The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-19
WE FAVOR A SQUARE DEAL.


and vote for Martin F. Anse!.
We FAVOR A SQUARE DEAL.
We are asked why it is that
favoring Hon. E. D. Smith for
the United States senate, we
sometimes defend Hon. r. G.
Rhett when attacked. Our con-
ception Of a newspaper IS fair
ness, and when we see a disposl-
ton tomislead, although it might
be in favor of the one we advo-
cate, it is wrong and we will not
stand for it. If E. D. Smith can
not win this contest on his mer-
its, he is undeserving of it. If we
must give aid and comfort to
those who are maligning Mr..
Rhett, for Mr.. Smith to win: It's
not our ideal of a newspaper.
An element Of Mr., Rhett's op-
position is attempting to mislead
the voters by trying to create the
false impression, that he is a Re
publican. or as they would put it
:'tainted with Republicanism. :"
There is nothing to it: and those
who are endeavoriug to make
such representations know they
are falsifying. r. Goodwin
Rhett is a Democrat, and should
the people Of South Carolina say
to the contrary, they would be
|stultifying themselves, because,
he with B. R. Tillman represent
ed South Carolina in the St.
Louis National Democratic Con-
vention. If Rhett is Repu5li.
can, so is Tillman. SO is Wiley
Jones chairman State Democrat
lie Executive Committee, because
these gentlemen were chosen by
the State Democratic Convention
to represent South Carolina in
the National Convention. Oh,
say Rhett's opponents, he admits
he did not vote for Bryan in 1896.
Mr.. Rhett says he could not
conscientiously endorse free sill
yer and therefore refrained from
voting. He did not go off and
ioin the boilers and vote for,
Palmer and Buckner. He did not
vote at all. We venture to say
that Hon. John Gary Evans, Col.
George Johnstone and some Of
the others did not go about the
polls in the general election of
1896, we base this upon the
known fact that it is common
practice in this State to regard
the primary tti1e election, and
very little attention is paid to the
general election.
Take thematter of making cap
ital against Mr.. Rhett out of the
fact, there are three negroes on
the Charleston police force. To
say the least Of this, it is the dirt
lest kind of misrepresentation.
The purpose being to fool the
country people into believing
that Rhett believes in giving Of
fee to negroes, when every in
formed man knows Rhett has
never appointed one Of these neg
Iroes, and ever since 1876 there
have been a few Democratic neg
roes retained on the force to 90
certain work. Had Mr. Rhett
the power, and because Of their
color he dismissed these few neg
roes, it would be the rankest kind
of ingratitude, when it is recalled
ir 1876 it took courage as well as
high principle for a negro to
wear the red shirt and fight be-
side his white neighbor for good
government and home rule. No,
we will not knowingly misrepre-
sent any OF the candldateS, nor
will we take advantage Of, to help
our choice, the misrepresenta-
tions made against those oppos-
ling the choice we have made. 1t
Hon. E. D. Smith has not been
| able to show the faith by his
works, and the people prefer a
man who has never attempted to
show faith, or do any work in
their behalf, it is their right and
privilege to defeat him, as for us,
we.propose to stand by those who
have manifested a disposition to
stand by the people, and &. D.
Smith has done this.
Therefore we can consistently
support Smith and at the same
time repudiate the attempts at
MISUNDERSTANDING others.