The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-01-16
A REPUBLICAN SCHEME
TO PERMANENTLY BREAK UP THE
SOLID SOUTH.

SOLID SOUTH.
A Fice-President Candidate to be Taken
From this Section and Liberal Policy
Pursued in Reorganizing the Party.
The Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun gives the follow
ing as the Republican scheme in the
South in the future:
1T is regarded as more than prob
able that the next Republican nonlin-
nee for Vice President will be taken
from the South. The returns Of the
last election have given renewed hope
to the Republican leaders of making
serious inroads upon the Solid South.
The policy of the party will be to fos
ter whatever tendency exists In the
South to cut away from the old Demo
cratic alliances. To this end liberal
appropriations for that section viii be
made by the next Republican House,
and a policy OF Cancellation will be
Systematically pursued. There will
be no meance of a force bill held out,
but everything will be done which
indicates a disposition to build up
the material interests of the South.
Republican leaders have comsto the
conclusion that the South once more
offers an inviting field for them. If
they can only make half-dozen States
in that section debatable ground, the
prospects of the party for supremacy
are immeasurably improved.
liter the bitter disappointment
caused by the failure of the hopes
and the apparently well-laid plans
basedupon the reconstruction legisla-
ton. the South was by tacit consent
given up to the Democrats. In all
their bedrock calculations from 1880
down, the Republicans, while some
times making nominal claims for the
sake of effect, have really never taken
the South into consideration. The
history of last November has wrought
marvellous change. Next year, when
the State elections roll around, the
Republicans will come up all over the
South in compact and wel-drilled Or
ganization. Then candidates will be
selected with care, and the party plat
forms will be artfully and silfully
constructed for home consumption.
This is a matter which is engaging the
earnest and constant attention here of
the most trusted men at the head of
Republican party affairs.
Local Republicans in the South
have long lamented their inability to
secure a patient hearing or arouse
any interest in their cause when they
come to Washington. This was not
surprising, for, as rule, they have
not been of the type to inspire respect
or confidence, and what they had to
propose or suggest carried no insur-
ance of substantial results. The
change in the situation has wrought
changein purpose and stimulated hope
for the future. The South viii be
looked after as it never was before.
The outlines of the improved plan of
Republican campaign may be briefly
summarized. d.~Iecal--ambitiQns and
local interests viii be aroused, repIta-
BILE men only will be sought for to put
on the tickets, and efforts steadily d.
rected to still and aIay local prejudices
and apprehensions.
The Democrats of the South must
be up and doing if they wish to repair
the severe injuries inflicted upon them
this year. If the Republicans in the
local elections next year in the
South can hold on to what they cap
tured this year, they will be happy.
If they succeed in doing better, they
will be jubilant. In either event, or
in any event, it has been determined
to make a desperate and continuous
struggle all along the line for South
ern electoral votes in 1896. An i'm
portant means undoubtedly for the
accomplishment of this end will be
the nomination of a Southern man for
Vice President. The Southern horizon
will be closely scanned for Repubi
can star of the first magnitude, and
little, if any, doubt exists that he will
be discovered
1T is not doubted he might be dis
covered in Maryland, where there are
so many Republicans of the highest
character and ability, but Maryland
| will probably be eliminated from the
range of choice, as being too far North.
It seems to be accepted almost by COM
mon consent that in the distinctively
Southern States a Republican Of
character and position is a rara avis.
This, more or less, may have been the
case in the past. 1t is very doubtful
whether the proposition is tenable now
or has been in recent periods.
1T has long been contended by the
shrewdest politicians of both parties
that the enormous preponderance Of
the party in the South would lessen
inevitably with the diminishing signi-
fcance of the race question. Wheth-
er so or not, Republican policy will
proceed on this ]ine. No distrust is
felt as to the right man being found
if, as now believed, party interest de,
mands him when the moment for act
ion arrives. It was affirmed with
much confidence today that the
names of eight or ten men could be
mentioned each of whom would am
ply meet all the requirements of the
Situation. More Will come to the
front in due time. These new moves
on the political chessboard viii add
gathering interest to the preiminaries
as well as the active operations of the
next Presidential campaign.
An Editor in Scrape.
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