The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-03-31
The Unfair Treatment OF Our Repre-.
sentative is Resented

MrGeorge R. koester, who has been
editor of the Columbia Register for
some time, is no longer connected
with that paper.
When the Charleston World sus-
pended publication in October, 1891,
MIR. koester, who had been with the
World, accepted position with the
Register, and has been connected
with that paper up to the present
time. Mr.. koester served as night ed
itor. and when Col. 7. L. CAN'T re-
signed the editorship of the Register,
Mr.. koester took up the dual work
and served as editorial writ ,er and
night editor for the Register and has
since done that -'orh.
Mr.. koester is q young newspaper
man, who had worked hard ana per
sistentlv, and his many friends in the
State wish him we'll in whatever work
he NAV undertake in the future. MIR.
Koester to-day, in regard to his sew
@ ance of relations with the Register,
said:
Ten days ago, OF possibly two
weeks, the Register received from the
associated press advance proof sheet
of Congressman McLaurin's recent
brilliant, sensible and practical speech
upon the tariff question. Paren-
thetically I might say no paper ever
had a truer or more Valuble frleno
than Mr.. McLaurin has been to the
Register, for he proved his friendship
by deeds, not words. handed the
copy of the speech to Mr.. Calvo, who
said he did not want it, and that Reg
ister would combat Mr.. McLaurin's
position, which had been partially re-
vealed by his proposition IN the com
mittee on ways and means, to impose
tariff duty on cotton imports.
suggested that possibly he had best
read the speech first. He did so, but
refused to discuss its merits with me:
what | said was sufficient to snow !
was in sympathy with Mr.: McLaurln s
sentiments. Mr.. McLaurin spoke last
Tuesday. The Register Of the next
CAV contained an elaborate three
column attack upon his speech, writ
ten bv Col. J. w. r. Pope, who
was formerly editor of the Register,
which. by the way, has had an in
finite variety editors, most OF whom
had but a short connection With 1t.
While the Register contained a pom
derous and wofully weak attack upon
Mr.. McLaurin's speech, Mr.. Calvo re-
fused to allow even brief synopsis OF
that speech to be printed in the pa
per. which was manifestly most un-
lust and unjournalist. Whether one
agrees with the speech or not, 1t
must be confessed that It was q most
notable and significant utterance,
which paper with grain OF enter
prise and get-up-and-get, about II
would publish as news. Other papers
in the State, which are opposed 10
Mr.. McLaurin, published coplous e1-
tracts from his speech so that their
readers could see for themselves
what he did say. But the Register
treated the readers as little children
who could not be trusted to read
something with which it did not
agree, and who must accept its die
tum without being given an oppor-
tunity to judge for themselves. ouch
treatment Of Mr.. McLaurin was es,
pecially unfair in view OF all he hao
done for Register.
LAS a newspaper man nave re-
putation to sustain and could not al
ford to be held responsible for the un-
lust treatment of Mr.. .McLaurin any
more than could allow the lntelll-
gent public to suppose | was the au-
thor of the editorial written by MI.
Pope.
Il Immediately determined to resign
as soon as could make arrangements
to provide for my family. BY Thur
day evening they were made, ana
told several friends of my intention
to leave the Register and stated the
reasons as above. News travels fast.
Possibly the proprietor of theReglster
was informed of my determination,
and thought it would be good
stroke to forestall me. At any rate,
when | went to the Office Friday al
ternoon found a note from MIR. CalVo
announcing that my services had been
dispensed with.
II demanded a statement Of the
reasons actuatingMr. Calvo, and OBJ
tanned from him a somewhat ram
bling reply, from which gather that
his two chief grounds Of complaint
were my objection to his treatment
of Mr.. McLaurin and my general IN
dependence of character, which made
it impossible for ME to be a mere
looking glass to reflect his opinions.
If he wants an editor who will always
agree with him and write exactly ac-
cording to his ideas he will have hard
work to find him, for it will take an
acrobatic mind to keep up with the
shifting whlmsicalities Of his I'M
agination. | never undertook the
task. Those who did were quickly
wornout-hence the many changes IN
the editorial chair.
perhaps back of all the disagree
ment about the treatment of Mr..
McLaurin there are matters of per
Sonal and business nature, which may
have had some influence in bringing
about the severance of my relations
with the Re lister. will not mention
them unless forced to do so, for have
no desire to publicly discuss Mr.. Cal
vo'S private business matters"
1t is underS ,ood thatMr. ThomasAd-
Olson, who has been connected with
the Register for while and whose
writing is best known as that which
appeared over the signature OF
II. A" ;" will take charge of the edl-
torial page of the paper.
Mr.. hoester has not detinitely y set
tied upon what he will do. He is now
considering several offers that have
been made him.-Col. Correspondent
in News and Courier.