The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-09-22
THE PEOPLE ALWAYS RESENT
THREATS.

THREATS.
The Columbia Estate" IN Its edl-
torials of the 18th and 18th inst, re-
minds US very much OF the COW, that
gave a pail OF nice rich milk
and then kicked it over. The Estate
has done good work this summer.
It's editor is capable of being OF great
service to South Carolina, and it is a
pity to see this capacity for useful
ness destroyed in fit of unreason-'
able temper because things don't so
exactly according to his notions on
Original packages and Congress
ional elections. We were just as any
ious and worked just as hard for Ell
lerbe to go Congress as the estate"
did for Johnson. All had fair chance
and there should be no whining over
the result. If johnson had remained
out of the race, Ellerbe would have
beat Norton. What right had Con
zales to expect Governor Ellerbe to
actively interfere for Johnson when
he didn't for his own brother? What
pitiful exhibition it is for the estate
to threaten ENerbe next summer be-
cause he didn't carry Marion county
for johnson. We are very much afraid
that Brother Gonzales is afflicted
with an lncurable case of political
dyspepsia, and that the mild salve OF
peace and unity is powerless to al
lay the irritation of his diaphragm. 1t
looks to us wonderful thing for
johnson to have come so near defeat
ing Norton. johnson is not and has
never been popular with the masses.
Norton is very strong in Marion and
is a shrewd manipulation. johnson
was only elected Solicitor because
of the weakness of his opponent. In
the counties of the circuit which were
in the 9Th District, Townsend beat
him badly, and johnson only saved
himself by carrying Chesterfield by 8
large majority, it being the county
where he was least known. We want
the Columbia estate" to understand
that the people Of this District do lot
need either dictation from it, Gov. Ell
lerbe or any one else. We were not
preiudiced towards johnson, but if
he had chance in the future the
estate" has destroyed it. The Refor-
mers of this District don't belong to
anybody, and when Mr.. Gonzales un-
dertakes to accuse US Of ssdirty poll
tics" and notify us who we must
elect to Congress next summer, we
will resent it at the ballot box. For
the past six years, there has been just
complaint of "Bossism." We don't
propose to substitute one "Boss" for
another, and if the estate" will just
follow the bullying, hectoring, whin-
ming line while longer, it will loose
very rapidly the good influence it has
acquired in the past few months. No
paper has more persistently and con-
sistently fought the election of men
to Office, who get there by shouting
s1illman" and not on merit than the
estate" The editorials referred to
look very much as.if it was ques.
ton of whose OK was gored. If the
"dictation" is in accord with the no
tions of the estate" it is sspeace anc
unity" and reciprocity" In othe1
words instead Of the dictation Of Till
man, the estate" complains, that Gov
Ellerbe did not go into the 9th Dis
trict and carry it for johnson. HI
accuses Ellerbe Of making a trade
with Norton. From our knowledge
of the Governors character, we know
this is not true. He does not make
"deals' of that sort, with Norton
Derham, Gonzales or anybody else
The following extract from the'State'
has distinctly bad favor, and if the
estate expects to "bullrag" and bull
doze" its way into dictatorship II
South Carolina, it will be wofully
mistaken, when It undertakes tc
threaten the people Of this District
and berate them for 'dirty politics.
When we need Mentor or Guardian
We will let him know
Governor Ellerbe's county, which
gave McLaurin a majority of 1900,
gave 800 majority against Johnson.
That is bad symptom, and it will
not help the governor in the primary
next year. We doubt whether any
former CONSERVATIVES" will be en-
couraged by it to keep out Of COM
petition for the governorship in 1898.
as they kept out Of competition for
the senatorship in 1897, for fear OF
contributing to the defeat of :speace
and unity" candidate. Peace and
unity must mean something more
than words. There has to be some