The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-06-29
Governor ElIerbe's Defiance.

\ dramatic episode occurred at Hlbe:-
niap hall SATURDAY. evening when Cover
nor Ellerb. arose 70 face 4 Charleston audi
ence and to dcfent! himself from the charge
OF having broken promise made TO the'E
when he wes here last IN the cainp"l?H 'Wo
wears ago and to refute the c.a'M tli'' Ee
had made deal which h"d tor us CD
ject the buying OF Charleston voters axe
cattle IN the market.
lie read from the News and Courier re-
port of lis speech when he was here Cd ihe
former occasion to show that Wha1 ne SAID
was that wien Charleston showed q diSpo-
sition to enforce the dlspensary law the
metropolitan police would be removed. -
never promised that would remove the
metropolitan police pncondluonaAy' eN-
claimed the Governor emphatlcaliy ana re-
peatedly and he challenged anybody III
Charleston or elsewhere 10 tel MIN so 20
his face.
II may have disappointed yo". but |
never broke promise to you, ne s''lo II y;
tone of evident sincerity which impressed
his audience. Vote for whom you please,
but do not condemn me without u heariAS.
| would rather have your respect taan your
votes. but do not cruelty me on l"iNe
charges and without q hearing.
He then read from the News and Courier
issue of the morning o: the sena'or.al prs-
may the editorial in which that paper
claimed that deal had been con UNI
mated whereby the metropolitan police
were 10 be removed and the people OF
Charleston were urged to vote 1or Nlcl-"u-
rim on the strength Of 1t. The oo'etnot
said that this editorial was an Insult ~ ''tI
manhood of Charleston. That 1t :t1''i'ise'
to the world that the vote OF Ch"t!sstot
WAS in the market fer sale ne GENE"
with the utmost emphasis that lie H"n th"l'e
any such deal and lie chalieuGe 'He eo!'
tor of the paper to confront him with any
proof or substaatiation O.! it. IL Gea1ed
also ON the faith of those gentlemen Ii'''l
McLaurip, Nea! and Weston had n!'i"e az
such deal" fo- him. 1t was the News I't,s u.
Courier with It's misrepresentation % N'-
people that was hurting Charleston.
Governor El!erbe was in good form "i"
voice and surprised his auditors by tae ora,
torical force and emphasis be dcve!"PT"
under the Indictment Of hisln&:gnauoa. IL
was a terrific excorintion and Indictment
for the Governor OF The State to bring nome
to anv human being or humauly controlled
institution to meet with no word OF deniE!
at the time and with only Il weak, eraSive.
sub,erfuge of an answer at all. The News
and Courier says this morning:
Governor Eierbe made a speech at the
campaign meeting on Saturday. twas pre-.
c;selv the sort of speech be was expected
to make. Naturally he had something TO
say about the News and Courier, and natu-
railv he misrepresented it. He said that
he did rot remove the metropolitan po.!cs
from Charleston because the ministers and
eight of the aldermen had protested against
their removal etc. At the time the minis
ters filed their protest be said that he would
not be in any way influenced by It. ii"
did not tell at whose suggestion It was that
hs inserted the unanimous p-oviso Il
the agreement he required of Mayor Smyta.
There is a gentlemen in Barnwell who can
explain why the Governor did not carry
out his original intention to restore the
right of local self-governnent to Charles
ton without conditions. There are also {.
number OF other gentlemen in different
parts of the State who can say, II they Will,
that the Governor told them that he Would
remove the police Internationally. there
are two gentlemen in Columbia and one
gentleman in Washington who could throw
some light on the matter. The truth IS
bouud to come ont in the end. and We
think that it will come out before the CAM
paicn is ended. We dare say that Col. K.
3. Watson will not drop the subject We
Go not care to take it Up just now. One OF
these davs If is net improbable that some
ambitious patriot will do the Hobson act By
bottlinc up our own political Cervera.
Precisely the sort Of a speech he WAS
expected to make" says the News and
Courier. Who expected him to make II?
Certainly not an audience Of Charleston
ians who have continued to place some re-
lance in what they see in the News aud
Courier's columns Whatever it might say
or do to Governor Ellerbe nobody dreamed
that the News and Courier would dare cheat
the people of Charleston into voting for
Reform candidate for Senator BY telling
them q falsehooa Until that moment,
whatever measure Of terpituae was in
volved in the News and Courier's hitherto
supposed confession that it had been
party to "a deal" by which the voters OF
Charleston We're bartered and sold IKE
sheep, DO one dreamed taat 1t could have
been guilty of the double duplicity OF be-
living the Governor and his friends with
regard to that alleged transaction also. NO
one dreamed but that it held or could pro-
duce some proof Of the deal TO which 1t
had categoricaliy testified, to confront and
confound Governor Ellerbe with II he
dared deny its allegations. But, 10. and
behold, Governor Et.erbe comes forward At
the first opportunity and boards bis boosted
"pal in his very den; denies that he, or
that McLaurin, Neal and Weston for him,
ever made any deal Of the sort, and de-
ies the News and Courier to produce any
scinti!la Of evidence Of It. And our con-
tenn porary has the hardihood, IN answer to
this categorical castigat!on, 20 tnIk about
Misrepresentation of itself on mlror
point and to utter 10 word OF reafhrnoation
of its claims, weakly shifting to other
shoulders the impossible task OF resculnS
it from its incredible dilemma.
It rambles on, shifting and twisting and
turning; taking refuge IN enlgmas and IN
situations; talking about nothing and ap-
ropos of nothing; seeking scapegoat Tor Its
burden Of responsibility from any and every
source and quarter Of the compass, while
the yerecity OF its written and printed worus
is asssl!ed and denounced. without sylla-
bic of refutation from it. 1--WE do not care 10
take it up Just now" it says. And this IS
Its only answer to the gauntlet thtoSn
down by Governor Ellerbe IN the taxing
up of which its honor IS involved. AS II
it were ever untimely to defend ones
honor. "We dare say that Col. 4. B. Wat
son will not let drop the subject 1e
gods. what pit!able spectacle. charleston
Critic.
Uncle George and Others.