The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-10-29
HaskelliSm Means Rule or Ruin.
T .SDartanburq Herald. !

One of the editors of the Spartan
! 5m,q Herald attended the Haskell con-
vention only for the information OF its
readers.
Spartanburg had large delegation
one of the largest present. They
went under the impression that it was
10 be a conference to deliberate fol-
! the welfare of the State and adopt
the conclusions found to be wisest.
When they reached Columbia they
found that it was convention, shut
up to one defined purpose-the NOM
nation of an Anti-Tillman ticket.
Col. Walker, Mr.. Calvert, Mr. Thack-
son, DR.. Geo. Heinitsh, Mr.. Lilies, and
Mr.. S. B. Jones, Jr., declined to go
into the convention on that basis.
They were willing to go into con-
ference for deliberation and to abide
by the decision of the majority; but,
as one Of them expressed it, "they did
not propose to swallow ready made
opinions, or to be lead by the nose
even by Judge Haskell"
The convention was in striking con-
trast to the Straightout Conference OF
August. In that conference every
county in the State was, we believe,
represented; and there were few
prominent statesmen of South Carroll
ma absent. In this conference only
nineteen of the thirty-ive counties
were represented, and reference to
the list of delegates will show that
only three men of State prominence
participated. One of the most prom
inent Anti-Tillmanite editors of the
State reviewed it: "This convention
seems to be composed mostly of
young frebrands and dudes
Some Of the more conservative men
were in favor of nominating a Gov
ernor only. They urged that this
was to be protest, lst, against eau
Gus nomination, 2nd, against abuse OF
Democratic leaders. But the Haskell
ties caucused (as the Tillmanites had
done) and selected a full State ticket,
while Tillman was the only man on
| the regular Democratic ticket nomi-
mated by caucus, and the onl y man who
has abused the Democracy. Had
they nominated only a candidate for
governor they could have scrached
Tinman, and voted the balance of the
ticket without being boilers, or caus-
ing split. When they vote against
Gary and Tindal and Pope and Bates
and Ellerbe and Farley and Mayfeld,
regularly nominated in the Septem-
Der convention composed of Demo
cratic delegates regularly elected,
they cut the ground from under their
feet and cannot claim to be regular
Democrats. These are not strong
men, but they are unimpeached Dem
ocrats regularly nominated, and oppo-
sition to them, at least, is without
legal or technical excuse.
The treatment OF Solicitor McDon-
aid was significant and startling.
Haskell declared that this was ':the
Democratic convention of South Car
olina." Maj. Mcdonald is Demo
crat-no one will dispute it-and yet
be was told that he had no right to
be in this convention unless he would
bow the knee and obey the dictates
Of Haskell and his ieutenants.
Tillman ruled US out Of the March
convention which nominated him, and
Haskell says we ought not to support
him on account of it. Haskell rules
US out Of the October convention, but
claims that we should still support
him. What is the difference! Look
on this: look on that. They are as
like as two black peas.
Capt. Edmund Bacon was placed
on the Haskell ticket. Many of his
friends will regret it, as it places him
in position at once unfortunate and
embarrassing. He wentinto the Sep