The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-10-24
DIR. POPE GETS PEPPERY.
WANTS TO KNOW WHY GOV. TILL
MAN is so ACTIVE.

''N''S ~ NNS" VIII WV I'LL
MAN is so ACTIVE.
In Columbia for the Campaten-Hs,
Something to Say ABB out the Dsp snssry.
a Series OF Pertinent Questions.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Oct. 16.-Dr, Samp-
son Pope, who isrunnlng as DR.. Pops's
candidate for Governor, as a protest
against rings" and "ring" methods. is
in the city. He will be here until af-
ter the election and has established
headquarters at the Grand Central
Hotel. He says that he is confident of
success and thinks that ne is continu-
ally gaining votes.
Yesterday upon his arri val In the city
he was seen and asked If there was
arything new IN his campaign, and he
replied:
u have recently read the dispensary
act of 1898 closely. Section of the act
reads as follows: The Governor, the
Attorney Gsnsral and the Com ptroller
General, shall, ex otiico, constitute a
State board of control to carry out the
provisions Of this act Section 3 gives
the Governor authority to appoint at
the expiration of the term Of the pres
ent commissioner (see the connection
between the acts of 1892 and 1899 and
every two years thereafter commits
sioner, ETC.; the appointment to be ap-
proved by the Senate. The same Sec
tion gives to the commissioner the right
to purchase all supplies, ETC., subject
to such rules and regulations az nay
oemade oy the State ooard of control;
makes him subject to removal by the
State board Of control, and makes him
State officer. All rules and regula-
tions governing said commissioner 10
the performance of any OF the duties
of his Office shall be prescribed by the
State board of control, etc. fail to
find in reading said act, any duty de-
volVing specifically upon the Governor,
more than any other law carries with
1t. The Governor Is member ex off,
clio of several boards-the penttentiary,
the asylum, etc. His duties as such
are simply those Of any other member
Of them. The majority controls and
what is done is executed By the proper
officers and not by the Governor. The
superintendent Of the p5nitentiary car
ries them out for that institution, the
pesintendent Of the asylum for that
Institution, and by parity of reasoning,
Nj. Traxler should DO so for the dis
pensary.
"If the law had intended that the
Governor alone should manage the dis
pensary it would have said 80, but it
does not say 80, for it puts two others
on the board with him, al of them ex
oficlo members. It means that ma
jority Of the board shall govern; shall
say what Mr.. Traxler shall do. The
Governor has usurped power which
does not belong to aim. Ee admitted
during the canvass that he did so when
be said that be did not consult the 9th.
er members about reopening the dis
pensary.
'He has no more right to issue orders
with regard to the dlspensary than he
has with regard to the psnitensiary
and the asylum; he is but a simple
member Of al of those boards, and has
only the authority that any other
member has. The board, suspect, has
not had meeting until last week in
many months. All that has been done
OF his own motion then is illegal, un-
lawful, and is a usurpation Of power
that does not belong to him. South
Carolina has never had but ons lawful
dictator, John RutIedge. and the power
was given him during the revolution.
ary war when the State WasoYerrun By
an enemy, and when it was impossible
from the very nature of things to call
the Legislature together. GoVernor
Tillman has IS much right, and 1t Is
as much his duty, to issue proclama-
tion or an order, carrying out the pro-
visions of any other Law, as be has as
to the dispensary.
"Eas he done it? Then why does he
single out this law to be enforced at
this time? Is IL to destroy the psace
and harmony of our people for political
sect? Is it an atten pit to bring back
those Rsformers who have left the fold
because of rings? He has sworn 20 ex-
ecute the laws in mercy, not in ter
| rorizing, Yindictiye manner, calculated
to frenzy the men and frigaten the
| women and children. LetIt be remenn-
berei that when the dispansary Was
closed many Of che consJabulary went
nome, unc 4r instructions, it was said,
to open illicit barroom5 for the purpose
of proving that proaloilion did not pro-
hioit. Wnen the Supreme Court decid-
ed tne act Of 1892 unconstitutional, was
it net as mucl Coe Governors duty to
Issue proclamation to prevent the
sale of WnlSkey, as 1t IS no1 to carry
out the di5p=nsary? Tnen why IS it
thst be failed to do anything then, and
now usurps authority that does not be-
long to him ?"
DR.. Pope may have something mora
to say on this line later on.