The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-12-08
The AUGUSTA ELECTION
ROW PATRICK WALSH ELECTED MA
YCR W!rHVOTES TO STARE
op.n Bribery o: vOsers chsrged on all

opsn Bribery o. Tosers Charged on al
! s.des-1hs oo!cred EE&n aud Brother
Sells Els Vote 60 the Htshess tdder.
The most exciting and hotly ccntes-
ted election ever held il Augusta,
Ca, resulted "Wednesday in the cleo
1ior OF Ex Uaited States Senator Pat,
rick Walsh Tor MAJOR, alter s cam.
paign lasting several months. Il vas
3 three corDercd fight oetween Mr.
Walsh, Postmaster Wl!liaa Dunbar
and Councilman Daniel N@rr. Mf
Walsh was elected b. plurality 4
boah white and c0loreG boxes.
The Columbia State says the cam
paiga was q disgrace 80 our sister city.
lit was 10 decide, ,ss declared, between
three good men, !: had no excuse for
passion ard vitu per&tion; il involved
no vital public Interests. Yet it was
full OF charges and counter-charges,
and was marked by sn iaSersste ma
ligrity. TIE slsc;ion was still great
er disgrace. TIE Augusta Evening
Herald, which supported Mr. hsrr, is
very frank IN its statement SIS TO the
way il which votes were secured, say
ing:
At L o'cloc9, It vas so generally ia.
ken for granted that 1r. Walsh had
won and oy large pl9c&iity, i no!
By msj )rity, thas sIrmises we're oa
ing in0uge6 ia as to @h2t had
orought aooat The Landslide. > SIS i
9as called q that hour. L Tas the
general opin;oc, i seems, thar tbs
tnen &pparens vIc!ory WAS Gus prla-
cipaily 10 TIE ACT that IL. Walsh
was the best known TGsc, having
thus rallied to his standard tie !srgsS,
nux. h-r OF tee bsst poiitica! workers,
iGto whose hands had 5sen p2s l.e
largest amouus O. money. T1is non-
ey, It wss admitted, mad oeea pU: mo
aa2ds thai knew now 20 efsctuatly
ase i With the purchaS22le Vote. Ene
Kerr ma2 Rad money, too, and plenty
Of it, hus not as muu1 az the Walsh
z.8n. Aud the ksrc men used il as
osss they coCid. Ii 1hs Wash me-.
aoGgat negro il was becau:e the
Ae:c men did ros set a chaEce 10 bug
nim L the k9rr mea oouga. y ne
gro i was because tbs Walsh nen cid
not get . chance 20 bug hial. Taat
was the long srd short OF il. There
wss but lite asEamQ, Ic hide the fac!
tdat votes we're 5eiDG tJu2ht and sod.
The Herald says further:
NJ Sec,e5 has 52en a.ad9 t13ay ia
the natLsr Ct purchasing & vutes
Tney were cpsnty bou2G: and oaeUic
sold Five do!ia7s 3sr hsad 1&s lie
pric3 p4iG. Negro leaders augT AID
ther received 3 l&rsSr SKIN. Negroes
were bought 7iGa: and ieE. Ali name
knew that their opponen,s wer9 opy
ing woes. So far as Ghe larger part OF
The negroes were concerne6, the efor.
was not made to persuade CT dlssaade
Them It vas to see who could make
the money al hand 90 farbhesi. tn
man most a3e2t at buy go[es-!aG /.
man who could make money go Iar- ;
thes. with the negr0eS-W2S tas Wo:
ker who was IN demand There IS no
use discussing this feature of the can-
paign. i has had It's result. That IS
uGq lestiona5la. The resolve IS made
today by Kerr men, Walsh L2e0 and
DUob, men that for the last tine II
lhe history Of Augussa shall tie par
cnesable vote contrcl an eiec.ion here.
Thai is absolutely settled. The nou-
pUrchasaole vote CT Augusta IS going
10 rule in the future. fae b.lndsst
partisanshiy could not prevent that
condition being brought about. Coun-
try negroes were driven into Augusta
last night 1t is reasonable 10 say nat
they participated ia the election 10
day. This thing is ended.
And again:
TIE Walsh man made hit by US
ing shining new silver coin for pUr
chasing 2ucposss kcdaks were USED
IA the FicS3 ward to photograph ns-
grceS II order 10 prevent their repeat
ing if possible. There were IeSro
women al sone OF the meetings last
night This vas at balls which were
n progress. BarbscUs vas offered a.
nearly all Ct the bull pen gatherings
last nigh5 l. is estimated that besides
pe11ed up negroes, there were 1000
whi:s me2, wcSEers, VINO Temai1ed az
work last night.
Here IS another choice bit from the
Herald's account:
r Z. Butler OF The Lancet q Dun
bar supporter, was ssen distributing
Ins toilowing bill:
ATTENTION
VOTERS!
HOLD vNTTp VOTE,