The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-21
vuy NOT ABUSE TILLMAN?

MChLl1eS, SaAN- ~
trust William Mckinley" con-
tinuins he said, He is a patri-
otic and noble man. We call at
tention to these expressions sim
ply to ask if because Senator
Tillman found reason to thus ex-
press himself, will some Of our
State newspapers charge him
with having Republican ten
dencies::" 1t seems that GER
tain newspaper coterie has de-
termined to destroy the influence
John L. McLaurin has with his
people, and they take every op-
portunity to misrepresent him.
McLaurin is young and progress
sive. He believes in grasping
situations as they exist, and pre-
sent themselves. He is not one
to hug a delusion because t
comes to him in the drapery Of
ancestral robes, nor does he wor-
ship at the shrine Of antiquity.
McLaurin was opposed to this
country going to war, but war
came. and with it conditions
arose, which called for a map
ping out Of policies to suit the
emergency. Dewey entered the
harbor of Manila and from the
mouths of his guns he delivered
an ultimatum which gave notice
to the world that as a result of
the war between the United
States and Spain, the Philip
pine Islands would become a
part Of our possessions. 4 com
mission was appointed to treat
with Spain, which met in Paris,
and there between our represen-
tatives and those of Spain, q sol
emn compact was signed, and
which has been recorded on the
pages of history as the paris
Treaty" There was opposition
to the ratification Of this docu-
ment, and while the question was
pending, the leader of the De-
mocratic party. William Jen-
nings Bryan, went to Washing
ton and counselled his party to
vote for the ratification of the
treaty. Senator McLaurin was
among the numbel who first re-
garded the policy of the admins
tration as tending towards i'm
perialism and made speech on
that line. Then all at once "a
mother condition arose. The fir
ing on the United States flag by
the forces of Aguinaldo: this
brought the question out of party
politics, and it commended itself
to the country's loyalty. Nc
Laurin is Democrat and has al
ways stood Loyalty by the dec
larations of his party. The party
had not spoken, nor had it had
a chance to speak, and when the
country's flag was fred upon, he
threw aside ali other considera-
tons and needed the advice of
W. j. Bryan by voting to ratify
the treaty. Because he did this,
a certain newspaper element has
been with malice aforethought,
withholding from the people
what McLaurin is doing in the
Senate, and reproducing one
from another, all of the disparag
ing things said about him. Had
McLaurin used the language at
tributed to Tillman, II am will
ling to trust William Mckinley"
or ''He is a patriot and noble
man," every one of these hide
bound anti-treaty newspapers
would have been full of special
attention to Republican ten
dencies." Tillman and McLaurin
differ on the Philippine question.
Tillman is opposed to it solely on
political grounds, McLaurin IA
vors it, because he believes it to
be an opening up of new markets
for Southern products. He be-
ieves that an entry into a warm
climate, means the increasing of
the demands for what is raised
and manufactured in the South,
and that the Southern farmer,
merchant and laborer will be
benefited. McLaurin views the
matter from a practical business
standpoint, and Notwithstanding
the fact the Democratic party
has not declared on this question,
some Democrats would have it
appeari that whoever has the
temerity TO agree with tho ,,raS-