The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-25
WHY COKE D. MANN
WOULD NOT VOTE.
Wants to Know How Much Rebates
TiQlman Gave Away-Could Not
y Print in Journal.
The State. 23rd.

the members of that body this morn
ing the reasons advanced by Rev. ID.
Coke Mann for not voting for B. r.
Tillman for United States senator
will not be found therein. The house,
on motion of MI. Richards, decided
not to print them.
According to Il resolution adopted
last week the voting for United States
senator came up in the house at noon
yesterday. Mr.. Dixon nominated Mr..
Tillman for the term which expires in
March. Mr.. DeVore seconded the
nomination and Mr.. Wade move the
nominations close. Mr.. Tillman re-
ceived III votes.
When Mr.. Manns' name was called
he did not vote and when the voting
had been finished he sent to the
speaker The reasons for not voting.
They were as follows:
81 wish to state my reasons for not
voting for the Hon. Benz. r.. Tillman
to succeed himself in the United
States senate.
"First. He made wanton and
malicious attack up on The ministry
Of South Carolina, charging them
with being in league with the ex-
barkeepers of the State, with Col.
James A. Hoyt as their standard
bearer, to defeat and destroy the dis
pensary law in South Carolina. This
he knew was false and an outrage on
common decency.
'Second. Before could vote for
him I should have to know how much
money he returned to Mr.. Hubbell as
rebates allowed the State of South
Carolina. | contend that as governor
he was handling the money of the
state and he had no right to return
the money to the liquor house any
more than the present board of di-
rectors has the right to appropriate
it to their own use, or to such other
purposes as they might see fit"
Mr.. Mann asked that these reasons
be spread on the journal. Mr.. Rich
ards said he did not think they should
thus besrecorded because they did not
expires the views Of the people of
South Carolina. He moved that they
be stricken from the record and Mr..
DcVore seconded the motion. There
was no roll call or division and only
few voted against Mr.. Richards
motion.
The general assembly has n joint
session today to elect several officers.
Rev. Coke d. Mann has for years
been prominent figure in the Meth
odist church in this state. He is said
to be a man without fear and on sew
cral occasions has had his courage
tested. While at Lamar, in Darling
ton county, few years ago an effort
was made to have a dispcnsary placed
just across the street from his home.
The charter Of the town forbade the
establishment Of dispcnsary or any
other kind of whiskey shop in that
town and the only way to get the dis
pen$ary was by legislative amend
ment to the town charter.
Mr. Mann came before the lcgisla-
turr and successfully opposed the pro-
position. On his return to Lamar he
found that there was great deal of
bitterness against him and the feel
ing was kept up until he was inform
ed that certain party had been paid
$50 to give the preacher threashing.
Mr.. Mann is keeping with the tradi-
tions Of the pioneer Methodist prech
ers, went Immediately to this party
and inquired suavcly if the latter did
not think $50 very cheap for burial
expenses with nothing to be left for
the family. Mr.. Mann was not molcs-
ted. Nor does he deny the allegation
that the feeling against him was 50
strong that he was forced to carry
a hand bag to church Sunday nights
and place it in front Of him on the
pulpit. The hand bag is said to have
contained something else besides a
Bible and a hymn hook.
Mr. Mann is more than a picture
sulle character. This attitude Of de-
Tense was not assumed, but was fore
cd upon; him. That he stands high
with his denomination is evident from
the fact that when conference met ip