The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-02-21
Truly, Mr.. President, this is a ful

Iiu!y, MI. Presto cent, this Is a 1uL
ny worlc! Infinite is the ridiculous
ness Of human nature! These are TIL
advisers whom cur brave and indepent
ent Executive summons to aid him ii
defsnuing the mas es sgsins5 the II
pacity Of the clasSe BIT MI. Til
nan would feel II tile safer IN tast
ing the msat-l,st it have poison IL
ia-hs it not been submitted to the
cookery Of such cooks.
Something ev dently had to be dons
and MI. Kuox, c!anbering upon a
piece Of Wreckage, was heard to de-
clare, in a bold, hardy voice, tina,
~evsr, either directly OF indirectly,
be acted as Counsel for the Psnnsyl.
Vania Railway.
Well, I'm glad to hear you say
Il" roared Tll,man. Il N glad there's
a man I can respect as not having
been bought by rporat!on before
coming to tie Senate to frame a bill
against it. But don't think it will
be denied that Mr. Boot has beeL
very close to railway inue: ests.
"Ard | say it Is false to say that
the railways always desire the pcs
pertty Of esca region. I see too much
evidence cha5 all this pretended "a.
tor the people 1s apparent but not
real. I see two hundred thousand
miles Of railways in this country, ano
they are u1cer only i've dfsrsut
ownerships, and those owners are 30
bound eogether and interreiased that
you can't tell them apart.
II am q plain, blunt man, and I
say they are robbing the psopie.
'He-e's the Pennsylvania has such
faith in the innocutus character Of
these thunderings from the White
House that they advertise in a Nav
York newspaper direct proof that
they are acting In restrain OF trade!
Thsy say, Ike the late eminent fnan.
cier, "Tne public be damned! Taey
are striving tooth and nail to get the
President TO put in proviso that the
courts may be appealed to and the
decision Of the commissio1 be sus-
pended till the appeal Is decided.
They wont let him fly the coop II
they knoI itI'
- At this point Foraker got bis head
above water. Should there not be
; proper provision for appeallng?" be
What Is a proper prcvision?" re-
iorted the freebooter.
"A just one," was the rsj ;inder?"
"Aad does lot this bill secure jls-
&c; ?''
Il say It's fercey' roared TILL
nan, and ask you are you satisfied
Rish it youlself?"
II don'5 have to be- replied NJ.
7oraksr, sidessepping quickly.
THEN I ask you whether you are
;oing 70 vote for is?' bis antagonist
II am rot" the forlorn.h hope cham.
,ion was obliged to confess; and South
Iarolina held the deck alone and tri'
lmphant.
But vain is 1t to attempt to report
uch man. a combined v1tasccpe
md phonograph would fail in the
;ffort. )aly We may be SURE that so
eng as he holds bis seat the public
viii have q chance Of knowing what
s going on-what is and what 1s not
lone by our Government.
He talks righu out in meeting; be
las no reserves, no subterfugss or
antiquities. The galleries are en-
'banted with him, the Senators both
vi y a5d sbominate him. he is the
,reat, rude, natural force asking q1es
ions and shouting out the awkatd
S. facts. And, in bis own way, in
n his action and nis aspect, he is the
rue orator, the tribuae OF the pro-
etarit. II augh5 in the State OF
Denmark be rotten he will reveal 1t,
md under his manipulation it will
ose naught o? its aroma.