The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16

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dollars or Imprisonment for not more
than five years.
Approved the 10Th day OF February,
a. D. 1898.
McKn'c3's Ftrst Year.
President Mckinley has now been
in office one year and q few days.
The comments of the press On the re
suits OF his administration is certainly
not very encouraging to the future
hores of the Republicans. The At
lanta Journal saysit has been "ayear
which will she'd no lustre upon the
Republican party. In full and com.
plete control of all of the departments
of the government it is only recording
solemn fact known to all to say that
the people are disappointed and that
they Rave reason to be. The one
achievement" of the administration
thus far has been the passage of the
Dingley tariff law, measure con-
spicuous by its determinations, its un-
fairness, sectionally and its narrow.
ness nationally. It is fair to assume
that the Republicans themselves are
disappointed in the fruits of this meas
ure. Its apparent result has been to
work an injury not only to those not
directly interested, but to those for
whom its authors declared it was es-
pecially intended to help-the work
ingmen. Since the passage OF this bill
there have been disastrous strikes in
the middle states oy workingmen en-
ployed in protected industries. Blood.
shed has resulted ard want is more
apparent than ever before in that
section. In the New England states
there has been, and still is, a general
tie.up Of all the cotton factories and
thousands are idle. And there has
been no compensation for others
There has been no benefit to either
consumers or producers. The pro.
ducsrs get no more-in many instan-
ces less for their labor-and the con-
sumers pay more for the necessities as
well as the luxuries of life. The taxes
OF the whole people have been raised
for the help of few capitalists, and
their benefit, from the very nature Of
things, can only be temporary. Be
sides this, Germany has retaliated
upon us for the passage of the
Dirgley law by excluding the product
| of our farms and factories.
The great question on which Nc
Kinlev rode into Office was finance. 1t
was the issue of issues IL the cam
paign. One year has passed, and
apart from the fact the Standard. OF
money is definitely decided for the
length OF McKinley's term, nothing
in the way Of financial reform has
been accomplished. The business In
teres!s of the country, however, and
! tne people engaged in other pursuits,
had right to expect that by this time
some steps would have been taEen in
the much needed reformation of the
banking system. Beyond the outlire
| of g plan presented by Secretary Gage
upon WEIGH no action has been taker,
nothing has been done. and it begins
to look as if it were doubtful that any
thing would b5 done. However, there
is still time and opportunity left for
the successful inauguration of sys.
tenn of banking which will afford re
lief to those remote from the great
| money centers of the country.
During the past year the pension
rolls, long since past the danger
mark, haVe been visibly increased,
and there are evidences tina: tney will
continue to increase in the next three
years Of McKinley's incumbercy.
Ths president has won no friends for
himself by his appointments. Espec-
tally is this conspicuously true in the
south. The naming Of negroes for
high oEcas IN the south-positions
where they are continually thrown in
contact with the Whites-has eyinced
q short-sightedness and narrowntss
on Mckinley's part not to have been
expected by his past life ard his pro-
testations of affection for the southern
people in the last campaign. He has
rot befrierded the black man by this
unwise pol.cy-and he has lost the
confidence and respect o. large ma
jority OF the whites.
The Hawaiian ard Cuban questions
are the only ones of foreign sort
with which the present adninistra
ton has had to deal No language is
strong enough to express the proper
condemnation OF the Hawaiian annex
atioa treaty. The policy the presi
dent seeks to put through is unwise,
u American and fraught with great
danger. Luckily, there is now small
prospsct Of the passage by the senate
OF this annexation treaty, and IN this
the people have cause for much con-
graduation.
Few will withhold from Mckinley
the praise due him Tor the digniied
manner with which he has conducted
himself in regard to the Cuban affair
in the past four weeks. With the in
sulting DeLome letter, the awful
catastrophe resulting IN the destruc
ton OF the battleship Maine and the
major portion of its crew, 2 less level
hesded man might have gone of IN
tangent and placed his country IN an
undlgnifed and untenable position.
So far as tee presidents Cuban poll
cy'' is concerned, naught can be said
either in praise or criticism, for he
has no! as yet proposed any definite
policy. But his attitude at the pres
ent moment, awaiting the facts from
Ine inquiry into the cause OF the ex-
plosion of the Maine, is deserving of
praise, and with few exceptions is re-
ceiving it from men and newspapers
OF all parties. Judged, however, by
the full fruits OF his first yesr, we end
as We began, by saying that the Nc
kinley administration, taken al IL
all, has been distinct disappointment
to the people.
Toga C-eLsd Mans Crime.