The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
THE STATE MAY NOW BE REGULAR.

THE STATE MAY NOW BE REGULAR.
The Columbia State of the 18th
contains a leading editorial en-.
titled 1.-THE States Regularity, ,
in which it proposes to reply to
an editorial reply from The Man.
ming Times of the End. but it did
not have the fairness to reproduce
the Times editorial, it undertakes
to evade the issue with a sneer by
saying S;The opinion Of the Times
does not concern US, and argu
men5 with it offers no compensa.
ton with humane persons. The
issue raised is, whether or not the
editor Of the estate" has always
been loyal to the democracy in
this State. He assumes a leader.
ship and marks down the lines
which Democrats must follow to
be recognized as true and loyal.
We questioned his right to dc
this. claiming that he is Of the
unwsshed, and before he is per.
mitted to conduct the service, OF
become the :class leader" he
must first obtain permission tc
come for ward from his back seat
on the probation bench, where he
and lis kind were relegated, be
cause of the sins committed
against the Democratic party in
1890, when through passion and
hate they were reckless Of the
danger to white supremacy when
they refused to submit to action
of the only Democratic party in
this State, bol0ed and placed in
the field on Independent ticket
with Judge Haskell at his head.
Editor Gonzales does not deny
being a party to that political
crime, but virtually admits it.
Our contention is that no man
who has quit the regular party
and Joined a set of pirates to
wreck the political ship has now
a right to command.
There are many things about
the State we admire; we often
agree with it, often is it we look
to its editorial columns for en-
lightaent; its editor personally
has salways had our most profound
respect, but while all Of this is
sincerely said, there are some
thing we cannot forget, among
them the bitterness engendered
by the Independents in 1890, when
men who before then were held
in high esteem endeavored to
make alliances with negroes to
defeat the will Of the regular
Democracy, in some instances
they coalesced with the negroes;
these men stood at the polls and
threatened to see that the negroes
cast their votes and have them
counted. We can and do forgive
these things. but forget them
never. And whenever We dis
cover one of that crew preaching
regularity, who has not demon
strated in a practical way his
penitence for the grevious politi-
cal treachery committed against
the Democratic party in 1890, we
will not hesitate to remind him
Of his ugly past.
The State gains nothing by
showing it was established the
February after Democracy and
Tillman won in spite Of Indepen-
dentism, a political crime the
lamented Hampton character
lied as worse than Radical
ISM. We know the State was
not in existence N 1890, but
our contention is, it was born Of
Haskellism. and is, the product
of the soreness and disappoint-
ment OF the old regime which
Tillman oveTthrew. Had 1t not
been for the Reform movement,
and the overthrow of the old ma
chine, and the bolt from the reg
ular Democratic party, it is our
belief there would meyer have
been The State
We believe in being fair to an
adversary, even to those that do
not manifest the same spirit to-
ward Us. The State gave lead
ing editorial reply without
reproducing the reply OF the
Times. however we prefer to be
fair o. reproducing what the
State has to say:
Last week the Manning Times as
serted tHat The State was founded
upon opposition to the regular Demo-
cratic p;;,cy party in this State That
assertion was given :; parliamentary
but very positive contradiction, The
Mannin. PAPER OF this week says: 1t
is q nreay bluff with certain class Of
editors. whenever thevare prodded in
a tender ,po: 70 retort with scurilous
abuse, : a,; proceeds Iengthily TO refer
to Has, ailisn." and to the fact that
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