The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-04
Clarendon Politics.

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quite a number of gentlemen from
different sections of the county were
in town, and as natural consequence
the topic of conversation was politics.
Some were very enthusiastic in their
advocacy of Tillman, and others equal
| ly as enthusiastic in their opposition,
but all through the discussions, which
would at times become somewhat
heated, everybody was in a good
humor and everything passed OFT
pleasantly.
One gentleman from the Gross Roads
section told US Monday that a new
club had been formed in his neigh
borhood with about seventy members,
and that in his opinion the people OF
that section had made up their minds
as to the way they intended to vote
and it would be useless for any one to
to try to change them. The majority
of this section favor Tillman.
We also saw gentleman from the
New Zion section, and he says that
while he is not favorably inclined to-
wards Tillman yet a large majority OF
his neighbors are 'srea hot Tlllman
men"
Packsville was also represented here
Monday, and those we saw were very
warm in their expressions favoring
Tillman for governor. Some were
here from Summerton, and they We're
divided in sentiment Pamela had
her representatives here also and
| Judging from the sentiments express
| ed by these gentlemen Tillman will
have a complete walk over, although
one of them remarked that he did not
like the language used by Mr.. Tillman
when be said that the nineteen sena-
tors that voted against the reappor-
tionment were perjurers. He said the
language was too harsh and that he
would come to Manning on the 26th
Of July to hear Mr.. Tillman give his
reasons for making such an assertion.
A gentleman from Jordan said that
that section with but few exceptions
can be safely put down for TiIlnan.
! The gentlemen that we conversed
with from the Deep Creek section
told US that they were satisfied OF a
reaction taking place before the time
comes for electing delegates, and
when the reaction does take place
Tillman's boom will be scattered.
These gentlemen favor Gen. Earle ip-
stead of Tillman for governor, and
said that if Tillman carried Oft the
prize at the regular convention they
would cheerfully vote for HIM, al
though they think his nomination
would be a mistake.
We also had talk with very
prominent gentleman from FoGeston.
He was out and out opposed to Ben
Tillman for governor. His opposition
does not date from the March conven-
ton alone, but ever since Tillman first
came out. He thinks that the people
OF this county would be making q
grave mistake by electing Tillman del
egates, and he hopes yet they will not
do so.
A prominent gentleman of Sandy
Grove said that he could only speak
for that portion of the county in which
he lived, and that he honestly believed
that nipe-tenths of his neighbors are
for Tillman now and would continue
to be so until some one else carries
off the gubernatorial plum.
Monday being the first day of court
we endeavored to get for our readers
the views of people from the different
sections in order that they might have
an idea Of the political outlook in this
county. We do not pretend to con-
vey to the minds of our readers that
these gentlemen were authorized to
speak for their respective sections
and neighbors, but these expressions
have tendency to show how the peo-
pie of the several portions Of C,aren-
don are talbing.