The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-01-28
COL. kEIT'T'S EE.jOINDEh,
MAKING THINGS LIVELY N ALLIANCE
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state Alliance. to Explain ti,;st Mixed
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from the Newberry Observer
ESitor Observer. haze read ia the
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News anu .0uSiei 'tte 'et'!' ~, y. % -.
Stokes to my letter hEat FuoAsheo IL
the Observer ana reproduced n the
News ard Courier I will not allow
him to cloud and obscure the matters
in issue By an effort 70 make the pub
lie believe / was inoved il what have
said by PERSONAL feeling.
When say was n0t& candidate LOT
the United States Senatorship at any
time before the General Assembly. l
am sustained hy the record. My name
was not presented II either house.
Two votes were cast for ne on the iirst
ballot: not q vote was cast Tor ms alter
that. although they oaloteI 1or tnIee @
days. congressman deM9Hii any. AZ
man and Others got scattering Votes oH .!
several ballots. They were EcO ca!'ai-
dates. Hampton. Donaiosou "No ~,
were the only ones whose names were
presented to both houses, and they
were the only candidates. | nave no
personal desire TO go TO Washington.
l doubt if l could live long III taat Gil
mate.
I went to Columbia loyal A!1lance
man-loyal to its principles, demands
and measures. Al! am IS at tne ser
vice OF the Order: tor It's prlnclpieS are
intimately interviewer into my oelns.
1t nv services had been denanoeo ny
the Order, and after a fuil ana Tree
canvass ii the Order decloeu 10 make
me their nominee. would nave ac-
cepted. II the Order decided on anoth-
er than myself. would nave fo%ght
all the same for his election.
requested my friends not TO leI my
name he used IN the caucus OF Non
Alliance men as soon as learned Sen
ator Stokes had called IN the Aihahce
meeting and had determined 10 so iuso
a caucus with Non-a NANCE Aleu. 10 tis'S
caucus determined 10 present. ~ etIe
General Assembly the three nlshesC
names. My name was one OF the three;
but l declined to accept, and my name
was not presented.
WHAT IS AN OFFICE, SEEKER
Senator stokes would nave 'he Souh-
try believe | am an otl!ce-seekeI- haI
is my record? am near 6U years o!u,
Before the war resided IN II!chlaho
County. and was often urged 20 ne
come d candidate ard always re1useo'
l was captain of the Emmet Guards IN
Columbia. sons OF Ireland, !i:e nome cI
heroes ana statesmen. IEis was we
first company rendered: 20 the Govern,
ment. The writer hearo tue hTSI ''nu
last gun in the var, ana 10 nan can
point to single instance that ne .a!lso
in his duty II any position 20 WI ca he
was called. IN May after the c!'se OF
the war he came TO his plantation IN
Newberry County. and was elected 10
the Legislature in October. The Jour
nal of the House Will show he was 10
idle member. During the eight years
OF misrule, fraud aud crime ne was IL
the front rank with pen ara tongue
fighting to get control OF the STATE
Government. In 1877, alter we got
control. he retired fIcm practical polk
tics, as Tar as Office holding goes. IN
the convention OF his comfy ne Wa,
nominated three times ana &se0 70 90
to the Legislature. He rose ana salo
to the convention: Our people now
have the Government. II! IN SAFE
hands. cannot &C, and VIII not II
you elect ne. That ended 1t. lie mas
often been urged TO be canoloate
since that time, and has always re1ns-
Ell. He gave his time and powers,
gratis, in tie North aurlng thFee
Presidential campaigns lor lhe Deliio.
cratic party. IN 1854 he spent elSHe
weeks advocating the election OF Nj.
Cleveland. On his way nome ne was
urged to apply Tor the coiioc0oTship a.
Charleston by 1rlencS VINO oeslipo
to hold offices under nm: oy olle iiIh
who stands high IN the State, VINO ASK
ed Tor the SECOND piaC7 " nen s0b.Ie Iae+
men IN Charleston SOC 10 leNel Heao
over the office the records VIII snow
that he wrote 10 Mi. CleVelaao anu
withdrew his application SeFeIa4 "eeHs
before the appointment was maze: ne
is frank to say gentleman oeleer i!tleo
for the place than himself was ap-
pointee-one trained 10 the BUSINESS; s.,
Is this the record OF ih"n "no eeeAo
office: is IL not tne Tecolo VI ots
always ready TO co MS dUtE Wnen caii-
ed upon? work for my !lVlng, ana
am not ashamed to own 1t. All nave
except what | got by innerltancs,
made farElng-the vocation OF my
life. 1t IS more congenlaI 70 me 10 re-
main IN the quiet OF my nome ti;"H ~
enter the buSJle and storms oI poliVica!
strife. II the Alliance, however. uau
called upon me at any stage OF tne
election and had put me up as lheir
nominee, would have stoco as such',
and, it elected, as i Went into the iale
wa-, l would have gone TO Nasnlng
ton, and, drawing my blade ana Siter