The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-07-01

1aulliI Will iLNtit-o D iA4Si'H"o ~
Uttered that the feeling coulc aever
lave been effacel, ,andthe Ref~rni cause
would have been the greatest suffer-
,r: under the circumstances we COM
mend the course of Col. Evans in
withdrawing from the Congressional
race at this time, aud we believe that
be was prompted by lis good wishes
for the Reform cause.
The Senatorial fight was then the
main thing attracting attention ut
the Marion meeting and when the
people saw that Duncan's "mountain-
labored-aud, brought forth a-nouse-
policy" they, because disguised with
him and number Of Conservatives
admitted to the writer that Duncan's
candidacy is "a chesnut pulling" one.
They think as do many others, that
he is employed by enemies to 60
about over the State to fy-blow the
governor; that he has promised to
make startling exposures from stump
to stump, but they come not. If
Duncan has anything on the Cover
nor which makes him guilty OF cor
ruption why has he not brought ii
out as promised. At the Marion
meeting the governor gave lin fire
opportunity when he said, "any man
who would go about making inslnua-
tons from day to day without proof,
is a dirty cur and liar Duncan
need not act as Il phonosraph for
Governor Evans's enemies BY trying
to create suspicion with repeating
after the State and News and Courier
"wLo got the commissions" The
people read, and have read the gov
ernor's explanation and from place
to place; they are expressing their
satisfaction by giving him warm
welcome and giving Dancan tie
"lnarble heart.
Duncan started III Manning with a
speech in which lie was going &c
show the governor up. He Was go
ing to prove that the governor got
rich in u most mysterious manner,
even il he had to tell ali about his
own deal, recently made in the pnr-
chase of ten thousand acres Of land.
We have no idea how he raised the
to buy this land, but it is
that Duncan may be lol-
lering wolf to keep the hounds off OF
the scent of somebody else. Why
did the governors message give OF
fepse to certain State officers who
We're to be removed from the board
of control? The governor gave his
reasons for wanting the dispensary
out OF the hands Of State officials.
Has Duncan's candidacy anything to
do with his father-in-law Colonel
Tompkin's displeasure at the COVER
nor's action? II there is corruption
in the "bond DEAL" out with it, all ye
that know it, ard if there are COM
mission and rebates .le dispensary
business, let it come 10 light. Get
the proof, then make the charges and
if the proof is convincing the people
will demand that the guilty ones he
punished. It is unfortunate that the
State executive committee did not
give longer time for State candi-
dates to file pledges, had they done
so, things in our opinion would not
be in the condition they are il now.
We believe the Secretary of State,
Duncan's father-in-law, would have
a strong man opposing him and 50
would all the rest of the candidates
now running unopposed.
There is a remedy for this evil, if
it is an evil; the convention which
adopted the constitution can be re-
convened as it only took recess, and
if the necessity arises it will be re-
convened, aud the doors opened for
new candidates, II corruption IS
proven, the convention must be as
sembled as soon as possible. The
people will not be content to vote for
a man who has been proven corrupt
and they will demand that the con-
stitution be so amended as to open
the doors for pledges before the pri
mary closes.
Our visit to Marion was exceeding
ly pleasant; the people showed Us
theirs openhe.ortedness, we were
highly entertained and would have
been delighted had our business per-
mitted US to have remained in beau
tiful and historic Marion several days
longer.
SURE TO WIN.