The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-11
Mr.. ]. Fraser Lyons reply to tn

advertising medium IN Sumter.
Mr.. j. Fraser Lyons reply to the
charge that he had received double
pay while serving on the dispensary
Investigating committee should be
. satisfactory and will be SO accepted
by all save those who wish to make
use of the incident for political effect
IN the circumstance the acceptance Of
pay as a member Of the House and as
a member of the committee, when he
performed the duties Of both repre-
sentative and committeeman on the
same days, was warranted by prece-
dent, and we do not see that he was
guilty of any moral wrong. We do not
believe that Mr.. Lyon should be con-
6enned for accepting double pay, for
by so doing ne committed no real
wrong, but he was guilty Of an mex
ecusable error of judgment that has
had the effect of discrediting his work
as an. investigator with unthinking ad-
vocates Of the dispensary as it has
been run Messrs. T: B. Fraser, Ar
thur Goston and the other members
who declined to accepn double pay
displayed better judgment than did
Mr.. Lyon.
Senator Tnlman will do more to set
the people to thinking on the dispen-
say issue and Will accomplish more
In an educative way by the few
speeches he Will make in the State
than it is possible for the entire State
campaign party to hope to attain by
speaking in each and every county. He
may not make any stronger speeches
than some Of the candidates for State
Offices could make if. given time, but
limited as they are to a few minutes
they find it impossible to discuss the
question In a com pprehensive manner.
Senator Tillman has all the time he
wants and he will have the crowds
out to hear him.
: We do not blame Mr.. Bryan for
( wanting the Democratic nomination
for president next time. He, was de-
feated twice by the campaign contri-
buttons of the national banks, trusts
and the great insurance companies,
and as there is a chance that this
great corruption fund will not be
available for use by t.le Repub' leans
in 1905. Mr. Bryan has some reason
: to hope for success if ne is the nom
-inee-
THE strength that Mr.. r. I. Manning
Is developing as a candidate for gov
ernor is evidenced in q number of
ways, but none is more significant than
the persistence with which Cole l..
Blease, the sometime attorney for
Hub Evans and the only man who as
serts that there has been no corrup-
ton in the dispensary management,
attacks him On the stump. With
Manning out of the way Blease might
by some auke get into the second race
with Mr.. Ansel, but even then we do
not believe he could be elected, for a
majority Of the people in the State
would, we believ, prefer unani-
NOUS candidate to him. AS the
race now stands Manning is in the
LEAD with the whole field against him.
Manning is the man for governor and
even those who do not endorse his dis
pensary views admit his fitness for the
Office. and he will receive Thousands
of votes by reason Of. the confidence
those who know him personally or
by reputation have in him as man.
With Manning as governor there will
be no grating, if he is given the pow
er to prevent it by the exercise Of ex-
ecutive authority
Attorney General Youmans appears