The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24

Roosevelt, although not a :'Dem-
ocratic President, rises above
his party and does something
which in our judgment is in the
interest of the masses, We shall
praise him for it, just as we
would condemn the action of a
Democratic president" if he
moved in party rules and did
things which in our Judgment
vas against the interests Of the
masses.
The mistake many newspapers
make, especially in the South. is
to be everlastinsly damning the
other side. They never see any
good in their political opponents,
and they are always arrayed IN
opposition to any measure that
does not emanate from their own
party, when the fact is, our own
party rarely ever inaugurates a
measure for the general welfare,
but it may be depended upon TO
obstruct for partisan political
purposes, with the result there
is very little constructive states
manship among the present
Democratic leaders.
William Jennings Bryan is the
acknowledged leader of the
Democracy. but ne has never re-
ceived a cordial support from
the News and Courier, and, if
the theories Of Colonel Bryan
are not in accord with our con-
temporary's view it is proper to
differ from him, as long as he
remains a party spokesman, but
because of it's opposition to his
theories, it does not fol-
low it must continue to op-
pose everything which may
emanate from him, unless
everything he says and does is
wrong.
The News and Courier is op-
posed to Colonel Bryan, its idol
is Grover Cleveland. but the
controlling forces in the Demo-
cratic party regard Cleveland
more of a Republican than
Roosevelt, yet that newspaper
clings Loyalty to Cleveland in
defiance OF the will Of the major
ity of the party it claims to rep
resent; the governmental theo-
ries Of Bryan and Cleveland are
contradictory, one of the other
must be Democratic, both can
not be, and if Cleveland is cor
rect as the News and Courier
would contend, then the election
of Bryan to the presidency by
the Democratic party, must,
according to the News and
Courier's idea, force that news
paper to advocate Bryan's poll
cies, because he is a Democratic
President.
But back to the original prop
osition about the Crum appoint
ment. It has frequently been
stated that DR.. Crum was highly
recommended to Presiden
Roosevelt when the Office of in
tecnal revenue at Columbia was
to be filed in the event that
Senator Tillman succeeded in de-
feating the confirmation of Geo.
R. Koester, a Democrat. We
have never seen this denied, and
the report being so current we
took it for granted it was true,
and would be glad toknow if the
News and Courier is a position
to assert that DR.. Crum was not
highly recommended, as a man
of character. and ability to Pres
ident Roosevelt on the occasion
of the Presidents visit to Char
lesion: we would also be glad to
know if it is true that on the
occasion of a protest against the
Crum appointment before the
Senate committee, in reply to an
argument of a distinguished clti-
zen of Charleston, a negro law
yer representing DR.. Crum read
to the committee an editorial
taken from the News and Courier
which was laudatory Of DR..
Crum's character ard ability.
The News and Courier can, by
saying what did take place with
regard to Crum when the Presi-
dent was being entertained in
Charleston, both on the sail
around the harbor and while in
the city, fix s;time that the
truth of this miserable story
should be established"