The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-08-19
4 STARTLING DISCLOSURE.
a Charge Made Against Gov. Evans
Which he Denies.


COLUMBIA, s. c., Aug. l4-Since
the cam paign began, newspaper cor
respondents who have been going
around with the aggregation have
heard 3 variety OF more or less startl-
ipg reports. In many instan ces they
have been assured that some compe-
tent witness would present himself at
an oppertune moment to present facts
in such shape as to exclude the posi-
bility of successful denial or evasion.
But this evidence, whether it did not
exist, cr because dishrag was doing
the part of d ackbone for. the witnesses
or that the disease known as moral
cowardice has become alarmingly epi-
demic in South Carolina, these con6r-
nations have failed to omaterializs.
The newspaper correspondents have
been furnished with the following
statement of alleged facts2
''On Saturday night OF the. Marion
meeting, Governor Evans returned
home. arriving in Columbia about 10,
aud went directly to the mansion,
where, at II o'clock, he was joined by
delegation of five German citizens
of Charleston, viz: Wehman, Kroeg,
Roesler and StelLing-the fifth, don't
know. This committee remained with
him till 3 o'clock and took the early
morning train back 10 Charleston
They went to Columbia on a written.
invitation from the governor, Mho.
made this proposition: You organize
a German club in the city of Cha5les:
ton of 500 members who will vote for
me for the United States senate. i
will guarantee the Germans OF Char
lesion private dispensaries. In evil.
dence of this Stelfing has been cam
vassing the city in that interest, anGi
none of these gentlemen Will deny
these facts, as it IS too well known IN.
the city 10 admit ola denial. Weh-
man particularly, will admit it all"
Gov Evans was given an oppoYtani-
ty to affirm or deny this report stimuli
taneously with It's publication. He
said:
That is a lie. I have not seen
those men since the opening OF the
campaign. They did come TO see me
some days before the campaign opened
and met me at my ofhce-they never
were al my house They asked me
what ! was going to do about Charles
ton. I told them -as said at the
time of putting on the metropolitan
police-that if by that method | was
unable to enforce the law, I would
take it off and recommend to the leg
lslature some special law for Charles
ton. It would be foolish to continue
attempting TO enforce the law with
present machinery If it's impassible TO
90 so. Ifhe mad desired to trade for
Charleston votes, SAID the governog,
he would have doEe SO long ago, wlsls
men who offered 10 deliver the goGds,
and were able to do So and the go1er--
nor named two old line Charleston.
ringsterS who had made him y pscpost
ton TO deal
So it seems that whethea- or nolf
Charleston has been recently bought.
or sold her votes have Eeeu on the,
market--oferded By her bosses for =,
sta.e1 consideration, 5ast as the suit
frage of ignorant labore,s, who cam
hardly make their wishes iatellig ibie,
in Englls are disposed of by tnet.
foremen in the north, or as the yofes
of communities of negroes used 10 be-
highest bidders in Radical days It is
certainly time for . new deal IN Char,
lesion. State,