The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-10
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WILL TENNESSEE 60 REPUBLICAN,

WILL TENNESSEE 60 REPUBLICAN,
The Patterson forces IL Ten
neSSee met with q severe lloIt III
the election for Judge last Thurs
dav. and it now looks more than
ever tina. . coalition has oeen
made with the independents and
the Republicans or the one hand.
and the Regulars ard the negroes
ou the Other. 1t is bad mess IN
Tennessee, and one which IS q
sweet morSel for the Republican
party. But aside from the polltl-
cal effect. the people OF TenneS-
see have put their condemnation
upon Governor Patterson and his
methods, they have declared to
the world that anything IS even
better than Patter>on!>m and
rather than submit to the eScu:-
cheon Of the State Of Tennessee
being crimSoned with blood with
out resentment. they Will turn
the government over 70 the other
PARTY. and take the chances Of
coming back into power some
other time. They w:!l not Sta@G
for Cooper Patterson politics,
even 10 save the State 20 the
Democratic party
The conditions IN Tennessee
should be warning 20 other
States III the ScutA where the
leadership has been tending to
extremes. laws have been enac.-
ed which are drastic in their IA
ture, and oppressive in effect.
Whenever the leaders OF party
become drunken with power and
lose sight OF the tact that the
people are the masters, they
Bring on a condition which Gre
ates reStlesSneSS. and dissat!Sfac.
tioa. a feeling Of discomfort. and
it only requires determined
leadership TO arouse . people
looking for an opportunity 20 get
relief from those who are not rep
resenting their views and Seuti-
neutS. Conditions are different
in the different States, but in ali
the matters fc.. agitation the
leaders should represent the
views Of the electorate. in Ten
nessee all OF their local issues
were lost n the resentment
against the governor for his con-
duct IN the Cooper pardon case;
iu some of the Western States
the division is about the tariff,
and the tight is being waged be-
tween the Insurgent Republicans.
and the Regulars. In other States
the liquor traffic IS the bone Of
contention. however the point we
wish to stress is, that extremes
in leadership are dangerous TO the
party and 70 the country.
There are no more loyal people
in the United States 70 the Dem
ocratic party than those Of South
Carolina, so much so. that lude-
pendertism is regarded a politi-
cal crime. yet, these people VII!
only bear so much. there is such
a thing as laying one more straw
upon the cameis bach. The ten
deucy IN this State in recent
years has been towards oppres-
sion, our iiquor laws, the laws
regulating game and hsh, and the
leaning towards curtalling the
franchise Of the white man: there
are q number Of matters which
are chafns the people and, which
they are submitting to for the
sake Of harmony and peace. out
we warn those in power, and
those likely TO come into power.
the people can only stand SO
much.
The recenl ection in Tennes-
see, and the elections in Alabama
some months ago, should impress
the thinker that the masses must
be reckoned with. for it IS they
who have the power to give vent
to a wrath that no political party
on earth car withstand. therefore
when the people OF Tennessee
became aroused 10 the outrage
that had oeen perpetrated IL the
name Of law with the connivence
of the Governor. they arose n
their mighty wrath regardless Of
party fealty to place thel: stamp
Of repudiation. they did i, and
further. Notwithstanding the fact
the Governor Of Tennessee is the
nominee Of the Democratic pr!-
mary. the same people who voted
for the indcpen: judiciary, will
vote against Patterson even
though they have to vote the Re
publican ticket.