The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-03
A BUGABOO.
The Conservatives Trying to Resur-
rect a Political Corpse.

rect Political Corpse.
Greenville Mountaineer (Con.).
The holding of political conferences in
South Carolina seems to have no ending
Twenty-one gentlemen came together the
other day without previous warning to the
public, and put in motion set of machin-
cry which no doubt they believe Will reg
ulate affairs in this State.
They resurrected political corpse of the
last campaign and undertook to revive It's
buried energies. but they are dressing i
up in new apparel, hoping thereby to de-
ceive the people.
Last fall. it will be remembered, there
were several conferences in the interest OF
Senator Butler, and these finally culml-
mated in the skeleton of an organization
which gave very few signs of life and
eventually sank of its own weight.
Mr.. j. L. Carson of Spartanburg was
made chairman Of It's executive committee,
and this was the nucleus for the conference
which met with closed doors and windows
at the Hotel Jerome on the 2lst inst.
The session was protracted and at times
stormy, which proves that all was MOI
serene and lovely on the inside. The ad-
dress to the people shows on its face that
the extremists did not dictate its COM
plexion, and yet enough is there to give
them encouragement and hope.
The fighters want to go much further at
this time, but they are held in check. and
it is not stated whether or not they pro-
pose to keep within present bounds.
We are not at all in sympathy with this
movement, nor do we believe that ma
iority of the Conservatives favor an organ
ization Of this kind.
These gentlemen are not authorized to
speak for the thirty thousand voters who
came together in support Of the Sheppard
and Orr ticket three years ago, and there
has been no authoritative utterance since
that time to warrant the conclusion that the
thirty thousand desire lactional fight II
the election of delegates to the Constltu.
tiopal convention. On tie contrary, there
are abundant evidences that the majority
of them wish an end to the strife and con-
fusion in our politics. But the Twenty.
One seem to think otherwise, and the most
of them have been hankering after fight
for long time. so that we may resign our
selves to the inevitable and let the test be
made.
We DO not believe that ten thousand
white men will be enrolled in this move.
ment, and there is no sign given among
the leaders that they expect greater mum
Der with them.
The bulk OF the Conservatives will re-
main either inactive (as daring the last
campaign) or else they will take position
acoinst this movement which can not com.
mend itself to the Judgment and approval
of men who wish to terminate the useless
contention in this State.
A few newspapers and politicians are
keeping up the agitation on either side,
but the masses OF the people are not con-
cerned with the schemes and plans so much
in vogue with the agitators. But they
must not rest suplneiy while these plans
are being put into shape for another fierce
conflict and it is the duty of every man to
let it be known just where he stands.
Conservatives who DO not wish to per-
petuate strife and disSens:on and who pre-.
fer that the white people come together in
selecting the best men to frame constitu.
ton for the State, must not lose the oppor.
tunity of placing themselves on record
against this new movement.