The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-11-02
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
The new PARTY.

The new PARTY.
What has become known as
THE Capers Movement" has
been regularly launched, and. 10
our opinion. it will be potent
politicalfo force in this State JudS,
ing from the names Of the execu-
tive committee, the convention
held in Columbia last Thursday
was made up Of substantial ma.
terial. In that bcdy there was
not a single Federal Office holder,
thus showing at oace that there
are Republicans in this State
who do aot hold Office. and.
with the elimination of the negro
from the councils of the party,
there is good reason to believe
the movement will grow until by
the time the electionin 1912 comes
on, the white Republican party
in this State Will have to be
reckoned with, as 1t is in North
Carolina and other Southern
States. The day for social ostri-
cism because of a connection with
the Republican party is passing
away; it is surprising to bear the
numoer of farmers who are COM
ing into the belief that a white
opposition party will be q bless
ing to the State.
The politicians even. are rot
abusing the leaders of this oppo-
sition movement as they were
wont TO do il the years gone by:
they too, realize there is a growing
unrest with the masses over the
one-party domination, and are
therefore not prone to arouse the
people to an antagonism, because,
they lear that with the right kind
Of leadership, conditions are such
the masses can be led in a revolt
against the party in power Times
have changed, the people are
educated and well informed, the
..nigger IN the wood-pile" no
longer frightens them; if those
in control Of our government do
not 10 sure up to the proper
standard there will appear upon
the political stage a leader who
will, under the banner Of the new
party, offer issues which will
appeal 70 the judgment OF the
masses.
The Democratic party in this
State has been in power so long
it is entirely 900 intolerant, it
holds it's control by taking ad-
vantage Of condition which once
existed but which no longer ex-
ists; the people are now ready to
vote intelligently as they do in
the progressive States Of the
North and Vest: they are begin
ning to realize that as long as
they permit a few pol,tlcians to
nold up the ghost Of the past to
srighten them away from their
IDEAS. of human liberty: just so
long viii they remain the servile
followers of political buncoe
stee-ers, to be driven like dumb
cattle to the polls to vote for the
self advancement Of the grasping
so6ticians,they are growing tired
&C this state Of affairs, hence,
.ssaey look with no rnfriendly eyes
upon the movement inaugurated
By Capt. John G. Capers who
has been a Republican for many
years. but always a Carolinian.
Is was ne who pleaded the cause
OF the white man viii ''the pow
ers that be" and succeeded in con-
yincing them that this IS a white
mans country: the result Of his
efforts is, that the appointing
power has been exercised in i
manner satisfactory to the peo-
pie of this State, and in fact
throughout the South. Capers
is laboring for the white su-
premacy" idea now as he did
when be followed Hampton and
Butler, bnt his doing it through
an opposition party makes his
PATRIOTISM no less, and under his
guidance, We expect the newmove-
meut to cause the Democratic par
ty tolook well in the future to the
selection of material to represent
it, and to administer the affairs Of
the government better than It has
done in the past few years; ex-
travagance must cease, taxation
must be lowered, there must be
an equitable assessment Of prop
erty. and less intolerance: if not,
the new movement will have
large additions to it's ranks sooner
than most people may think. The
people want free thought, free
speech, and free action