The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-12
REPUBLICANS WIN AGAIN.

papers are enGeaVOrlng to tell
the people how it happened
that their predictions went wild.
This might be expected of news
papers, because they must say
something, but the party lead
ers, instead of being square and
honest, and acknowledging, the
Democratic party, being in the
hands of incompetent leaders,
they try to cling on by holding
out hope. Senator James K.
Jones, chairman of the Demo
cratic National Executive Com
mittee after paying several
visits to President Roosevelt in
search of a position on the canal
commission, and so far has not
succeeded in getting the job,
has now come out in an inter-
view, in which he pretends to
see a Democratic victory in the
next national election, two years
hence. It is possible that the
Democrats may get the next
President, but in our opinion, it
is highly improbable, however,
bethat as it may, if the Demo
cratic party ever gets back into
power, it must first dislodge
itself Of such a burden as its
present chairman J. K. Jones of
Arkansas, because, if there ever
was a political bunco-steerer, it
is this man who leading a party
with a shibboleth of "Down with
Trusts" is himself a Trust man.
The party in order to win must
clear itself of such scuttlers as
Teller, the Western Republican,
who crawled over the side of the
silver-ladened Democratic ship
and instead of serving a proba-
tionary period before the mast,
he took hold of the wheel and
directed her into a haven of
disaster. It also must be scrap
ed of the barnacles that since
the day Cleveland's captaincy,
has accumulated and obstructed
her progress. In our humble
opinion, to make the Democratic
party win, there must be an in
fusion of new blood into the
body politics, the present leaders
are no good, proven so before the
people several times and the
sooner we relegate them the
better.
There is no doubt that all is
not serene within the ranks of
the Republican party, as is evi-
denced by the large gains the
Democrats made in Republican
strongholds, but it must be re-
membered this was an off year,
and that party was we'll in
trenched, it could afford to lose
several congressman and then
keep a good working majority,
hence in the recent election there
was considerable apathy, but
let the time come when the lea
ders of the Republican party
must hang out the ''red light"
and all differences are immed-
lately put aside and a general
falling in takes place. This is
all because that party is under
competent leadership; it has at
it's head Mark Hanna, who is a
Trust magnate and he does not
endeavor to conceal it. Marks
campaign shibboleth is ga full
dinner pail" and it takes. He
says the combination Of capital
is for the country's interests,
and the moneyed element agree
with him. Jones runs over the
country wrapped in a cloak Of
hypocrisy preaching patriotism,
Hanna on the other hand, talks
dollars and cents, and uses the
frying pan to get the necessary
grease to make his machine run
smoothly. The leadership Of
the Republicans may not be
moral, but it is practical and
successful, while the leadership
of the Democrats may, if
led by honest men. be moral,
it is entirely theoretical, impo-
tent, and impractical. In this day
Of practical ideas, theories, and
pretty fourth of July sentiments
have little weight with the aver
age business man, and the party
which shows something that
stimulates business, no matter
who has it to pay, holds out to him
an inducement to catch his conf
dence. In the South all white men
are Democrats in name, but how
many are they who are real
genuine Democrats, believing in
the principles now being enun
ciated by the present leadership:
The white men vote the Demo
cratic ticket. not that they are
convinced, it is the party which
will do most fer them, but be-
cause, it is the only party in the
South which separates the white
man from the negro, and which
does not recognize the negro in
party councils; were 1t not for
this condition, the South would
be like the North, East and the
West, divided into parties, issues
would then be fairly and intelli-
gently treated, but as situated
now, we must continue under
the one party rule, and make