The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20

The purpose of our Democratic pri-
mary is to give the people an opportu-
nifty to Judge for themselves OF the
character, ability and fitness of those
aspiring to position, so that the voter
NAV be able to cast his ballot lntelIl-
gently.
In the canvass now about to close in
the State for the United States Senator
ship, there are practically no differ
ences in platform. The question to be
decided bv the people is that OF per-
sonal fitness. Who of the six, aspiring
to this position, is most capable OF rep
resenting South Carolina in the United
States Senate with credit to himself
and honor to his State?
There is no doubt that since the can
vass began, George Johnstone, OF New
berry, has gained remarkable strength
and made most favorable impressions
on the voters. In fact, it is conceded
that of all the candidates, he has
gained most, this being admitted on all
hands.
It may be well to inquire into the
record and to study something OF the
life of this man, VINO, by sheer force OF
character and ability of the highest
order, has forged so rapidlyto to the front.
George Johnstone is son of the late
Chancellor Job Johnstone, whose opin-
ions rank in literary ability and legal
erudition with those of of the greatest
chancellors and judges the State has
ever produced. The son has inherited
| in great measure the intellect of the
father and that intellect has had the
advantage of thorough training in the
best schools of this country and Europe.
In 1877 he was elected to the Legis-
lature, in which body he served for
eight successive years, retiring volun-
tarily.
In 1890 he was elected to congress
from the Third District. He was chair
man of the committee of Privileges and
Elections, from which Mr.. Crisp was
elected speaker, and Mr.. tombstone
was one to whom Mr.. Crisp looked con-
stantly for assistance.
No man can show a cleaner record.
Few can show a more remarkable re-
cord. No man has sought more to do
what he could in the interest of and for
the welfare of his people. In times
| like these there is demand for men.
not time servers: statesmen, not polltl-
clans. There are momentuous ques-
tions to be settled, and above all, do we
need men who are able to grapple with
these questions in the National Con-
gress, and to do so intelligently and
with a wisdom and foresight born of
the statesman. The people of the
State are now in the enjoyment of their
sober Judgment, they are not torn by
party strife and factional feeling. The
appeal is made to this sober Judgment
in the selection they will be called upon
to make for the highest Office in their
gift. It is their duty to measure up
the candidates by the standard which
every true Carolinian should set for
such a position: character, fitness, in
tellect, ability to stand up shoulder to
shoulder, arm to arm, hand to hand,
intellect to intellect, with any member
of that body.
The friends of Col. Johnstone have
never considered him politician, and
do not now press his claims on that
ground, but rather as broadmlnded
Statesman who is able to grapple with
the questions of the day and meet the
issues and solve them intelligently: one
who has always stood for the peoples
interests and those principles he be-
lieved to be right and just, though for
the time they may not have been popu-
lar.
In his old congressional district
| Third he received an ovation at each
meeting. :.
In the beginning of this article, it
was stated that since the canvass of the
State begun, George Johnstone has
gained much more rapidly than any OF
| his competitors, and it is absolutely
certain that he will be in the second
race with one Of them, and that he will
lead in the first primary on the 26th.
The following are only few of the
many opinions which have been ex-
pressed by the newspapers of the State,
and are confirmation OF what is said
above:
s'The man who made the most votes
by this trip was Col. George Johnstone
of Newberry. Everyone fell in love
with him, and he made many friends
here. .''-Georgetown Times.
"The self-reliant political faith of
Johnstone, clean cut and true to Demo
cratic principles, without fancy trim
mings or demagogic catches and wlthal
the conviction that here is man who
would represent South Carolina accord
ing TO the dictates of his own con-
| science, rather than the underStudy OF