The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-07
WILL Be Held.
A Conference OF the Friends OF
the State Dispensary
MAY BE CALLED SOON

ia the Democratic Primary. All
CANDIDATES Are to be Com.
PEELED to State Where
They. Stand.
The Columbia Record says it is ex-
tremely probable thai the oispenssry
leaders in this State will call a cen
yention or conference at reasonably
esrly date to outline programme fot
the coming campaign.
The Information that this IS beng
seriously considered comes from an lI-
side source that is high enough up 70
know what is being talked OF alo
what is likely to be done
1t IS understood to oe The ln6entlon
OF fsone IT the leaders TO soon arrange
a call and send II to p1onlneat nen
tor their Signatures. The call, Hhlcn
will name date and arrange the &C.
tails for tie convention, will then De
pronu gated.
The CHEF ohjccj OF the convention
will be to outline a pan OF campaign
and to effect sn organ. alton for push
ing the campaign vigorously. TIE or
gsn:zstlon may or may not proVloe
permanent head to ol1sc5 the cam
paign. ail that being matter OF de-
tail for the leaders tc decide upon.
Such call, it is believed, wCuio
create sensation in the state and
give notice to the enc mics OF the Chs
pensary that they were going up
against a much sitter propositiun
than they had conten plated.
The conference GCes not conten-
plate the suggestion Of any man for
governor or anything OF that sort, as
did the famous Mach convention o!
1890 that put toward Bel jamin E.
TlLman as the reform canldate tor
governor ct the state.
The fact, however, that nearly al!
OF the governatotlai caniGates now IN
the 6slo are regarded q, openly or SO.
c1etly hostile 70 the continuation CT
the 6ispsnsarY system wculd undouol-
edly lead, it is believed, 10 informal
consideration OF men who would prob.
ably command the support OF the pee
pie Of the state. This woulu
have an important bearing on the
campaign.
DlSpensary advocates who are
thinking OF convention want to do
one thing: That is to p1oxide q Sc
ries OF direct questions Tor cAnidates
to answer as 10 their attitude to the
dispenSary and their Willingness tc
smen6 tie laws With the OBJECT OF
STRENGTHENING and making popular
the institution. It Is reaLzo thai
OF the principal cbjscts OF The eneniss
Of the dispensary system will be to
place in tie field large number OF
canldates who will dsal in generau-
ties, and, II elected DO al in their
power 10 knife the system later on.
It is desired 70 make every man show
his real colors and to announce Nha.
be proposes to do.
The nan who is afraid to state his
position viii ncl receive any supper
from the oiSpenssry >elemsnt and Will
have to depend for his electiun On tHe
opposite elemG. TIE issue is To be SO
clearly drawn that There can not be
any dodging or trimming ana none
will be liberated. Every time ana
everywhere caniGa.e shows bis heao
he is to be asktd direct question,
and judged by The atswec lie g.Ves.
Edito-iallg The Record says tbs
announcement made il Tie Recoro
that there will Le beld sccn in tbi>
city conference Of fr!encs Ct tine
oispepsary Is OF much Importance il
connecgloc With the Tor5Gcomine
campaign. The issue as to the OILS
pensaryssysten has oeeL beclCuced by
50 naay unsupported statements ara
direct isrepIeSenta.iols thai 1t Is
necessary that scne organ. .z:o ,nct,
be made to clear the Situation SO that
the people may clear,y understand
the issue.
We DO rot believe prohibition vii.
be Il uch OF sn issue-lha5 is es &C
not ckir k anything ike Gear a ma
lority CT the people faVcr slch 2plaD
Ct handling the l.q'.or traffic. NelJher
do we believe roe ucecss system w;h
cut apy considerable 6gure, Uu5 lhat
tie main Issue will 90 between astate1
dispeDSary and c-pcIy o.spersarles.
TIE D opstrouS evils If the latter
we-e clearly, unniSlakably and uL-
ouestiosiy snown ou1ln the last l>g.
lslsSu.s.
N.:taithstardi, that 50 evident
was it that tie IL lenrlCn ot apt! DIS
pensasyites was TO oesIryy anu not r.
foim that nothing else would ue lis
tened to- So IN tns coming cam
paicn that same element Will ~v1k
trsJ 10 destroy, whatever tle ccrss-
qu nces may De. Tnty ara net pal
t.cu!ary cv,c-!nsd aocut proper
colt;cl CT tie ,iQuor pusin.sS aud COS
sunD;loG Cf lQu)rs, but the oniy
obj4Ct is TO Ges.soy Ihe STATE dispe..
sary.
Taat o5e:e was 81 understanding
o. au ali!a~ &c ot some sort beu"ee,.
pronlbi.lo0is5s, h,sn lic"ose aao ant
dlspensaiy ce rk gel eEa:iy IN The
last lex is!aIure is tJo p!ala TO nsel
any suos.a q ,la!iLn Tnat this same
understanding AID organzlJion Will
continue during tie reS5 caupalga
NOBODY viii seriously QUESTION.
II the olspensary is 10 b. preserV-
ed tnece must be organ I'd ef 1T tc
destroy it AMI Substitute some other
system which will relax restrictions
on the sale, lucrease b. opportucltles
for corruption and ,sduc- state, c)un
u and city revenue Derived from the
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