The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-09-17
WILL SUMTER SPLIT?
Sumter Has Some Hot Headed Leaders
Who Apparently Would Rather Rule In
He'll Than Serve in Heaven.

Hell Than Serve III Heaven.
SUMTER Sept 12.-Capt p P. Gaillarl
to-day received the following communica-
ton:
Headquarters STATE Ex COMMITTEE,
Columbia, Sept. 10, 1880.
Capt. p. p. Gaillard, Chairman County
| Executive Committee, Sumter.
Dear Sir: BY direction of this committee
! beg leave to inform you OF the following
resolution adopted by said committee:
ReSoIced. That Capt. ?. ?. Gaillar'l be re-
quested and directed to call upon all the
members Of the executive committee exist
ing prior to Sept s, 1890, of the Democratic
clubs of Sumter county to meet together at
Sumter c. H. Sept -, ut II o'clock, noon
for the purpose of reorganiZin9 the Demo-
cratic party Of Sumter county, in accordance
with the provisions of the State constitution
adopted by the September convention Of
1890
BY order of Executive Committee.
JOHN L NJ. 1EBY, Chmn.
CT. DUNCAN BEILINGER, Sec
In answer to the question what lie would
do in regard to it, he said that he was no
| longer chairman Of the county executive
committee; that DR.. John S. Hughson had
been elected to that position by the conven-
ton held here on Sept s, and that he had
no right whatever to usurp Dir. Hughson's
authority in calling together the committee.
He will have nothing to do with it.
In q conversation with Col. Earle this
morning he gave the following to Your cor
respondent as his view Of the action of the
State convention held in Columbia on the
10th inst. In his own language he said:
81 do not regard the State convention rs
legal because majority of the members
excluded from the deliberations Of that
body, for no just cause, the delegation from
Sumter. 1t is my opinion that the Democ-
racy Of the State has no right to act SO as to
bind the body when they completely ignored
the Democrats of 4 county Such reyolu-
tionary action in my Judgment releases any
Democrat who did not take part in the pro-
ceedings from any obligation to support the
ticket set up by them. While this is true,
l will not favor any movement looking to the
defeat of the ticket by the cid Of the negro
vote. White supremacy must be sustained,
even if We suffer wrong at the hands Of
portion Of the Democracy"
In reference to county affairs, the county
has already been regularly organized, and
if Reorganization be attempted by Col. Irby,
it will probably result in the placing Of two
tickets in the field and the Ants will not
be responsible for it. Charleston World.
SUMTER, Sept 13.-The action of the State
convention in refusing to seat the delegates
from this county has been the cause Of much
comment and criticism here. 1t looks like
the convention saw that it could not seat the
Tillman delegation and, therefore, would
not seat the StraightoutS.
Our county politics remain in statu quo.
If the State executive committee should rt-
fuse to recognize the regular executive COM
mlttee Of this county, OF which Dir. John 5.
Hughson is chairman, there may be some
trouble 1t is hoped that the issue will not
be forced The people are beginning to
turn their attention to the primary which IS
to come off on the 25th inst As yet candi.
dates are not very numerous. Messrs. AL
lamont Moses and A. X. Sanders are candi-
dates for reelection to the Legislature, and
Col. II. z. L. PEBBLES, who was a member Of
the House 1882 is also 4 candidate. The
Hon. Marion Noise is candidate for re-
election to the Senate, and is opposed by
Col. w. D. Scarborough, who is 4 prominent
planter.
So far no Tillman candidates have been
OuDllClN uuuOulSSti, luC I'LL IL iull
of rumors concerning them. This matter
will probably be decided by them when
their convention reassembles on the goth
inst. OF course it Is not known yet wheth
er the Tillmanitcs will participate in the
primary that has been ordered or not, as
they ignored the county convention last
Monday y-Neus and tou,ier.
SUMTER, Sep 1.-THE TilImanite county
executive committee met to-day to decide
what action it would take in regard to the
primary election ordered by the Stralghtout
executive committee for Sep. 23. The de-
cision arrived ut was that it would have
nothing whatever to do with the primary,
since according to its way Of thinking, and
according to the decision Of the committee
on credentials of the State convention, both
the conventions held in Sumter on Sep. s
We're illegal and unconstitutional, and the
action of the executive committee elected by
either convention was not binding on the
Democrats Of the county. The Tlllmanites
appointed on the boards of managers for
the several election precincts will not serve.
For the rest they VIII meet, as Il caucus, on
Saturday, Sep. 20, as agreed upon at their
convention on the Sth, and will then decide
what future course to pursue. This will
probably be as laid down III the lforh to.
day, and in November there will be two
tickets in the field. Charleston Ii0r(I.