The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-13
A NEW RICHMOND.

The latest IN pOIltlcaI circles cOtles
from Q. s. Martin, State superln.en-
dent OF education in the nature OF an
announcement that he is I candidate Tor
the United States Senate. Ia MS
announcement he makes several luaSes
at the present incumbent, Senator La'-
inner, and which we construe is an
index 10 what will follow in the cam
paiop. He charges the junior Senator
with bsinc 4 political fahlr, q maker
of promises that were never fulfilled.
He intimates that Latimer has useo
his official position to get rich, by hlnt-
inr at his vast Mexican possessions,
and altogether Martin proposes TO snow
that Latimer is in public life for the
money he can get out of it. But Mr.
Martin thirsts not alone for the gore
OF Senator Latimer, he wants try-out
with the present governor whom he
saws has manifested symtoms OF Sena-
torial aspirations, but he does not
':know whether he will run or not.
He charges Governor Ansel with
,harins injected politics into the
educational department., 'and then says
"If he decides to enter the race Tor the
United States Sennte, shall meet him
atPhillipi.''
Itis altogether to soon to conjecture
as 10 who will be Senator Latlmer
successor, there is no telling YET who
viii enter the race, but notwithstanu-
ing the question frequently asked, VINO
is South Cardinals other Senator" we
do not hesitate to say that Martins IRA
tional onslaught will not have a ten
dency to weaken Latimer's chances
to succeed himself.
Governor Ansel has not announced
himself a candidate for the Senate, ana
we sincerely nope he will not, as IN our
Judgment he should succeed himself as
Governor, but in the event that the
governor should decide to run for the
Senate. Mr.. Martins cheap deh
amounts to naught. Welook upon Mr..
Martins conduct with regret. He has
been IGNORED by the people, and now
on the eve of his retirement from ohce,
he is IN bad temper like a spoiled
child when the parent thinks 1t has
had enough candy. Mr.. Martin need
not tt nix that his outbursts OF inolgna-
ton because Governor Ansel did not
consul. with him regarding an appoint
ment meets with popular approval, 1t
does not. The peon-e know the ap-
pointing power lays with the Governor
alone. and they rather admire him Tor
his independence, especially, when 1t
is felt all over the country there IS
something not altogether right with
the State board of education. Al over
this State, in every town and hamlet
people are complaining of the manner
of the school book adoption, and when
the governor declined to appoint on
the board some Tavorlte OF the StaUe
superintendent, he no doubt had good
reasons for it, anyway the people be-
lieve he is trying to protect their IN
teres:s.
We have no idea that MIR. Martin
stands q ghost of show for the United
States Senate, or any other office for
that matter. He has with his own bad
temper dug his political grave. He is
lively stump speaker and when the
campaign opens we imagine hew get
lots OF hurrahs, but when the votes are
counted his friends will learn their
favorite went to sleep at the post. Il
the opposition to Latimer gets no
stronger than the present announce
ments he will win his own succession
in walk.