The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-06-20
Gov. Mcsweeney Stands on His
Record and Administration
HE ASKS ENDORSEMENT.
Tha Dispensary Law is Admins
tered More EffectuaIIy and
With Less Friction Than
Ever Before.

platforms upon which they will make
the race for governor Tuesday upon
filing his pledge Gov. McSweeney gave
the press the following outline Of the
platform upon which We would ask the
suffrage Of the people in the coming
primary:
'In entering the campaign as eau
didate for the nomination of governor
| expect to stand on my record ia the
administration of the Office during the
time l have held it. Upon that record
am going before the people aud ask
their endorsement. If an administra-
ton has been successful the custom
has been to endorse it by re- election,
and invite the closest scrutiny of the
administration, and if il has not been
successful and business,like and nom
political, then do not expect to ask
the people to endorse it; but if it has
been business-like and free from blum.
ders; if the affairs of the State have
been administered by me as chief exec
utive in a wise and judicious manner
and in such way as to emphasize the
fact that | have eudeavored to be the
governor Of all the people and have
carried out my promise that | had no
political enemies to punish and no po-
litical friends to reward; if factional
differences have been wiped out and
the people have been brought together;
if there has been progress and prosperi-
ty in the State under my administra-
tion; if the law has been enforced and
peace and good order have prevailed
throughout the State; if these things
are and have been, then | feel that |
have right and it is my duty to ask
MY fellow citizens to endorse my sd-
ministration by giving me the nomina.
ton in the appro, ching primary. And
l believe that the sense Of justice
which characterizes the people of South
Carolina will give the endorsement I
seek. Istand ready to meet any criti-
cism Of the administration and desire
only to be judged by the record.
Much has been done during the
past year to restore good feeling among
our people and to bring all factions to-
gether and to get all the people in ha7-
mony and working together for the
progress and development and upbuild-
ing Of the State.
THE State has gone forward more
rapidly in the past year in material de-
velopment than in severa. years pre-
ceding, and every day wealth is seek
ing investment in our borders and new
enterprises are going up in all portions
Of the State. The people are happy
and prosperous. Business conditions
are good. The administration has the
confidence Of the business men and all
of the State officers are working In &C
cord for the achievement and develop
ment of South Carolina.
THE management Of the.State hos.
pital for the insane is excellent and
economical.
The affairs of the penitentiary are
in excellent condition, and the superin.
tendent and board of directors have
managed the institution with good
business judgment.
Under the reorganization of the
dispensary the management has been
good and entirely satisfactory. The
board Of directors and commissioners
are working in harmony.
'The chief plank in my platform is
that I have honestly and faithfully
tried to do the right as I saw it, and to
conduct the affairs Of my Office on bust
ness principles and free from politics
and to recognize in county affairs the
right of local seif-go7ernment. Neither
have I assumed to discharge the duties
of any other department Of the govern
ment, but have referred all matters per-
tanning to the different departments to
which they properly belonged.
''As to nay position on those matters
upon which there is difference of opin-
ion l refer to my annual message to
the legislature.
The education of the people is the
bulwark Of our form of government.
An educated yeonanry is worth more
to the perpetuation Of our government
than large standing armies or great
navies. favor the hearty and liberal
support Of our common schools, for it
is only in these that the great majority
Of our children can be educated. am
also in favor Of sustaining our State in
stitutions Of higher learning-not ex-
travsgantly and yet not niggardly. The
policy of the State in this matter is
settled, and it would not be wise now
to cripple or injure them by withhold
ing more than is necessary for their
proper and adequate maintenance.
In my message | recommended a
small appropriation to II IKE search for
the Black report, which was considered
necessary to establish the claim of the
State against the general government.
This report, as result Of this recon-
mendation and the appr opriation which
was made, has been found and forward
ed to Senator Tillman, and it is hoped
that it will supply the missing link
necessary to establish the claim of the
State and thus enable the State to pay
the claim of the general government
against the State and also have a con-
siderable balance to our credit.
''As to the dispensary, my position
en- this question is we'll known. In a
circular which | issued in August Of
last year TO the magistrates | stated
that | believed that the dispensary sys-
tenn, if properly and wisely enforced,
was the best solution Of the liquor
question ye. devised. l took the same
position in my message to the legisla-
ture and | have had no occasion to
change my views on this subject.
Much Of the opposition that formerly
existed to the dispensary system has
now been changed into its hearty sup
port, and even many of those who still
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