The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-27
WORK OF THE CONFERENCE.
Slowly at First, but More Rapidly Now It's
Ideas Spread.

Ideas Spread.
COLUMBIA, S. c., March IA day
or two ago I visited Senator Tillman at
his new home near Trenton Place,
found him very busy with his farming
operations While there, however, I
took the opportunity to ask him what
he would say for publication. He
thought that his views on the Consti-
tutional Convention compromise were
so fully expressed in his pre- yious inter-
views that there was no need for any
thing further He said that as his
views were the same now as they were
when first expressed he was disinclined
to intrude them on the public. But
when I asked him how he thought the
compromise idea was being accerted
and how it stood he replied:
Il see no evidence that there is any
great dissatisfaction with the COM
promise idea, no more than 1 expected.
The people are thinking and are anxi-
Gus to have peace. Everything will
work out all right, lelieve. Any
attempt to hurry matters will only
tend to mar the effort. Things are
working very satisfactory here in
Edgcfeld, and / think this is a typical
county"
When I asked him about the charge
that frat,d was suggested he promptly
replied:
The recalcitrants. or extreme Con-
servatives, as they call themselves, are
bowling about the perpetuation of
fraud. Their plea for honest elections
in the light of their past endorsement
and participation in the methods which
were found necessSry to redeem the
State and co:.tjIuo to control it is
simply disgusting. The Convention
Will provide in the new Constitution
for white supremacy and honest
elections. too, and everybody will be
satisfied except those who had hoped
to use the negro to get back into
power"
l think The Senator was right. There
can be lo question that the peace and
unity idea is spreadire Q and that, too,
at a rapid rate Men who two months
ago thought that such thing was i'm
possible are now beginning to realize
that it is very much more of a possibi-
lity than was ever dreamed Of When
the announcement was made that the
bali for such result was givena prac-
teal start and that a conference had
been held between representatives of
the two leading factions, it was even
then thought that it would amount to
naught. But things change and be-
fore long. if the signs do not fail, there
will be a general desire to get in the
band wagon and be party to the
plans for securing a division of the
representation in the Convention upon
the agreement reached by the confer
ence.
Had it. not been for the impetus
given the compromise idea it is not so
likely that the meeting at Chester
would have agreed to nominate two
Conservatives and two Reformers in
convention as delegates to. the Consti-
tutional Conversion. Indeed it looks
brighter now than ever with the forty
snd the conference all working for the
ssmere suit The forty" can very
wll cooperate in what has already
ben done.
About a dozen counties have already
acta and elected delegates to the Con-
venton that is to meet here on 9th.
The dections show that among those
who VII be expected at the Convention
as delegates will be:
Chestr-R. A. Love, VIM. T. J.
CUNNINGHAM and D. +. Wylie.
Oconee-R. A Thompson, W. Fl.
Hughes aid J. w. Shelor.
Greenwich. R. Harrison. VIM.
Watkins, Y. L. Mauldin and L. W.
Parker.
Darlington-W. f. Dargan, H. T.
Thompson, I. G. Burn and J. W.
Woodham:.
Kershaw-T. J. Kirkland, B. H.
Boykin and G. Y. Moseley:
Abbeville-I-sH. NcCalla, 7. J.
Robertson and j.. Maxwell.
Marion-J. G. .Sllers. W. J. Mont
gomery, ]. Z. Ellel,e and J. D. Mont
gomery.
Anderson-D: Z. Norris, A. T.
Newell and 7. +. Hi.
Conferences have b,en called in
number of other counties. Spartan
burg will act on the 23d, Georgetown
on the 22d, Sumter and Ldge6eld will
be along with delegates. and several
other counties haze CALLED meetings.
About half of the countieswill, how
ever, from present indications. not be
at the Convention. -99th-~- 9th
ers, however. may come in On the last
round. News and Courier.