The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18

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livered ir Columbia Monday night is
calm, dignifed and marked by re-
straint that is remarkable from a man
Of the spirit Mr.. Lyon is reputed to
possess. Mr.. Lyon must breed back
to Quaker stock for his rejoinder to
Senator Tillman is a perfect specimen
Of non-resistance when assaulted; it
is a, veritable turning Of the other
cheek to the hand of the smiter.
The Thaw murder case is being
exploited as persistenly by the New
York newspapers and the great news
gathering associations that have their
headquarters in that city as was the
Nan Paterson trial. The prominence
that is given to such scandalous crimes
is a reflection on the good taste Of the
public and the agencies that pander to
this vitiated taste.
The News and Courier wants to
know how Mr.. Manning and other
candidates; who oppose county dispen-
saries reconcile this attitude with the.
plan to select county dispensers by
popular vote. The News and Courier
has evider.tly failed to accQuaint itself
with the provisions Of the Raysor-
Manning bill. Mr.. Manning stands
souarely en- that bill which does not
provide for the election Of dispensers
by popular vote.
IF all Of Mr. McMahans radical sug-
gestions were adopted the tax levy
would have to be greatly increased to
pay the cost Of the experiments. The
item Of experimental farms alone
one in each of the counties-would
require the expenditure annually of
anywhere from one to two hundred
thousand dollars, not to mention the
initial outlay for equipment Of those
farms. An experimental farm was
established in Darlington some years
ago, only to be abandoned after
big pot Of money had been spent, but
Mr.. McMahan seems to have forgot
ten this experiment.
Atlanta has broken loose again.
This time it is endorsement Of Folk
and Jerome for the Democratic nom
ination.
Neither Senator Tillman nor the
newspapers that are barking back to
the bitterness and passions of the 90's
are doing the people a service. Many
things were said and done then IN the
heat of political strife that were al
together wrong and inexcusable, but
the airing Of these old grievances now
serve no good purpose and can but
revive feelings that are best buried
forever. Conditions are changed and
there are new issues before the peo-
pie, and we had best apply our ef-
forts toward the settlement Of these
questions ratLer than the threshing
over of old straw.
Peter Finley Dune, (Mr. Dooley)
the man who wrote "Alone in Cuby''
and made President Roosevelt's MIS-
torical romance covering his Cuba ex-
periences look like thirty cents, dined
with the president by special invita-
ton a few days ago. We wonder if
they discussed the Cuban campaign.
The race for Governor is narrowing
down to Manning and Ansel, and the
voters may as well make their choice
in the first primary. Complimentary
votes are not worth the ballots they
are printed on. The issue is not dis
pensary or no dispensary, but State
control of the whiskey evil or some
sort Of local option, high license COM
promise yet to be agreed upon by the
anti-dispensary element. Mr.. Ansel
says he will get off the fence when he
is governor, and this statement which
he is reported to have made at
Georgetown, we take to mean that
he will favor any sort of measure that
he thinks the anti. dispensary forces
can agree on.