The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29


your clients who had plundered the
State, and is it not true that in order
| to effectuate the object Of this con-
spiracy it was agreed that you should
do certain things. which you have
since done? Coming from generali-
ties to specifics, will enumerate
them:
TO Control the Bench?
"a Did you not agree that no spe-
cial judge should be appointed to pre-
side over any Of the courts Of the
State where the grafters were under
indictment except Of your own selec-
ton: that you could afford to take
no chance of getting another judge to
try your clients like the one who
presided in Chester?
(b) Did you not agree, IN these
caucuses, to pardon any citizen OF
South Carolina who might be convict
ed under pending or future indiet-
ments, and that you would issue no
acquisitions for foreigners?
Co That you would dismiss the
winding-up commission so that they
could not, under authority repcsed In
that body by the act creating it. con-
tinue their Investigations. and in dis
missing these commissioners were
you or not Influenced by the further
consideration that they had issued a
subpoena for one Of your political
lieutenants in the State: that he had
! ignored the same and they had issued
a rule nisi requiring him to show
cause why he should not be attached
for contempte
(d) In these several caucuses.
when the difficulty in obtaining the
approval Of the prison commission OF
your State to the course to be pur-
sued was under discussion, did you
not advise your confederates that you
had at hand the means for oVercom-
ing this difficulty, to-wit: ignoring
the prison commission?
On Horseback.
(e) Did you, or any Of those VINO
were in caucus with you, suggest that
on the theory that s'the end justified
the means" in circulating the OBJ
ject of this conspiracy, you could
with safety resort to any means. from
che eracter assassination to personal
assassination: that after so long a
time you chad the whip handle" OF
were 'in the saddle" or some phrase
Of similar or substantial import?
7. Wha: compensation did you re-
ceive from the liquor dealers and
what rake Oft" did you get from the
dispensary officials when you We're
Senator at law"
The Campaign Fund.
8. While perhaps not so pertinent,
I consider the following relevant:
What campaign fund did you have at
your command when yo1 were can
didate for governor? How much wae
raised before the first primary and
how much between the first and sec
ond primaries? What liquor houses
or dealers, corporations or the agents
Of corporations, contributed this
money? If you should answer
(Which I do not think you will, be-
cause it is the truth) that very large
isYms of money were raised, kindly
Is.ate whether or not it was used tc
debauch the electorate of your state
In conclusion: You honored the
State OF Georgia recently by paying
her an official visit. What eX-dispen'
sary officials and liquor dealers en-
tertained you in the city Of Atlanta
and in the city of Augusta? What
conferences, if any, did you have witt
them with reference to your future
official conduct?
Lastly, why don't you approve tina
Joint resolution that you demanded;
understand that YOU say that tht
senators appointed on the part Of the
senate as members of the committed
are not satisfactory to you. Wonlt
YOU be willing to approve that reso
luton il the names Of all the seue
tors and all the member Of the hous'
should be put into hat or box ant
shaken up and the names for mem