The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-07-03
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of June 26, in which he says we
misunderstood him. We do not
think we misunderstood ou1
friend at all. We did not say that
Colonel Jones acted as the en-
bassador Of Senator Tillman,
when he told the Governor that
he had talk with Tillman, and
that the resignation was the re
suit of passion; they should
be returned. and the people
spared an exciting contest this
year. What we did say was that
Colonel Jones had q talk with
Senator Tillman and was among
the first to call upon the Gov
ernor to urge him to return those
designations; this is not denied,
nor can it be, for it is the truth.
Colonel Jones corroborates every
thing we said, but he assumes
that we tried to create the i'm
preston that his action was
based upon a request or an un'
derstanding with Senator Till.
man. We did not say so, but
had we said so, we would have
had as much right to presume
that he was acting as an emissary
from Tillman, as Tillman him
self had in presuming that we
were influential in having those
designations returned. In the
Sunday Herald of Augusta, Ga,
10Th inst, Senator Tillman in
the course of a heated interview
said, I'm my opinion the con-
Meeting link between McSweeney
and McLaurin is the mutual in
terest they both have in Louis
Appel the Manning, S. c., poll
tician." Senator Tillman pre-
sumed that on account Of our
friendliness to Governor Nc
Sweeney and Senator McLaurin.
we influenced the Governors
action, but when Colonel Jones
comes direct from Senator Till
man and did not tell the Gov
ernor that the Senator insists
that his resignation be accepted,
but urges the return of the res
ignations, we would have been
warranted in presuming that
it was the result of an under
standing with Tillman; especial
", when another who imagines
that he is also basking in the
sunshine of Tillmans favor, gives
out an interview on the same
line. The preponderance of the
evidence goes to show that these
gentlemen who had interviews
with Senator Tillman were very
solicitious to have the Governor
prevent primary. Of course,
Colonel Jones and Congressman
Latimer could have talked with
Senator Tillman and one run
down to Columbia and to Char.
lesion, to have his interview tax
en-, and the other be among the
first to talk with the Governor,
without there having been an
understanding, it is one of those
remarkable condolences which
can occur. However we never
did say that Tillman sent Jones
to the Governor, but on the con-
trary we did say this. 1--WE do
not assert that Jones was au-
thorized in his talk with Tillman
to plead with the Governor, but
we do think that Colonel Jones
forgiving spirit prompted him to
act as a peace-maker."
Colonel Jones' letter strikes US;
as being a corroboration of our
editorial, and at the same time
he wants to deny, by saying we
misunderstood him about some
thing we did not charge. If after
having had a talk with Senator
Tillman, why should Colonel
Jones make haste to see the Gov
ernor in the morning, during
banking hours, when bank officers
are supposed to be busy, unless he
wanted to get in his plea before
the Governor acted, and after
having talked with the Governor
and telling him that he had seen
Tillman, why should he come out
of the Governors Office and ask
US for our views, and when we
gave him our opinion ask US to
speak with the Governor also.
In our opinion Colonel Jones had
the right to present his views to
the Governor, because he is the
head of the Democratic party, and
his solicitude for the people also
gives him a right. It was his
right, he knowing that our judg-
ment was against a primary, to
ask US to express it to the Gov
ernor, but in expressing our
opinion to the Governor we did
not lay ourself liable to the sus
picion that we were acting for
McLaurin, but on the contrary,
we conferred with him at the So
licitation of State Chairman
Jones, who told US that he had a
talk with Tillman, but said moth
ing of the Senator's determination
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