The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-21

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and ruling faction. On the other
hand, the constitutional convention
being also an issue this year,gave the
antis much stronger vote than they
can ever expect to again receive,
On Tuesday of last week they played
their every card, and so far from any
DETECTION in the reform ranks taking
place, our power and determination
strengthen each year. There were in
lSpartanburg county at least two
thousand reformers who did not vote
in the late election, for they knew
that DR.. Pape had no hope whateve,
of being made governor, and so they
remained at home and picked cotton
But had an Independent ticket beer
trotted out, and the reform blood oi
these sturdy farmers stirred up, you
would have seen them turning out tc
man, and those Independents would
have been showed under about as
bad as was Juge Haskell in 1890. The
reform movement is just as strong
to-day as it ever was, as its opponents
will discover when they attempt tc
overthrow it.
No one more earnestly desires
peace and unity among our white
voters than the editor of The Head,
light; and we had strong hopes ol
seeing this end corsummated until
election day, when the anti-reformers
almost to a man, marched to the polls
and voted for DR.. Sampson Pope TO,
governor, while a few even cast thei,
ballots for a republican for congress
over the nominee of their party, and
after they had candidate of their
own in the field, and who was fairly
defeated. The people saw this, too,
and it destroyed all hopes, for a long
time at least, of anything like politi-
cal reconciliation. While the farmers
were ready to bury the hatchet, the
minority showed that they were as
revengeful as ever, and the only peace
that they will make would be the
unconditional surrender of our far.
mers. Well this never be done, and
of this fact you can rest assured.
| For the life Of US, we cannot see
how any self-respectipg and consist
ent anti-reformer could ever get his
consent to vote for Samps. Pope fo1
governor. You may talk about the
bitterness and abuse of Ben Tillmar
against ants, but he could not hold
a light to DR.. Pope-the only diff.
ference being that the Doctor did
mot possess the mental powers tc
frame his wrath into as intelligent
words as the governor. For the
Ireformers to take up Judge A. c.
Haskell, and make a hero of him.
would be about as consistent as the
espousal of the cause Of DR.. Pope by
the ants. And DR.. Pope has not
the brains or ability to even lead the
politics in a country precinct. TIC
show how silly he is, when fighting
the ants, he manifested his resent.
ment by refusing to ride over the R.
& D. railroad. With the same chin,
lquepin mental powers, he is now
charging all manner of frauds and
rsscality against the party to which
he once belonged, and which charges
are as foolish as they are unfounded
If Ben Tllman is such an unscrupu-
lous scoundrel and political trickster:
Dr.. Pope should have found it out
when he was in the Governors con-
fdence, and while clinging to Till
mans coat-tail to hold an Office.
! Now, our advice to the minority
faction in South C,:rolina is to lose no
time in joining the reform movement,
and thus get yourself in position
where you can appeal to the reason
and justice of our farmers. And
don't go into this movement, either,
with the expectation of being re-
warded with Office right away, for
the calf is not quite fat enough just
now to kill, and you will have to help
Ifeed it. Hereafter We will have a
white primary for the nomination Of
every State officer, and against the
verdict that is then rendered no dem
ocrat will dare appeal. To do so will
be to repudiate your own race and
party, and throw yourself into the
outstretched arms of the negro and
the republican.
The Headlight has the well-being
and the interest of our entire people
at heart, and will do anything in its
power to bring about genuine peace
and unity. But it is waste of
words and space to preach such doc
trine to intelligent farmers so long
as the minority repudiates the nom
inees of their party, and support In
dependents and republicans. The
farmers are in majority in South
Carolina, and they will rule this State,
too. You can appeal to their intelli-
gence and sense Of justice, but never
vanquish them by fighting their
principles, by denunciation, and by
joining forces with the negro. If a
democrat did not see proper to sup
port John Gary Evans he could have
erased his name from the ticket; but
when you voted for Pope you went
against your party as we'll as against
Mr.. Evans.-Peidmout Headlight.