The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
Some Anti.Iillman Methods.

EDITOR MANNING TINES: Il notice that the
State executive committee have called con-
ventiol to meet in the city Of Columbia or
the 18th Of August for the purpose of decld-
ing whether or not the nominations for
State officers shall take place by primary or
convention, and said convention is request.
ed to transact To other business. The gen.
tlcmen composing majority of that COM
mittee are opposed to the platform adopted
by the Farmers Association, and In my
Judgment they are using their official posi-
tions in partisan manner for those who
oppose our platform and leader.
am up tree, and from this elevated po-
sition can clearly see that the Democratic
party of this State has never clothed any set
of men or any committee with authority 10
fight Democrats, and looking down at the
conduct Of this powerful committee, I open
my eyes to the fact that they have without
any authority undertaken to enter the pres
ent political contest, and if possible they
will try to crush out Bsn TiAman and the
farmers platform.
Another thing is very evident: that they
will circulate lot of campaign literature to
be used in this fight. Now ] would like to
know whose money they propose using for
this purpose II they intend using the
funds of the Democratic party, then pro-
test, as they are not authorized to take the
money of Democrats to fight Democrats.
They might say that the State is in danger,
but such stuff is political clap-trap, and the
people know it, and the people also know
F.; that the distribution of literature is q use
less expense and unnecessary. There Is no
danger Of a split unless these very men,
who, having been selected to guide the po-
itical interests of the Democratic party,
become so desperately Jealous in rule Oh
ruin advocacy of .any one to beat Tillman'
as to get mad when the people show them
that they will have them no longer to rule
rs. In other words, if split comes 1t IS
bound to ccme from the faction that Is led
by Col. a. c. Haskell, the man that rode AT
the head of the procession in Columbia on
the oath inst. and insulted thousands OF
true blue Democrats by giving, Three
cheers for the strliShtout Democrats, and
three sroans for the bogus Democrats" By
the bogus Democrats" he meant the sup
porters of Tillman and the farmers plat
form. This same gentleman has organized
his county, and he is now making a fruit
! less effort to organize the State to beat I'LL
man, and he is going at his work Of organ
izins Just rs We organized to capture the
State from the hands Of negroes aid scala
wags in 1876 He must think that the po
{ litica pap suckers Of the olden time are IL
/ danger Of losing their occupation II I'LL
man is elected, and CHESS he is right, be
cause if Tillman "gits thar it means q gen
era! hustling of the State house rats ant
political pensioners.
Col. Jones, Maj. Smith, and Capt. How
dydo will be forced to bid goodbye TO Co
illmbia and 90 back to their former homes
The parting will be sad, because these gen
tiemen were shining lights at social recep
tons and popular at the club. They coul'
make the happiest kind of atter-dinne
! speeches, and now TO be rnthlessly tori
away would be awful, and to think that tn
tax payers are threatening to tear them ava.
means, in their estimation, simple uudacity
Nevertheless the people all over the Stat
say that '.the best Of friends must part
some time or other, and now IS the time
They want q change in the management o
the party and offices, and why don't thes
fellows give way without making such
struggle. Do they think that the people M