The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-28
New York Democratic State
Chairman w. ]. ConnoTs
MAKES Grave CHARGE
Declares that Republicans are Pre-.
pairing to Steal Election in Sew
York, but That Dead Men VIII Not
Be Permitted to Vote and Law
Committee is Named.

A dispatch from New York says
charges were made Thursday By W
J.. Connors, chairman Of the Dem =
cratic State committee. that the Re-
publican organizations in upstate
counties had padded the regulation
rolls with from 10000 to 10000
names, and 10 prevent the casting OF
fraudulent vote the executive COM
mittee had appointed State law
committee with former Judge Alb
Parker as chairman.
Mr.. Connors said that the Law
! committee would be composed OF
about 500 attorneys, and that on
election day these attorneys would
be assisted by special deputies to
each election district t osee that
ballots we're honestly cast and count
ed. Mr.. Connors said:
There will be no voting OF dead
men by the Republicans in this eiec-
ton, and the State committee VIII
see that our opponents are not per-
mitted to run over from Pennsy..
vania and Canada to vote them ia
this State. Already We have discov-
cred hundreds of cases Of fraudulent
registration up State and have sue
ceeded in having the names strick L
from the lists.
I'VE want square deal We are
not going TO buy the election, and
We have not got the money to buy
it with anyway. We don't propose
to have the Republicans rob US
as they hare done in the past.
National Chairman Mack declared
Thursday night that the change N
Mr.. Taft's plans by which he will
speak in thirty-hve cities and towns
in this Stare instead Of speaking in
only few OF the larger cities as
previously announced, indicate that
the Republican managers felt the
Necessity Of carrying this tSate,
which was virtually acknowledging
that they felt they were losing Ohio.
Indiana, Wisconsin and Kansas. Mr..
Mack said that If the Republicans
were certain of the middle western
States they would not need New
York
Speaking Of the letter Of President
Roosevelt demanding that Mr.. Bryan
declare himself on the labor question
of the day, Mr. Mack said that f
there was any labor man in doubt
about voting for Bryan the reading
OF the Presidents letter would con-
vince him that he should cast his
vote for the Democratic ticket. MIR.
Mack said be had received reports
from Ohio that the reception tend
cred Mr.. Bryan N the Buckeye State
was the greatest demonstration
ever given a Presidential candidate.
Mr.. Bryans meeting in the city
next Tuesday night, when he VII!
speak at Madison Square Garden, is
to be made the occasion Of Demo
cratic rally In every Assembly ol:'-
trict in New York. Not only as
Tammany Hall arranged for over
fow meetings at the Garden, but
there will be mass meetings in Coop.
er Union, Hamilton Fish Park ana
in scores of halls throughout the
city.
The demand for tickets to the
Madison Square Garden meetln5
quickly exhausted the supply ana
stands will be erected outside the
amphitheatre for overflow assem-
blages. Besides Mr.. Bryan, Governor
Hoke sp,i.h, Of Georgia; Congress
man H. D. Clayton. Of Alabama, and
former Congressman John L. Le1tz'
O: Ohio, will address the meeting.