The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-13

phy and Martin took place in the
passageway under the stage. Muir.
; ply then permitted himself to be
taken from the hall by two officers.
For several minutes after the Muir.
phy incident the demonstration con
tinued. Finally in desperation Mr.
Williams tried to continue his speech
"You have placed me here. I an
your servant. II you don't want me
to continue, it is your pleasure" be
cried.
This announcement was effective
and Mr.. Williams secured control of the
demonstration that his mention Of
Cleveland had caused dying slowly
out.
When he said that he had heard
that Dewey, Schley and Miles, were
Democrats; that a Republican admin.
istration had snubbsd the first, tried
to disgrace the second and insulted
the third, the convention. again broke
out into shouts and applause.
By this time Mr.. Williams voice
began failing. 1t grew weaker and
he was heard with difficulty even by
those very near the platform. Mr..
Williams flow cf oratcry was uninter-
rupted for some time. A response OF
applause followed his denunciation OF
the Republican claims Of prosperity
because OF the tariff.
Cries Of Louder" were again heard
in various parts OF the hall. II wish
l had the lungs to speak louder, but
I cannot" answered Mr.. Williams.
What did you say?" came voice
from the gallery.
So rapidly did the noise increase
that Mr.. Williams began to address
himself directly to the persons on the
Platform. This brought forth from
the galleries loud cries Of "Time!" and
loud cheers.
WHITE MANS COUNTRY.
Mr.. Williams with all the voice left
turned to the audience and with con-
siderable feeling, took up the race
question. When he referred to the
incident at the Republican conVenta-
tion when a coloEe3 child and white
child were both on the platform waV-
ing flags during one of the demon>tra-
| tions, there we're cries of This is a
white mans countryn'
So great did the noise become that
the -geant-at- arms went down into
the hall aud ordered tie aisles cleared.
But the police had difficulty in car
rying out these Instructions. Mr..
Williams had by this time been speak
ing an hour and twenty-five minutes.
Now few words in conclusion.
said Mr.. Williams, and if you are
pleased to hear that conclusion as l
am to conclude, this will be the most
delighted audience that ever existed. :"
Mr.. Williams continued:
''The Republican platform, to sum
it all up, obeys the precept to stand
pat in every respect except one, and
that is respect in which well enough
might very well have been left along.
That is the plank in which this lan-
guage is used: We favor such con-
gressional election as shall determine
whether by special discrimination the
elective franchise in any state has
been unccnstitutiona!ly limited fol
lowed by the promise made, in that
event to reduce southern representa-
tion in the house OF representatives
and in the electoral college. The
pledge is to reduce representation, If
| it is for the Suffrage, has been 'un-
constitutionally limited The only
unconstitutional limitation would be
10 violation Of the fifteenth amend
ment b.cause Of race, color or pre-
vious condition Of servitude.
'Unconstitutionally limited" The
adverb "unconstituticnally" is useless
and fools no. ody, whether or not the
suffrage is uneonStitutionally limited
is a matter for the courts to deter
nine. The real object of the Repub
lican party in so far as that plank is
concerred, however, Sp- cious the
phraseology is closed, to reduce south
e.n representation without reducing
that of Massachusetts, and ConnecJi-
cut or other states wherever in the
south the negroes are disfranchised,
not as such, because Of ignorance, by
an educational qualification or be-
cause OF and other right reason, in any
other constitutional way.
CONCERNING BUSINESS INTEREST.
Let not the business interests OF
the country Deceive itself, let those
controlling it prepare, if Roosevelt is
elected on tbs platform, for another
period Of uncertainty, unrest, busl-
ness disturbance aud race war IN the
southern sta. .es instead Of that peace
and prosperity which both rac;s DOW
enjoy and which has been rendered
DOS ib,e only by hore rule and by
white supremacy. Let not the south
deceive itself, either. # the Repub-
lican party were sincere in its pcop-
osition to reduce southern representa-
tion on the ground of disfrarchisenen
or pretended unconstitutional limita.
ton itself, it would accompany tllal
proposition with ano her, to-wit: The
proposition to repeal the fifteenth
amendment. It isnot the white man,
as a white man, wko is injured by a
recurrence to the tendency OF Force
bill days-he can and will always
maintain himself-it is in business,
commerce and manufacturing, agri-
culture and the negro himself. Com.
mercially and industlially the white
men of the south will not be much
more injured by this sort OF agitation
than northern people viii be.
1T is the beginning over ot the
old scheme, revived for political al
vantage, to retain as a Republican
asset, the solid gro vote in lndlanaa
Illinois, New Jersey and like condl
toned states-tbis time without price
in money paid-by disturbing all over
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