The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-01-31
BELIEVES IN FREE SPEECH.
Significant Action of Several Snb-Ali-
ances In Lancaster County.

Significant Action of Several Sub-Alii-
ances In Lancaster County.
LANCASTER, S. G., Jan. 24.-The Re-
view newspaper, which has been the
County Alliance Organ for several
years, having very severely criticised
the Legislature for some of the acts
passed by it, had its official head cut off
by the County Alliance by a vote of
Is to 19 sometime ago, which body at
the same meeting passed. q resolution
boycotting the Review, al because tie
Review criticised and condemned some
of the work of the Legislature. In op-
position to the County Alliance several
sub-alllances have taken up the cud-
gels for the Review, ard the fight has
become a very interesting one, as it
shows that the boycott business won't
work any longer to hide the dolngs Of
the demagogueS who want to conceal
their ron-performance OF duty from
thu people.
About ten days ago Carnes sub-alli.
apce passed very strong resolutions
eondemnlng the action of the County
Alliance in attempting T boycott the
Review, and pledf!ng IS support to
the paper. and this week the GINS
Creek Union, In:ca is composed of
several Sub.alllances, passed the fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, At the Colnty Alliance
meet: ng held at Midway schoo: house
on the 51h day of January, 1894, at the
instance. and upon the motion OF ).
Copeland Elliott, which WIS seconded
by James Culiins, resolutions were
adopted whereby The action Of the Al
lance in the selection Of the Lancaster
Review as the Counoy Alliance Organ
was rescin0e:!, and tie support of tbs
Alliance Withdrawn from the Said
newspaper, on account of the editor OF
said paper publishing an e::itorlI:
wherein he sG| lit t. critlcise the &c
ton of our recent Legislature. And,
whereas, in the jl1gnsnt of the Gll1s
Creek Alliance Un!on such action IS
nos approved. Therefore be 1t re-
solved,
lst. That We earthly endorse the res
olutions of the Carnes school house AL
lance adopted OF the 13 h instant, con-
demning the acticn OF said County Al.
llapce for boyco;ting the L.ocasIer
R-vieW for the reason above STATED.
2nd We most heartily commend our
worthy brother, the E iltor OF the Lam
caster R~Vie1, fol the manly and fear-
less way in which be expressed himself
in the editorial above alluded to, and
We do respectfully invoke our true and
worthy brother to turn on the light
with more just SUCH editorials, and en-
tighten and brighten the minds of the
deluded people Of our country that they
may soon see day and the error Of their
way, and for which he shall ever have
our support and commendation.
3rd. We as Alliancemen recognize
fully The guarantee made US before we
became members of the Alliance that
said Order would in no wise interfere
with our religiousor political princl pies.
Therefore, we as non-polit,cal ALI
ancemen will eldeaVor henceforth TO
strengthen our noble Order by turning
deaf ear to the selisn cries OF all de-.
magogues and political tricksters, and
to see to it that this Alliance is not
used in any way to promote any mans
cause for political Office.
a motion was passed requesting the
county papers and the Cotton Piaat to
publish the foregoing resolutions.
The folio wing resolution was adopt
ed by the St. Luke Alliance, which IS
the strongest sub alliance in the couo.
ty, and one of the best in the State:
Whereas, The County Alliance at
Midway school house meeting on the
9th instant adopted a set of resolutions
resembling certain resolution preVl-
ousIy adopted making the Lancaster
Review its County Organ and with
drawing its support from said news
paper, assigning as reason tor sucn
action that the Review had gone back
on the Reform movement, and where
as the Alliance and the Reform party
are two distinct organizations, one a
faction of the Democratic party and
the other a strictly non-parttsan organ-
ization. Therefore be 1t
Resolved, That we feel constrained
to express our disapproval Of the &C.
ton of the County Alliance in said
particular, believing and knowing as
we do that the Review has been true to
the Alliance and its principles and re-
cognizing as we do its right to crltlclse
the action of any political party as well
as TIE acts Of all public officials. That
we commend, instead of condeunlng
the Review for its honest expressions
of opinion upon both men and meas
ures, whether its views accord with
ours or not, and we pledge to that pa
per our cordial support in the future as
in the past.
A motion was passed requesting the
county papers and the Cotton Plant to
publish the above resolution.
These resolutions are significant from
the fact that many OF the members OF
the sab-alliances which passed them
are Tillman1tes,o out they are done Wild
the boycott business, and are willing tc
bear both sides, provided the criticisms
are couched in proper language, which
was the fact il the Review case. The
boycott, that dangerous weapon OF the
fatant demegogues, has played out IL
Lancaster County. Our people oelleVe
IN free speech, and 1ill not boycott q
| paper simply because it differs Will
them politically.
ygsnt Convention.
COLUMBIA, S. O., Jso. 26.-J. W
Bowden, The editor of the COL'on Piant
also returned from Washington Yester