The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-03-17
WILLINGLY WAITING.
CAROLINA REPUBLICANS QUARTER
Sd IN WASHINGTON.
Several Candidates For almost Every or


Several Candidates For almost Every OF
fco-a3czErlcy May GIVE the Ola Timers
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WASHINGTON, D. c., March The
South Carolina Republicans OF botl
factions ara well represented in this
city, and those of them who ere here
are already hard st work trying to
knock down some OF the Official plums.
Quite large contingent, mainly from
the upcountry, are qaurtered at Ben
Perry's boarding house in Delaware
avenue, near the Capitol. Among
those at this place are DR.. Latimer, P.
D. Hough and Mr. Merideth, DR..
Sampson Pope and DR.. Clayton are at
a private boarding house on 4. street.
Col. Wallace, Mr.. Webster, Col.
Pride. the Tolberts, Mr.. Nesmith, G.
s. Nettles, Esq, and other white Re
publicans of our State are scattered
here. there and everywhere through.
out the city, and quite strong con-
tingent OF negro politicians headed By
Gen. Robert Smalls are on hand to
watch and wait events. I talked with
several of the South Carolina Repub-
licans, and so far as could ascertain,
no slate OF any kind has been agreed
upon. Mr.. Webster, it is generally
understood, wants his old place as col
lector OF internal revenue. MeSsrs.
Pride, the two Tolberts, Wallace and
Blalock want to be United States mar
shal, and George Cunningham is said
TO be the dark horse in this race. Dr..
Pope, am told, is not seeking any
State appointment, but he is on the
ground and on the lookout for some,
thing to turn up. Drs. Clayton and
Ensor, f. W. Screven, George Hug
gins and G. NJ. Wilder are hot after
the Columbia postotiice, and the ne
gros want anything they can get.
Lawson Melton, I am told, wants to
be United States district attorney. l
hear CT no one especially mentioned
for the Charleston collectorship, ex-
cept Deas of Darlington.
It would be useless for me to at
tempt to predict who will be the sue
cessful ones among those have nam
ed. From South Carolina, as from
all of the southern States, there are
two factions, and both hope TO get the
favorable ear of Mckinley and his ad-
visers. As regards the crowd from
our State. the Websterites base their
hopes upon the fact that they repre-
sent the old line Republicans. On
the other hand, the Meltonites feel as
surad Of success for just the opposite
reason. They not only claim not to
be sid time Republicans, but they
want the claim that they are not well
advertised. As one of them expressed
it to me, you cannot build on rot
ten foundation" Mckinley wants to
build up a respectable Republican par
| ty in the south, and he recognizes
| that ne cannot do so with such mate
rial as can be found among those who
led the Republican hosts in South Car
olina in the days Of good stealing.
If Mckinley is the kind OF man one
hears that he is, the hopes of those |
have just quoted from would
seem to be well founded. The opin.
ion is prevalent here that his admin
istration will open on very conserVa-
tive lines, and il is the talk of the lob
bey chat he is especially anxious to
stand well with the respectable people,
and will try to appoint to office in the
southern States the least objectiona-
BILE men he can find. a prominent
western senator, who is in close touch
with the new administration, is quot
ed as saying that Mckinley firmly be-
lieves that the Republican party has
in the past pursued very unwise
course in its policy toward the south ;
that he believes that the race prejudlc'
es of the southern people should be re
spected within certain limitations, and
that Objectionable negro politicians,
and equally as Objectionable white
carpetbaggers should not be foisted
upon them; that it is useless to hope
| to build up a respectable Republican
party in the south until such men are
thrust aside, and that he relies upon
the growth of protection theories and
policy Of Cancellation for the future
OF his party in the south.
How much of this is true and how
much fanciful I know not. It's pure
ly lobbey talk, and give it for what
it is worth, but may add that "straws
show which way the wind blows, ).
and it IS certainly true that at present
the political atmosphere OF Washing,
ton is cne OF especia. friendliness to-
wards tle south and this would hardl y
be the case unless It was thoughtthat
Mr.. Mckinley wanted it so.-Clumbia
State. ----