The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-05-23
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Senator Manning Urged to Run f1r
Governor.

TIE following editorial f:on the
Sumter Daily Item shows how Sena-
tor Richard I. Manning stands at
home. The Item says:
Senator Richard 1. Manni~g OF
this county has been more s!gnally
bonored by a large, IL duentisl and
representative element OF the c't1z n.
ship OF South Carolina than sry other
man no1 in public lie, AID this honor
has come to him In way that csn
but be extremely, gratifying to him,
although 1t entails grave and heavy
responsibility. We know that it is
an honor that the people OF Sumter
county appreciate, irrespective OF
wheth CT not they endorse. In toto,
lis views on matters OF public pol!c',
tor it is an honor to clt!z'n and a
true ard tried public servant OF this
county that has come spontaneously
from the people 0; all sections Of the
State.
mo man WITHIN tte present. gen
Grafton, save Hampton alone, so far
as We know, has tee2 Sc strongly aud
earnestly urged and persuaded to b.
come & candidate for governor, no
man has bad so great pressure
brought to besr upon him to 6isre-
gard fis personal ard private duties
and # r bis sar>t es to the public.
For no1tts past Mr. Manning has
been looked upon as the logical candi
date for governor by those who re
gard high character and business
ability as the first and mcst neces-
sary II q lisities in candidate tor the
ot1cs, and at the Sc me- tine endorsed
els veil understood views respecting
the control OF toe l'q :or business BY
legislative enactment. Bet rot Until
tae rsp: esentatives Of every county Of
the State were gathered together In
Columbia yesterday was it possible
TO estimate the strength Ct the senti
ment that Richard I Msn3,rg Is the
nan Tor governor Of S,uth Carolina
Never has there been exerted 81 b
pressure on any man within cur re-.
collection to declare himself q cantt-
date and never has there bean sucl
insistence that man should offer for
oflcs- as duty he owed the State.
Yesterday Mr.. Manning was urged to
annou7ce his candidacy by NJ y from
practically every ecu ity in the State.
and, as sn evidence Of the COLI :ence
that be has inspired by his public
record, great many OF those who
we're most inSlsuen5 we're mer whc
openl7 declared their antagon:sn tc
bis well kno7n views resp ct:ny The
dispensary, bus at the same time saio
that, des pite this d # .rence Ct opin-
ion, they preferred him and wCu;d
SUP pert him against the field. simply
beca use # their cocfd nee in him as
Z man and cit z O. Ti!is was tr..-
QUITE that no man, lur his f;ieuds,
could regard save as a. honor that 3
nan might chtertu;ly epend a life
sine in the pubic se:v cs 10 ner!i
ard receive, aud We kncW that Mr..
Manning so regarded it; and bis
friends fIcm Sumter, through when
this pressure was largely brought tc
bear, wers made to reaiizs tnao Re
not on]y appreciated the este 70 Of
The people Of the State thus express
cd, but that be would glsdiy cJnply
with th II demands could he do so at
the expense Of any sacrifice that
1oGl5 effect himself alone.
IL still seems 10 Nj. NJ innings
friends that IL is a call OF Guy ard
thai II it is possible for him to BE-
come candidate for GtvsrDOr on a
platform whose chief plank HCuio be
his rec ,rd as cit q, as public ser
want a-:d as a man, that be sh1ul3 do
20, ana give the peopls Of the stats,
wdo appreciate this type OF cttizsn.
ship, an opportunity to vote fol e man
Who cannot only command, but al.
ready has the confidence AID respect
OF his opponents.