The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16
THE PEOPLE CHOOSE.

atOr Illlman IS not klnQly 0lSpOseC
towards the present governor, anc
that one of the reasons for his aver
sion to "peace and unity" at this
time is, that he wants man to rur
for governor who will make Sn excit'
ing campaign. The Senator perhaps
thinks that McSweeney is too conser'
vatiye to contend with the dispensary
opponents, and it will need mar
''who can show blood in his teeth,
We believe Senator Tillman's choice
is Congressman a. G. Latimer, anc
we base this belief upon the speeche:
made in Charleston at the time
Messrs. Tillman, Latimer, and othe,
distinguished gentlemen were ban
ouetted at the Charleston hotel
where Tillman acknowledged himself
captured, and promised peace and
gooa will towards men. Upon that
occasion Congressman Latimer, II
the course of the post-prandial
speeches, was quite often alluded to,
as Governor Latinaer, my distiu,
guished colleague, the next governor
of South Carolina" etc. These pleas
ant and complimentary illusions may
not have been pre-arranged at all, but
the ways of politicians are past find
ing out, and when party OF politi-
clans are travelling together, and at
banquet tables, they make boosting
speeches for one OF their number, it
carries with it the suspicion of pre-
arrangement. When Latimer heard
his name being used in connection
with gubernatorial honors, we do not
believe it was a case Of ''this is SO
sudden" but that it was part OF
that junketing program. Congress-
man Latimer has right to run for
governor, and if he comes out, he OF
course, will adopt line of campaign
to suit his plans, but # he attempts
to wave factional banner, a1d ex-
poets the people to rally to it, Lati-
mer will find himself in the position
of the fellow OF his favorite campaign
Joke, which runs somewhat like this.
"a man was found dead, and about
the same time an advertisement APP
peared in the newspapers, describing
a missing man; an enterprising un-
dertaker had the body Of the dead
man, removed to his rooms, and at
once wired the advertiser, he had
found q body answering the descrip-
ton in the advertisement; an answer
came, that relatives would arrive on
the first train, and this telesraphic
response was signed by man ofkuown
wealth. The undertaken, taking it
for granted that the corpse belonged
to wealthy family, and having an
eye to business, had the body hand
somely dressed, and put in an expen-
sire coffin. The train arrived; on
1t came the supposed relatives, who
Immediately repaired to the under
takers parlors to identity the body.
Alter removing the beautiful and
costly flowers, freshly cut from the
conservatory, and the undertaken TAX
ing off the glass so as to give full
view OF the face, the relatives stepped
up and viewed the remains; at once
they said he was the man, so closely
did he resemble their missing loved
one, and while the enterprising un-
dertaker was making out his enor-
nous bill, one ofthe party discovered
the mouth of the corpse to be open;
he called the others to him, and upon
another examination they found the
corpse had his front teeth filed with
gold, this broke up the ideu-
tiication, because, their miss
ing relative had no natural teeth
and when he left home his
mouth was filled with full set OF
false teeth. The supposed relatives
dried their tears and informed
the undertaken OF their final
discovery and left. No sooner had
they cleared the door, than the
disappointed undertaker's temper
got the best of him, and to
the coffin he went, rolled the
body on the floor, dumped it into a
pine box, and soliloquized thus: you
internal fool, if you had just kept
your Damn mouth shut you would
have received a decent burial, and so
it will be with Mr. Latimer ii he runs
for governor, on q mischief making
and slrife-seeking schedule
Senator Tiliman will succeed him
self we have no doubt, we do not be-
ieVe he can be beaten if he minds