The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-06-01
ENTERS Fl RACE.
sENA- Or MANNING CoMFs OUT
FOR GOVERNOR.
In a Plain. Business I ike Address ia
democratic Voters of the

The following address will explain
itself:
To the Democratic Voters Of South
Carolina:
l Will stand for the Democratic
nomination for governor If South
Carolina In the primary election to be
held In August, 1909.
l will stand on my record as q man,
a c't'z'n. and on nv record as q pub
TIC ctiiclal in the general assembly l
stand on my record as q Democrat,
adherirg steadfastly to the doctrines
OF that party In advocacy Of those
prihciplcG Of right and Justice which
prct Q and defend the rights OF the
individual, as we'll as the protection
Of property.
believing + at the foundation stone
OF a republican form Of government
rests on the free, untrammcled ex
PRESTON OF the popular Will, I stand
fcr pure elections, free from the COR
ruptiDg aud debasing practices OF the
use of money, whiskey or anything
which tends to influence voters, except
the legitimate and educational inHu-
ence Of argument.
l stand for the steady development
and Improvement of the educational
system Of the State, literally support
cd.
| stand fer the equalization Of as.
tessme nts OF property, 30 that the
burden Of taxation will fall moro
.vently than at present.
L stand for the rigid application o.
business methods to all departments
OF government, and the re qulrement
Of faithful parformance of services In
all h depar tments L stand for rigid
economy In the public service, 30 far
as is consistent with efficiency, anc
With that spicit Of progress which re-
quires new methods to meet new con-
dltiOns
Realizing FULLY that success In the
executive GUAR can be attained only
oy the Just and firm administration
Of laws l. pledge myself to the unfal.
terlng enforcement of law by every
pc @er vested In the chief executive
under the constitution and laws Of
the State.
The office Of the governor Is execu.
Tive and administrative, not leglsla-
live.
1t is his duty and prerogative to en-
toice law, whatever the law is, and l
pledRe myself faithfully to discharge
this duty should l be elected.
In view Of the widespread discuss
ion Of the liquor question, l deem 1T
proper to state briefly my position on
this question.
/ admit that there has been q grow.
Ing tendency to curtail drink, and the
tim- may come when prohibition can
be made IF 3ctiv We In South Carolina.
But, In my Judgment, that time has
not come, and this question must be
met In a practical way. 1 reafirm
my conviction that the %dispensary
system, as embodied in the dispensary
az, and amended, as proposed in the
4 .ysor' Manning bill, faithfully,
honestly and firmly enforced, would
promote temperance and sobriety, re
strict the sale and use Of LIQUOR and
minim;ze Its wills. Let me be plainly
understood. l believe that liquor is
an evil, but 1T is an evil that cannot
yet be banished from South Carolina,
and the best that can be done is to
regulate the sale Of liquor by law and
curtail and restrict It's use, and that
this . best b. done under a rigid
Increment Of the dispensary law,
amended as proposed by the Raysor
Manning bill.
will declare my position fully and
Without reserve on al. question agi-
ating the public mind In my public
utterances during the campaign.
Richard |. NAM ing.
Sumter. S. O., May 10, 1905.