The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23
BRYAN The MAN
Senator TI|Iman Thinks the Dem.
ocrats will Win This Fall.
GIVES HIS REASONS

Which Was Published in the Paris
Edition of the New York Herald.
The Senator May Take Hand. in
the Campaign on His Return.
Dr.. J. W. Babcock brought back
with him from his European trip q
number OF newspapers and news
paper clippings, one Of which is OF
considerable interest. It is an in
teTvieT . in which Senator Tillman
on the END of August expressed his
belief that Mr.. Bryan will he elected
president
Dr.. Babcock says that Sera.oc
Tillman is deeply Interested in the
campaign and wishes to come back
and ge1 into it. The Senator's p.ass
ct present are to sail for America
VA @AS ILL VI OCtOpGr.
The interview referred to was sent
b. Mr. Crockett, London corrcspon-
dent Of the Paris edition OF the New
York Herald. and is as follows:
Among all the prophets Of DEM
! ocratic success at the coming elec.
| tioas, none is more confident that
United State Senator Be1jamfne r.
Tillman of South Carolina, who.
after an extensive continental torr,
is enjoying his first visit to London.
1t may be that the wish ;s father
to the thought" said Senator Till
man. when encountered him at
the Office Of the America, Express
Copmany, but it looks to me as il
Mr.. Bryan has powerful good
chance Of cleaning up the other
crowd this time. In the aist place
he has been nominated in spite Of
the best organized newspaper fight
against him ever known, thus demon
strating his innate strength with the
rank and file OF the Democratic
party.
M. Taft, on the contrary, has
been nominated solely at the dicta-.
ton Of Mr.. Roosevelt and against
the wishes of the masses in the Re-
publican party While Mr.. Tass Is
a !ovable character in every way.
aid don't wish CO. ,,e construed as
saying anything against him as q
man, his self-obliteration and what
| should call the element Of sub
serviency shown in his visit to Oyster
Bay to have his speech revised, are
Tot in his favor.
"rAcre are ct;,er facts that mnst
appeal to the people. If, for IN
stance, we are going to Mexics!n,ze
our country by having president
appoint his successor, through the
machinery OF the Republican party
and the use of officeholders to stock
4 nominating convention it is simply:
going to make great slump down
ward in the history Of the American
republic. A gain, if the country
is really in love with, and anxious
to have carried out the reforms
which Mr., Roosevelt stole from the
Democrats and proclaimed as my
!. policies the people will recognize
that Mr.. Bryan more fully repre-
sents those ideas than does Mr. Taft,
Then, again, the vice presidential
nomination Of the Republican con-
vcntion is an insult to the name Of
reform. Eeyrybody in Washington
IS familiar With Mr.. Sherman's align
ment with the plutocratic influence
OF the country, and unless I mis-
take the character of the people
generally they will consider that his
nomination was surrender to plu-
tocrscy, while Mr.: Taft's friends
are denying everything that is cal
: culated to lose him any votes.
There is still another important
consideration which will influence
the election of Mr.. Bryan. The
panic of last winter has lesI only
unpleasant recollections and an
amcpn1 OF damage to business which
is now relatively small. Things
seem to be almost normal at present.
But whatever it was, the harm re-
suited with Republicans in possession
of the branches Of the government
in spite of protective tariff, IN
spite of gold standard.
The money question is no issue
now. and can rot be made one. MT.
Bryan's attitude in 1895 and 1900
wouldn't influence even, nervous
baby much less sensible voter, and
unless the American masses are alb
solutely besotted, of which. in my
1 opinion. there is not the slightest
indication, they will realize that T.
allow one party to remain IN power
indefinitely is not healthy or for
the good Of the country. Consider.
hcsides. the disaffection in the west
over the tariff, the clamoC for Mt.
Roosevelt's programme, which MT:
Brvan represents. and you Will See
that Mr.. Bran cant keep fran "iR-
mag.
II don't think that much eea De
done with the tariff next session.
.aid Mr.. Tillman in answer 70 :
onss,ion. ..Two-thirds Of the sen
ate is against any reduction, ana
e there is to be a change this a!s
majority would :":::e:- favor an u
crease. Every if a Democratic pres
iden- and house were e!ec'e:''
wouldn't Mr.. Aldrich just sit tne.e
in the senate and laugh at any TAR
iT hill sent from across the way