The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-10-02
their officers, and receive reports on
the coaduet OF their affairs.
Mr. Lowman Of Oran s5uYgf thought
that. we would haveSbetser:ana more
hncinasS Lie aGMini St "a S01.S with

Mr.. Lowman of OransebuYgt thought
that we would haveSbetserand more
! business like administrations with
longer terms.
Mr. Johnstone Of NewEerrv said If
! Aldrich's amendment was aocnted he
would supplement 1T with asothtr
making the governor ineligible for
reelection. lie believed that the gov
ernor with four years iu office and no
re eleeaon to scheme for would give
better. fairgs asdsnore conscientious
administration.
Mr.. MeWhite saia that; the people
desired fHouent elections as they are
conpelled,to elect members of con-
grsss every two years anyhow, and
nothing would be saved by the pro.
posed amendment. =. :.
Ex-Governor Sheppard opposed the
amendment on: the ground that it
would put office holders too far be.
yond the reach of the people. 1t
would be easier to .re-elect good gov
ernor for two years than to. be rid of
an Incompetent one elected for a four
years term. In replying to Aldrich,
who had ssid that. tAsgreats reforms
begun by Tillman Would faiE-fe5-he
had been turned ont ratHfrst after two
years, Sheppard was momentarily EN-
barrassed, but got over the point
neatly by saying that the people had
been made to believe the >econd;term
was necessary, for the accomplish
.ment of reforms and had given it to
B. r. Tillman. Il am opposed to the
amendment. Continuing, he> said,
that the dissatisfaction among the
people which led 70 the REVOLUTION of
1890, had. been. caussI sReitical
stagnation resUltI from the conven-
ton system. He tSSlieved that four
years terms would bring stagnation
again. Agitation of thought and en-
tlighsered pablic discVssioG O saHairs
of State were the best educators Of the
people. Long terms would bring leth-
argy, stagnation, Ignorance and 1ndSf-
ference and first thing we knew every
one would be so sound asleep that,
Those fellows might steal the whole
business before we knew it. ;.
The people liked to see their Off
Gals. and hear them talk and discuss
issues and affairs. Long terms would
bring. about another revolution. He
knew by experience that it was geod
for governor that he should be
watched and criticized and followed
up, and Should know he would have
to give an account at the end of sTo,
years. It kept him active and on the
alert. The legislative committee had
for four: years sel NJ for the
legislature. The. go1srnor. could do
nothing unless he had the legislature
in sympathy with him. 1t would be
better to elect.a governor IN accord
with the legislature than to elect a
governor and legislature not in ac'
cord with him.
Senator >Tliman hoped everyone
who had Thoughts of the matter-wora6
express himself. 1t was conceded, he
urged, that prior to 1890, politics were,
stagnant in South Carolina. The con-
vention system had brought about
stagnation, and that, say what you:
would, was the cause of the unrest and
consequent revolution He said that
nothing could be healthier than pub
lie agitation and thatthe people want
ed it, were gong to have it and that
they did snot-wants to return to- the
lethargic condition that existed prior.
to the revolution which brought about
the political stagnation of that time.
The people wanted light and discus
sion of public issues, and he did not,
for one, think that there was any oh.
lection on the part of the people to en-
tertain or to hear candidates.
He said that if the people wanted to
restrict their liberties and their rights
that they might adopt this four year
term, and that it would not be long
before the people would again be- so
dead asleep that those fellows might
steal the whole thing and we not know
anything about it, ;" and it would take
another. revolution tos overthrow
things. He said that he was bitterly
opposed to any action that would tend
to begesindiEesnce onthe part of the
people and that to make the terms Of
the members Of the Legislature or of
the Governor four yearSwould be a
great mistake: He said that if q Govs
erifor were 'cussed and discussed and
damned ii would put him on the alert
to pleas and do his duty, but if he
knew that all he had to dowas to hold.
his job without any hope Of re- election
it-would be very; Eereats He -shen
took up the question Of Legislative
and Executive cooperation, and with
good deal of force argued that a
Governor who had legislature that
was not in sympathy with him was in.
a very bad fix, and virtually had his
hanGsbound.
MIR. Henderson called for the yea and
nay vote upon this question; which, re-
suited as follows:
Yeas, for Four Nears-Aiuricn, Al
exan6er, Ashe. Atkinson. Austin, Bar
ton, Bates, Bellipger, Bowen, Bow
man, BUST, Byrd, Connor, .Derham,
Doyle, Dudley, Estridee, ". b. Evans,
Farrow, Field, Fitch, Floyd, Gage; J.
L. Glenn, Gunter, Hamel, D S. Hen
r@~&VOS -
McDermotte, MCGOWAN, Patterson,
Patton, Pefrftte, Prince, J. 81 Read,
Rogers, ShGler, jeremiah Smith,
Smoak, .Spfott,. Stackhousa;, Sullivan,
TaybasaG. D. Tillman, All; White,
Woodward-4z. -. ,~.:
Nays. for Two Years-Anderson,.
Barry, Behre, Bryan, Burn, Cantey,
Carver, C1syton: Delay; Denhis,
Dent, Douglass, E6rd, J. G: Evans,
Fraser, Garris, Gary, Gooding,
'GGrahasF. Harrison, Haynsworeh Wa
liam Henderson, Henry. Hodges,
7. E: Johnstone, Willie Jones, Ell.
Kennedy, ). W. Kennedy, Lee: Low
man, McCaslan, McKaeen, McMahan,
McWhite,. Msttbe4s~Nliller, Mitchell :.
J. D. Montgomery, Moore, Mower,
Nathans, Oliver, OTIS, Parler, Red
fearn, J. R. Reed, Rosboroueh, Row
land. Sheppard, 'Singletary,' Sloan,;
Smaas.A j.: Smith. w: g. Smith,
Talbert; B. Tn1mas,~ Won Kolnitz,
Wo%ars W:bippor Stanvorna Wilson