The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-07-02
"MERELY FOR The SAKE OF KEEPING
THE RECORD STRAIGHT"

an dIUlC1S 1SdlSO LICiSiy AOi
the sake of keeping the record
straight" in which it alludes to
The MANNING TINES, and from
it. one would gather that after
having seen the article in the
Record, because it came out the
day before THE TINES, We cred
tied The State with what should
have been credited to the Record.
It is perhaps necessary to ex-
plain: we we're honestly under
the impression that The State
was the paper which charged
Colonel jim Tillman with dis
courtesy to Senators. and we
had no opportunity Of seeing the
Record to which The State re-
fers, and which article we will
reproduce, until the night after
it was published. because that
paper never reaches Manning on
the day OF publication and, we
go to press two hours before the
night mail arrives. We are not
supporting Colonel Tillman. nor
any of the other candidates for
that matter, and propose to stand
still until we hear all of them be-
fore making a choice, but be-
lieving it unwise to give a candl-
date that you think ought to be
defeated, an opportunity to refer
to the constant nagging of him
we so expressed ourself. The
Gafney Ledger came out strong
ly against jim Tillman, but we
do not believe it added any force
to it's editorial by characterizing
the man as "a liar, gambler and
drunkard. If those methods
continue, there are many people
who will regard the man as be-
ing prosecuted, and in their
sympathy they will cast aside
what they believe is his unftness
for the high position he seeks.
If Colonel Tillman's opponents
can show him to be a liar, gam
bier and drunkard, it is their
right and privilege, and he will
have an opportunity to face his
accusers in the presence of the
people, but let the newspapers
drop that method Of fighting,
and they will come nearer sue
+. cess, The following is taken
from The State:
The record should be kept straight.
It is the purpose of James 81. Tillman
to attempt to pervert the question OF
his conduct in public Office into per-
sonal issue between the editor Of The
State and himself, and the press Of the
State should not knowingly contribute
to this end. The charge relating to
Lieutenant Governor Tllman's insult
inc manner toward members of the
Senate was not preferred by The State
but Mr.. Paul NJ. Brice, newspaper
man not connected with this journal.
1t was first printed in the Columbia
Evening Record. a paper antagonistic
to The State.
Inasmuch as it is deemed proper to
make this explanation it seems proper
also to reproduce what Mr.. Brice, in q
Record editorial, said on the 24th inst,
the day before the publication of The
MANNING TINES. 1t is as follows:
THE Record was the first paper in
the State to publicly charge Jim Till
man with insulting Senators and the
Senate as body while he presided over
it's deliberations last winter, and it mas,
therefore, watched with considerable
interest his attempt to disprove the
charge. 1t may as well be stated broad
" at the outset that it is not necessary
for one, in order to insult another, to
call him thief or liar Or apply any
other such d;sgraceful epithet TO him.
If that were the case, jim Tillman
would not be making canvass of the
State today. But one may grossly in
suit another, not so much by the words
he uses as by the action and demeanor
with which they are used, and this be-
ing true, we assert again the charge
that Senators and the Senate were in
suited by the presiding officer. We go
further and charge that his whole con-
duct, owing to the mental condition he
put himself in, was an insult not only
to the Senate but to the whole people
of the State, because for 40 days and
40 nights his mind was so muddled that
he was liable to do and be guilty of al
most any outrageous conduct. At sew
eral of the campaign meetings Tillman
has asked several State Senators about
the charge made against him by The
Record, and if he would PROFOUND the
question to every Senator on his rounds
this paper will be perfectly content to
abide by the result and say no more
about it: but it is quite evident that he
will not do this, for within the course
of only one week of the campaigning g
he has omitted, so far as we have read
the reports, to bring up this matter in
two counties-Chesterf and Char
lesion. He dared not take his little
hand primary of Senators in these two
counties. We imagine that he was
particularly careful not to DO so in
Charleston. As for those Senators he
has already questioned, let US examine
briefly their replies. So far as the re-
ports show, Senators Caughman and
Sharpe replied negatively, with no
qualifications. These gentlemen were
generally accounted at the last session
as being the only two Senators that
were friends of Tillman. Without re-
fecting upon them or their ability or
attention to their duty we say that
they were too seldom on the floor to
address the Senate to have an oppor-
tunity of having the presiding officer
vent his spleen upon them. And when
Senator Sharpe did speak, he started
out like steam engine and wound up
at full speed. and Interruptions were
out of the question, even if the chair
desired to make them. Senator Man
ming of Sumter replied that personally
he had not been insulted. The Sum-
ter Item declares that he laid special
emphasis on the word ''personally.'
Senator Gruber OF Colleton said, ITO
mo Won were not" Why these oua1ifi-