The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-12-08

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81. says tr4. tie ''3rIy.ed stlis- saes
e:s iz7e k.c:sd U Enora Of : runG'.$
s,acs The u..uI b=lcy Dt the present
aiUio.s.rAtioG t15r u-dvr soy o. rs
|! predecessors Delegation after dele
cation OF negroes has visited, and con
tiQuss 10 visit, ii: wyi!e hcu:e, to
present the ciaiDs c. ;heir race. TIE
presi1enC !; being freely criticised cy
.ne Ge- -r0-phlles foc his want OF sp
probation oi the maa and 5-o:aec, and
we are told GAat 20 white politicians
or FOUNDERS could be more importu
na:e taan the negro pie hunters. The
president has thrown number ct sllc
Is Of pie Of various sizes TO the colcred
contingent, but the cry Is, still trey
come The demand daily gathers force,
and the clamor is made all the more
disagreeaole 10 the presidential
ear by reason OF the fact that
| the negro leaders, following the
example OF the white leaders, are
sq4uboiing among themselVs over the
question Of the distribution OF the
patronage. Ole reasoa given for the
extraordinary rush OF coIoreG office
sex kars IS that an unprecedented prof
lieacy Of ante election promises was
INDUCED IL. Il IS said that the hopes
of the negroes we're never raised so
high since the days OF tbs "1orty acres
and mule" deluSicn, and certainly
there seems nc question that Mckinley
is peslered' py the negro as never
president was so 'pes!ered" before.
Verig, the fourteenth and fifteenth
ame ndments have made the negro al
old man Of the sea" TO the R=publi
can party. IN one respect, however,
the negro viewed IL that light differs
from MS prototype. Tae more hilarl
Gus he becomes promlses-.ne
frmerhe clings. Richmond Dispatch.
Too Mach Lr alslstior.
Ina recent number of tie Atlantic
Montnjy, Mr.. Z L. Godlin, editor Of
the New York Evening Post, has an
able article on The Decline Of Legis-
Iatures," in which he CONTENDS that
one OF the defects OF our system OF
government lies IN the great nunoer
Of lis legislators and the frequency Of
legislation. Taking the state OF AR.
kansas for 1898, four ststes for 1891,
ten states for 1895 and the res! for
1895 (o4caUs5 the sta!e legislatures do
rot ali NEST the sane year, and some
only once in Two years. Mr. Godkin.
iuds tbs. the total NUMBER OF ac,s and
res buttons p ssed was Is, ,73O. These
were passed by state legislatures alone.
In addition to these, congress in It's
session OF 1S95-96 passed 457 acts and
resolutions. The amount OF work
turned out is really not surprising
when the number Of legislators IS con
s;Gered. There are 70 less than 447
aa.ional legislators and 6.575 stste
legislatcrs-ia all 7.O25, exc!u
sive OF county, city and al other
local authoritiesc a paole OF psss-
ing rules OR ordinances. At this ra-
ito Of lsgislator5 to population, / coo
81 least would be engaged on the Ia rs
OF Great Bri: IN, without any provis
ion Tor India and tae colonits, 3 800
OF those of Francs, about 5000 on
those OF Germany 5000 on those OF
Italy. Godkin thinks that annual
sessions O; state legislsturas ere sn
evil. Il IS better to have sessions only
once in TWO gears; and once il fVe
years, according 70 Mr.. Godkin would
be better sill.