The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-08-21

Congressional Record shows that
Tillman often votes with the Re-
publicanS, but that does not sig
Nifty he is in sympathy with them;
his votes are cast as Senator,
not as party man, and because
Of this, it is no reflection on his
party loyalty. McLaurin believ-
eS that after a party has gone
to the people with it's platform
and they refuse to accept it, the
wise course to pursue is to dis
card the rcpudiated planks and
formulate something that will
inspire confidence. He does not
believe in cIin@ing to 4 party
corpse. McLaurin also thinks
that in politics as well as in
everything else there should be
progress. that the people should
grasp conditions as they exist,
and because he will not envelope
himself in sack cloth, and roll
around in ashes bemoaning the
constant defeats of his party,
those who are kissing the hem
of Jeferson's shroud, denounce
him as a Republican and a trai-
tor.
The fundamental principles of
South Cardinals Democracy is
"a free and open discussion Of
public questions before the Dem
ocratic voters, and as long as the
controlling influences in the par
ty, will permit the primaries to
be open and free as they have
been ever since their institution,
there is no danger of a white
Republican party, and the peo-
pie will be the judges of men
and measures, but if a few poll
ticans are to be allowed to as
semble themselves under the
pretense of doing one thing to do
another, and then they under
take to prevent the free and op-
en- discussion of public questions,
it will be proof conclusive that
the politicians will not trust the
people, and a new party will be
the result of such tyranny.
Let Us all be liberal in our
views, there is no necessity to
impugn one another's motives;
those who do not approve OF
McLaurin should give expression
of that disaproval at the ballot
box without getting angry.
The editor of the TINES so
far as he understands Nc
Laurin's position, approves of it,
and will continue that approval
until by reasoning and argu-
ment it is shown to be detrimen
tai to the peoples interests. We
are not going to be driven from
our position by abuse, assertion,
or vituperation, but we will
make a fight for our views until
the party in convention assem-
embed speaks; when it speaks,
the question is settled, and we
Will bow to it's decision, but we
do not propose to yield one inch
to professional politicians, or
unprincipled, if not an ignor-
ant class of editors. We yield to
the party convention only because
party discipline requires it, and
as long as we are a Democrat
we will always submit to it's
DEGREES whether they suit our
individual views or not.
But the same cannot be said
for some who are fighting Nc
Laurin, they have refused to
yield to the party decree, and
bolted, they even went so far as
to make coalition with negroes,
and continued the fight against
our State Democracy, on, up to
the supreme court of the United
States. Many of our readers
will remember how George ".
Murray the black congressman
from Sumter went over this
State holding meetings and col
lecting money to carry our regis
tration laws to the courts, and
how his efforts were being back
ed up by the Columbia State and
Sampson Pope. The Columbia
State gave encouragement and
support to Murray and Pope,
and they in turn urged the ne
groes to subscribe for the State,
which paper is now fighting
McLaurin with as much bitter
ness as it ever did any and eve
rything proposed by the Refor-
mers. The editor of the State
was largely responsible for the
Haskell movement, because he
would not yield to party discip-
line, and now he is soldering
over TiIlman, the man he for
merly denounced for all the mean
things in the category of crime,
just to help discredit McLaurin
who will not toady for the State's S
favor.
500 Reward, S100.