The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
WHAT GOOD COMES OF IT.

The discharge by President
5 Roosevelt Of three negro com.
panies of United States troops
from the service. for shooting
into houses and killing without
provocation citizens, is an incl
dent that the political-neggro
preachers, and Senator TllIman
will not allow closed, and they
are taking advantage of 1t TO
manufacture political capital.
In his recent speech at Chlcago
Senator Tillman criticised the
president for summarily dis
charging these soldiers without
Giving them a trial by court
martial, and charged the com.
mander-i in. chief Of the army and
navy Of the United States with
transcending his authority as he
should not have done, and there
by perpetrating an injustice.
The political-negro preachers
regard the presidents action as a
reflection on the race, and IN
urging him to reconsider and
modify his order they tacitly
threaten the Republican party
with Withdrawing their support.
So far the president remains
steadfast by refusing to enter.
tain the idea Of reinstatement OF
this band Of conspirators who
are banded together by the
bonds of secrecy to protect those
of their number guilty of muir
dering innocent and unmolest-
me citizens. The president
takes the position that the mat
ter has been thoroughly investi-
gated by General Darlington,
who by the way, is a South Car
Gilman, and upon his report and
recommendation the order Of
dismissal was issued and, it must
stand unless there is such new
evidence as will justify him in
reopening the case. So it will
be seen that threats by vote
pcocurers have no effect nor vii
the criticism from Senator Till
man swerve the president in his
purpose to punish soldiers, white
or black. who so far forget the
dignity of the uniform as to
e:sshoot up the town. in which
they are stationed.
Now comes the South Carolina
Senator after going all over the
country denouncing the negro
and boasting Of taking from him
his franchise, and advocating
the repeal of the fifteen amend
meat to the constitution, all of
tins for so mnch per speech, if
the press dispatches are true,
threatens to further fan the
flames of race prejudice by pos
ing as the defender OF the negro
that his rights may be restored,
consistency thou art a jewel. 1t
Senator Tillman is sincere in his
wind jamming tours for price:
then he musts se insincere in
prosecuting the president for
discharging these negro soldiers
from the army. and if he carries
ont his alleged threatto introduce
a resolution to inquire into the
action Of President Roosevelt in
the Brownsville affair it will
establish his inconsistency and
prove that for self gain, whether
it be money or notoriety he is
willing to take any side of a
question, calculating only which
side will profit him most. The
Senator proposes to make a
political coup by this scheme of
pretending to appeal for justice
to the negro soldiers. His pur.
pose being, by this move, to win
the negro vote away from the
Republican party in the closely
contested States, and in the
next national election have them
vote the Democratic ticket.
This is a craftsmanship which
cannot be defended, not even by
the most ardent admirer of the
Senator, hypocrisy is not to be
admired in politics any more
than it is in religion, and when
our Representative poses to de-
fend what he would designate
s.outrage justice only to embar-
ass the opposition party with the
hope of winning from it some Of
its votes, there is no sincerely
about it, ueither is their any
craftsmanship in it, for the rea-
son that mis- scheme does not
represent his State, which to a
man is ready if the opportunity
is given, to endorse the action of
president ROOSeVe1G, ana d hep-
resentative taking a position
contrary to the wishes OF his
people, for no other reason than
it viii embarass the other side,
Or in other words put them IN a
hole . is petty politics, because
the country is not benefited, the
only possible benefit is to Office
holding politicians.
Suppose President Roosevelt
exceeded his authority, why
should Tillman step forward to
become sponsor for these drunk
en- negro soldiers who committed
murder, and their comrades who