural interests and the people OF
South Carolina. even for so glitterlng a
prize:"
Certainly not; he wouldn't be CIV
Ing it up. He would only be in position
to prosecute it more vigorously before
the highest council Of the nation. He
would be
MORE VALUABLE THERE.
than in the Governors chair. The State
is now safely in the hands OF his follow
ers. The Legislature is largely made up
of the agricultural yoemanry Of the
State. The people are in the saddle.
and he can safely leave the Governors
chair to mount higher in prosecuting the
great work he is enlisted IN. The great