The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-01


lation OF the constitution. I do moi
think as some do that the Governor i:
after any particular person, he, in 'il
opinion. would have the constitution
respected by the high as we'll as the
low, aud in this he is eminenLly correct
Senator Tillman is trustee OF both
Winthrop and Clemson, and if it is d..
cided that he has 40 legal right TO hi!
these positions, it will remove from
these boards one of the most valuable
advisors they have. l do not believe
Senator TillGau or Senator Alan john
stone. both of whom are life trustees OF
Clemson, are violating the constitution
by holding to the senatorship and the
trusteeshlp at the same time. for The
reason, these gentlemen were made
life trustees of Clemson oy the Clemson
will before the constitutions inhibi-
zion OF 1905. If it was lawful for them
TO hold this trusteeship then, it IS row,
but there are others 90 the boards who
are clearly violating the provisions of
the constitution. and The Governor pro-
poses TO make them eject which posi-
ton tney will keep. They must drop
one of them.
Governor Blease has cut the Official
head of OF Thos. L. Miller president OF
the State negro college, and the reason
given out is that Miller was ''pernic-
iously active in politics" II this is
true, he was right to put stop to the
heads of our educational institutions
dabblng ia partisan politics, this is L
view have always entertained, as will
be remembered by THE TINES readers
when I directed attention to the head
of the University of South Carolina
making political speeches around the
country 10 the interest Of prohibition;
my position was then, and it is so now.
that the head of State educational
institution Injuries his influence and
thereby hurts the institution when he
lends himself to partisan politics, and
the governor is right when he gives
these officials to know they must look
out for the interests entrusted to them.
I will venture the opinion that as long
as Blease fills the executive chair the
heads OF the State colleges will! keep
off the political grass, and if they do
not they will meet the fate CT Miller.
Personally I regret that Miller is the
first to feel the governors displeasure.
he has made most successful college
president, and has done wonderful
work, his political activity could not
have amounted TO great deal as he IS
a Republican and has no voice in our
primaries and because OF their high
position they have an influence. which
if used, is calculated to divide the peo-
pie, and cause arrangements and
damage to the institutions they admin.
lister. There will be no more OF it |
feel sure
Mr.. Mitchum finally succeeded iu
having his bill relating to the limiting
Of the income for Clemson college con-
sidered, and as l expected. and have
already in previous letters said IL would.
it met Its doom. Mr.. Mitchum made d
speech defending his bill, and | am told
that he informed the members OF the
conditions existing in the common
schools, but they have the common
schools with them also, and differed
with the gentleman from Clarendon,
therefore they made short and swift
execution of Mr.. Mitchum's pet, and it
now lies Snugly buried in the legislative
grave yard along with similar measures
which have from time 20 time gone be-
fore. Mr.. Mitchum's bill was not alto
gether without merit: there were fea-
lures of it in my opinion that we're good,
while the idea has often been presented
before. nevertheless it does not detract
from the merit.
The bill relating to relieving the aud
itor from taking taN returns is now a
third reading bill in the House, but at
the suggestion OF the auditor l got the
House delegation to amend the bill so
that the assessors would not be required
to make up an abstract as the original
bill required.
There is before the Senate, with .
favorable report, The Gun License Bill.