The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-02
REFORMERS, STAND BY YOUR
CAUSE.


siderably short of the mark in so far
as the Senatorial contest was con-
cerned. We did not dream that
Judge Earle would poll the vote Civ
en- him and like most everybody else,
we thought that Governor Evans had
walk-o7er; but the results proved to
the contrary and we now find that
the friends of the governor must lay
aside their o7er-con6dence and pitch
into the work, not for JohnGary Evans,
but for the existence of the Reform
capse. We never had any confidence
IN the pretended Indifference towards
Earle by the Conservative faction,
but we must give them credit for
playing fine game of politics
They first started out man to
stir up the waters, and with his
friends they succeeded in throwing a
mysterious cloud over the governor;
the cloud was sufficiently murky to
deceive crowds of Reformers and the
Reformers who saw through the trick,
felt so satisfied the people would see
it, as they did, that they paid very
little attention to the matter. But
the insinuations and hints at corrupt
ioa had its weight as will be seen by
the vote polled last Tuesday. lis
true, Governor Evans led Judge
Earle by several thousand; but Dun
can received a sufficient number OF
votes to keep Evans from obtaining
the necessary majority. The opposi-
ton to Evans, take this as a good
sign and they propose to strain every
serve to win, openly claiming that
this is the opportune moment to
wrest the government out OF the
hands of Reformers.
The Columbia State, after having
for weeks used the whip and spur
upon it's faction to turn out and vote
against Evans, is now wild with de-
light at the prospect to break down
the Reform party. The State urges
its friends to turn out next Tuesday
and down Tillmanism; It scolds its
followers for not turning out in the
first primary. This same paper, the
people will remember, was the mouth
piece of every obstacle the Reform
party has had from its beginning
and when it failed with its advocacy
of Haskellism it took up Popeism and
finally lent aid and comfort to radi-
ca.ism. When our registration laws
were being assailed and scrutinized
by the United States Courts, the Co
luubia State did all in its power to
help the radicals; day after day its
columns were full of comfort to the
enemies of the people. Shall the Re
formers at this time repudiate men
who stood manfully by them, be-
cause such newspapers as the Colum-
bia State and few sore-headed and
,lisgruutled Reformers want them
repudiated? We regret very much
that the Senatorial contest was not
settled il the first race, because it
will furnish an opportunity for can
didates to make deals and trades, but
we hope the people will resent any.
thing of this sort by regarding their
vote for United States Senator as i'm
portant as it is for local candidate.
With us we regard the Senatorial
contest more important than the con-
test for local affairs, because it mat
ters not who is elected to fill our
local offices the Reform cause can
not be injured, but if we allow 5o.n
Gary Evans to be defeated it will
shake the Reform ship in every tim
Der and the whole thing will spring
leak and sink.
The Columbia State says that Till
nanism must be doEned and calls