The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-04-20
TIGER AND DOVE PERCH UPON THE
SAME POLE.

1Ne HrOQlUllOn CONVENTION met
and nominated full State ticket
their standard-bearer is Joel E.
Brunson, who once upon time lived
in Clarendon and used to be fre-
quent attendant upon our county po-
litical conventions. He will be re-
membered as talking member, and
the man whom Dr.. Woods defeated in
a primary election in Salem, when it
was left to Salem to decide who that
section wanted to receive the nomi-
nation for the Legislature.
Mr.. Brunson's nomination will not
get an enthusiastic support in Clar-
endon, is our opinion. He is not
popular among those with whom ne
came into political contact and he is
not regarded man qualified for
the high Office OF Governor, We
have never known anything against
his personal character and he IS re-
garded a good business man. He
has successfully conducted small
sash and blind factory in Sumter and
a mill near kingstree, and may have
saved some of the results of his toll,
but the sketch given of him by the
Columbia correspondent of the News
and Courier is so highly drawn that
we must think this usually careful
correspondent has been imposed
upon. According to the News and
Courier Mr.. Brunson is one of the
largest sash and blind manufacturers
in the State. Such is not the case
and it should not be allowed to go
uncorrected, as it is calculated to Gre
ate false impression upon the voters
of the State.
We would not reflect upon the per-
sonal character of the man nominated,
but at the same time he is placed in
a position to be criticized and as the
campaign goes on we will endeavor
to place before our readers reasons
why they should not support him;
we will not permit his allies to
manufacture for him any merit he
does not deserve. The cause repre-
sented by N.Y. Brunson will not be
enhanced by the step taken; it will
be regarded by many voters as grab
for Office more than a sincere effort
to carry out the theory OF prohibition.
Had the convention declined to nom
mate a State ticket, but perfect an or
canizatiou to secure a Prohibition
General Assembly the sincerity Of
their purpose would have been seen.
As it is, the rules of the Democratic
party are purposely laid aside to ad-
nit separate and distinct political
faction to use the party machinery to
give Office to men in the guise OF
theory which appeals to morality.
The white voters of this State are
theoretical prohibitionists, they would
like to try the experiment if there was
any likelihood OF successfully putting
into practice, but there being grave
doubts they prefer maintaining the
dispensary, as at present operated.
Now that the prohibition party
has entered the political field we look
for serious complications to result;
we expect to see piety and outlawry
banded together, purity and vice bat
ting under the same flag. The pious
and the pure will be struggling to drive
the liquor abomination from the land,
while the outlaw and vicious will ally
themselves with the good people to
wreak. their vengence upon the dis
pensary law.
Then there is another element
which will figure in this fight, they
are neither prohibitionists nor dispen-
saryities, but they are anti dispense
ry, and "agin the government gen.
orally, this crowd have grievances
against the party in power and will
go in with any party to bring about
its destruction.
We venture that nearly every ex-
bar-keeper and every man under sus
picion OF running blind tiger will
support the prohibition ticket. Why?
This class remember when Tillman
hid the dispensary out in the bushes
when the supreme court was endeav-
oring to choke it, there existed a
reign of prohibition law for several
months, and at that particular time
the country was deluged with rum.
Liquor was sold within the sound
of the pulpit, it was sold from the
corn crib, over the counters, day
and night, Sundays as well as week
days. That condition was trivial
compared with what may be expect
ed should prohibition law be enact
ed. We realize the fact that it is