The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-08
WE PREDICT A CHANGE.

Inc News ana courier "
Monday undertakes to heal in
advance the sore which will be
made by McLaurin as "a thorn
in Tillman's flesh" and endea-
vors to blow icily, on the senti-
ment changing in McLaurln S
favor. We expressed an opin-
ion, after coming in contact
with people from different parts
of the State, who are not cring-
ing at the feet Of the political
king for favors, nor are they. to
be misled any longer by politi-
cal monte banks. The News
and Courier might not ''have
observed any marked symptoms
of distress among the Tillman-
ties in favor of McLaurin," but
that is not at all surprising, for
it is a famous fact that many
things happen long before the
News and Courier finds ''any
marked symptoms of" it.
The people may not select
McLaurin as their leader in the
future. but we believe they will
accept many of the views which
he has advocated. and for which
he is now being condemned. 1t
would not surprise US to see the
News and Courier advocating
McLaurin's views, all it needs to
steer it in that direction, is for
Senator Tillman to indicate the
change of heart; if Mr.. Tillman
will take a pinch of snuff the
News and Courier will do the
sneezing, with both hands held
out for favors.
So far as McLaurin is con-
cerned, we have no idea what he
proposes to do: and we doubt
very much if he has determined
that matter himself, but we are
satisfied, the people of South
Carolina are more independent
in their political ideas than they
used to be, and the day for
demagogues has nearly passed
away. We therefore believe by
1895 the people will be well in
formed upon national questions,
and they will have by that time
learned, whether it is to their
interests to secure help from the
government by the welding of a
pitchfork single handed and
alone, which can only throw up
lot of offensive dust, or by elo-
quence, reason, and, cooperation
Whereby our people will be put
on the same plane with those OF
the present favored sections.
The cringing policy adopted by
former enemies Of Tillman will
not create much confidence, as
''fawning that thrift may fol-
low" is patent.
The position of the News and
Courier with regard to Tillman
is a source of merriment for such
writer's as Nathen Beeswax; they
can in their own inimitable style
point out the humor'of the thing,
and show just how Tillman and
the people are being fooled into
the belief that Charleston S
morning glory newspaper is
now a Tillmanite of Tillmanites,
and, let come what will: it
will throw barriers in the way Of
any man or set of men who un-
dertake, to question their patron
saints right away to a life time
Job in the senate of the United
States. Our contemporary will
admit "while there are numbers
of persons in South Carolina
who could stand the smashing
of this particular idol without
serious distress; they would
probably like to have some
choice in the selection OF the
smashing agent. We do not
doubt this risky admission atall;
the people will ''have a choice
in the selection of the smashing
agent" and the first step in this
direction is to smash the idea
that to be of political force one
must do the bidding of some ar
rogant leader. We never did
say McLaurin would be subsi-
tuted for Tillman, but if McLau-
rim remains in the State, and we
have no reason to think he ex-
poets to do otherwise, and by
his course shows the people, that
he has been misrepresented by
political bunco-steerers, aided by
certain newspapers who wosld
not recognize political princi-
pies unless they we're printed on
the backs of gold certificates,
then we believe the people might
be Wiling to SUBSTITUTE McLaufln
for Tillman. The people Of
South Carolina are brave and
honest; they may be deceived
once, but they will not stay de-
ceived. If an injustice has been
done, it will be remedied. AS
an example of how South Caro-
linians remedy wrongs, take the
convention of 1880 which was
called to send delegates to a nat
ional convention, instead of the
machine stopping with the busi-
ness delegated, nominations were
made, and this snap-judgement
was the seed soWn which made it
possible for Tillman as the instru-
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