The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-15

his methods Of party policy,
those who had tangible evidence
against his personal character
permitted Us to see the docu
mentS. Had it not been that we
were shown the written evidence,
we would today, although OPP
posed to Tillman's idea Of max
the Kansas City platform the
the test of Democracy, continued
to him our friendship. We al
ways gave him a faithful sap
port, and now We expect to op-
pose him equally as faithful, un-
til he shows that he is an inno-
cent man. regardless of the
circumstances and evidence
against him.
In the last campaign when
Senator Tillman assailed the
preachers, We did not endorse
his recklessness, and said so in
strong terms, at the same time,
we objected to the course some
preachers were pursuing: we
supported the dispensary sys
tenn. against prohibition, but
had the issue permitted vote
on local option, we would have
given it our support in prefer
ence to either prohibition or dis
pensary, because we want the
people to control it.
So far as the effect on politics
in Clarendon county is concern
ed. when we wrote our editorial
we did not take that into consld-
Grafton: none Of our editorials
are written with a consideration
of the political effect; we write
what we believe, and the people
know it, and they are fully able
to take care of their county pol
itics without outside aid or inter
ferance. We are proud of the
fact the votes of Clarendon are
not carried about in the vest
pocket of a politician, nor will
the people of this county submit
to dictation from Senator I'LL
man or any other man holding
public office. If our services IN
the State Senate have met with
the approval of the people of
Clarendon county, they do not
care a rap who we favor for the
United States Senate.
Senator Tillman or any other
man living outside Of Clarendon
cannot influence them against US.
We believe the people of Claren-
don endorse our position to keep
the primary pledge as it is;
they want no white man who
will pledge himself to submit to
the decision of the majority and
support the nominee to be ex-
Guided from coming before the
people. We do not say they
will vote for McLaurin: Hender-
son, Johnstone, Hemphill, Evans,
Latimer or Bryan, but we do
say, with the party pledge as it
is. and has been since 1894, a
white man can 60 before his peo-
pie advocating what he pleases,
and the people, and not the pol
iticians, will decide who shall do
the representing. If we were
a cringing time-server we could
very easily keep down opposi-
ton to US by being all things to
all men, and not take a positive
stand anywhere, until others had
first felt the public pulse, but
our idea of a Representative and
a journalist is to speak out fully
and honestly. AS an editor we
let our views be known on all
questions as soon as the ques-
ton presents itself: as a Repre-
sentative we endeavor to ascer-
tain the wishes of the people,
and carry them out as faithfully
as our ability permits. When
we go to the State Senate, we
are the peoples servant, to hon
estly look out for their interests,
see that the county is not tax
burdened, and that such laws are
enacted that will reduce Claren-
don county's expenses that her
tax levy can be light. The peo-
pie of Clarendon county have
the intelligence to know that our
Individual support to national
questions have no bearing in the
State Senate, but that those
matters are entirely for Con-
gress. Therefore The States
observation with some interest
the results of this personal and
political breach upon the politics
of Clarendon county, will posi-
bly, not be gratifying to it, if it
expects the people of Clarendon
to permit a clash between two
individuals in different branches
of the government service to ef-
feet their Judgment one way or
another.