The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-07-31
WILL THE PEOPLE APPROVE? )?

WILL THE PEOPLE APPROVE:
The white people of South
Carolina cannot fail to see the
meaning of the action of what
purports to be the action of the
State Executive Committee, in
adopting a resolution denounc-
ing Senator McLaurin and de-
manding his resignation. Of
course Senator McLaurin will
not pay any attention to star
chamber proceedings. The COM
mittee is composed of one man
from each county elected by
their respective county conven-
tions, but the committee which
adopted the resolutions was
made up of only Il portion of the
elected members, and the others
were substitutes. The call was
to arrange for the primary in
the seventh Congressional dis
trict to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Dr.. J. W. Stokes;
there was not the slightest sus-
picion that Senator Tillman
would attend the committee
meeting and call for action
against Senator McLaurin. Sen
ator Tillman, by virtue of his
being a member of the national
committee is a member of the
State committee, and it is the
first time he has ever attended
one of it's meetings. Had it been
known that such a high handed
Outrage was contemplated full
committee of the regular elect
ed members would have been
present, and probably the re-
suit would have been otherwise.
| It was just such snap judg-
ment tactics that brought on the
revolution of 1890. The conven-
ton which nominated Hagood
was called for another purpose,
and when certain politicians coun-
| ted noses and found they could
succeed, they run roughshod over
the purpose of the convention and
made the nomination. The peo-
pie grew restless from that day
until they rose up and hurled
from power the perpetrators OF
that injustice.
If we approve of this commit
tees action, do not let US grum-
bic if the committee makes a
rule, designating what man we
shall vote for; if it were to do so,
we should only be getting our
deserts for permitting politicians
to 60 unrebuked when they un-
dertake to throttle the people.
If McLaurin has not voted in
accordance with the wishes of
the people, let the people rebuke
him by voting against him, but
give him the chance to defend his
course before the people whose
servant he is. The executive
committee did not elect McLau
rim, and they have no right to
demand his resignation. Sena-
tor Tillman admitted that Nc
Laurin would pay no attention
to the resolution and he knew
the reason why. But Senator
Tillman wanted the resolutions
to go through, hoping thereby to
cripple McLaurin's progress in
the fight for freedom of thought,
speech and action he is making.
The object of the resolutions
is to influence the coming
State convention to adopt such
a pledge that any man dis
agreeing with Tillman on public
questions shall not be permitted
to discuss his views in the prim-
ary, thus making. our primary
system q close cOrpOfdtlOu WILL
none allowed to enter who have
not Tillman's sanction, and if
successful, bossism will levy on
Us blackmail as well as taxes.
We joined the Tillman move
ment to put down this very con-
dition; and now when we find
our leader who has grown fat
in Office, today stockholder and
director in a big corporation, un-
dertaking to stife free speech
and free thought we feel that the
time has come for another rev
olution to strike off the shackles
of political slavery that an AFRO
giant and tyrannical leader is
leading US into.