The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
IT LOOKS LIKE CLEVELAND.

IT LOOKS LIKE CLEVELAND.
The newspapers Of the United
States have a wonderful adapta-
bility of changing front; they
can ::about-face" with the same
alacrity as a regular soldier, and
they can charge, or retreat,
without a grimace. Since 1896
Grover Cleveland has been the
subject of attack by every Dem
ocratic newspaper, and an OBJ
ject of ridicule by the Republi-
can papers, and the cartoons
were enough to drive an ordina-
ry man into seclusion. William
Jennings Bryan has preached,
with Grover Cleveland as his
text, and pointed out all that IS
vile and corrupt; every time
Bryan said Cleveland was a ras-
cal, the Southern Democratic
press aud the Western Populistlc
press, Justify said "Amen."
What a change? A transfer
masi5n has begun, and sBilly"
is left by himself high
and dry to ::cuss' Cleveland, all
of the others, as if awakened by
the same dream, are singing his
praises, and are turning to him
as the Moses to lead the Demo
cratic party ont of the mire and
brambles which Bryan and his
Populist cohorts put them in.
We have not heard Of any ex-
preston regarding Cleveland
from Senator Tillman, who was
so bitter against the former
Democratic chief, that he just
wanted an opportunity to S:jab
his pitchfork into old Cleveland's
fat sides," but as Mr.. Tillman is
"a politician it would not surprise
us, when he sees Cleveland is
likely to capture the nomination,
irving to out Herod-Herod in his
leap into the Cleveland oand
wagon.
When newspapers make such
a, complete reversal OF their po-
sitien they must have some ex
cuse to render, and in this IN
stance they take Cleveland's re-
cant speech delivered in New
York on the race question as a
cause for their conversion back to
the man they so soundly de-
nounced; not only charging him
with party betrayal, but person
al dishonesty. And now when
they have twice ::chewed the
bag' and realized the 'sproof
of the pudding" they come out
from behind the walls Of defama
ton, to bear gifts to the man
who is the only one in a quarter
of a century that has exhibited a
craftsmanship, which the bust
ness interests Of the country
would confde in, and today it
begins to look that Grover
Cleveland will have the Demo
cratic nomination thrust upon
him whether he wants it or not.
Should it come to pass that he IS
the nominee, we can imagine the
embarrassment of our party lead
ers in this State, who in conven-
ton assembled denounced Cleve-
land as the '.5ool of Wall street, :"
and when we undertake to make
. excuses the Republican opposi-
ton will quote freely from the
speeches of Senator Tillman, and
the resolutions and platform Of
our conventions. Mr.. Cleve-
lands recent speech in New
York was very acceptable to US
of the South and we hope 1t will
bring good results at the North,
but we had not better lay too
much stress upon that speech,
because it will be shown, that
Mr.. Cleveland while president
was not so aversed to the negro,
in fact, he had at his receptions
Fred Douglas with his red haired
white wife. and among his many
negro appointees was one Mat
thews Of New York as the Reg
istrar Of the District of Colum-
bia, and under whom were a
number of most excellent ladies
who could not afford to throw up
their places on account of the
racial barrier, because it was their
meat and bread. It will be
shown that under Cleveland
about as many negro appoint
ments were made as under
Roosevelt. Under the latter it
was a natural consequence of
party reward, but with the
former it was not so, because the
Democratic party processes to be
the white mans party, and does
not place itself under obligations
to the negro, even at the North
where that race WELD a power
full influence on election day.
We believe Cleveland is a wise
statesman and had we followed
him, instead of running after
false gods, chasing "a light in
the West" and 'stearing over