The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-09-12
Senator Manning's Reply.


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Senator Manning's Reply.
State Senator Manning who came
in during Mr.. Sanders evidence. rose
and asked to make a statement.
Mr.. Fraser: Before Mr.. Manning
begins his statement. as | am one OF
this delegation. I will step aside.
Mr.. Manning: | am the state sem
ator from Sumter county, and. or
course. the election OF members Of
the board OF control vests in the dele
cation. and as Mr. Sanders has made
this statement about the cause OF his
defeat, | ieel it incumbent upon me
as one OF the delegation 20 say thar
7 do not know what is the source from
which Mr.. Sanders gets his lntornla-
tiOn for the reason that the practice
among our delegation as long as l
have been in the Legislature in the
matter OF these elections, has been
that they are entirely secret Our rea-
son was that we desired to be en-
tirelv untrammelled and our position
has been that we desired always to
make the very best appontmen ents
within our power. We thought 1t
best. therefore, not to give out the
reasons to the public, and so | con-
tradict ernphatically the statement
made that that was the cause OF Mr..
Sanders defeat. These elections by
the delegation are by ballot and
speaking for myself, | have always
ielt responsibility in these elections
in which my duty was to the county
| represented rather than to any in
dividral. I have felt that the best in
1crests OF the county required that
we should not consider only those
who applied for positions, but in some
cases we have gone outside and re-
ouested others to take the places.
As for the reason OF Mr.. Sander de-
feat. I will simply make the denial
that I was influenced ii any way
whatsoever by the reason stated by
him. I knew nothing Of his vote on
the board, but there were other
things that 7 understood that made
me feel warranted in casting my vote
as I did. I don't think it IS necessary
to go into those matters as they have
nothing to do with the investigation.
I wish to say most emphatically that
Mr. Sanders position on the board as
to request blanks, etc, did not actuate
me in casting my vote as l did.
Other Members Of Delegation.
Col. Altamont Moses, of the house
delegation. was sworn and stated:
: heard what Mr. Manning has said.
Nv position is exactly the same as
his. and was in this election of the
county board.
Mr.. John Clifton, OF the house, was
sworn and said: As Mr.. Manning has
explained, we adopted rule of ex-
pediency in those delegation elections,
10 vote by secret ballot and not to dl-
vHlge the votes of the various men,
bcrs, and in this particular election
in which Mr.. Sanders and several
others were applicants, the question
oi whether or not Mr. Sanders or any
other gentleman was in favor OF the
enforcement or nOn-en1Orcement OF
&c dispensary law was no, brought
up in the meeting, and did not in
f,1ence my vote or that OF any other
gentleman. Mr. Sanders. in my opln-
ion. does not know up to this time,
whether he ever got vote. | would
not care for the statement to go Out
that he was defeated for his COM
mendable effc::. to enforce the law.
Mr.. T. B. Fraser. a member OF the
house and OF the committee, said: I
want to say. Mr.. Chairman, that I
am great believer in the enforce
mcnt OF the law and have never voted
against any man because he wanted
the law enforced. Even when an Of
f:cer mas. hurt me by enforcing the
law | would not treasure !. against