The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
Down With Boilers, kickers, and Split
ters Of High or Low Degree-Tde Mass.
es OF the People Will Stand by the
Democratic Party as Now Organized.
from The Gree,,riue Ne,cs, 15A

From the GreeaviQe Ne,cs, 15M.
1t might have been good deal better
but it might have been a great deal worse.
So far as we can gather from study Of the
various accounts given OF the proceedings
abundant cause for hope and confidence ir
the welfare Of the party and State is given
by The action and course of the Tillmar
delegates.
Let us be fair in our judgment. These
men are our fellow citizens and fellow Dem
ocrats, and are entitled to have their acts
and words weighed fairly. They had every
thing their own way They controlled the
convention absolutely. They were exasper.
ated by q steady and CALLING opposition
Yet we cannot see where they took unfair
advantages, denied the opposition any
rights or did anything to injure the State.
They were not entirely considerate, but
consideration for the minority is rarely an
element in practical politics, and we think
the conduct of the Anti-Tillman delegates
indicated that if they had had the power
they would have used it with more severity
than was used against them.
The convention had the right to elect the
temporary chairman. The custom has been
otherwise because there has not heretofore
been faction fight in the party. Ne can
not blame the majority for using the power
and right it had and refusing to take
chances Circumstances might have devel-
oped to give the temporary chairman large
and important powers.
BY declining to nominate q State ticket
or to attempt such nomination, the eonven-
ton proved its good sense, moderation and
md
proper consideration for the good name AM
welfare of the State are manifested in the
resolutions concerning the State debt
Legally, ii Is q question whether the con-
veution had the night to elect II new exeen-
tive committee and form new constitution.
There is much TO be said on both sides
Yet the convention was legal body, called
into existence by the legal method, and It
represented the Democrats OF the State. Its
action is binding on every Democrat. There
is no other alternative. Ii we do not accept
the action Of this convention, We must join
with the Radicals or help them by failing to
help our own party There is no middle
ground in this State.
The new constitution is in one or two
provisions partisan document. The pro-
vision against the organization Of new clubs.
for instance, is unfair to the Anti-Tillman
side; so is the provision that in the cities
there can only be two clubs for each polling
place. Under this, Greenville, for instance,
with l 200 Democratic voters, can have but
four clubs, while township with three
hundred voters may have six. This is one
of the few blemishes of the conventions S
work. Perhaps if the Anti-Tillman men
had remained in the convention they could
have secured q change or modification IN
these matters.
The convention does not give us reason
to think any better than we did before OF
Tillman and some of his chief supporters;
but it confirms the belief we have held all
along that the rank and file is all right.
The great body of the men who are sup.
porting Tillman are just, patriotic, and con-
servative and may be trusted to act fairly
and discreetly and to refuse to follow any
reckless or evil leadership.
We do not understand the purpose OF the