The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-11-23
SPELLS REFORM
That Is The Meaning Of The Landslide arc
Not Re:e Slap at Teddy.
ROOSEVELT A HUMBUG

o; the First Water Is the General
Opinion CT Republicans and Dem
ocrats. But Many Democratic
Ideas Which He Stole and Pre-
tended to Stand for Are Good.
Zach McChec. me accomplished
Washington correspondent AZ Th.
State. who made an extensive tou.
L the country Just before the cleo
ion and gave his impression o.
things political in letters TO The
STATE. IS back or his JOB a; Wash
.nston. and is now writing once
more his interesting letters from u,
capital Ct the nation 20 The State.
He says OF course the one topic
=; discussion in Washington is taC
Democratic programme. Brt. cou
pied VIII this equally. 0. course. is
consideration Of the the meaning
,. tie Democratic landslide. AS a.
eady noted In this correspondence.
certain influences are being brought;
% bear TO persuade or 20 scare Il,
Democratic house into making a foo.
.. itself.
This influence vii! be e1er;ed wiki
!1rem;ft.rs e0jea,a1 from aow on
md it will require no little nerve
md strength Of character on the par
}. theDemocrats who have been elec,-
I'd 70 the S!Hty-secoad congress &C
resist it.
No effort Will be spared by the
New York press TO dominate the sit
uato1. And the New York yaHe7s
ere particularly influential IN the
south. where. unfortunately. many
ocople. including not few news
paper editors. take their cues from
wha. these New York papers say.
These New York papers. It should
De bourne in mind. really know less
bou: the real sentiment In he couu-
~ as well as about The conditions
vest OK the Hudson river than per
laps my other newspapers II the
racle United States. But jus; De-
,ause New York is big and the news
| ,apers there are big. the people. es-
,ecially. say. in the South. and
more especia!lythose IN newspaper
offices. read them and are intluenc-
ID By them.
Furthermore. most OF these New
York newspapers get their own pre-
.a;i;ns sentiment. honestly IN most
,ases. believe. but surely. from th.
financial districts o. the great ME
ropilis. rather than from the raaf
md hle, the ordinary. everyday cit,
| zen.
These papers have set out now
md honestly again am willing tc
oncede. bu: mistakenly. TO max.
he whole country believe tha; th'
recent Democratic landslide is a ,ri
tnph for what they term "consscva
ism" fer tie safe and sane Democ
acy." which ought TO be termed tbs
inane Democracy. This mean:
lo,sias. while the trusts. the saaa
.ial sharks and other marauders Zoo
3e people. This is the meaning o.
ne continued havpiag on squelchinG
u Roosevelt.
| Now there are those hereabou;.
md they are among the keenest OBJ
e-vers O: politics in the country
Who think that this Democratic vic,
,o1y means nothing OK the sort
means not 2 rep2diatioa o: Roosevelt
ii all. but equalization OF the dom.
nance OF the Republican party b.
aose who are supposed to be the
-aemies CT Roosevelt. No;e. pleas SC
me word supposed" Roosevelt Is
humbug o. The first water. and thai
-act is practically admitted BY ev.
7ryhody terea bouts. Democrats and
Republicans OF all shades.
y has been so recognized heres-
BOUTS for q long time. But q; the
same time the things which Roose
eel; has been saying he Is n !avo-
are generally all right. The coun-
.ry wants them. The leaders OF the
Democratic party wants them. so tav
they can be brought about with
| = the constitution. Roosevelt; has
allied &c sc; them. He only keeps
on clustering abou: them. Thus be
Z humbug.
The one towering leader. to whom
Re Democrats in these parts are
urn;ng now is Woodrow Wilson. jus,
.!ec:ed soverno: OF New Jersey by
. tremendous majority at;er conduct
.. campaign OF leadership which
really !cd somewhere. Prominent
Democrats here who are trying TO
influence he e:nocTatic programme
With respect 20 the measures which
1ave c"en before th country the pas;
:ea-. especially the tariff. are consid-
a-ing the desira5!.itv OF calling into
heir conferences the New Jersey
covc-nc--clect-
Now can say o: my own kaowl-
edge :hl; Dr. Wilsoc IS NOT IN any
scnse VIA; has been termed re
Rc:,oaa1y" He Gcas not favor and
loeS not have any ;C;erance for the
methods OF Roosevelt. having more
esrect Cor the law and the const!tu-
ION a"d & t;.c; rcS2-d Tor the truth.
R.t 4; the Sane tine be does favor
ve.y decided and very dehai'e
r:oyrammc OF governmental reform
Including mos; o. the measures that
Roosevelt hiasel. has pretended 20
Ae friendly 20.
Ncnt!o! is n:ade o. the New jer-
s.: oyeIro- elect 70: ;he reason that
re IS looked upon herca5ou;s. as
have sad above. IS the most coa-
coir:Grs Democratic leader IN the