The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-02

produce from the News and Cou-
rier clipping which that paper
has credited to the Laurens
County News.
McLAURIN'S FOLLOWERS.
The people of this State are waiting
to see what attitude the new President
will hold towards the Commercial
Democrats. This was McKinley's last
term and he could well offord to ap-
point Democrats to Office. But with
Roosevelt it is different. His career is
before him, as it were, and he natural
" wishes to be the next Republican
nominee. He naturally wants to make
friends with all Republicans, and there
bv get their support for denomination.
If he appoints Democrats to the FEEDER
al offices could he expect the old line
Republicans to support him IN the
National Republican Convention:
Senator McLaurin's followers may
find themselves in predicament If
Roosevelt follows Mchinley's policy IN
regard to appointments. They may
have to send delegates to the next Re
publican Convention.
Our object in reproducing this
clipping is to show that what we
said about the News and Couri-
er giving prominence to all the
little fings and misrepresenta-
tions against McLaurin is so.
The News and Courier, however,
has had the conscience to per-
nit the friends of McLaurin to
defend him in it's columns which
is a spirit of fairness that the
Columbia State does not possess:
Therefore when we see a news
paper with the conscience even
as the News and Courier, clip
ping little petty and deceptive
scraps like the foregoing clip
ping from the Laurens News,
we think it is unworthy of such
a great daily. Now if the News
and Courier wants to do the
proper thing, and it is not shack
ed by it's new idol, if it will pub
hsh the things that are said
against McLaurin, it ought also
for the sake of many of it's sub
scribers who are McLaurin's
friends reproduce at least some
of the editorials that are pub
lished in his favor. A news
paper ought to be fair and it
cannot be if it is too one-sided;
The editorial columns of a paper
is where the people look for the
editors stand in a public dis
cussion, and we would not COM
plain, if the News and Courier
was to write anti-McLaurin
editorials every day if it would
either stop reproducing every
dirty fling that is made at him,
or if it will run column giving
the editorial expressions made on
both sides.
We lay special stress on the
conduct of the News and Couri-
er, because we are very fond of
it's editor in chief and we feel
that his present mode of fight
ing McLaurin is unnatural, it is
not in accord with his high sense
of honor. The fact of not throw
ing into the waste basket comun-
nications addressed to that paper
by friends of McLaurin when
they, feel that their friend has
been foully slandered Or mis-
represented, is a strong hope
that the News and Courier,s
heart islnot real bad.
The Laurens County News, if
we remember right is edited by
a man who at one time edited a
paper in Horny county, and at
that time his paper was an ar
dent supporter of Sampson Pope,
who was a Republican endorsed
candidate for governor. The
Horny paper and the Columbia
State supported Pope, and now
both of these editors are very
solicitous for the welfare of the
Democratic party. Bah! Fool
who? Not the free white people
of South Carolina. Ben Tillman
got up a system of political edu-
cation, which resulted in educat-
ing the masses, and whenever
politicians or newspaper editors,
who N the days of excitement
resorted to all the means that
passion and disappointmentcould
conceive of-those who gave aid
to Samp's Pope and G. ". Muir
ray II their efforts to tear up
the franchise clause in our Con-
stitution, so that our registration
laws would be destroyed, under
take to act as our political moni-
tors, the people regard it as the
interference of impertinent enc
mics. The idea of a supporter
of Samp's Pope questioning Sen
ator McLaurin's Democracy, but
for the edifcation of the Laurens
County News, News and Courier,
Columbia State and all others
who are now lighting McLaurin
and processing friendship for
Tillman, we will say as one Of
McLaurin's followers that wheth-
er Roosevelt follows McKinley's
wise policy or not, the followers
Of McLaOrln will be found true
and loyal Democrats. They will
follow McLaurin clean through
the Democratic primaries, and
rejoice at his election, but should
he be defeated in the primaries,