The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-10-26
CORRUPTION FUND
70 Debauch the Ballot Only Ecpe Of
Roosevelts Managers.

70 Debauch the Ballot Only Eope Of
Roosevelts Managers.
REMARKABLE SECRET CIRCULAR
Republican Defeat Represented as
Being Possible. Independent Vote
and "Fickle Labor Element"
Must Be Controlled.
One week from next Tuesday eltoel
Alton B. Parker or Thedore Rocse
velt will be elected president OF the
United States. II George B. Cortel'
you, Official fat-fryer OF the Repuoi,
can party, knows what he is talkir
about, it is all over but the shouting,
Roosevelt is as good as elected, ano
the votirg on the Sth Of Novenbe'
will be mere matter Of form. MI
Roosevelt, so the official fat-fryel
would have the public understand
will have the jolliest kind Of walk
over. Indeed he will have SO many
electoral votes that, like the old wo
man in the shoe, with her numerous
children he won't know what to &C
with them.
But will Mr. Roosevelt have mer
~, OF any other kind OF walkover:
Tom Watson, Mr.. Roosevelt's side
partner, who is running Republican
annex, says he will. The unSpeak
able Addicks" agree with Watson.
Former Senator PETER, OF Kansas,
described few years ago by Repuoll.
can organs as ''the bewhiskered and
lsntern-jawed calamity bowler, is Of
the same opinion, and says so from
the stump. AstrologerS and palmlsts
have been consulted and have added
to this convincing array Of evidence.
And last, but by no means least,
Elijah II, otherwise known as Dowie.
the Prophet, has had q vision which
confirms the predictions OF Cortely on
and his distinguished: aids before
mentioned.
CAN TEE PRESIDENCY BE BOUGHT?
Despite the apparent confidence dis
played by these eminent conssrVs-
lives, Messrs. Cortelyou, Watson, Ad
dicks, PETER and Dowie, Roosevelt
will not be elected, unless supporters
& OF Parker and Davis in New York,
Indiana, Connecticut, New jersey.
West Virginia, Montana, Nevada
Colorado, Delaware, Wisconsin and
Illinois prove to be less 7igilant thar
it is believed they are, and will be un
til the close of the polls. There is no
doubt that the Republican mana gers
have planned to buy the presidency.
Evidence accunuiatss that they are
preparing to use an enormous corrup
tion fund In the purchase OF the float
ing vote in certain states. They have
been accused openly Of this intentiot,
By two high-clasS independent news
I papers, the New York Times and the
Brooklyn Eagle. The accusation is
supported by That sort Of circunstan-
tial evidence which oftentimes is nore
convincing than direct evidence. That
the disclosures made to the neWSpa.
perS named, and which have been
published by them, and not denied BY
the Republican managers, are true DC
honest man doubts. The victims
who furnished the information are
the heads Of large corporations
which are not rticularly interested
3 in the Republican campaign, being
smoog the corporations which DO not
depend for business success upon the
tariff OF other class legislation
They were s'sandbagged" and forced
to give large sums OF money to the re.
publican national committee, the in.
ference being that if-they failed to dc
so they would hear something drop.
Mr. Cortelyou, it should be borne II
mind, was formerly secretary OF ths
department. cf commerce and labor,
DEPARTMENT created ostensibly for the
public benefit, but actually manage-
in the personal and political interest
OF Theodore Roosevelt in anticipation
Of bis nomination for the presidency
Whether or not the infamous plan te
buy the presidency Tor Roosevelt car
be put through, depends upon the Wig
slance OF the local committees and in
6ivi6ual voters, who are eaTne stly
supporting Parker and Davis. The
Democratic national committee Is ir
possession Of evidence from every
state in the union which convinces j,
that the clean, unpurchasable vote Of
the country which fayors the election
OF the Democratic ticket is al least a
third larger than the like vote favor.
Ing the Republican ticket. And the
committee is convinced that the drift
is with the Dem ocrats at the present
time. Parker and Davis will certainly
win the election II the wholesale de-
baunchery Of the ballot contemplated
BY the Republican managers can be
prevented. To this end the Democratic
national committee, with powerful aid
from Democratic and Independent
sources, is bending Its energies. II
every Democratic voter will consider
himself on guard to protect the purity
OF the ballot, Parker and Davis will
make as great q sweep as did CleVe-
land and Stevenson in 1882.
AN INFAMOUS REPUBLICAN CIRCULAR.
The Republican corruptionists, with
millions already in their campaign
chest, are crying, begging, browbeat-
ing to get more. They have made a
secret appeal to Wall street interests.
which bellies their professed confidence
in a Roosevelt walkover, but indicates
that they intend to raise every dollar
possible and buy the presidency at
any cost. A Wall street man who