The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-30
NORTHERN REPUBLICANS AND DEMO
Gratis ALIKE.

There are those who, for the
purpose Of tanning the flames of
prejudice, for political purposes,
are endeavoring to make our
Southern people believe that Civ
ngsocial recognition to negroes,
isconfned to members of the Re
publican party, but we will not
permit our readers to be fooled by
any such deception. President
Roosevelt had Booker T. Wash
ington iodine with him-a court
esy very pleasing to President
Roosevelt no doubt, by very re-
pugnant to our Southern social
system. No one will deny that
the president had a right to in
vite to his table any one he might
desire, but the selection Of his
own guests, can influence the
standing Of the President in So
cial matters with people who
will not accept the negro as a
social equal; those who regard
the President man of low social
tastes can refuse to put them
selves on a social plane with
him. But this 'snigger" loving
is not confined to the Republi-
cans, Democrats at the North are
tarred with the same black stick
aswill denoted from the telegram
of President Cleveland's Post
Master General, and former law
partner, which was withheld
from print by certain newspapers
that are trying to make every
incident count for political ad-
vantage:
New Haven, Oct. 23.-An incident
attending Booker T. Washington's
social recognition occurred today
when he received an invitation to dine
with treasurer Tyler with three other
guests. Among them was eX-Post,nas-
ter General Bissell of Buffalo. Mr..
Bissell sent note to Mr.. Tyler accep-
lily GS q SpSSIGI LO14Oi l11O LII 4SSlSIC44 w
dine with Washington and asking that
the fact be publicly announced. Prest.
Hadley also asked Washington to din
ner.
Ever since the Roosevelt
Washington incident the Estate"
has been making far-fetched
efforts to draw McLaurin into
the line of the fire ofthe peoples
wrath, and insulting the intel11
gence of the people by Indirectly
charging that McLaurin is try
ing to bring about a condition of
social equality between the
whites and blacks. McLaurin
would not meet on a social plane
with Washington nor would he
give aid and encouragement to
George W. Murray to break up
our franchise laws. McLaurin
is an advocate and defender of
White Supremacy, as is evidenc-
ed by the results of the influence
he has succeeded in exerting so
far. But fighting the franchise
clause of our State constitution
was jeopardizing the Supremacy
of the white man, and this is just
what the State and its Republi-
can allies did.
Ex-Postmaster General Bissell
is Democrat and in his response
to the invitation to dine with
Washington he boastingly de-
clares it a special honor, and
proudly wants the same to be
known. Therefore the social
equality matter is not political,
it is simply a matter of individ-
ual taste-the taste, but there is
no accounting for tastes, nor any
law to prevent people from graf
flying them. If as we have be-
fore-said they want to eat, drink,
sleep, dance, or marry with those
of negro blood, let them have the
pleasure, but don't try to fool
people into believing that, the
wineing and dining Of negroes is
oo,Hno5 to Poo,1h1icanS