The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-02
NATIONAL POLITICS
vaToR TILLNAS PREDICTS
DEMOCRATlC VICTORY.
t too S0bseyrient and Sherman's
>:ominasion an Insult to the Name

Reform.
ne following special cable dis
h from it's. representative. in
don,. printed in. the New York
aid Saturday, will be read with
rest il this State:
.mong all the prophets Of Demo-
ic success at the coming election
= is more confident than Senator
,jamin r Tillman, Of South Car
a, who after an extensive Con-
...ntal tour, is enjoying his first
I to London.
1t may be that the wish if faith
20 the thought" said Senator
man when I encountered him at
Office of the American Express
upany, "but it looks to me as if
.an has a powerful good chance
cleaning up the other crowd this
e. In the first place he has been
minated in spite of the best or
,iZed newspaper fight against him
known, thus demonstrating his
late strength with the rank and file
the Democratic party. Taft, on
contrary. has been nominated
ely at the dictation of Roosevelt
against the wishes Of the masses
the Republican party. While Taft
a lovable character in every way
! I don't wish 10 be construed as
ing anything against him as a
., his self-obl;teration and what
,hould call the element Of sub
riency in his visit to Oyster Bay
get his speech revised are not II
favor.
Other Factors of the Situation.
There are other facts that mus'
peal to the people. If, for instance
are going to Mexicanize oul
nntry by having the president ap
int his successor through the ma
,inery Of the Republican party anc
e use of. omce-holders to a stocs
1ninating convention, it is simpl!
oing to make a great slump down
ard In the history of the American
public.
Again, if the country is really IL
e, with, and anxious to have car
d out, reforms which Roosevelt
lie from the Democrats and pro
lined as my policy the people
Il recognize that Bryan more full!
,resents those ideas than doe
#
Then again the vice presidential
mination Of the Republican con
,tion is an insult to the name .
orn. Everybody in Washington
familiar with Sherman's align
mt with the plutocratic influence
the country, and unless I mtstak'
character of the people general,
ny will consider his nomination a
surrender to the plutocracy.
While Taft's friends are denyin:
erything that is calculated to los
N any votes there is still ano.Ae
portant consideration which vii
auence the election of Bryan. Tn
rcnic Of last winter has only left un
pleasant recollectionS and an amour
of damage to business which now !
small. Things seer, to b
almost normal at present, but what
ever it was. harm resulted with Re
publicans in possession Of all branch
es Of the government. in spite Of tn
protective tariff, in spite of the soli
sta ndard.
No Money Issue Now.
THE money question is no issu
aovr and cannot be made one. Bry
ans attitude in 1905 and 1900 woult
not influence even a nervous baby
much less sensible voter. and un
less American minds are absolutel,
oestotted, Of which in my opinion
there is not the slightest indication
hey will realize that to allow on
party to remain in power inde6nitel,
IS net healthy or for the good of thu
Consider, besides, the disafec
ion IN the west over the tariff, anc
he clamor for Roosevelt's program
which Bryan represents, and you vii
zee that Bryan cannot keep from win
.ing.''
In answer to question Senate:
rillman said:
'tNo, I don't think anything much
AN be done wit hthe tariff next Sc
ion. Two-thirds of the senate are
against any reduction, and if there
Tere change this big majority
Tould rather favor an increase. Even
f a Democratic president and house
we're elected wouldn't AIdrich just
It there in the senate and laugh at
my tariff bill sent from across the
7ay?"