The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-06-23
INTERESTING CAMpA1GN.

as with everything else, cOnulllOnS
have brought about state Of affairs
which will make this: one of the most
interesting campaign years We have
had in long time \ United States
Senator, a Congressman and State
Senator will have to be elected, and
according to the rules Of the Demo
cratic party, the candidates will have
to submit their chances to a primary
THE TINES has its choice of candidates
the same as an individual, and in ad-
vocatins its choice it hopes to be able
to satisfy its readers Of the wisdom
of such choice, but when it comes to
local candidates The TINES will give
each man in the county the same
treatment. We will, through these
columns, support our choice fol
United States Senator and for Con
gresham, bat for State Senator we will
refrain from saying anything which
will affect any candidate. AS far as
The TINES will go in our local contest,
will be to advise the laying aside ot
factional differences and to select the
best qualified man for the place; there
are no factional issues, in fact, fac.
tionalism is thing of the past, and
while We recognize the fact that there
are men who, heretofore were allied
with the two factions and who desire
to keep up the division, we are salts,
fed it is not the wish of the masses,
who are heartily tired of a continuous
wrangling, and who are in a mood to
repudiate any man who undertakes
to blow up the embers Of factlonal
hatred What the people want is a
representative who will throw his
heart into his work and do something
which will be of benefit to them. The
Senatorial plum now waiting for
some one to grasp is not very invit-
ing, for the reason the party chosen
will only have one session to serve,
and in that short time he will hardly
be able to make the record an am
bilious man would like, but the peo-
pie will realize this and if he shows
disposition to be of service. they
will re-elect him for the full term; if,
however, he goes to Columbia and
munches pindars aud simply draws
his breath and pay, they, Of course,
vii! not need him in their business
and another will be looked for.
We want to see number of good,
strong candidates for the Senate,
Clarendon needs representative in
that body who will be able to cope
with the representatives Of other
Counties. We have the material, then
let us send the best we have. The
TINES has no choice of local can
didates; ITS editor, as an individual,
of course will have, but he will not in
the slightest degree make known
that choice through these columns.
In the contest for National Rep
resentatives The TINES proposes to
take a hand in discussing men and
measures; there are vital issues at
stake and we intend our readers to
keep posted on them. The profes-
sional politicians will endeavor to
muddy the political waters by brush
ing aside the important issues to
make a campaign of SANDER and
abuse. Signs have already appeared
upon the horizon which indicate the
mode of campaign proposed BY the
opponents of John L. McLaurin.
They will not discuss any issues,their
plan is to form combinations and to
follow McLaurin about the State with
squirt guns of vituperation and abuse;
all kinds of schemes will be concocted
to misrepresent him, and if possible,
inveigle him in personal difficulty,
but Johnnie AIcLaurin is too old a
rat to be fooled by any gang Of poll
teal fakirs and he will force them to
discuss issues as gentlemen should or
he will burn them up with his elo-
quence.
This is one campaign in which the
people will lot tolerate any mud
Singing, they are heartily ashamed of
the campaign of last year and re-
petition OF it will be hooted down.
We know that McLaurin is able to
handle in debate any man in the State,
and we know that he is practically
the unanimous choice of the people
of this section. They have watched
his course and the more they see OF
him the prouder are they Of him; so
convinced are we of this, that we ven
ture the assertion, he will not lose
many votes in this county.