The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-07-29
!rty reached Bennettsyille, after

party re3cneQ OSnneCtSYllio, aIGer
having driven in private carriages
from Chesterfield to Cheraw, one be-
hind the other, and then, not until
Evans was up making his speech.
If Judge Earle is the courageous man
he would have US believe, when he
became offended at the Governors
Joke, he would have, after the meet
ing, informed the Governor that such
jokes were offensive to him, and we
have no doubt the Governor would
have expressed regrets. But Earle
did not Go this; he waited for an op-
portunity and when Florence was
reached, place where the bitterest
haters of the administration reside,
he takes little figure Of speech for
an excuse 20 yin the plaudits of the
Governors enemies. Well, he sue
ceeded, for as soon as he assaulted
the Governor the Conservatives went
to his side and stood ready and viii
ling to tight for the man they despise
simply because lie struck the Govern
or who had recently threatened to
put Florence under a metropolitan
Ipolice,for not closing up blind tigers.
The SINE crowd would have applaud
ed negro fresh from the penititen-
tiary under the same circumstances.
If it was not Earle's purpose to
win the plsudits OF those administra-
ton haters at Florence, why did he
not, when he rose to inquire if the
Governor referred to him, do so in a
manner TO bring back kind answer? !?
No, he rose in that audience and in
an intimidating and bull-dozing man
ner attempted to make the Governor
hack, and when the Governor re-
piled in rather apologetic manner
Judge Earle imagined he saw the
white feather; this emboldened him,
and becoming more bull.dozing than
before, he again pressed his question.
Governor Evans is o man; he looked
his adversary square in the face and
told him who he meant. Earle
strikes and in return is struck; then
what scene-a circuit judge stands
before on excited multitude with
blood trickling down his cheeks
drawn from him by the fist
of the Governor of the
State. Hundreds Of men, wild
with excitement, and one little inais-
cretion would have caused the floor
of that court house to be flooded with
human blood.
For the sake of argument let US
say the remark of Governor Evans
was insulting, which we do not admit,
is that any reason for Judge to pre-
cipitate a riot? If the Governor Of
Tended Judge Earle, it was Earle's
right to require the Governor to
make amends for the offence, but he
should have done it in a gentlemanly
manner and not after the manner of
q rufian or tough. The people of
this State do lot propose to send a
man to the Senate on his fighting
abilities. If fighting is the necessary
requisite to make good Senator,
then we would like to import Fitz-
simmons, Sullivan or Corbett. Judge
Earle need not think he can fight his
way into the Senate. Nor need he
think that the people are being
blinded by his tactics; they notice
that at every meeting he harasses the
Governor all through that gentlenan's
speeches with all kinds of questions
They also notice that the Judge is
ezasperating in his conduct towards
the Governor and they are believing
that the affair at Florence was cold
blooded and premeditated affair; that
it was part OF the program OF the
anti-administration forces mapped
out by Irby, who is supposed to have
something to do with Earle's candi-
dacy.
IF THERE is CORRUPTION