The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
;'OPE PASSES The PRIMARY.
In Hi5 Official Letter BE Talks About
Rugs Like Skilled Jswalar.

CoLUMBIA,S. c., Aug. 24.-Dr. Samp-
son Pope, after surprising the, Reform
ers and all others by not going into the
recent Reform primaries, now comes
out with another surprise. He also de-
clines to stand as candidate for Gov
ernor in the general Democratic prl-
mary next Tuesday, on acc5unt OF the
mystic power of "the ring"
In Withdrawing from the primary
race. DR.. Pope has also withdrawn his
pledge to the Democratic executive
committee 70 abide the result CT that
primary, which appears very slisnii-
cant, lnasmuch as he need not have
gone to this trouble, unless he had An
idea of making a fight in the coming
general election. The Doctor also urges
all voters to decline to participate IL
the primary at all, as far as the guber'
material race is concerned. Dr. Pope'S
friends says he has 10 idea Of making
a fight in the general election, but it
locks now as If there is very good
chance of such fight being made.
| DR.. Pope does not say, in any instance,
\ that be will not be candidate for
Governor OF South Carolina.
Here is DR.. Pope's letter of with
draWal:
To the Democratic voters Of South
Carolina.
lam in receipt of numerous letters
from citizens Of different counties IN
this State, notifying nae that hundreds
of Reformers desire to vote for me, but
that no ticket has been gotten out.
/ The truth is, the machinery of the Re-
| form movement is in the hands "OT the
ring" and voters are 50 much afraid of
the party lash that, whilst they asee
willing and anxious to vote for me.
they are afraid to allow their names to
appear on ticket. This is deplora
BILE STATE of affairs and OILY goes to
show hog deSpotically they are ruled.
| Under this state of thing, it will be
impossible for ne to get out ticket
in the majority of the counties, and
therefore, 1T will be foolish for me to
longer continue il the race for Cover
nor. | have this day Withdrawn my
pledge from the State executive COM
mittee and take this opportunity to
say that l will not be candidate at
+, the primary.
Forty Thousand Reformers and thir-
ty-tWo thousand Conservatives are vir-
tuallydisfranchised, and fourteen thons-
and riDgsters dictate who shall hold
the offices.
l saw the danger of this, and W hen
the Conservatives, in desire to per-
petuate white supremacy IN this State
and to conciliate the majority with a
view to peace, proposed that If they
were allowed to cast their vote for one
of the four Reformers running, that
they would be satisfied, thought 1t a
fair and honorable proposition and one
which did them great credit and advo.
Gated its acceptance. Their offer was
refused at the dictation of c! few blind
leaders, who were puff ed up with their
Importance without regard to the peace
and general welfare Of the whole peo-
ple:-The Conservatives, must say,
have shown in this, and in gracefully
submitting since 1880 to 1ne ressst,, CT the
majority, spirit worthy of emulation.
Their treatment has been simply out
rageous and was enough to drive them
to desperation.
In retiring from this canvass, de-
sire to thank those friends. who have
stood by me all over the State, especial
ly those in Darlington who had the
manhood to come out and endorse me.
cannot forget the members of the
press whose treatment Of me, with the
exception of three or four weeklles, has
been magnanimous III the extreme.
In conclusion let me say to the forty
thousand Reformers who did not vote
in the late so-called primary, if you
vote. refrain from voting for Governor
at the primary on the 2Ssh inst, and
thus put your seal of condemnation
upon the ring methods which have
been employed. Cut off that portion
of the ticket embracing the names OF
the delegates, or run your pen through
their names. You have right to
this, and only vote for members of the
General Assembly and county officers.
Very respectfully,
SAMSON POPE.
| 1904