The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-07-09

seem at his best yesterday, we have
heard him make better speeches, but
by this we do not mean to disparage his
speech of Yesterday. He made a very
fine speech. but it was not delivered
with that fire and vim as we have been
accustomed to hear from him. After
ridiculing what he terms twaGdle
on the part of his opponents IN their
discussion of the Philippine question,
he showed that they were discussing a
matter already settled and the Demo
cratic party could not unsettle it. He
made some effort to revive factionalism
and then jumped upon the record OF
CONGRESSMAN Latimer, showing that he
and his son and his wife's brother were
all drawing pay from the government,
that Latinner was violating the laws OF
South Carolina by riding on free passes,
and it is an acknowledged fact that
Governor Evans is fine lawyer. He
claimed, and we agree with him, that
any man holding a commission as rep
resentative, State or national, from this
State and rides on pass or uses a tele-
graph frank as such is violating the law,
whether he be member OF the Legls-
lature, State Senator, Congressman or
United States Senator. This is the law
of South Carolina and if Mr.. Latlmer
rides on free passes or accepts tele-
graph franks he puts at defiance the
laws of the State which has contided IN
him.
The last Senatorial speaker was Con-
gresham A. G.. Latimer of Anderson.
He is very striking looking mana
genial countenance and without doubt
a first class stump speaker. He denied
Evans free pass charge, ignored the
reference to himself and family draw
ing pay from the government, told
about securing appropriation for New
berry College, getting additional ap::
preparations for distribution OF seed and
bulletins, asked God to forgive him for
ever having voted for John Gary Evans,
told Evans that he had been charged
with getting $4,000 out of the bond
deal. Latimer told some cracking good
Jokes, and referring to his junketlng
trips he said that by bringing some OF
them Republicans down here he got
Mr.. Littlefeld from Maine, the ablest
lieutenant of the Republican party: to
help kill the infamous Crumpacker bill.
He claims that it is foolshness for
Southern men to stand up in Congress
and "cuss" out the Republicans; 1t
does harm and no good. It he can Sc
cure a Democrat for a postoffice he
thinks it right. If he wants favors for
his people he cannot get them by abus-
ing those who have the favors to give.
He, too, made friends here by his
STRAIGHTFORWARD explanations.
The Senatorial party impressed the
crowd as being magnificent aggrega-,
ton of talent and it is going to be hard
for the voters to select from such an
abundance of excellent material.
Hon. George S. Legare OF Charleston
opened the debate for the lower House
of Congress. He was received with
considerable applause and from the
start he took up the legislative record
of his opponent and criticised it. There
is difference of opinion as to the ef-
feet. many thinking that he could have
afforded to let his opponents record
alone, while others think he did right.
Mr.. Legare has many warm friends in
this county.
Hon. T. ". Bacot was the last speak
er, and he won the sympathy of many
in the audience for the manner IN
which he explained the attack upon his
record.
Both of the candidates for Congress
are men of ability and the First Dis
trict will be well represented with
either. Bacot made some votes.
In the beginning of this article we
should have stated that the meeting
was presided over by County Chairman
J. Ebert Davis, and Rev. P. B. Wells
opened the meeting with a very appro-
pirate and eloquent prayer.