The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-07-18
CAMPAIGN CANDIDATES AS VIEW ED
BY THE PRESS.

BY THE PRESS.
THE LEGISLATURES THE THING.
A great deal is being SAID
about the liquor views OF the
various candidates for governor,
but the voters should not forget
that laws are made, changed and
repealed by the legislature. The
views Of the the candidates for
the house and senate are Of far
more Importance than those of
the gubernatorial aspirants.
There are several good men in
the race for chief executive, any
Of whom will faithfully enforce
any law the legislature places
| in his hands.-Pee Dee Advocate
THE REAL RESPONSIBILITY.
The man who IS elected to the
legislature is the fellow who is
going to be responsible for the
outcome of the dispensary issue
in this State. It is of extreme
importance to elect man Of the
highest type of character and
ability to the governors chair,
but it is of no greater import
ance than the election Of the
members of the general assem-
bly,. The News has said before,
and it repeats, that it is essential
for each county to have candi-
dates for the legislature who
represent every phase of the
liquor question as it confronts
South Carolina today. Every
man offering for the general as
sembly should be made TO stand
on one side Of the fence or the
other. This is no time for strad-
ding. The people should have
a chance to vote this summer for
whatever solution OF the liquor
problem they think best.
The legislator is the man with
the power. Too much Importance
cannot be laid upon the neces-
sity of electing the right kind of
men for the legislature if the
public desires to get the right
kind of legislation enacted.
Force the best men of every
community to run. The public
will profit or suffer according to
the interest takensby citizens in
exercising their right Of suffer
age.-Greenville News.
A VOICE FROM THE PIEDMONT.
The Anderson Daily Mail in
an editorial replying to com.
ments of the Columbia Record
says that it has been a defender
of the Dispensary, but is nos
now to be so classed. Summing
up it's reasons for. taking this
position, the Mail says:
"To endorse the dispensary
now means to endorse corrup-
tion and dishonesty in office.
That is just what it means. 10
do this means the utter demor-
alization of the State and a low
ering of the public, and standards
of the people. We do not sup
pose there is an intelligent man
in the State who doubts that
there has been dishonesty more
or less in Encouragement of the
State dispensary. The thieves
may never be convicted and pun
ished, but to continue to support
and endorse the men who have
been guilty of wrong-doing is to
continue to endorse corruption.
We cannot afford to do that. The
only thing to do is to abolish the
State dispensary root and branch
and start over anew with some.
thing else"
BAMBURG's VIEW.
In Bamberg county, for many
years one of the strongest dis
pensary counties in the state, the
dispensary lis tottering. BAN
berg has three dispensaries, is
the smallest county in the State
with a population of less than
10000, and the fact that it's peo-
pie are growing dissatisfied with
the dispensary is significant. The
people of Bamberg have had an
opportunity to study the sltua-
ton at close range and if they
vote the dispensary out Of their
county, prohibition will have
scored a, great victory in South
Carolina. Dillon Herald.