The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-04-20
MANNING, sc. WEDNESDAY, APR1l2 1910
KICK ON RING RULE
SOME REPUBLICANS INDULGE IN
PLAIN TALK.

Abou. the Corruption Abroad In the
Land and the Great Need OF 8
Change.
The annual dinner OF the Repub,
lican Club Of Media county. y. y.
was held Wednesday evening and at
tended by 700 men. 70. the most part
anti-o.ganization men, The speak
ers included Charles J. BonapaEte.
former attorney-geHeral OF the Unit
ed States: William H. Ho.chkiss.
state superintendent Of insurance,
End Congressman George ~. Nor
ris. OF Nebraska
Former Assem- blyman Merwin h.
Hart. president Of the league. in his
Introductory remarks. said the peo-
pie are as hard to fool as In Lin
coins time. and were not deceived
by the Payne-Aid. bill. aad are
tired OF continued disclosures about
politicians for revenue only"
Mr.. Bonaparte's address was an
analysis OF the methods Of bosses
and rings. a protest against the
methods OF both and a plea for re-
turning political power TO the peo-
pie.
The mass Of our citizens haoi-
tually come to the polls. not to
choose their rulers. but to record a
preference between nominees OF two
usurp;ng monopolies." he said.
Mr.. Bonaparte declared leaders
shave made their trade so dangerous.
odious and noisone that against it
every force that makes for righteous
ness must be directed tomorrow as
is should be today"
Superintendent Hotchktss follow
ed and after referring to the mes
sage sent to the legislature by Gov
ernor Hughes for an investigation
Of legislative practices and proceed
ure and also to recent speech by
the governor voscing the public de-
mand "for the uncoyering OF the
secret places OF political power and
legislative favor" said:
Thus within a week have two
blows been struck at system
rather system with system-of
which New Workers have become
weary. Executives OF grea: states
10 not speak thus withou: et.rem4
Through what a period have We
been passing? Until recent years
=, tho SD, seen. to
have been smiled at by the cynical:
the boasts OF some OF thes. in hr~l
r-,n ta.ks led toward S.:rn-a! rf
the disclosures - !he IN .r:ry now
closing. What An at:nosln: re was
was that OF the capital ,It:--satd
one witness this ia not Sunday
school, this is Albany'--where graft
has been subject for Joking and the
OF II honcred in socs.
"A:d what shall oe said OF peo-
pie whose action al the polls or IN
convention has made spsh things
possiblee Each decade Of late mas
seen the executive grow stronger. the
weaker: each decade che
people have become more satisfied 70
trust a man. not merely to execute.
but even at times to make the laws.
The current tust now is stronger
than eYer before. Impressed by the
corrupt practices oi the few. the
plain people are beginning to doubt
the reliability o: the legislative
branch. Stories from Mississ!ppFs
contest In lurid visor with those
from Pittsburg: New Jerseys OF late.
cast in shadow even the daily tales
about New York. Carried TO the nj
innate, the present distress Of pop
lar representation IN CITY COUNCIL. III
state legislature. yes. even In the
Federal cons-essmen's. sooner or
:ater. practical despotism. a CHIEF
tainship which. while still elective.
has yet al! Of the dangers against
which the father taught God for
bid that the government should thus
De weakened.
.'And so I take it our gorerno!
was looking far into the future when
he asked thorough and unsparins
investigation into legislative process
IS and procedure What the peo-
pie want is. however. not SO much
4 current resolution as concur
rent revolution. an orerturn in meth
DDS. perhaps. rather than in men.
SO be It.