The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-12
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only. Dsv;d B Hill was most anxious
| TO be M mber OF tie oou.mittee or
revolutions Mr.. Croker would TOT PER
nit tbs. bit put on the commiree
from New York one Of his o:en men.
who voted for silver. If MIR Hill rad
been on that committee silver would
have hean left out
SENATOR DANIELS ATUrUbs.
S.na,or DANIEL, of Virginia, 81 ia.
tense silver man, earnestly questioned
he expectancy of reafHrniag the sj;v2r
clsuse of 1896. O:her Soushern men
on that committee sided With HIN.
Colonel Bausbmen, Of Maryland, lasde
an eloquent and passionate appeal
aesirst it It has been said the vote
OF Prince David, Of Hawaii, put in
silver. 1t might just as we'll be said
the vats ef Of any other member Of the
mai,risy determined it. Ccr,einiy but
for Mr. Croker's man it couli net have
carried
The Wall street men tod ne Croker
got he nooey which was raised, and
whether Re divided with anyone else
was neither kaosn ncr cared. As Mr.
Ctckeris or record as saying he 10 poll.
tics for his pocket, everyone IS ct
liberty TO dra, hi- own !nfer"nces.
WHERE RRIBERT Ran RIeT.
To return 80 the question OF the
systematic hr berry OF voters everywhere
s. grs sphically d,lased upon il The Bun
edi,orially, will tell you in what
States it rsa riot on election dav, out
size Of Maryland: In West Virginia,
in Ohio, N Indiana, in Illinois, in
Kansas. Newbraska, in South Dakota
snd in New York. There we're others. Of
course, where bribery was more or less
largely resorted to, but it was most
ga1ipg in the States named. It may
De surprise to people generally to hear
this about ''up-State" in New York.
the practice is carried on in 50 bold aod
uablushiDg a manner that the bargains
are made in sight and hearing Of all
those around. Il is no uncommon
spcctsle to see an old farmer in Western
New York drive up TO the polls with
mis- sons, holding the reins over a pair
of horses which belong to him, getting
out and negotiating with the vote buyer
for the votes of himself aud his boys.
Fot this statement have the authority
Of one Of the most eminent citizens Of
Buffalo.
Whatever may be said Of Mr.. Bryan's
doctrines aud of his utterauces, there
is this which must be said in his favor:
Not one of the millions of votes cast
for him represented bargain and sale.
NO MONEY TO BUY VOTES.
Uoduuotedly Democr managers
have been as guilty as Republicans in
this horrible traffic, but as it happened
this time the Democrats had no money
10 buy votes Their campaign commit
tees from one end Of the country to the
other were literally riding under bare
poles. From Mr.. jones chairman of
the Natiooal Committee, down SO
slender was the :ex,hequer that they
were all compelled 10 practice the most
rigid economy in every item of e1-
penditure. They could not even have
all the printing done which they would
have liked.
1t is said that the contributions
which came to the National Democratic
Committee did not in all exceed $500
900, while the stream which flowed into
the Golfers of the Republican Commit
tee aggregatee sl5, 600 600. What may
be styled Legitimate expenses could not
possibly have absorbed more than half
a million of this sum. Just think OF
the golden shower which was left to
rain down on the heads Of the venal
voters, and how sickening it is to claim
the people have indorsed the Admins
tration!
The dollars which the trusts threw
into the lap Of the Republican Com
mittee came thicker than doughnuts.
S, muchaof the treasure is left that the
National Committee and the Maryland
and other State committees propose to
keep open house in the entire four years
interval between now and the next
Presidential election.